The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-10
TO TEST MAXIM
GUN-S|LENCER At
SEA GRIT RANGES
Members Of U. S. Marine Corps
to Be Taught How to Use
New Springfield Rifle.


WASHINGTON, D. c., May 10.-un-
usual arrangements have been per-
fected for i~nstructing the 10000 MEM
bers of the United States Marine Corps
in the art of handling the new Spring
field rifle, which is, now the standard
military arm Of the United States. It
is safe to say that when the work now
in progress is finally completed the ma
rine corps will rank with the best
shooting organizations in the world
n will probably have more expert
shots In proportion to its numbers than
any other corps in the world.
A camp of instruction has been estab-
iished on the New Jersey range at Sea
Girt, which was placed at the disposal
Of h Marine Corps through the conr-
tesy of General Bird w. Spencer, in
spector of rifle practise of that State.
Captain William G.. Harllee, U. S. M. c.,
will be in charge of the amp. assisted
by the following Marine Corps officers:
Captain D.. G. McDougal n First
L~ieutenants C. B. Matthews. w. D..
Smith, Merriam, Wirgman, Coy1e and
TORY. Captain Harllee was captain of
the Marine Corps team at Camp Perry
last year which tool fourth place In
the match in which fifty State and reg
ular service teams competed. He will
also be captain of the Marine Corps
team In the national match to be shot
at Camp Perry in August of this year.
To Test Maxim siIencer.
Captain Harllee has assembled at Sea
Grit a number Of selected enlisted men
of the Marine Corps, who will be there
practically all summer in attendance on
a school dealing with the rifle. The
Marine Corps is now armed with the
Krag, and it is desired hat before
placing the new Springfield in the
hands of the Marine Corps the men
should be instructed as to the proper
use and care of the new weapon
especially in regard to metal fouling.
The camp a been aid out to accom-
modate 200 men and their officers, and,
in addition to those attending the
school, attachments of fifty men each
will be ordered from the Brooklyn and
Philadelphia nav yards and from
various vessels at New York and
Brooklyn to Sea Girt for practise. The
camp will be completely equipped with
VI dRBldilItS III use LII SuSu PidtiioSf
and tests will be made of a number of
new devices in connection with mill
tary rifles. Prominent among these will
be the Maxim gun-silencer. which will
be employed between the gallery prae-
tise and the range practise.
The course of instruction VIII begin
with the sub-target gun machine, m
which the men will practise at sighting
and aiming without the expenditure of
ammunition. They will then proceed
to the gallery range of fifty feet, where
the ordinary government .22-calibre
rifle will be used. At this range prac-
tise will also be had with the U. S.
20. -calibre rifle fitted with the new army
telescope sights, as we'll as various
Schutzen rifles, with and without teles
scopic sights. The Maxim gun-silencer
will then be brought into play, as with
it there is, of course. much less noise
and much les recoil than with the or
binary new Springfield, and the idea is
to educate the recruits to the use of the
new rife by easy stages. The men will
then be put on the range and shot
through the courses up to 1000 yards.