The Jersey City news., 1906-03-05

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tion when the plans are presented for
approval By the department.
THE reports on the bills. as amended
by the chief Of engineers. were transmit
ted to Congress under date Of the 18th
inst :
Representative Wiley has been advised
by Mr.. Tirrell, of the Committee on
Claims, thai favorable report has been
submitted on his bill to reimburse Cap
tain Sydney Layland.
Recent changes in national banks Of
New Jersey noted at the office of the
Comptroller Of the Currency follow
The Caldwell National Bank, Caldwell,
George E. De Camp president, in place
of w. P. Lindsey; The Peoples National
Bank of Lakewood, w. H. Jayne, vice
president; ]. H. Suydam, cashier; The
Farmers National Bank Of Sussex, G..
A. Wilson: president, in place of Theo-
dore f. Margerum; Ford w. Margerum,
yice=president. in place of G. Al. Wilson.
Representative Gardner has introduced
bill to authorize the Secretary Of the
Treasury to convey a small strip Of land,
on which the life saving building is ioca-
ted, to the borough Of Sea Isle City, to
enable that town to widen street, ex-
tending along the property.
The immigration committee, of which
Mr.. Howell is the chairman, held long
session yesterday, and Richard X. Camp
bell, solicitor of the department Of COM
merce and labor, was heard ON the gem
eral proposition of restricting immigra-
ton. Mr. Campbell advocates the edu-
cational test and believes that the chill
dren of this country have too many
school privileges and it deprives the
country of ordinary labor. The commit
tee viii meet again ON Saturday
Major james E. Bell, of the District of
Columbia National Guard, who is well
known among the officers of the National
Guard Of New Jersey, has invented a
patent bullet for use in the Krag-Jorgen-
sen rifle It has shoulder which it is
claimed is feature that wifi be of great
benefit to marksmen. The new bullet is
pronounced by experts to be superior to
anything in use, and anything that the
Federal government can turn out at its
arsenals.
1t will be of interest to riiemen
throughout New Jersey, and particularly
in the National Guard, that the War De
partment officials are considering the
proposition of prohibiting the use of the
gun-sling in all rife matches. 1t is a
well-known fact that many of the expert
shots depend upon the use of the gum
sling to steady the rifle, especially in the
long-distance shooting. Protests against
such action are being forwarded to one
of the sporting publications in New York
City, and they will be referred to the
War Department at an early. date to
show that the change win not be at all
popular.
The selection Of place for the hold
ing of the national matches next summer
has not been made. The use of the
ranges at Sea Girt has been offered to
the National Board for the Promotion of
Rife Practice for September 10 and
thereafter 1t is understood that the
War Department officials would like to
hold the matches about the middle of
August and arc considering the adyisa-
bility of doing so at Fort Riley. The
Jersey rifemen want the matches to fol-
low the matches of the New Jersey State
Rife Association, and those of the Nat
ional Rife Association, and the depart
ment of rifle practice does not wish to in
terfere with the practice of the New Jer-
sey National Guard.