The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-28
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BEGIN PRACTICE

With the repairs TO the state rifle range
at Rumford completed the militia men
are ready for the opening OF the season
OF rife practice on Memorial day.
For three weeks past Captain Walter
+. Harrington. Company u, First In
fantry. detailed as range officer, has been
at work with a gang OF six men getting
things in shape for the opening of the
season.
The field days will be started early this
year, and the dates on which the differ
ent commands visit the range are as
follows:
Battery A. Light Artillery. Monday.
June 4: Company A, Second Infantry.
Tuesday, June s; Company III. Second
Infantry Thursday. June Z; First Ma
chine Gun Battery, Friday June S; Com
pany c. First Infantry. Monday. June
IL: Company ID. Second Infantry. Tues
day. June 12 Troop B, First Battalion
Cavalry, Thursday June IA Company B.
Second Infantry, Friday, June l5 Troop
A, First Battalion Cavalry. Monday, June
ls First Division. Naval Battalion. Tues
day, June 10; Fourth Division. Naval Bat
TALON, Thursday. June 81: Third Division,
Naval Battalion. Friday, June 22 Com
pany A. First Infantry. MonGay, July 30:
Company II, First Infantry. Tuesday
July 81; Company c. Second Infantry
Thursday Aug. q Company G., First In
fantry. Friday. Aug. 3: Signal Corps
Monday, Aug. 6; Company ID. First In
fantry, Tuesday, Aug. Z: Company f,
Second Infantry. Thursday, Aug 3: Com
pany II. First Infanty Friday, Aug 10:
Company e. Second Infantry, Monday,
Aug. 13; Company f, First Infantry,
Tuesday. Aug IA. Company G. Second In
fantry Thursday. Aug. l6; Hospital
Corps, Friday. Aug II: First Separate
Company Infantry. Monday, Aug 90
The orders governing rife practice this
year differ in only one or two particulars
from those OF last season. The revolver
match will be an individual contest this
season instead OF a team match.
The Secretary OF States match" has
been discontinued as a separate contest
and consolidated with the adjutant gen
erals match. open now 10 those who have
never qualified better than sharpshooters.
The matches:
Governors Trophy Hsi excellency
George II. Utter offers ror the season of
1906 suitable trophy for the company
In the brigade or naval battalion which
shall qualify in the combined classes with
the rife the highest percentage OF the
maximum number OF officers and soldiers
allowed by law In such company; the
classes TO include the expert, sharp
shooter, marksman, first, second and
third.
Lieutenant governors trophy, adjutant
generals trophy. Genera: Tanners
trophy. the Military Rife Championship
trophy, the Regimental trophy. the Bril-
gade trophy.
There have been no changes in qualifi-
cations and these will remain tho same
as last year. The system OF identidca-
tion cards IL a new feature and each man
who visits the range will have TO show
an official descriptive card before he will
be permitted to draw ammunition to
shoot. On Saturdays. when there are
sometimes over l50 men in line, this will
be something of job for the man IN the
range house and cause some delays II
faithfully carried out
A rife team will be organized by Briga-
der General Herbert s. Tanner. and in
September will take part in the national
competition at Sea Girt. n. J. The team
will be picked early in the season. and
with the material on hand should be the
best that ever represented the state