Evening star., 1916-08-06
WITH THE RIFLE CLUBS.

The Mount Franklin Rife Club in Ell
Paso, Tex, has rendered the use Of its
outdoor range to the United States Army.
The army has accepted the use of the
range and set about helping the club to
equip it according to army regulations
Many of the rife clubs in San Fran
cisco have found welcome on the
army range at Fort Barry and new
clubs are being given range accom-
modations at the United States naval
training station on Goat Island
At the close of the seventh match in
the Small Bore Rife League, July Is,
there was no change in the three lead
ing teams for prizes for small bore
outdoor shooting. The Peters club OF
Kings Mills. Ohio. increased it's lead,
having now a total score of 6.71l, with
Auburn, y. Y, second, with 6.e12. and
the Quinnipiac club of New Haven,
Conn. third. score, 6,593.
Scores of other high teams follow:
Bucyrus. Ohio, 6,5s2: District of Colum-
Rifle Association. Boston. 6.474; Ere
mont, Ohio, 5,466; Milwaukee. Wis.
6,327; Brooklyn, 6,276; Olympic club,
San Francisco. 6,263 Gishoit club,
Va. 6,l74.
Hundreds OF Washingtonians. both
men and women. are taking advantage
Of the free use of the indoor range at
18th and Z streets northwest 1nstruc-
tors are furnished TO show those who
wish to learn just how to hold gun,
and to explain all the working parts,
as well the many little points connected
with good shooting. Twenty shots at a
and hs,y, he
on the firing line must give way to
another.
The gallery is open under the auspices
of the National Rife Association of
America. Its free use has been given
to the people of Washington to stimu-
late interest in rife firing. Proportion
ate1y Washington leads the country in
civilian rife shooting.
Eighty-five members of the Army and
Navy Union Rifle Club attended the
club day shoot at Winthrop last Thursday.
a number of noVices were taken along,
and out of the forty-six who shot the
marksman course, only three qualified
H. s. Bowman of Company d was the
high gun of this event, making a score
of l69 out of possible 200 points
Bush Hoppin of Company X and Wells
Merriam of Company were the other
two winners, making scores of l55 and
15i, respectively.
Thirty marksmen shot the sharp
shooter course, and four qualified. They
were T. NJ Shorkley of Company H.
with 1873 points: NJ Scarborough OF
Company ., with 165; c. F. Himmler,
with 154, and G. B. Cornwell, with 1852
points.
An individual sweepstakes competi-
tion in the various classes was held
The prizes were krag -Jorgensen rifes.
The winners were Bush Hoppin, Wells
Merriam and S. B. Burnside of the novice
class: T. NJ. Shorkley, in the marks
man class, after allowing a. handicap
of thirty points, and J. Fl. Nolan and
C. F. Himmler, also Of the marksman
class
Company H won the team matches. in
which eight teams competed. The
scores Of the winning team were: T. NJ.
Shorkley, 144: c. F. Himmler, 139; A
Winter, 1913, and George P. James. 100.
Company A, with an aggregate score
of SOL. and Company D with an s ag,
gregate score Of 4eo. finished second
and third, respectively.
Ten members of the club won the
krag rifles offered for bringing IN
twenty new members each by august s.
They were j. w. Sheetz: r. T. J. Bar
Costinett. C. H. Pardoe. B. c. Wheeler.
J. H. Nolan. E. H. Austin and c. x
Bum.
Divisions of Publications Rife Club or
the Department of Agriculture. has
been transferred to the office OF infor-
nation of the department, but stiii re-
tains his membership in the publica-
tions club He was away with the
George Washington Coast Artillery
Company recently, and has only lateiy
returned to work. According to Law
renee w Moore, a member OF the pub
lications club, Richard F. Downes, who
was with the National Guard in Camp
Ordway, has returned to work. He ap-
piled for his discharge because he had
dependents. Two more members OF the
club still are with the guard. They
are Edward Sullivan and Edward
Cissel.
The Department of Labor Rife Club
has membership of ninety four many
of whom have qualified in the various
courses with fairly high scores. The
club will enter It's teams in the Ma
tional Rife Association matches to be
held in the autumn. Robert watson
ident of the club, and Frederic Brad
shaw is secretary.
Members of the Florida Rifle Club have
been unable to participate in any of the
matches so far held as a club because of
inability to get together. The time they
are able to devote to rifle work is uncer-
tain. because of their work. The club
has a membershig OF fifteen, with Leo; Leon
dent Daniel H Fowler is secretary.
Cant. John E Brooks is one Of the mem
hers of the War Department Rifle Club
who is in the National Guard at Camp
Ordway. Capt Brooks is one Of the pio-
neer members of the club, which now has
a membership of about 42o men About
2 per cent Of the club membership Is in
the guard. according to J. A. Mclaughlin.
president.
The club has ten expert rihemen, ten