Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24

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! Infantry, Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Headquarters and three companies. 10Th
Infantry, Fort Jay, New York.
Three companies, 10Th Infantry. Fort
| Niagara, New York.
Three companies, 10Th Infantry, Fort
Porter, New York.
Engineer Corps, two companies, Wash
| ington barracks. District Of Columbia.
Signal Corps, one company (A), Fort
Leavenworth. Kansas, which will pro-
coed from Chicago. H., not later than
| July IA, 1910.
Hospital Corps, one-haH company CO..
Walter Reed General Hospital, District of
| Columbia.
There will be also large force Of or
| ganized militia, but only few militia
time the District troops are assigned
| to it,
! ARRANGEMENTS are being perfected for
| rife match between teams from the Naval
Academy and District guardsmen. to take
place May IA at Annapolis. The District
team will not be composed entirely OF
officers. as has been the case In former
matches It is probable the team OF
twelve and two alternates will be SEIZED
Reichelderfer. Harvey and Young, Capts.
| Brian, Heidenreich and Cookson, ldeuts:
Holt McAnally, Alderman. Caldwell and
Clausell Sergts. Brown Cole and Scnr1-
yer. and Privates Fehr and Clouser. Ihe
distances are 200, coo and LOCO yards, and
rapid fire at 200 yards. the latter under
the new style Of kneeling and use OF the
battle sight.
| hart medal match fell below previous rec
ords. Sergt. ]. H. Hole OF Company II,
! I'd Infantry, was high man, with i3e
points out of the possible $50 to his
credit.
The totals Of the match were as fol-
sergt. J. H. Hole. 1873; Lieut.. L. A.
Clausel. 1874; Private w: r. Rupurtus,
1872; Gunner,s Mate j. W. ,oo webb ses.. ~
F. Rees. 100; Capt. e. H: Brian 122;
Private C. E. Waller, 100; Private J. 9.
Sweeney. 1913; Private R. Bryant, l2s:
| Lieut. w. E. Burt, 127; Gunner's Mate
125; Lieut.. William S. Wormley. 1874;
Corp. J. H. Hudnett. rs: Private j.
| Moore, no, and Private H. H. Barrows,
S3.
The Report of Rifle Shooting in the
| United States for the year 19O9,' issued
| by the national board for promotion OF
o>SAA
| in circulation, is a document which will
| be of much interest to all devotees of the
sport. 1t is the most comprehensive doc
ument Of the kind yet gotten out by the
national board and is we'll Illustrated. 1t
contains extracts from the reports OF the
executive officer of the national matches
| of 1909. Col. r. X. Evans. Z. s. A., who
is also executive officer for the matches
| of 1910. All the scores of the winning
teams in the national match are given
There is also a copy of the bill for the
| promotion of rife practice among the
schools, universities and civilian clubs.
| with extracts from the report OF the Sec
rotary of War. In the report of the Ma
tional Rifle Associations which Is In
cluded in the report of the national board,
citizens are told how to organize govern
ment rifle clubs and the regulations gov
erning the same are set forth at length
The rules and regulations under which
arms and ammunition for such clubs may
be purchased from the government. to-
gether with the prices OF the United
States magazine rife and ammunition, as
well as revolvers and ammunition, are
given In detail. Interesting information
Is given in regard to rife practice in in
situations of learning. Instructions are
given as to the organization Of schoolboy
rifle clubs, and copy or the bylaws or
such clubs, together with q brief history
of the rifle practice movement In institu-
lions of learning.
Various indoor and outdoor interscholas-
tic and intercollegiate matches for 1909
are reviewed at length. The interco
legiate outdoor championship for 1893 is
held by the George Washington Univer-
sity rifle team, which won the trophy
from teams representing Columbia Uni
versity, Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege. University of Pennsylvania and
Delaware College. the matches being held
at Sea Girt, n j.. June 10. 1909 The
intercollegiate indoor championship Is
held by the State College of Washington
which won it from seventeen other com
petitors. During the year the competi-
ton was held thirty-seven preparatory
schools entered teams Of ten pupils each,
and the match was won by the Morris
! High School team Of New York city.
An interesting review is given of the
benefit OF the schools of the District of
Columbia on the National Guard range
last November, and also OF schoolboy in
door shooting tournaments held In New
York city, Philadelphia and Baltimore:
Complete plans for the construction of
both indoor and outdoor ranges are also
contained in the report.
Secretary of War Dickinson has select
ed the officers to conduct the tests of
the ammunition manufactured by the
government and by private concerns
which will determine what ammunition
is to be used in the national matches OF
1910 and in the preliminary practice. The
personnel is as follows: Gen. Bird w.
Spencer of New Jersey and Gen James
A. Drain Of Washington, representing the
national board for promotion OF rife
practice; Maj. W. H. Palmer. 7th In
fantry, New York National Guard, and
Capt. Charles H: Cole. 1st Corps of Ca
diets of Massachusetts,, representing the
National Guard, and Capt. g. H. Stewart