Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-31
CAMP PERRY RIFLE
MATCHES IN AUGUST
Annual Meeting of National As.
sociation Fixes Date; Libby
Reelected President.
ny PETER p. CARNEY.

The National Rifle Association matche
this year will be held at Camp Perry, or
Lake Erie, about half way between San
dusky and Toledo. This means that Ohio
will be the greatest of shooting States thi:
season, for the Grand American Handicap
will also be held in Ohio, the city beinl
Cleveland.
Teams who intend to participate in tn,
national matches will report on July 81
The shooting will begin on August anC
continue until August 2S. From August
until August 10 will be devoted to in
struction features. The National Rife
Association matches will take place from
August 10 to 10 On August 20 and Il the
matches of the Ohio State Association will
take place. The remainder of the time
will be gwen over to the national matches
The program of events is yet to be mapped
out.
The executive officer in charge of the
matches will be Colonel Morton G. Mum
ma, U. S. Cavalry. Assistant Secretary
of War Crowell has named the following
committee on rules and regulations
governing the national Matches: Brig
Gen. Fred II. Phillips, Col. M. G. Mum
ma, Lieut.. Col Townsend Whelan, Lieut.
Col. w. G. Harllee, Mai. X. ID. LaGarde,
Maj. L. ". T. Waller.
Team membership this year will be
Is instead OF IL men, the additional mem
ber to be sent to the matches for duty as
range officer. This increase is. made not
only to facilitate running the firing line
during the national matches, but the team
itself will benefit later on for the range
officer will 60 back to his club with special
knowledge of range operation. 1t Is more
than likely that the members OF teams will
T.. a 4
Ion this season, at least that IS the present
thought.
The course OF fire will be 200. 600 and
100 yards and Adiutant-Gen Layton
of Ohio was requested to provide mini
mum of so targets at 200 yards and 4
minimum of 100 targets at the other dis
tances
The above and many other things were
decided at the annual meeting of the
National Rifle Association and the Ma
tional Board for the Promotion of Rife
Practice Lieut. Col. William Libby Of
Princeton, was again chosen president Of
the National Rife Association. The vice
presidents are: Lieut.-Col. William G.
Harllee, of Washington, Lieut-Coi ). w.
Brookfield of Iowa, Col. G.. II. BurIeigh,
New York Lieut. Col. d. NJ Flynn Of
New Jersey is treasurer and Brig Gen.
Fred II. Phillips. Jr., Of Tennessee, IS
secretary.
This committee was appointed TO ar
range for the participation of the United
States IN the rifle and pistol matches in the
Olympic games 10 be held in Belgium late
IN July: Col. Libby, Gen. Phillips, Maj.
Waller. Commander Osburn, Col. Shaw
and Lieut.-Coi. Townsend Whelan
Lieut.-Col Whelan was placed in
charge OF the promotion of small bore shoot
ing. Colonel Whelan knows the small bore
game possibly better than any other shoot
er in the world and bis plans for the promo
tion of the sport met with approval
II is the intention of Lieut.-Col Whelan
and his committee to establish chain OF
ID calibre ranges throughout the country.
Congress has appropriated s200,000
for the promotion of rife practice among
civilians in 1920 and this insures sufficient
quantities Of targets and target materials
to equip all of the existing clubs of the
association and the clubs that may be
formed this wear. In 1919, IS9 civilian
rifle clubs were formed, - clubs in high
school and military schools, 16 boys clubs
and IN two colleges. Seven hundred and
sixtv-six organizations reaffiliated with the
y. r A. There are rife associations of
Statewide importance IN 10 States The
hope Of the \. r. A. is to have a real
State association in every State. Il
should be possible TO accomplish this
through the adiutant generals of the
various States, all of whom are interested
In the development of rife practice.