Arizona republican., 1908-05-21
AMERICAN RIFLEMFN
 10 COMPILE IN LONDON
The Making Up Of a Team to Take Part in the Olympic Games.

Washington. D C., May 14.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- Arrangements are being completed by the National Rifle association of America for sending a rifle team to London to compete in the Olympic games The |. :. Cartridge company has come forward with a generous of fer to pay the entire expenses of the team which will consist of six mem bers with probably two alternates, a captain and quartermaster. General James A. Drain. president of the Ma tiOnal Rifle association, has been Se- leCted as captain of the team and in this manner a double purpose will be served for while in England General Drain will meet the representatives of the foreign governments competing in the rifle matches and make arrange ments as far as possible for the Palma Trophy Match to be shot in this coun- try in 1909. Should the plans of the V. R. A. be successfully executed. as no doubt they will. the Palma Match of next year will be the greatest con test ever held for this renowned tro- phy, now in the possession of the United States.
 Letters have been sent to the ad- jutants general of all states and ter ritories. to the heads of the official military establishments, to civilian clubs and others, notifying them of the preliminary contests to be held for places on the team. These will prob ably be held on three ranges in order to attract the largest possible number of competitors. The ranges selected are Camp Perry, Ohio; Sea Girt, New Jersey, and Wakefield, Mass. A num- Der of the best shots will be selected from each competition to meet on an eastern range shortly prior to the sail ing of the team, where the final com petition will be held. The team will then be selected and will have a few days practice before sailing. It is un- derstood the government rifle will be used together with ammunition of the L. s. Cartridge company. similar to that furnished by this company to the government, although in view of the importance of these matches it is pos sible the L. S Cartridge company may supply ammunition especially designed for the purpose, which is allowable under the rules governing the matches. The team will probably be accompa- nied by a number of enthusiasts on rifle practice as was the case when the Palma team went abroad some years ago. In addition to the team match at 200, 500, 500, 500, 300, and 1000 yards, to which the entries are limited to F from each county. The matches will be shot on the famous Bisley range.
 The National Rifle association has extended an invitation to the leading universities and colleges to participate in an inter collegiate rifle match to be held on the Wakefield (Mass.) range during the third week in June. There is an exceptionally handsome trophy for this match, comprising among oth- CT features an open book on whose pages are inscribed the names of the winning team and the details of the contest. This trophy has been won by Princeton and George Washington universities.
 The Wakefield range has been plac- ed at the disposal of the \. R. A. by the Massachusetts Rifle association. IL is the range on which the New England Rifle association holds its an nual matches and is within thirty minutes ride of Boston. A number of universities and colleges have rifle clubs affiliated with the N. R. A. and a good attendance is expected.
 The movement for schOOlboy rifle practice received a powerful impetus from the schoolboy matches held in Washington recently. The National Capital and Revolver club, a small but energetic organization and numbering among it's members some of the best pistol shots in the country, undertook the task of conducting the tourna- ment The newspapers co-operated heartily. the Evening Star and Wash ington Times giving handsome silver cups to be competed for annually until won three times. There were com panv. battalion and inter school shoots. with competitions on the sub target gun and competitions for off cers and for individual prizes. Speak ing of the competition Secretary A. s. Jones in his report to the National Rifle association, says: The National Capital Rifle and Revolver club ranges are the best I have seen for contests of this nature. They are located at the end of the drill hall and are 16 III lulllbtI. INttOiu SllDOlille1 iS NtAI . iNN' on iron targets but for this shoot the Meyns system of overhead trolleys to carry thet arget to and from the back Stop-was installed and gave quick and efficient service. The shooting was all done at fifty feet and on the \. R. A. targets with one inch bulls eye. All matches were shot in strings ften shots for which a charge of five cents was made. The new .22 caliber [. s. Army rifle was used and again demonstrated it's efficiency. It carried a .22 caliber short cartridge, of which all the different makes were used, the elevations being the same. About 5000 targets were used and 3000C rounds of ammunition expended. Nearly 400 boys participated and 14S qualified as Junior Marksmen and re- ceived medals. So much interest was created by this shoot, which was orig finally designed for the white compa- nies of school cadets, that the colored schools took it up and matches between the two colored high schools were
 held extending over four nights and
 under the same auspices A list of prizes was secured for this tourna-
 ment comparing very favoraby with that for the white schools and the