Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-31


| the range practise season and also DE-
failing conditions Of the cOmpetj'iCL
Tor places on the team hat will rep
resent the National Guard OF Hawai-
at tn" national shoot next October
" ere issued yesterday.
The team this year .N!II be picked
by competition. the Dian being tha'
20 men will qualify for tt" final shoot
from which - ~hnOting W"rnb'-ra and
three alIrrnatps will b. selected.
Maj A W. Nicely has been relieved
OF detail in the ordnance department
and returned TO the infantry. with
rank OF captain. H. l.as been ap
Iuinttd team coach.
FUIlO" ing is the shooting order
Territory OF Hawaii.
The Adjutant Generals OGlHr.
Honolulu
March ~. 49,.
General Orders No. ~.
l. The regular season for known
distance practise with the rifle and
pistol will begin on May |, 1915, and
end June 30, 1915; in addition thereto
q supplementary season may be utili3-
ed. which will begin july l, 1915 and
end July 81. 1915. The months OF
August and September will be deyot-
ed to range practise by those who are
entitled to enter the team to partiGi-
pate in the national competition at
Jacksonville. Fla, in the month OF
October 1915.
II. Firing during the regular prac-
tise and supplementary seasons will
place IN the final competition to be
held during the first two weeks in
August, 1915. This competition for
place in the final competition is open
to every member of the. National
Guard of Hawaii, except as limited
herein or hereafter by the rules for
the national competition.
III. The standing of competitors
will be determined in the following
manner:
During instruction practise each
competitor will be allowed, prior to
firing, to designate the score about
to be fired as a score to be taken in
computing his average, whereupon the
range officer will so mark and initial
the score; upon failure to so desig-
nate a score the last score fired at
that range will be taken The totals
of such scores at all ranges will be
added to the record scores of like
ranges of each man firing, and the,
averages taken as his scores.
The 20 highest averages thus at,
tanned by those who are capable of
explaining and practically demonstrate
ing the change of sight required for
different elevations of the shot mark
on the target at the various ranges.
and windage required . for different
velocities at the various ranges. to the
satisfaction of the team. coach, will
entitle their holders to place in the
final competition for the IL principals
(called the shooting members) and
the three alternates on the team.
w. The work required by para
graphs l, II and III may be performed
on the home ranges of organizations.
V, The Is making the highest
scores in the final competition will be
accepted as the IL principals and
three alternateS on the rifle team.
vi. TIE company making the high
est figure of merit in record practise
in accordance with the provisions OF
Bulletin No. 4, A. G. o., September %.
1914, will be awarded the National
Defense Trophy for the year 1915.
VII. Capt. Arthur w. Nicely is de-
tailed as coach for the rifle team. AS
inspector of small arms practise he
will attend and make suggestions for
gallery practise and instruction and
record practise of companies, and will
be given every assistance by all Off
GERS on duty conducting such practise.
Other team officers will be desig-
mated and assigned to duty in subse-
Quent orders.
VIII. Markers and scorers may be
empowered under the provisions of
the Militia Regulations issued by
the War. Department, 1910, as modit