Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-09-13
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~ Camp Perry Matches
u,,k,men Will Vie With
a r rauntry's Best Rifle
Shooters

Shooters
,,,orcoming untold difficulties
Utter wv, shortage of funds, the
jng t III set for the 18th holding of
5gg pc Is ', az Rife and Pistol Matches
Na ,n Perry, Ohio, September 18th
camp Fatally lacking funds for
~, ~" teams and with only curtalled
tIl'" 'o for National Guard repre-
' yam attendance of these teams
''','O ns Service teams was assured
'Sn L., thorough cooperation be-
V c+.te officials and the War De-
ep W. The present indications
I'1'' +bore will be about 100 COM
D@' divided into more than so
aD' oDd about 500 Individual shoot
. ambitions for the 1922 Ma
T " Matches, while similar to those
20 ,oo1 will keep pace with the re-
.t t accuracy performances of
.mor in that a new type OF target
NJ an inner ring in the bullseye
' .',i6od for the 600 and 1OOO-yard
l.ine in all Individual matches.
.rogram of the National Rifle AS
.. f for the service rifle, small
> revolver, pistol and shotgun will
IN embrace all the recognized
Of competition with these
,,nops-team and individual, single
lre.entry'
,isntenant Colonel Morton c. Num-
Cavalry, United States Army,
',nsnder of the Camp Perry Small
=, Firing School during the war,
,,,utive Officer of the 1918, 1920
| 1921 Matches, who has national
,rtation as a skilled shot with rifle
' 4 hstol, will again serve as Execu-
!. ofcer of the Matches. There are
rsraI new trophies for prizes this
,,r included in which are the Presi-
,ts Match, The Farnsworth Trophy
the infantryman making high score
Military Training Camps Associa-
IN Trophy to the civilian making
N score, the Guardsman Trophy tc
n high National Guardsman and
|~phy for the Infantry Match.
This latter one is for a signal anc
rpOrtant addition to this years pro
NAM the Infantry Match - which
h be fired this season for the first
he. 1t presents a combat problem
'roving the principles of infantry
'ensive where the advance is de-
adent not only upon accuracy ant
ksrbution of fire, but also upon al
k-endng phases of the attack. II
her words, fire and movement are
znplifed in this problem as in M
Tier way except actual combat, ant
b necessity of fire superiority i:
Esented so graphically that the veri
secruit cannot fail to grasp it.
Perhaps the most successful ant
fAefcial feature of the last two Ma
fslal Matches was the Small ARM
Firing School, which will again be il
FsratiOn under the direction of Lieu
faant Colonel Smith w. Brookhart
Ulcers Reserve Corps. He will b
ksted by a corps of competent in
Fnctors selected from America
flemOst rifemen. Colonel Brook
pit, who is the Republican nomine
~ the United States Senate from
Diva, was director of this school il
VIZ, 1920 and 1921 and is leaving hi
fnpalgn to give his time to thi
f0K' All contestants are cordial,
fNted to avail themselves of this in
auctlOn, though it is not compulsory
|P0Vnere else can such instruction b
ealned, it being given here as par
me Governments system of prepa
auon for national defense, and it
yen to any citizen of the Unite
Ea'eS, no matter how limited ma
I've been his previous shooting ex
|A'eNce' The School opens Septem
n "a and continues to include Sep
4a0er 18th, or, in other words, t
l. Jay before the opening of tn
'a0nal Matches, for which it il I'm
|spafatlon for even the experience
|, visitors are welcomed at Camp PEI
aau' since the Matches have trul
s'uOnal aspect, there will be shoot
psof interest to all.