Evening star., 1922-02-19
|P[ANR|FLE MEETS
| AT CAMP PERRY
National Competitions to Be
Held on Range Familiar
to D. c. Shots.

! Camp Perry, Ohio, where teams of
| national guardsmen and civilian shots
| from the District of Columbia have
| made many excellent records, will
again be the scene of the national
! the big government competitions there
| this year.
| Following the meeting of the
national board for the promotion OF
rifle practice and the National Rife
Association of America, at which
craftsmanship matters are considered
! it has been agreed that these matches
| will be held from September to Sep
| tember 2S, both dates inclusive. Lieut.
TCOl. Morton &. Mumma, cavalry, U. 5
/ A.. has been appointed executive Of
| ficer in charge of the matches. AT
| the meeting of the national board, of
| which the assistant secretary of war
! j. Mayhem Wainwright. is president, II
was also determined to hold series
of tryouts for the purpose of selecting
| a team to represent the United States
\ in the international matches at Rome
next June. The dates on which this
elimination shoot will be held and the
place have not yet been determined. Ii
is likely. however, that this tryout
/ viii be held on a range near Wash
| StOn, the Marine Corps range near
! Quantico, Va, having been used for
| ehis purpose on previous occasions.
National Officers Chosen.
The announcements regarding plans
! for the national matches are the re-
suits of a series of meetings which
| have been held in Washington dur
ing the past week. These meetings
began with a gathering of the di-
! rectors of the National Rifle Associa-
I! ton of America on February Is, a,
! which new officers for the associa.
| ton were named and matters pertain.
ing to the promotion of markham.
ship generally throughout the United
States, both in the services and in
| the civilian field, were discussed.
One feature of the meeting was the
| award of medals won by United States
| marksmen when they met the picked
|! shots of Europe in the international
competition held last summer al
Lyon, France. At that time the rife
| team representing the United States
! administering the first defeat which
| the marksmen of Switzerland haG
suffered in eighteen years, and estab.
| fishing a very high standard of mark.
manship. During this meeting w. P
F.; Stokes of this city won the individual
! championship of the world, and the
| championships awarded in the stand
ing. kneeling and prone position
| matches. The medals were presented
| by the assistant secretary of war
J. Mayhem Wainwright. The medal:
| for the team were received by Lieut.
| Col. o. F. Snyder, who captained the
| United States marksmen. Mr.. Stoke:
was present in person to receive the
| awards of his victory.
! Col. BrOokhart President.
! These officers were elected by the
National Rifle Association directors
! President, Lieut.. Col. Smith w
! Brookhart, Iowa: first vice president
| Maj. Frank Maloney, Tennessee
| second vice president, Lieut.. Col. FREQ
| NJ. Waterbury, New York: third vice
president. Maj A. B. Critchfield. Ohio
treasurer, Capt Karl D. Loos, Hi.
! nois; secretary, Brig. Gen. Fred H
Phillips. jr., Tennessee.
Additional members of executive
committee: Brig Gen. Harry B
Smith. the adjutant general of Indi-
ana; Maj. L. w. T. Waller, jr.,V S
NJ c. Lieut.: Col. r. D. LaGarde. the
adjutant general of the District OF
Colombia; Lieut.. Col. Morton c
| Mumma, U. S. A; Maj. William w
! Buckley. U. S. NJ. c.