The San Francisco call., 1906-11-05
Kuling of Adjutant General
Makes It Easier for Them
to Run Up Good Scores
NEED OF NEW RANGE

Under a recent ruling of the adju-
tant general at Sacramento. it is COM
paratively easy for National Guards
man to make score at the targets
that will entitle him to a decoration
Under the new regulations it is not
necessary for the score made at each
of the distances to be taken from the
record of any one days shoot The
record from shooting at the 200-yard
range may be taken at one days prac-
tice, the 900-yard score from another
days practice, and SO on.
Major J. e. Bell. inspector of rifle
practice for the District of Columbia
in recent paper on the subject of tar
get practice says: "A National
Guardsman, and for that a soldier of
the regular army. has much to learn
to perfect himself for marksman
One point of wind will move bullet
eight inches at 200 yards, twelve inches
at 300, twenty at 900 yards and forty
inches at 1000 yards. four mile
wind calls from one-sixth to one-half
a point at 200 yards, according to the
direction of the wind. The elevation
of the sight must be raised for a dull
target, hot gun, dirty gun, cold day.
cloudy day, bright sight and twelve
o'clock wind. The sight must be low
cred for a bright target, target in the
sun. cold gun, clean gun, hot day,
moist day, dull sight and six o'clock
wind. Sights must be changed as the
temperature of the day varies. Densi-
ty of atmosphere plays a considerable
part in shooting. Sea level shooting is
entirely different from shooting in the
higher attitudes"
ADVISES THE MARKSMEN.
His paper is very interesting one
for those who want to become prof.
cient marksmen. 1t would be instruct
i've If it were read in every armory.
for the benefit of the men who practice
at the targets.
The major also draws attention to
the fact that success at the range de-
pends upon temperance, and that ex-
cellent craftsmanship and indulgence
in excesseS are an impossible condition.
He says that it requires a steady nerve
for accurate shooting and that alcohol
and nicotine do not conduce to the
steadiness of nerves. The best marks
men train their bodies as do the best
athletes.
Major E. r. Jones. brigade quarter
master, has been granted leave of
absence for month from November
l, with permission to leave the State.
commission has been issued to
First Sergeant James Arthur Easter
brooks as second lieutenant of Com
pany G., Second Infantry.
First Lieutenant Charles J. Young,
Second Infantry has been appointed
captain and adjutant, vice A E.
Stearns, retired.
ELECTION Is POSTPONED.
At the request of the regimental
commander the election in Company z,
Second Infantry. for first lieutenant,
set for November s, has been post
poned for week.
Exempt certificates have been Issued
in favor of First Sergeant ]. A.
O'Rourke and Sergeant H. l.. Atkinson,
both of Company c. Fifth Infantry.
The proposition to hold a mass meet
ing in this city for the purpose of in
teresting the citizens in National Guard
affairs still hangs iii the air for the
lack of a suitable place in which to
hold the meeting. There is no fund
with which to pay the exorbitant rent
that is asked for the use of any one
of the large halls in this city, and none
of the owners of such places take suf-
ficent interest in the matter to allow
the guard the use of hall for night.
An effort was made last week to Sc
cure a hall in oakland. but with no
better success than in this city. 1t
looks as If the proposed meeting will
never be called.
From the southland comes plant
that the citizens in that section of the
State are very Indifferent as to the
! Z,
Richard K. Whitemore, commanding
the Sixth Infantry, recently stated that
the people of the San Joaquin Valley
clamored for new company, yet they
have failed TO give to Company H, To-
Gated at Merced. the encouragement
that it should have. On account of this
lack of interest it "a feared that the
company vii ask to be mustered out of
the service. Colonel Whitmore is of
the opinion that the citizens of that
section ought to retain the company
already in existence, and which was
organized after a great deal of hard
work. rather than endeayoK to estab
| lish a new one al some other point
CAVALRY WANTS A RANGE.
Troop A. Cavalry. of this city, Cap
tain Greeninger commanding, will have
to finish it's practice at the range to
enable the men to compete for the
| State medals, but there is no range
| in this city at which the men can
shoot with carbines. The men have
| had practice at Shell Mound with pis-
| tols but now they are anxious to dis
| cover what they can do with carbines.
"The range at Glen Park" said the
| captain, 'is rot suited for target prac-
| tice on account of the high wind at
| the short distance range. At the
greater distances the wind blows the
| trees across the range, so that the
| men have to wait until there is a lull
| and the trees sway back to- their nor
NAL position in order that the target
| may be seen. The troop wants to
| complete its shoot and will, if possible,
make arrangements to secure the range
| at San Rafael, owned by Company D
| of the Fifth Infantry, this at its own
expense"
The officers of the First Infantry will
meet as club tonight in quarters at
Waller and Buchanan streets and en-
tertain Captain Herbert Choynski, erst-
/ while quartermaster on the staff of
/ the commanding officer, Captain Web
ser, and Lieutenant Hyde, who recently
Joined the ranks of the benedicts. 1t
! is expected that James N. Gillett, who
has been invited to be present. will