Evening star., 1940-01-21
Indoor Rifle Teams
Are Being Primed for
Smau-Bore Matches
MiIit,o Units Here
And Throughout U. S.
To Be Competing

Militia units here and throughout
the country are preparing their
teams for the annual small bore
competitions fired in their own gall
leries and known as the chief of the
National Guard Bureaus indoor rifle
matches. The matches are super
vised by the National Rife Associa-
ton, which sends out the official
targets and scores the firing when
the targets are returned. The
matches are supervised by officers
of the brigades or regiments to which
the members of the firing teams are
attached.
The matches consist of the COM
pany team match, the regimental,
separate battalion or separate squad
ron team match and the individual
match. Teams participating in the
first-named match must complete
it this month, the regimental team
match is to be completed next month,
and the individual match extends
over both months. Teams may be
entered from headquarters COM
panies of infantry battalions and
regiments, infantry rifle and service
companies, headquarters troops of
cavalry regiments, cavalry rife
troops, all engineer companies or
troops and all coast artillery harbor
defense batteries. Anti-aircraft bat
teries are barred.
The teams are to consist of team
captain, team coach and five fir
ing members. all of whom must have
been bona fide members of the unit
since November l last. All firing
members must be enlisted men for
the company team match. For the
regimental and battalion match the
teams will consist of a team cap
tain, team coach and 10 firing
members. Any enlisted member of
units authorized to enter a team in
the regimental match Is eligible to
enter the individual match.
AS soon as the competitors send
their targets to the National Rifle
Association headquarters here the
winners will be certified, after which
the War Department will send out
the prizes. In the company team
match the winning team will re-
ceive the title "The Chief of the Ma
tional Guard Bureaus Champion In
door Rifle Team, 1940," the National
Rifle Association certificate of VIC
tory and a trophy and seven silver
medals awarded by the chief of the
National Guard Bureau. The trophy
will be held for one year. In addi-
ton, seven bronze medals will be
awarded to the highest company
team In the District Of Columbia and
each State.
In the regimental, separate bat
talon and squadron match the win
ming team will receive the title ''The
Chief of the National Guards Bu-
reau's Champion Regimental Indoor
Rifle Team, 1940," a certificate OF
victory, trophy provided annually
by the National Rifle Association
and II silver medals awarded by the
chief Of the National Guard Bureau
Twelve bronze medals will be award
ed to the highest team in each corps
area. In the individual match the
winning team will receive the title
Individual Gallery Champion Of the
National Guard, 1940," a certificate
of victory and trophy awarded by
the Nationall Rifle Association and
gold medal. The second high COM
petitor will receive silver medal
and each of the next eight competi-
tors bronze medal. Further, bronze
medals will be awarded to the two
highest competitors In each corp.
area.