Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-10

unions. The interests of the United States in the pistol matches will be taken care of through the United States Revolver and theacaptain of the team is the we'll known ihternation- al pistol shot Captain Reginald H. Sayre of the New York National Guard.
 The proposition which is giving the most concern to the American rifle men is the organization of a team for the Free" rifle match. This is method of shooting almost unknown to American -riflemen. Free rifles would be considered by our men as freak rifles consisting of Heavy bar rels, set triggers, palm rests, and especially made stocks to fit the con- tour of the face and shoulder. The man who has been selected to organ ize this team and lead it to victory is Lieut.. Colonel Glendie B. Young of the District of Columbia National Guard Special rifles are being man. ufactured and preliminary tryOut to select ten men to put in training for this team will be held at the Camp Perry range today.
 In this match Switzerland in the past has been invincible. In the 16 years that this match has been shot, she has won it 15 times and was sec ond once. The team which is coming from Switzerland to compete is the one that was victorious in France last year. One member of the team, MT. Staeheli has been the high hon. or man in this competition several times. The captain of the team from Switzerland is Meyer de Stadelhosen.
 The French are also sending two very strong teams. The rifle team will be captained by D. Merillon, the President of the International Union One of the members of the team will be P R. Colas who won the 600 meter match at the Olympic Games last year from Lieut.. Osborn, an American by one point.
 Great things are expected of the team from Argentine which has been in this county since the middle of July and which has been in training as individuals for over half the year. Four members of this team are connected with the Argentine Navy and will report to an Agentine battle ship in this country at the close of the matches. The captain of this team is Dr. Juan Carlos Gallegos.
 Little is known about the team which is coming from Germany ex- cept that the team is in training at Nurnberg under the auspices of the Deutcher Schutzenbund.
 A feature of the international meeting will be the large attendance of riflemen from Canada. Nearly every province is sending a delega- tion of it's own in addition to which the Dominion of Canada Rifle As sociation will enter team in the Palm Trophy Match. It is expected that Sweden, which is sending dele gation of 14 riflemen the captain oi whom will be Captain P. H. Heden- bald, and Argentine Republic will also enter this famous competition the largest entry list that has ever yet been made. A team to represent the United States will be selected at Camp Perry which the men make in the Himbledon Cup Match, the Adjutant Generals Match the 100 yard stage of the presidents match and the Marine Corps Match. The % men making the highest score will be chosen, from whom the final team will be selected from a further test held on August 30th. The captain of this Palma team to represent the United States is Lieut.. Colonel N. R Thurston, \. Y. V. G.
 The team to represent the United States in the International Pan-Am- erican Shooting Union will also be selected from the record of scores made at the Camp Perry matches Captain Harry Lay of the United States Marine Corps has been made captain of this team.
 The man who will be at the head of this mammoth affair and who will act as Executive Officer is Brig. General R. K. Evans, U. s. A., who has made much experience as eXecu- tive officer in five previous internat- ional competitions. He will be as sisted by about 100 Army, Marine Corps, and National Guard officers and will have a regiment of troops to take care of the marking and SCOT