Arizona republican., 1906-12-02

also used in army ana navy WOrk- There is no actual firing with this ma chine. but the regulation Krag is pointed by the holder at a miniature target and by an electrical device. a record is made when the trigger is pulled. of where the shot would have struck on a regulation target had charge been used. Schoolboys wno
 have been instructed on this machise
 have gone to the range and made very
 creditable records both at Creedmoor
 and Sea Girt, New Jersey.
 The national board for the promotion
 of rifle practice is in receipt of the
 report of the Army Rifle association
 Ct Great Britain. giving the rules and program of the current year. England
 has a national rifle association cor responding to the one in this country,
 but we have no organization which is
 exactly similar to the Army Rifle as-
 sociation. The English are paying
 more and more attention to rifle prac-
 tice as evidenced by their encourage
 ment of rifle practice .i the schools,
 q branch of the work in which the
 United States is beginning to make
 some headway Col. c. C. Nous, the chairman of the committee of the Army
 Rifle association. points out that ahe
 money prizes distributed by the asso- citation in 1905, amounted to S.lO5. and
 the association has a reserve fund of s555O. Nearly every regiment of cavai- " and battalion of infantry subscribes
 to the association, and it has 3,S5f members. In England the sport of rifle practice receives the support of the royal family. The most honored trophy is the Queen V.ctoria's Cup, for the Inter-Regimental Match. There are two of these cups, one for matches at home, and one. for competitions abro ad. being valued at $l250 each. They were presented by Her Late Majesty, Queen Victoria. Fifty pounds sterling (S250) accompanies each cup. and the members of the winning teams receive silver medals. For the Inter- Regimental Depot Team match there is the Prince of Wales cup, presented by H. R. H., the Prince of Wales, fin 1903. The Duke of Connaught has also given a cup. and in addition there are several other trophies. These matches are separate from the matches of the National Rifle assoc;atiou of Great Britain, where King Edward gives an annual prize of s1250. known as the Kings prize.
 The activity of the state secretaries of the national rifle association of America, is highly gratifying to the national board for the promotion of rifle practice Coupled with the inter est displayed by the state authorities. in preparing to establish rifle practice ranges and shooting galleries it would appear that more interest is taken in this feature of military work than ever before. From Rhode Island comes the report that more men qualified this year than in any previous year. For so small a state the record is re- markable. With the rifle sixty quail fled as experts. 164 as sharpshoOters. 526 as marksmen. 64 as first class. 50 as second class. and 40 as third class. In revolver shooting 1O4 qualified as and 3O3 as marksmen. They give prizes in Rhode Island to the companies turning out the largest number of marksmen. The governors prize for the greatest number of quail fications with the rifle was won by Troop B. First Battalion of Cavalry. ' with five experts. twenty-twO sharp shooters and 252 marksmen, three first class men and two third class men. [ Troop B also won the lieutenant gov ernor's trophy for qualifying the larg ! est number of men with the revolver 15 sharpshooters and Ss marksmen. In 1892 Rhode Island had 73 marksmen. 1 In 1906 she had 60 experts. 16i sharp | shooters. 526 marksmen. 64 first class. | 59 second class and 419 third claSs, a | total of 1292.