Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-03

The conditions are Hhr"iAN.tf
being different from those Of any oth.l
rian match fn the United states 10 VIII
b. omen to teams composed ~ menu .la
of commando. baftahous regiment.
bfiradoe OH divisions on authorize ol
CONVENTIONS Of the National 1ual'h
army. navy and marine corps pioNIa.N
that teams viii not contain any mell
ben who is not 90 member OF tne OF th
fv.fi.r Dr of the National ou1id lI
~ .fsfo from which the team is en-
tered Tho teams win consist or on
captain ana two squads of one COY
rnrlI and seven private ooch- 'N"
oHirers nnd member OF the team mN.
be- of any rank or grade Apo Irtel
Win boz tho knceung silhouette h.u
mounted 600 B target anu 10 t'itt'-
win he ass. gncd each team.
TEAMS SHOOT IN PAIRS.
rn. Teams win be- shot in pairs Zach
man will Boz given 40 rounds ot "mml-
milton and the start win Doe mado N1n
% point more than LOO yards itom t''
line of targets. The targets VIII pc eA-
p1srG and Withdrawn uudct fH. ulf.c
Zion of the range officer ln charge.
cordiur to plan previously drafted VIZ
"details of which win mot uc commune
Gated to the marksmcn. Tnus thct WIZ
not know when a target De- coming np
con- how long n win remain boo s.shr
While the targets are down the teams
viii advance by command ~ their cap
tain but under the gcnral 8upCrNi ~ 10
alignment Al each halt ncto. % r'ach
aueiumcnt AZ each halt before rra'n-
ing 800 yards from the target the t'l.n
captains will announce the distance. nN
giving a superior and inferior limit
followed By the proper commands Tor
fire indicating the ranges Co ue as 81
The manner OF determining the wlu-
uers fs ns Follows: For every hit 90 tho
target made bv q team the opposing
team win az once Jose % man and MS
remaining ammunition. s target oace
hit win be- Immediately withdrawn and
will not appear again. Iho number 81
shots Co.. BE- fred az each nalt VIII DO
determined by the captain or the team
and for every wrong command given by
% captain one man in his team viii o.
dropped out The oorporals win got fire
or be- dropped out until the battle sight
iz ordered az $50 yards when they WIZ
begin shooting AZ the longer ranges
they win devote their entire attention
t0 .uperntending the FIRE OF their
squad. ANY man lost by team viii
remain at the place where drol pot cut
until the run is completed. The run
win be continued until lal one team
has lost an OF ITS men. cor ODD hoth
teams have exhausted an their ammd-
milton. In case (a) the team not having
/ lost am it's men wins. I'm case tDl tn9
| team losing the lelst men wins. the
match win he decided hy The continued
competition of the winners OF each run.
la addition 90 the silver trophy pro-
perry inscribed. the winning team VIII
receive an Of the net entrance fees, OF
81 per man including the captains. II
is not Improbable that this viii amount
20 $500 or $500. The trophy win became
| the property of the team winning tho
match three times.
MARINE CORPS MATCH.
Another now match OF great interest
| VIII Doe known as the marine corps
| match For the last few years tho mae
| riuc corps has evirced a great iut-res.
! iu rifle shooting and last year rs
] teams made remarkable rc.1 as
both at Camp Perry and Sea Grit
| So much so that the Officers "
| the marine corps, subscrib 4L'lO
| The National Rifle association having
/ recently established am annual menu
| borship, the match for the annual menu
| hers VIII be shot az the same time as
| the match for the life members. cold
| for "a trophy TO be known as the Ma
rine Corps Trophy VIII be shot
| for IN August Tor the first time The
I Instance anu MAIIAAfI OF NiIRNa VIII AH-
| two sighting shots and % shots tor rec
ord al 600 and 1O00 yards; % win be
| open 10 everybody with any military
| rifle. any military sight, using any am-
munition, and shooting I'm any position.
| Ten per cent OF the net entrance fees
will go with the trophy. which viii be-
hold for one year. The second, third
and fourth men viii each receive 10
per cent and 90 per cent OF the total
] A. Fa.H.
/ $40 prizes. The entrance fee is s. per
man and as 30 is expected there Will
he AT least 800 entries, there win be-
something like 40 OF 10 prizes.
ia the championship revolver team
match for teams Of Eve, a charge has
been made limiting IL TO any unit OF
the army, navy, organized militia and
naval militia armed with the pistol
whose strength "a not larger than a
battalion Of infantry or a squadron OF
cavalry with the exception that a regi-
| meut OF Infantry may enter a team
l from the commissioned and uon-com
| missI0ned STAFF officers.
! An organization may be represented b!
{ more than one team but no man vii
| boo permitted 20 shoot on more thar
/ one team. The trophy viii be the "Silve
| Target" presented by Robert s Hall
| OF Boston. to be held for ono year. 10
T, | gether with "a medal 70 eacn ln. mhD
: | OF the team and go per cent OF o. me-
. | entrance fees. The other prizes
, | per cent, 20 per cent, and 10 per cent.
NEW RIFLE MATCH
A new rife match is that 10 be know
3 as the individual rapid fire mattel
which WIN be open 90 everybody m
To- entrance fee Is s. and the prizes as fo
. I lows. Twenty per cent % per cent an
j no uor cent while 65 per cent VIII J
divided equally among the next con
- uetit0rs. giving 20 each one sum ECU
N b. 20 per cent less than the third priz
t until the amount available is 81
hausted Medals win Doe given In eas
!. class. together with five prizes.
the annual members match, 2b per Gel
of the entrance fee viii be divided in
81 prizes, which viii be IN addition
/ the b percentage prizes.
The inter-club match has been chan
ed go as 10 restrict Il 10 teams OF q
Il I from civilian rifle clubs and militia
/ companies provided that no member
the team ia a member or alternate
any team competing in the nation
II team match.
Great interest among the individu
| shooters VIII be attracted by the Lee
cup. Wimbledon cup and the presiden
matches, as well as tho military char
p.oush,p match. Last year the prlz
ln the Leech match were AS follow
First, the Leech cup and "a gold badg
second $685. third. 500, fourth {l5 an
$40. sixth, 2l1i seventh flO and q