The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-05
NEW RULES
FOR RIFLE
|: MATCHES
PROVIDE FOR S Ev RE
TESTS IN NATIONAL
CONTEST
DISAPPEARING TARGETS
WILL Be INTRODUCED
Many New Features Of Great
interest TO Shooting
Profession


National board for promotion OF rifle
practice which have been approved
ps the secretary OF war. the national
rife matches at Camp Perry, Ohio,
which will be held next August, be,
ginning Monday, August %, will pre-
sent many new features of great in
tefest Ito the shooting profession
The National board met in Washing
ton in January with nineteen OF the
twcntyone members present. They
We're: Assistant. Secretary OF War
Robcr. Shaw Oliver president; Gen.
VIM. P Hail. U s. A.; Capt H.
G Learnard, L. S. A. recorde
Lieut.. Com. Leigh c. Palmer, L
s. ~; Gen. Bird W. Spencer and
Gen. =. Farmer Wanser, New Jer-
sey. Gen. Lawrason Riggs, Mary
land. Gen George Fl Harries, d. of
81; Gen. Carl A. Wagner, Mich
Gen George w Wingate and Cen
Charles F.. Rec. New York: Gen. G.
A. Kelley, Colorado; Gen. James A.
Drain. Washington; Gen. Elliott c.
Dill, Maine: Gen e. c. Young, lii
nois; Col. "A. r. Critchfieid, Ohio
Col. John Caswell Mass Col. Roy
Hoffman, Oklahena. and MAJ Claude
+. Goddard Pennsylvania 1t was
agreed that the restrictions ! . regard
10 preliminary shooting OF Ire range,
in force last yea. should % rescind.
ed The matches cf The Ohio State
Rifle association and the National
Rifle association of America, will be
held prior 70 the National matches
under ARRANGEMENTS to be made b.
tween these asspciations and the war
department The Ohio authorities
iendered the use of Camp Perry
range and equipiaent and the board
gave a vote OF thanks to the COVER
nor for the same. The equipment
includes the mess hall and this year
II Is expected the mess will be placed
unde' the direction of regular army
officer. congress appropriating $4,000
for the messing Of the competitors.
Col. Il. X. EpaHs, who has been
executive officer OF the last three Ma
tional matches has been selected BY
Secreiary Dickinson as executive Of
liccr for 1910 and The rules were
amended TO provide for two assist
am executive officers. one Of them
10 be from the organized militia.
The National board sustained Tho
action of the executive officer in dis
qualifying the naval academy team at
Camp Perry last wear, but incor.
poratcd in its proceedings para.
graph from bis report in which Col,
evans says: The executive officer
avails himself OF his opportunity 10
state hat there il nothing in this in
rident which can rrflcc. in the s,,en;
est degree on the honor or good faith
OF ihe uayal academy i"am. Col
Evans also paid high compliment lo
he team The resolutions aud quo,
tation we're forwarded TO The Iecre
tary Of the nay.
To prevcnt any possibility OF SIM
liar misunderstanding in he future
the rules relating TO the arms used
in the matches We're revised 80 as to
provide that The trigger pull must
always be at least three pounds
Rile 10 be used as issued by The ord
nance department without alteration
or modification Of any kind or char.
acter wbaisUfYer A violation of this
rule in any respect shalt disqualify
team cr c0mpeitors,rA new provi.
sion authorizes the ordnance depart
meni 10 select siar-gaugcd rifles" oT
as hlgll Grade as can be produced for
th" nSo of teams and individuals in
The National matches
All thc ammunition companies
have becn invited tC submit bids for
furnishing 100000 rounds of 30
cal ihre and a competitive test will be
had and the ammunition which is The
best will be selected for he matches.
The ordnance depa tment viii com
pe'e with The private companies as
last year. The allowance for pre-
liminary practice was slightly in.
creased
a great advance was made in the
rules governing the distances and the
shooting in the matches The 500
yard range was cut out entirely from
the National team and individual
matches. Instead OF The rapid fire be.
Inc on 4 bulls.ere IA get. targe; d
VIII be substituted for target A.
Target y carries the figure OF man
prone and shot in the figure viii
com, i've. shot below the figure
four and others three and two. The
competitors viii h4 lined, up, and fire
by odd and even nalhibSrS ( The forf
ner 4 ing first h%hiects will he'
loaded and when Hlliare READY u sls-
nal VIII be given and the targe's will
ise and remain In position for 20
seconds. and then disappear AS The
argets come up the competitors will
sink 10 the ground. with one knee on
he ground and am elbow on the other
l,nee Tie fye shots must be fred
or hcrwise each uncxpended cart
dge will count as miss, and firing
may be continued from the time the
,9fsel appears auiil Il disappears.
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