The Jersey City news., 1906-06-30
RIFLEMEN SIGH
FOR The RANGES
Men Behind Guns Are Look
ing Forward to the Great
Match to Be Held In Sep
tember At Sea Girt
EVENTS TO BE DECIDED

DER 10 QUALIFY AS MARKS
MEN-INTEREsT IN PISTOL
MATCH
WASHINGTON, June 30. 1906
Riflemen are now looking toward the
coming national match and other rifle
and revolver matches to be shot at Sea
Girt Range in September next, and
throughout the country practice is going
on TO select the members Of the teams
to represent the different States and
Territories. The States sending teams
pay all their travelling expenses and sub
sistence at the camp, while the State
of New Jersey furnishes the tentage and
camp equipment, so the members OF the
teams have an enjoyable outing at no
personal expense except for side trips to
Asbury Park. New York, Philadelphia
or elsewhere. As there are cash prizes
as high as $500 for the teams and many
individual prizes the expert marksmen
have a good time and many win enough
to pay their personal expenses, with
something to spare. The matches Of the
National Rifle Association will be held
at the same time and are open to those
,I,o Al mo- fab n
der the supervision of the National
Board for the Promotion of Rifle Prae-
tise
The national team match will be open
t oteams of twelve men. The army will
be represented by two teams, one from
the cavalry and one from the infantry;
the navy. marine corps, Military Acad-
emy and Naval Academy oy one team
formed militia by one team from each of
| the several States and Territories, in
cluding the District of Columbia The
| members of the various teams must be
officers, cadets, midshipmen or enlisted
| men of the corps or organization which
| they represent and are required to ap-
pear in the service or authorized uniform.
| There will be three kinds if fire at va
rious distances-slow fire at 200, 600,
| 800 and 1000 yards, and skirmish fire
| of one run. The United States service
rifles and carbines, with not less that a
| three pound trigger pull, will be used,
with service cartridges, as manufactured
and issued by the Ordinance Department
and two sighting shots and ten shots for
record at each range will be allowed
The men will fire from a standing posi-
| tion at 20 yards and prone, with head to-
ward the target at all other ranges.
The team making the highest aggre-
gate total in the contest will receive the
National Trophy (authorized by act of
| Congress) and $500 in cash. The Hilton
Trophy, presenttd by the late Hon. Hem
ry Hilton. of New York, and 5000 In
cash. will go to the team making the
second highest aggregate total and the
| bronze Soldier of Marathon, presented by
the commander-in-chief, on behalf of the
State of New York, and $3.50 in cash
will be given to the team making the
| third highest aggregate total. To the
| three teams making the next highest ag-
| gregate totals will be given $500, $40
presented to each member of the win
| ming team. One-third of the members
actually firing on any prize-winning
team shall not be eligible to compete
again as members of contesting team
for the next three consecutive COM
petitions, the four men to be eliminated
| to be those who have heretofore par
ticipated in the greatest number OF
coHpetltiols lor the Ndliondi 1i0pHy
No person who is either principal OF
an alternate in any team entered in the
competition for the National Trophy
shall be eligible to serve, either as a
principal or an alternate, in any other
team at the next yearly competition foI
the National Trophy.
1 No person shall be member of any
team in the national match, or act as
captain, coach, spotter, or alternate oi
such team who does not present GER
tifcate from the Acknowledgement Of