San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
RIFLE MATCH
OPEN To ARMY
. AND CIVILIANS
Contest Here August Is
for Try at Interna-
tional Team.
RULES ARE LIBERAL
Winners in Corps Area Go
to Camp Perry for
Elimination.

-Four military stations in the
Eighth Corps Area were designated
as places to hold preliminary rifle
competitions for the international rifle
team in a letter received at corps
area headquartei. Saturday from the
Adjutant Generals Department at
Washington. Similar letters were
sent to all corps area commanders,
naming sixteen posts where prelimin-
airy competitions will be held. The
four stations in this corps area
designated are: Fort Sam Houston,
Fort Bliss, Fort Logan, Colorado and
Camp Harry J. Jones, Douglas, Ariz.
All preliminary tryouts for the in
ternational team will be held from
August 13 to 16, inclusive. Civilians
may enter the. contests.
According to the letter of instruc-
ton from the adjutant general, each
corps area commander will provide
an officer to act as executive Off
Ger for each competition in his corps
area, and also such other personnel
as will be necessary TO conduct the
preliminary matches.
Rules Are Simple.
Those who are to take part in the
preliminary matches must notify the
executive officer of the competition in
which he is to shoot at least one
week prior to the beginning of the
competition, and must report in per-
son on the day the competition opens.
The competitions will be held over
a 300 yard range.
Regulations for the tryout compe-
titions provide that 40 shots shall
be fired standing, 80 shots fired
kneeling and 10 shots fired prone,
each day for three consecutive days,
weather permitting. When kneeling,
the competitors will be permitted to
place soft cushion under the leg
provided the foot and knee touch
the ground and that the elbow rests
on the knee.
In firing the prone shots, the firer
may place himself in the line of fire
or at an angle on tn ground, or
on a mattress, provided that the
upper part of the body is supported
with two elbows. and that the fore
arms are free from the ground.
The targets used in each of the
preliminary competitions will be in
-fefnational targets furnished by the
international Rifle Association to all
ranges designated for holding the try
out shoots.
Report To Rifle Association.
In order that a uniform method
of tryout may be obtained, such
questions as might arise relative to
the conduct of the preliminary try
outs will be referred to the National
Rifle Association. Executive officers
of the various competitions will be
responsible for the official report of
each competitor, and will submit to
the secretary of the National Rifle
Association, at Washington, a de
tailed report showing the names and
addresses of contestants, scores by
day for each position and arranged
in the order of relative merit based
on the aggregate score for the total
tryout.
The report of each executive off
Ger will contain a complete descrip-
ton of weather conditions prevailing
during the tryout, types of weapons
used by contestants, and such other
Information as will enable the Ma
tional Rifle Association to determine
PiOpci4y Tue TeldilNt merit OI SCOTeS
made at different tryouts throughout
the country.
Will Go To Camp Perry.
Upon receipt of the scores of the
various preliminary tryouts, n board
consisting of Col. C. +. Stodter, u.
>. Army, director of civilian marks
manship, Lieut.. Col. Frank Maloney,
30. r. c., first vice president of the
National Rifle Association, and Mai.
j.. w. T. Waller Jr., Z. S. Marine
Corps, team captain of the United
States 1923 international rifle team,
will examine the scores and recon-
mend contestants to participate in
the final tryouts to be held at Camp
Perry, Ohio. in September.
Successful competitors who are
selected by the board of judges 10
compete in the final tryouts at Camp
Perry will be notified by wire at
once. They will leave their home
stations on August 90 and must re-
port at Camp Perry TO the team cap
tain of the international rifle team.
The international rifle team squad
will go into training Immediately
upon arrival at Camp Perry and will
be reduced from time to time until
the matches are fired, at which time
the international team will consist
of five firing members and two
alternates. Seven men will constitute
Americas rifle team.
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