Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

In the performance Of military duties
without deducting the time from their
regular annual leave credits, only ap-
plies to the members of the District Of
columbia militia. and congressional ac-
ton will be necessary to extend this to
the militia OF the several states and ter
ritories Consequently. the War Depart
ment Is without authority to make any
modification of this rule.
In sending troops to annual camps Of
instruction. the minimum strength of
each organization should, according to
the War Department, be not less than
four full sets of fours, 80 men. % pri-
Yates and four corporals. and the appro-
pirate number of sergeants, six. No COM
pany will be considered as warranting
the expenditure of federal funds for
transportation, subsistence and pay that
has strength less than this.
Revolver matches for the police of the
country will be a new and interesting
feature of the national shoot at Camp
Perry, Ohio, which will run from Au-
gust to % inclusive. The program in
cludes the regular matches of the Ohio
State Rifle Association, the National
Rifle Association and the national board
for promotion of rifle practice, and to
the regular rifle and revolver matches
ordinarily included in these programs
have been added new matches for the
metropolitan police.
The national police team match will be
shot for the first time Thursday, August
ii, 1910. Each team is to consist of
hVe police officers from the force of d
single city and no officer may shoot on
more than one team. They must have
been in the same police force for at
the match. and will wear the authorized
uniform of their force. At fifteen yards
each man will fire two scores of five
shots each, rapid fire. eight seconds to
each score. AT twenty-five yards each
man will fire two strings of five shots
each, timed fire. fifteen seconds to each
score, and at fifty yards each man will
fire five shots. slow fire. twenty seconds
for each shot.
Any caIiber of revolver from 30 to A.
inclusive, and having a length of barrel
not less than four nor more than six
inches may be used.
The national police individual match
will run from August to August II.
inclusive, and will be open to any police
officer in the United States furnishing a
certificate that he has been on the police
force of his city, town or village for at
least three months prior to the match.
The ranges and times of firing will be
the same In this match as in the national
police team match. The regulations as
to the weapons are also the same for
both matches. For the national police
team iudtCH tue SOlt COMPANY mas given
handsome sterling silver trophy about
fourteen inches high. with a base of
about sixteen inches and having three
handles of novel design. The trophy is
mounted on a FURNISHED copper base,
which makes very attractive combina-
ulon. The match will be an annual event
and the trophy will remain in the custody
of the police force winning it from year
to year In the individual match there
will be number of money prizes and
medals.
In order to get these matches before
the police departments the Ohio Rifle As
ISOLATION appointed special committee
consisting OF Col. Byron l.. Berger, Mai
Charles Becht and Capt William Nj
Schofield. all of the Ohio National Guard
to send invitations to the chiefs of police
of the large cities to have their forces
represented in these matches. The COM
mittee points out that the annual national
matches at Camp Perry bring competitors
from all parts of the country. and that
the camp is attended by thousands of
the finest rifle and revolver shots in the
country. many having International repu-
tations.