The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-12
SHOOT WILL
Be IN OHIO
Hawaii National Guard
Will Send Team to
Contest.

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on military citizenship. But no X
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4 militiaman, is of any use for the X
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X shoots. That the young men of X
i America shall know how to shoot X
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The above extract from letter writ
ten to Gen. James A. Drain, president
of the National Rifle Association, shows
what Secretary of state Root thinks of
shooting and has been deemed OF such
importance that It has been sent to
every National Guard organization and
shooting club in the United States. It
hears directly on a matter which is
being taken up at present by the Ma
tionaI Guard of Hawaii. through Adju-
tant-General J. w. Jones.
In a letter received recently from w.
P. Hall, Adjutant General of the United
states Army, the announcement Is
made that the national shoot, in which
all bodies of the National Guard, as
well as the Regular Army, are sup
posed to join, viii take place at Camp
Perry, Fort Clinton, Ohio, on August
%. Preliminary practise will be held
for two DAYS before. This is creating
great interest here on account of the
fact that Hawaii will, in all proba ablilty
be represented by a team of marks
men.
Fort Clinton, where the shoot will
be held, is located in an ideal spot on
Lake Erie, and is only ten miles across
the lake from Put-in-Bay, where Hotel
Victory, said to be the largest summer
hotel in the world, is located. othef
fine hotels are within reach, and it Is
probable that a large number of spec
tators will be present at the matches
in which all the best shots of the
United States will be seen.
The IT. s. Government provides trans
portation and subsistence for the MEM
hers of the various teams which rep
resent States and Territories, ana THESE
islands should surely be represented
this year, though they were not in tht
last national affair of this kind.
Preceding the national shoot, ano
starting on August 10, will be the shoo'
,f tho National Rifle Association, which
will have for it's main event the Pres
Ident's match. The winner OF this
match will virtually be the nationa
champion. as it will be shoot at al
distances and under all conditions. l
differs only from the army lndlVldua
championship in the fact that othe'
xba, ary,v ammunition can be used
The man of the two winners IN these
two events, who holds the highest aver
age, will be the national champion ane
will he the recipient Of the nationa
prize, which will be accompanied by q
nersonal letter from President Roose'
Welt.
Cornanv team matches and reg
mental team match for six-man teams
will also take place, and the trophies
and cash prizes which have been OF
fered surpass anything which has beer
done in this line before.
On July is to II, inclusive, the Terri
xorial championships will De heio =
this city. and here, at Hflo ana at "al'
lukrI. practise for this event Is no"
going on. The men showing the hisil'
est averages for the Territorial shoo'
will be those from whom the team ts
so To Camp Perry win be selected. Ii
this way the privates as we'll as the
SD4f1cers will have a chance to make the
trim. and the interest is great over
the preliminary work. The Honoluit
companies claim that they have the
hast rparksmen and interesting inter
island contests will also be worked III
before the Territorial contest is com
pIeted.