The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-03-16
SEND ORDER FOR EQUIPMENT
Forty Well Known Men Of the City
Have Already Signed the Roll and
Others Are Expected-Privilege to
Use Camp Logan Rifle Range.

The Kenosha Rifle club is not going
to be an exclusive organization, but
its membership roll is to be opened to
every citizen of the United States in
Kenosha who feels that he wants to
learn how to shoot straight and put
himself in line to be Of value to the
nation should the nation want his
services. This was decided at the
meeting of the club promoters held at
the Hotel haywood on Monday even
ing. More than thirty well known
men of the city were present at the
meeting and the organization was COM
pleted by the adoption of bylaws.
The executive board was instructed to
order at once equipment for club of
fifty members. Suggestions were
made that the membership be limited
to fifty, but when this motion was put
there was not a vote in favor of it.
1t is going to be inexpensive to be-
long to the Kenosha club. The original
Investment for equipment and initia-
tion is going to be only five dollars
and the annual dues are to be the
same. Executive Officer Terrell an
nounced that he had taken up the mat
ter Of the club members using the rife
range at Ft. Sheridan and the mem
bers of the Illinois National Guard in
charge of the range, declared that the
members of the Kenosha club would be
welcome to the use of the targets there
at any time they saw ft
The requisition for the equipment Of
fifty Kraag- Jorgensen rifles will go
forward to the war department today.
The rifles will be furnished to the club
members at a rate Of five dollars each
and for each four rifles bought the
government win give the club one
rifle. This will mean that the club
will have ten rifles and other equip
mont which will belong to the club.
This portion of the equipment must be
returned to the war department in
case the club should become inactive.
There will be no other charges for
equipment as should the rifles sent to
the Kenosha members wear out they
will be replaced from the supply in
Washington without charge. These
rifles were formerly used by the infan-
try, but they have been stored in
Washington since a change in arms
was made in 1898. The government
will furnish free to each member of
the club four hundred and eighty
rounds of ammunition and other am
munition used must be bought by
the club members.
EveA with disturbed conditions at
the war department in Washington the
executive committee of the club ex-
poets to be able to get the equipment
within the next month or six weeks
so that the regular work on the range
will be started just as soon as the
weather viii permit. The meeting
was adjourned subject to the call of
the president. The men signing the
charter roll of the club included
Alfred E. Terrell, A. E. Buckmaster,
George H. Eddy, Judge George w.
Taylor, 9. D. Barnes, R. X. Dorr,
Charles A. Stuart, T. J. Dale, M. B..
Ketcham, the Rev. T. w. Corey, E. A.
Hatfield, s. S. Simmons, A. B. Mccall.
Samuel G.. Newman, J. A. Rose, DR..
G. F. Adams, A. H. Quigley, George
H, Allen, DR.. F. E. Andre, Daniel R.
Hull, Frank H. Truax, j. Fred john
son, George Fl. Milne, Albert Tanck,
J. G. Ferris, R. E. Bassett, H. M. Vale,
Joseph Lippert, Lynn T. Hannahs, DR..
H. Gephart, F. @. Hannahs, Jr.. ].
D. Alexander, Clark Judd and Ned
Meers.
1t was announced that no "social''
members would be received into the
organization and any one joining the
club will be expected to take his place
on the rifle range at regular intervals
and have part in all the shoots ar
ranged for by the club.