The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-11
Naval Rifle Ranges
Now Open To Civilians

Z izations when so desired Individual
g will be furnished with certificates 0
I qualification
: The permanent range force at eacl
I of the navy establishments provides
3 an instructor at each firing point
telephone men, and officers and petit.
officers In charge of the butts. Mar
kers in butts may be detailed from
among the transients and such mer
as are not engaged in firing will b,
available for such other duties al
may be assigned by the commanding
officer of the range.
The ranges are equipped with botf
Springfield and Enfield rifles. The
course for civilians will be shot, al
first, with the Enfield rife, which Is
the type in use by the Army abroad
and supplementary courses will be
shot with the Springfield.
A special course in machine gun.
merry is available to limited mum.
her of men, extending over the period
of week. New classes in machine
gunnery will be formed each week
from among those who have qualified
with the rifle and desire the further
training. This course will include
all the types of machine guns now
! in use-Colts, Lewis, Browning and
Marlin types.
| At the same time that this instruc-
ton of civilians is carried on, naval
range officers expect to materially in
crease the capacity CT the rerges, by
/ using them without stopping as long
as daylight is sufficient for firing. At
present, the normal capacity Of q
range is considered rs ten men for
each target available, but this can be
doubled, range officers say, by using
the targets without stop at the noon
hour and continuing the firing until
dusk, double shift of instructors and
range men being used The ranges
will not be closed during the winter,
but will be open to civilians from the
present time until the conclusion Of
the war, unless the order is counter
manded, practice being held every
day, including Sunday.
All organizations or individuals de-
string to enter are requested to write
or telephone the range nearest them
and NOT to write to the Navy Depart
ment at Washington, which already
is receiving volume Of necessary
mail that taxes it's capacity. All in
formation can be obtained by adj
dressing the commanding officer of
the range nearest the applicant. In
cases where 1t is possible to appear
in person at the range, this is even
more desirable than writing.
Camp Logan, Zion City, Ill.-The
old Illinois State Range which has
been taken over by the Navy to sup
plement the range at Great Lakes,
ILL.,, has al targets and will accom-
modate civilian students of the Cen
trail West.
Wakefield, Mass, formerly the Bay
State military range, but now oper-
ated by the Navy, has 1O1 targets
and will take the students of northern
New England.
Rumford, R. l., near Providence.
formerly was the Rhode Island State
range, has IS targets and may be
reached by trolley from Providence.
Peekskill, N. Y, which will &C.
comodate the northern and western
New Workers has n targets.
Caldwell, N j., will be available
for use after September /. It is the
largest range in the country and is
expected to accommodate the appli-
cants from the 100000 inhabitants of
Metropolitan district of New York
City and Philadelphia, and interme-
date points.
Cape May, N. j., with 80 targets
will provide for applicants from New
Jersey and Delaware.
Glen Burnie, Md, formerly the
Maryland State range, has 81 targets. /
for students from Maryland, the Dis ,
trict of Columbia and northern vir-
ginia.
Virginia Beach, Va, formerly was
used as the Virginia state range, it
being equipped with ITO stargets. i
Mt. Pleasant, S. c., is the furthest
South of the ranges on the Atlantic
seaboard.
San Pedro, Cal, has 20 targets will
be available to men from the West
coast and nthnr Waetarn stotac