Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

p. III. Griffin. Corp. W. n. Fuller. Private
j. A. De MARI, Private J. NJ. Stewart,
Private r. A. Holmes. Private w. l.
III. Tanner, Private j. F.. Thornbers
Private l.. II. Nelson.
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| Capt. F. Penrose Smith, who was one
of the ranking captains of the Guard.
was retired last week with the rank of
major.
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From August to September 4 the rifle
range at Camp Perry. Ohio, will be in
constant use. Five distinct tournaments
| will be in progress, with thousands of
marksmen, scorers and attendants in
camp on the range. The program includes
National Board for Promotion of Rife
Practice, the twenty-seventh annual
matches of tho National Rifle Association.
the sixth annual matches of the Ohio
State Rifle Association, the first annual
matches of the Department of the Lakes
Rifle Association and the regular annual
competition of the Ohio National Guard.
The Ohio National Guard matches are
ciusively. They will begin August 8 and
number five matches. Immediately fol-
lowing comes the matches OF the Ohio
State Rifle Association, which are open
only to its members and members of the
Ohio National Guard, thirteen matches in
all Next in order are the matches of the
Ohio State Rifle Association. which are
open to all corners. They will number
twenty-eight, making the total number OF
matches of the o. S. r. a. forty-one.
The matches of the Department of the
Lakes Rifle Association. which will be
shot under the direction Of the o. S. r. A.,
number six. They will be confined to
teams and citizens from Ohio, Indiana, IL
linois. Wisconsin, Michigan and Ken
lucky, which states comprise the Depart
ment of the Lakes.
Preliminary practice for the national
matches will begin Friday, August 20. and
continue Saturday. Sunday the range will
be closed Monday, August %, the ma
tional team match will be opened, to be
followed -by the national individual rifle
match and the national individual pistol
match. These matches should be COM
pleted by Friday. August q, when the
National Rifle Association matches begin.
They include seventeen matches.
During the period from August to
20 the targets will be manned by a
| brigade Of the Ohio National Guard, and
| shooting will be in progress from to
| II 80 am, and from l to 8 o'clock In the
afternoon. During the matches of the
National Board for Promotion of Rifle
| Practice and the National Rife AssOcia-
ton the range will be Differed and man
ned by the United States Army and the
National Guard. Markers and scorers
will be furnished by the army, regiment
/ being detailed for duty at the range.
Teams entering the national match will
either subsiSt themselves or be subsiSted
| at the mess hall. Congress has appro-
| priated $4,000 for the messing of COM
petitors during the national matches
Each competitor is entitled to cot
| ture. such as stool, wash basin, water
bucket. tin cup, broom, ETC., and ample
| tentage will be furnished. all through the
| courtesy of the state of Ohio. Compel
blankets and bedding, other than mat
/ treSSeS.
| a careful estimate of the number of
men expected at Camp Perry for the
matches includes 100 regular army Off
/ GERS, LOCO enlisted men, I. S. A. team
contestants and officers. 800: National
/ Guardsmen not attached to teams. and
civilian rifle club members, 800 to SEQ;
| brigade 0. n. G., 500.
| The prize list at the matches at Camp
Perry next month is very attractive to
rifemen. as the money will be largely
I III excess OF any heretofore uNi0Su anu
/ the prize lists will be much larger. In
! the national team match the prizes are
| as follows: Glass A, $3.50, $3.50, $500 and
$3.50; Glass b, $3.50. $3.50, $225 and 500;
| Glass c, $500, 500. S175 and $3.50. In
addition, there is trophy for each class.
and every member of the twelve teams
| will receive medal. In the national
| individual match there will be thirty-nine
| prizes amounting to $500. with the same
| number of medals. In the DUPONT tyro
| match. shot under the auspices of the
! o. $. r. A.. the prize money amounts
| to 800. divided into forty-two prizes.
| The Ohio matches all carry from four to
| twelve or more prizes. AS the matches
| of the National Rifle Association will
/ be conducted on Il percentage basis, IL
| is impossible to tell how much money will
| be divided or the number of the prizes
in the BIZ matches. 1t is expected. how
| ever. that In some of the great individual
| matches. IKE the Leech cup match, the
! total prize money will approximate five or
/ six hundred dollars, and perhaps more.
! All the entrance fees, less the actual eX-
pense of operating the range. will be
| returned to tie contestants IN the n. r.
A. matches. For the national matches
The first casket was made at the
| Montros metal casket factory, Hagers-
| towns latest manufacturing industry
| The presses weigh 100000 pounds each
| and exert Il pressure of 1,0Qo tons. The
/ caSket consists of only two pieces. the