Arizona republican., 1907-06-27
AMONG THOSE WHO HIT
 THE THINGS SHOT AT
The Canadian International Contest For the Palma Trophy in September.

Washington. D. C.. June 2I.-(Spe- cal Correspondence of The Republi- cah-)-Preliminary arrangements have
 been completed for an international contest for the famous Palma trophy to be held at Rock Cliff range. Ot- tawa. Canada. on September 9th. This trophy is now in the hands of Great Britain and will be defended bv a carefully selected team from the fin est rifle shots in England The Amer lcan team to meet our cousins in this friendly contest will be selected about the last of August.
 When President Roosevelt spoke al Lansing. Mich. on May 31 he paid q high tribute to the Michigan national guard and again evinced his interest in rifle practice. He complimented Michigan on what it had done to i'm prove the craftsmanship of its citi- zens. and said: Encourage marks manship among our people as a whole. encourage craftsmanship among our people as a whole. Encourage marks manship in the national guard and give every chance to any body of pri- Vate citizens to practice in the armo- ries or elsewhere and give them all the opportunity that can be given them. Put premium upon keeping up the old American power of shooting straight. You know in a fight it is not the number of shots that are fired. Its the number of shots that hit that count. And I believe with all my heart in peace. but in an honorable and just peace. We can keep the peace best by making it evident that We do not ask peace because we are afraid of war"
 Some very interesting observations are contained in a report of a series of experiments undertaken at the Springfield Armory to determine whether it is possible to prolong the accuracy fife of the musket barrel without changing its ballastic uuali- ties. As the result of these tests the report states that without any change in ammunition the one direction in which we can look for any material improvement in the length of the ac- curacy life of the musket is in the use of special steel of greater erosion resistancy and presumably the same is true for larger calibers. The improve ment that could be obtained in this way. however, is small compared with that resulting from even a slight re- duction in the pressure"
 A contract has been made with the manufacturers of the Colt automatic pistol, -45 caliber. to furnish 200 of these pieces for a years test. They will be delivered early in 1908 and be issued to troops of cavalry for trial in the field. The question at issue is the possible change from the self-act- ing to the automatic pistol.
 Gen. Charles Dick of Ohio. president of the Interstate National Guard asso- citation, has appointed the following committee to prepare course for re- volver qualification to be submitted to the war department in time to take effect during the present season: Brig. Gen. Wm. P. Hall. U. s. A.. of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, chairman; Col. Lloyd M. Brett. Col. F.. J. Dimmick and Maj. Jas. E. Dell, all of the District of Columbia, and Maj S. J. Fort. of Ellicott Cit. Md. The committee was named with view of its members be- ing able to frequently confer.
 Attention is called to several scores recently made at the School of Mus ketry. Presidio of Monterey. Cal. It. Burt w. Phillips, goth infantry, made go out Of a possible 100 in skirmish run and in his record marksman's course made a total of 427 out of possible 800. Sergeant Spree. 14th cavalry. also a student at the school. made 46 out of a possible 500 in a marksman's course including a skir- mish run of 100 points during which he landed twenty hits in the prone figure without richochets.
 The National Naval Academy will be represented at the national rifle matches this year by a first class team. Unfortunately there will be no team from the Military academy