The Washington times., 1910-08-08
FIRE FIRST SHOT
At CAMP PERRY
Match for Hale Trophy
Marks Opening of An
nual Tourney.

CAMP PERRY. Ohio, Aug S-The first
shot IN the three weeks OF rife toUrna-
ment TO be held at the Camp Perry
range was fred today.
All Of the teams are aot on the ground
yet and win not be until August 1s,
when the two days OF preliminary prac-
nee for the Great National Team Match.
under the auspices OF the United States
Government, viii be held. It is expected
that about fifty states and Territories
In al win be represented at the meet
and for the first tine IN the history
Of rife shooting the entire series OF
matches Of the Ohio Rife Association
the National Rife Association, and the
National Board for Promotion Of Rife.
Practice VIII be conducted under the
auspices OF the war Department
This is the fourth and probably the
last time that the National FliIe
Matches VIII be shot at Camp Perry.
notwithstanding the fact q al il affords
unusual facilities for The purposes de-
signed
Police To Shoot
During the shoot the National Police
Individual Match VIII be decided. the
meeting being open 10 policemen Of dr.
ferent cities The matches Of the Ma
tionaI Rife Association Of America vvlu I
begin August Is and continue till Aug
ust IS On Friday and Saturday OF
this week there VIII be practice for
national matches. These viii begin !
August ., with the National Team /
Match TO be followed by he National 4
Individual Rife Match and the Ma /
tiOnal Individual Revolver Match
For the first time the matches are IN
der the direction Of an executive officer
from the United States army-Lieut- /
Col r X Evans. Twsuty-eighth Infan-
Try who is assisted by Major Thomas
W. Griffith. Twenty-eighth Infantry,
and Lieut. Col n b ThurStOn, O. New
York. who are assistant executive Of
fcer@the first holders Of these positions
created this year
The other members Of Lieutenant
Colonel Evans staff are announced as
follows Major william A Phillips. /
Ordnance Department, ordnance officer;
Capt. William L Luhn. Tenth Cavalry /
adjUIant; Capt Preston Brown, Seven
teenth Infantry, statistical officer; First
Lieut. Thomas J. Rogers, Twenty-eisilth .
Infantry. assistant 10 the adjUtaur,
First Lieut. Benjamin F. Miller, Twenty
seventh Infantry, quartermaster; Second
Lieut. Victor s Foster. Fifteenth Cav
airy. assistant 10 the quartermaster-
Hundred Officers Present.
For the matches there are about 100
range Orfcers who reDorted 10 Licuten-
ant Colonel Evans this morning Major
Griffith IS chief range object
This year. t0r the first time. repre-
sentatives Of the navy are among thu
range officers Of the national slooL
The navy as Is the Marine Corps, has
FIVE officers in the list
Separate Messes-
More than ever teams are this year
running their own messes- The cavalry.
which has always eaten either at the
camp mess or at some outside farm
house, is managing its own kitchen and
dining room 1IassaC hUsetts, for the
first time, IS doing likewise. as are Mis-
sissippI. which arrived Saturday, AIa-f
hama. and Oklahoma The Bay Staters
are SandWICued between the AIiSSiSsip-
plans and AlabamanS
Lieut. Albert 5. Jones, Of washington,
secretary OF the National Rife ASSo-
citation. this morning opened the aSSO-
cations headquarters in the largest
tent on the firing line
Regulars swept the field in the Hale
match Lieut. " b wallace T7Veu- {
tieth Infantry, won bv possible
zhiuruan BiShoff. Naval Academy. Wa
second. with eleven, and Eusisns r. (
r Stewart and r A Thompson, Of
tho nav lied for third with rcu