Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-29
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FOR R.| t |. MATCH ii.
Program for Big Event IS Com PM
pleted by Lieut.. Robert
SiIlman, U. S. "A.
4 4
REPRESENTS ENTIRE STATE.
Ogden, Salt Lake. Ncpi,i, Ephrnim,
Manu, RichficId and Mt. Pleasant
alarlSsmen Entered for Shoot.


| The final program for the state
| rifle meet to be held at Fort Douglas
next Sunday has just been handed
tolthe printers as compiled by5L leu
tenant Robert II. Sillnan. Fifteenth
infantry, who has been designated as
officer in charge and statistical Of
fioer The program is prefaced with
a roster OF the officers of the gov
ernor's staff and the officers of the
First regiment, followed by a roster
of the line officers of the infantry
companies at the various stations and
of the medical department. First bat
terry and signal corps. The officers OF
the Fifteenth infantry who have been
designated to conduct the competition
along strict military lines have been
unsparing OF efforts to make the
match a success and their. untirng
work in this respect Is much appre-
ciated by Governor Spry, General
Wedgwood and other National Guard
officers who have in hand the arrange
grnent Of details for the state in its
first rifle match. Major W. G.. Viii
Sliams, First infantry. n. Gu, is ex-
ecutive officer of the state rifle
matches and has worked hard with
other officers associated with him TO
have the affair entirely successful
The competition Is two 70 ID IN It's ~ W,
pose, the competitors striving for.
standing as riflemen In their own
state and also for he privilege OF re.
presenting the state in the National
rifle matches to be held at Camp
Perry, ohio, beginning August r. The,
team Of twelve; men. three alternates
and team captain, team coach and
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+ the high shots in the state nlatcfIs
and Will be sent to the natfonaI
matches at the expense of the y United
States TO compete in the 81 m atcfles
promoted Shy the Nationals Board of
the Promotion Of Rifle Practise. q
board maintained by the i. general
government by congressional appro--,.
pTiations. iy5g, II
PROGRAM OF, THE MATCHES. Sa# s
5It The program for the matches pro-
vldes for two team matches and an
open Individual natch the second
team match will not be fred, but. de- de-.
Examinations Will be made by selectlIts
the Ave highest shots in the first team
matches from each battalion ana me me
five beet men from the teams OF the
battery and signal corps. The scores
made by. these high shots in the sew
feral$ urganfz tons concerned will de-
ttermine the winners in the match be-,
Itween5the four hi gh teams In the com,
tatid ng battery 'y' aha
The firing will be;
Slow. Fire-2oo, 800, 500 and 500 60.
yards. Is !. III
Rapid Fire--200 yards. MI
Skirnish-One run OF 10 shots.
The highest possible scoreSto be made
lis 800 points In an places except. in
the slsirmish run the scores are deter t.t 7 !.
mined as follows: Bullseye,t 5;;scenter.
4; inner 3 outer .. "A score is five
shots and the possible figure for each
score is rs points. In the slsirnllsh
run two figures are used. one of q man
lying down and the other Of ia man
in the kneeling position hit in the Y s
the larger figure, hit counts q points.
The inarksnlan begins his8runs at 500
yards and advances to the 200 yard
firing point, where the ra pidS firing is
done. IA I. n s.t 33s3;5ss. .45
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