The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-08-17
SOUTHERN BOYS SHOULD.
LEARN to SHOOT
May Soon Have to Hold Their End
Up Against Hostile Nations
Fighting Men

Up Against Hostile Nations
Fighting Men
Consistent with the policy of the
United States of depending upon its
citizens for national defense and of
training them in time Of peace to
meet that responsibility in time of
war, there are held each year a
series of national rifle and pistol
competitions, which are known as
the national matches. These matches
are held under the supervision and
direction of the national board for
the promotion of rifle practice, which
is board created by act of Congress
for this purpose and Of which the
assistant secretary of war, Henry l..
Breckenridge, is the president.
These matches are participated in
annually by teams of eighteen men
representing each branch of the reg
ular army, and by teams from the
navy, the marine corps, the U. S.
military and naval academies and
from the national guard of each
state and territory, and by hundreds
Of individual competitors as we'll.
Heretofore the matches have usually
been held on the rife range at Camp
Perry, Ohio, which is the largest in
the country; but this year there is
to be a departure and instead of
holding the matches all at one place,
| divisional matches are to be held.
all of the competing elements with
| in the states of Tennessee, Ken
lucky, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
and Florida will be known as nation
al divisional competition 'fB," and
viii be held on the Florida state
rifle range, near Jacksonville, in Oc-
| tober
The purpose in having divisional
matches this year instead of gen.
eraI match, is to create wider in
terest in rife shooting by bringing
the matches to the immediate atten-
ton of a large number of people;
also, to reduce the cost of and in
crease the participation. "A further
measure to the latter end is ar
amendment of the rules which viii
admit teams and individual com
petitors from all universities, col
leges and military schools and col
leges within the states named. 1t /:
; expected that many of the schools
!, and colleges, and particularly thost
| which maintain a cadet corps, viii
participate In Florida great prep
arations are being made for thu
holding of these matches. They arr
to he held in conjunction with th'
annual matches of the Florida Stats
Rifle Association, the Southern
Interstate Rifle Association and thu
National Rifle Association, making
four distinct competitions which viii
collectively be styled the Southern
Shooting Tournament of 1914.
A handsome illustrated bookle
has Just been issued by the F'lorid'
} military authorities giving full in
formation as to this tournament
2 which will cover the period from DC
tober to %, inclusive, and will ID
5 the largest shooting event ever he'll
in the South. A copy of this pro
s gram and full information as t
the tournament can be obtaine
e upon application to the Secretary
Southern Shooting Tournament, T
e o. Drawer 81, st. Augustine, Fla
These matches will mark the forms
= opening of the new Florida riff
S range. All of the rifiemen in tn
South are anxious to see this ne
o range, as are those from other SCI
o tions of the country, and it is e.
). pected that the attendance will b
very large. All southern railroad
have announced specially low rate
r for the occasion.
The executive officer Of tn
matches making up the Souther
Shooting Tournament is Generi
]. Clifford r. Foster OF the Florid
National Guard. and the administr'
tive staff is composed Of officers
the regular army and of the nations
- guard of all the states within II
II district