Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-10
MANY MILITARY SCHOOLS
TAKE UP RIFLE WORK
Ispeelul Correspondence to Morning Journail


Especial Correspondence to Morning Journal
Washington, ID. c.. Nov. THE
scholastic and collegiate year has be-
gun with promise of unusual activity
among the rifle clubs of the various
institutions promoted by the National
Rifle association under the quasi-di-
rection of the war department and
the national board for the promotion
of rifle practice. Affiliated with the
National Rifle association and shoot
ing under rules approved by the Sec
retary of war there are now seventy
three clubs located in as many prep
aratory schools in different parts OF
the country. During the winter the
members of these clubs will shoot for
qualifications indoor, and in the
spring will qualify ON the outdoor
ranges.
The requirements for junior marks
men on the indoor ranges are the fir
ing OF ten shots standing and ten
shots prone on the National Rifle as
sociation gallery target, the distance
being fifty feet. Any .22 caliber rifle
may be used barring telescope sights
A score Of not less than 5 points in
the standing position and az points
in the prone position, is necessary for
qualification and all members Of
schoel-boy clubs making these scores
under the certification of properly
designated Officers will receive sill
yer lapel button and be enrolled as
junior marksmen.
The outdoor qualifications are shot
at 200 yards, ten shots standing and
ten shots prone on the U. S. A. target
"A. The regulation military rifle or
carbine o. one viewed and stamped
by the n. r. A. must be used in OUT
I. I y. .f F
points standing ana 40 points prone
is required. and each competitor quail
flying receives a bronze junior marks
mans medal In addition each
schoolboy club is supplied yearly
with a medal in a leather case for
competition among members of the
club. Those clubs who have not held
their competitions may do SO at any
time up to December 81, for the year
1910, and may hold their contents
for next year any time within The
succeeding twelve months.
The National Rifle association an
nounces that it is prepared to donate
q silver cup as an inter-school cham
pionship prize in any city where
three or more schools will cooperate
To hold an annual tournament. 1t
will also donate bronze cup for an
inter-club match between n. r. A.
school clubs in connection with such
tournaments The following school
clubs are affiliated with the National
Rifle association: culver Military
Academy Culver, Ind; Columbia
Military Academy, Columbia Tenn
Geol gia Military Academy, Milledge-
VILE, Ca: Harry Hilman Military
Academy, Wilkesbarre. Penn. Har-
ward Military school, Los Angeles,
Cal, Hancock Military Academy, san
Rafael. CAL; Kamehama Manual
School Honolulu, Hawaii; Kemper
Military school Boonville, Mo; Ken
tucky Military Institute, Lyndon,
Ky Los Angeles, Cal Military
Academy; Miami Military Institute,
Germantown. Ohio: Mitchell Military
School, Billerica, Mass: Montclair. \.
j., Military Academy: Mount Tamal-
pals Military Academy, san Raiael
CAL Nazareth Hall Military Acad-
emN Nazareth, Penn; New York
Military Academy Cornwall on HUI
son, y. y: Northwestern Military
Academy, Highland Park, Ill; River
view Academy, Pouhkeepsie, y. y;
Sewanee, Tenn, Military Academy
st. Johns school. Maniius, n. y. s.
Johns Military Academy. Delaileld'
Wis St Johns Military school sa1
INA. Kan; St Matthews Military
school, Burlingame. Cal, Urban
Academy, Los Angeles, Cal, Nashon
Military Academy, Burton, Washing
ton. Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington, Mo, West Texas Military
Academy. san Antonio, Texas; Nor
MS High School. De Witt Clinton
High school, New York city; Man
lal Training High school. Erasmus
Hall High school and Commercial
high school. Brooklyn. y. y; Cen
tfal High School. Central Manual
Training high school. Southern High
and Manual Training school and
Northeast Manual Training High
school Philadelphia. Pa. Baltimore
NitN College (High schcoD and Lay
Ola High school. Baltimore, Ma; Cen
ual High School. Eastern High
school Western Nigh school Busi-
h"ss High school and Mckinley Man
lal Training school washington, ID.
g. East Denver High school West
Denver High school. South Denver
hleh school and Manual Training
high school. Denver. Ccyo.. Par
ringer High school. Newark, y. J..
nioptline. Mass. High school.
narieston. W. Va. High school Co
,umHHs. ohio, High school. Green's
ulfs, Penn. Hiah school. ogden,
1lih. High school. Patterson. y. J..
nlsh school. Saranac Lake. y T..
1leh school. Saratoga Springs, y. Y.
Hish school. Stamford. Conn, Hish
hool. Stoueham. Mass. High
s-le. J; 81 Peter Mimi. High school. (
.aliimore, Nd. Polytechnic Institute.
iltneaictine College. savannah. ca
,iirard College. Philadelphia. Hnmii-
t.n institute. New York CITY. Marist
'ifge. Atlanta. GA. Polytechnir /
fHfnrl school. IrDnkian. Prot
helaAi Episcopal ACadcmE phladll-