Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-19
RECORDS OF The RIFLEMEN
Fsurth Infantry Sergeant HOlds Best Score
Of Year in Army.
AIMA MAS The BEST NEBRASKA nAREsRGS
Effort VIII Ne Made 20 Interest
Womea in This Form of
Sport-what states
Are Doing.

/ WASHINGTON. d. c., Feb. 1S-Ispecial)
| The War department has complied the
/ scores OF the small arms competitions II
the army for 1906. First Sergeant Martin
/ E Dunbar. Company Z, Fourth infantry.
/ led the army with an aggregate score "
/ S2l, closely followed by Sergeant James Z.
\ Landers. Company y, Twelfth infantry,
| score SD. Captain Frederick s. Stritzinger.
/ Twenty-second infantry, led the commits
stoned officers. with a score OF s02 The
] best pistol shot was Captain J. A. Colo,
/ Sixth cavalry, score. 81.
Mississippi is making arrangements TO
| secure a rife range. The matter will prob
I ably be settled by the selection Of range
/ near Vicksburg. to be donated by the pa
/ triotic residents OF that city.
| General Clinton L. Riggs. adjutant gen
l eral OF the Maryland National guard Is
I trying to procure short distance target
ranges in every town where the First regi-
ment mas a company The regiment now
/ has grounds for short ranges at Frederick.
Hagerstown and Cambridge. and It is hoped
that 1t will secure ground at Westminster.
Annapolis Belar. Elkton. Centerville.
/ Easton and Salisbury. The Maryland Ma
( tioral guard has three subtarget machines,
/ which are loaned to the various companies
I for from two weeks to a month.
It is probable that Arkansas will shortly
I have four rife ranges. The War depart
ment mas allotted to Arkansas SS.s76 for
{ the promotion OF rife practice which can
be used for this purpose. and IT has been
Z suggested that rife ranges be established
at or near Little Rock. Jonesboro, Rus
sellviTe and Eureka Springs.
The sixth annual contest between Com
panies B and Of the Washington Ma
( tional guard. shot some time since. was
/ won by Company d.
( The inter-reEimental team match at
| brunswick. Ne. was won by the Second
regiment with three points to spare Only
l two shots missed the target during the
progress OF the match.
Best Nebraska Record.
The report OF the Nebraska National
guard shows that Captain Shailenberger' $
/ Company L at Alma made the best record
/ in the Second infantry, its percentage be-
! ing 4Ts6. The Second regiment Of the Ne
braslla National guard has two expert rifle
men, six sharpshooters, thirteen marssmen,
/ ffty-seven hrst-class 10 second-class, fifty
third-class and 4O5 fourth-class men.
Interest in shooting is growing among
Z the colleges although few at present pay
much attention to military rife shooting
Al a recent gunshoot. for the inter-collegi-
ate championship, Yale lead, followed by
I Princeton, Pennsylvania and Harvard.
Princeton had a very good military rife
team and II the others had similar teams an
/ interesting competition could he had for
the cup offered for college teams by the
National Rife association. All colleges and
universities, together with the academies
at West Point and Annapolis. are eligible
for this match.
Tennessee is looking into the matter OF
establishing rife ranges. 1t has S1l,cOC
available and it is proposed to establish
four ranges in different parts of the state
Four officers have been appointed to select
! these ranges 1t is understood that Knox.
Vile Chattanooga. Nashville and Memphis
are the four cities favored for the ranges
The annual report for the militia OF
Maine shows forty-nine expert rihemen
! forty-eighth sharpshooters, 229 msrksmen,
forty-six first class. twenty-six second class
and 800 third class men. The Portland COM
panies complain of the lack Of range
facilities and efforts are being made to dis
cover a suitable range site in the vicinity
Of the city The state will probably be
represented at the New England Interstate
match at Wakefield and at the national
matches.
Women May he Interested.
| New York contemplates establishing q
range near Buffalo. This idea meets with
favor at the hands Of the Buffalo organiza-
ton which thinks the present state range is
too far from the city 10 be convenient.
The idea of interesting women in rife
shooting as an indoor winter sport. is at
tracing considerable attention. At Con-
neaut, o.. it is proposed that certain peri
DDS be set aside for shooting by women and
that prizes be offered therefor
The suggestion of the president that boys
be taught to shoot has met with hearty
approval by the commissioners OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia, and by Admiral G. w
Baird, president Of the Board OF Education
Admiral Baird thinks If suitable rife
range could be secured in the District
teams could be had from each high school
The high school cadets are armed with
rifles. but they are OF antiquated pat
tern and are never fired except in sham
battle.
In no place is greater interest taken in
revolver shooting on the part Of the police
than in the District of Columbia. and the
District commissioners are trying to secure
an appropriation Of s eco TO fit up a police
target range Many OF the police oficers
: OF the District are ex-soldiers and sailors
and are already quite proficient in the use
! OF firearms.
Michigan is making a strong effort tc
secure an adequate rife range. The Michi.
gan State Rife association has requested
the legislature TO make an appropriation
for a state rife range, il being the plan Z,
devote the money received from the govern
ment TO equip and maintain IL. II is pro
posed that this range shall be open &c
civilian clubs. Michigan Is making great
strides in the direction Of the organization
II civilian rife clubs. Several sites for tbs
range are contemplated in the vicinity Of
Detroit.
The Second regiment Of the New York
! National guard. at Schenectady. offers a
| trophy 10 be awarded TO the company
! making the best figure Of merit Individual
l work, in marksman's class, for the months
/ Of January, February and March. A num-
Der Of medals and prizes also are offered
by this regiment.
/ Revival I'm Kansas.
Friends CT rife practice will be gratihed
10 learn that rife shooting has been re-
[ vived in Topeka, Kan. There has been nc
organized rife club in Topeka since 1855
when the old rife club disbanded. A new
club has been organized with the same