Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28

open only to it's members and members
of the Ohio National Guard, thirteen
matches in all. Next in order are the
matches of tho Ohio State kilie Assoc
citation which are open to al! comeit.
They will number twenty eight, max
ing the total number of matches OF t-4~
.. S. r. A. forty-one.
The matches of the Depaltmen of
the Lakes r. A.. which will tie shot
under the direction of the o. :. X. A..
number six. They will be confined to
teams and citizens from Ohio. Indiana.
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ken
lucky, which states comprise the De-
oartment of the Lakes.
Preliminary Practice for the National
Matches will begin on Friday, August
70. and continue Oh Saturday. Sunday
the range Will be closed. On Monday.
August % the National Team Match
viii be opened. to- be followed by the
National Individual Rifle Match and
The National Individual Pistol Match.
These matches should be completed by
Friday August y. when the National
Rife Association Matches begin. They
include Il matches.
During the period from August to
% the targets will be manned by a
brigade of the Ohio National Guard.
nd shooting will tie in progress from
! to 11.3O A A.. and from 1 to ) o'clock
n the AFTERNOON. During the mat, hes
If the National Board for Promotion of
Rifle Practice and the National Rifle
Association the range will be differed
md manned by the l.. $. Army and the
National Guard. Makers and scorers
i'll re furnished BY the army. a regi-
"ent Icing detailed for duty at the
range. Teams entering the National
Match will either subsist themselves or
20 SubsiSted at the mess hall. con-
,ress has appropriated $l2.Olo tor the
Messing of competitors during the Ma
ional Matches.
Each comDe titor is entitled to cot
md mattress and necessary camp fur
lture. such as stool. wash ba sin. Wa
serb bucket, tin cup, broom, etc. and
ample tentaSe will be furnished. all
through the courtesy of the state of
Ohio. Competitors will he expected to
supply their own blankets and bedding
other than mattresses.
A careful estimate Of the number of
men expected at Camp Perry for the
matches Includes 100 Regular Army
Officers; LOCO enlisted men, L. $.
A., team contestants and officers 900;
National Guardsinen not attached TO
teams and civilian rifle club members,
Ta to 500: brigade 0. n. G.. 500.
Tile prize list ut the matches at Camp
Perry next month is very attractive to
illenen as the money will be largely
II excess OF any heretofore divided and
The prize lists will be much larger.
In the National Team Match the
IiiZes ar" as follows. Class A, $3.50.
$3.50, $500 and SO; Glass b. $780, $3.50,
80, and 500; Class c. 5000. $500. Sl!5.
md $l5n. H. addition there is trophy
~ each class and every member of the
welve teams will receive medal. In
he National Individual Match there
will be thirty-nine prizes amounting to
s3JJ with the same number of medals.
n tn" duiont I'yro match shot under
BE auspices pi the o. S. r. A., the
)rize money amounts to $500, divided
INTO I. prizes. The Ohio matches all
AIRY from four to twelve or more
orizcs. AS the matches of the National
silie Association will be conducted on
Il percentage basis it is impossible to
tell how much money will be divided or
I the number of the prizes in the big
matches. 1t is expected, however, that
| in some of the great individual matches
like the Leech Cup Match the total
priZe money will approximate five or
tx hundred dollars and perhaps more.
All the entrance fees less the actual eX-
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rturned to the contestants in the n. r.
\. matches. For the National Match
rs Congress furnishes the prize money.