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A Clarion Note for the Revival

of Patriotism among the Youthot the Country.

RIFLE SHOOTING

IN

EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS

NATIONAL BOARDFOR THE

PROMOTIONoFRIFLE PRACTICEIN THE

UNITED STATES

WAR DEPARTMENT

^ S]Fourth Edition

1914

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INDEX OF CONTENTS.

Organization of Clubs '.2

By-Laws for Clubs 4

Regulations Governing Issue of Rifles to Cadet Corps 5

Form of Bond Required 7

Course of Small Arms Firing-Colleges 9

Members' Match 10

Inter-Collegiate Matches :

Outdoor T I

Indoor 13

Report of Inter-Collegiate Indoor Match, IQ14 14

Report of Inter-CoUegiate Outdoor Match, 1914 20

List of College Clubs 22

Schoolboy Clubs :

Course of Rifle Firing 24

Members' Match 25

Astor Cup Match—Conditions 26

Military Schools Competition—Conditions 29

Public High Schools Competition—Conditions 31

Report of the Military School Match, 1914 32

Report of the High School Match, 1914 35

Report of the Astor Cup Match, 1914 38

Rifle Shooting in New York Schools 40

Rifle Shooting in the D. C. Schools 44

How to Conduct a Schoolboy Tournament '. 47

Advice to Club Secretariess 47

List of School Clubs 48

Gallery Rifles 55

U. S. Magazine Rifle, Model 1898, "Krag" 57

Useful Information 59

Watch Fob Qualification 61

Construction of Indoor Ranges 62

I Shooting Rules 66

List of State Secretaries 70

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

ORGANIZATION OF RIFLE CLUBS.

IN UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.

Rifle clubs organized under the rules and regulations of the National Boardfor the Promotion of Rifle Practice affiliate with the National Rifle Associationof America in accordance with a resolution of the National Board approved b^^

the Secretary of War, January 25, 1907. To provide for such clubs, the NationalRifle Association amended its By-Laws to provide for such affiliation as follows :

Fourth Class^ College Rifle Clubs—To consist of rifle clubs, as far as

shooting members are concerned, of students of colleges, universities and institu-

tions of learning conferring degrees; $5.00 membership fee and $5.ck) annual

dues, membership to cover first year's dues.

Fifth Class, School-Boy Clubs—To consist of rifle clubs composed, as far

as shooting members are concerned, of students of public schools, academies,

preparatory and high schools, and private schools, being all schools which do notconfer a degree; $2.00 membership fee and $2.00 annual dues, membership fee

to cover first year's dues.

How to Organize College and School Rifle Clubs.

Whenever it is desired to organize a Government rifle club by the studentsof any university, college, private or public school, first secure the permissionof the school authorities, and then call a meeting of those students interestedin rifle shooting. To organize a club it will require 10 students to sign the roll,

so as to be eligible to receive a charter. At the organization meeting the By-Laws, which have been adopted by the National Board for the Promotion mRifle Practice, and approved by the Secretary of War, should be adopted. (Seepage 4.) The following officers should then be elected: a president, secretary,treasurer and captain. Members of the faculty may become members of suchrifle clubs and may be elected to office in such clubs, but faculty members how-ever, will not be eligible to compete on the rifle team or for the decorationsissued by the War Department. After the club has been fully organized, appli-cation should be made to the National Rifle Association of America for mem-bership. A blank for this purpose will be furnished on application by the Secre-

tary of that Association.

Arms, Ammunition and Ranges.

Rifle clubs organized in institutions of learning where military training is

not carried on and where there is no officer detailed by the War Department,may draw rifles and ball cartridges from the government in the same manner ascivilian rifle clubs, i. e., one rifle for each five members, and not to exceed 120rounds of ball cartrilges for each member of the club per annum-

With a view of getting ranges whereon to practice, the Secretary of War,on September 24, 1912, addressed a communication to the Governors of all the

States, asking for the cooperation of the National Guard of the States with theWar Department by throwing open the National Guard gallery ranges to the

college and school-boy clubs, and asking for officers to volunteer as instructors.

With very few exceptions, the Governors of all the States replied favorably,and wherever gallery ranges are available the National Board will be able, in

many cases, to arrange for their use.

All of the prominent rifle manufacturers of the country give a special dis-

count to rifle clubs affiliated with the National Rifle Association of America,and elsewhere in this book will be found information in regard to gallery rifles

which can be recommended

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. 3

Supervision.

After the club has been fully organized and has been elected to membershipby the National Rifle Association, and before record firing can be carried onand the club take part in the national matches, a representative of the NationalRifle Association must be appointed to supervise the firing and to certify to the

scores. Such representatives are known as the National Rifle Association Judges.Any one is eligible for such appointment who is not a student member of the

club. The appointment of some faculty member who is interested in rifle

shooting and has more or less knowledge of same is desired, but if there is not

such a faculty member available, the National Rifle Association will endeavor to

secure an officer of the Army or National Guard to act in this capacity.

Prizes and Decorations.

To each rifle club there is presented annually a medal as a prize for a mem-ber's competition, and which will represent the annual championship of the club.

There must always be ten or more members to compete for this prize. There is

a regular course of rifle instruction prescribed for each class of clubs. Membersof college clubs use the course prescribed for the organized militia. (For con-

dition, see page g). ^All those who qualify as expert, sharpshooter, or marks-

man, are given free the lapel buttons issued by the War Department throughthe National Rifle Association of America. In addition to this qualification,matches are held among the clubs to determine the annual outdoor and indoorteam intercollegiate and interscholastic championships. These matches havebeen established for several years, and fine trophies are given for each com-

petition, and medals to the members of the winning team and second team.The course prescribed for schoolboy clubs is known as "Junior Marksmen's

Competition." For a gallery qualification, silver finished lapel buttons are givento those who qualify. (For conditions covering this class of firing, see page 24).For outdoor junior marksmen's qualifications there is given a medal. (For con-ditions covering this course of firing, see page 24).

During the winter season the clubs representing the public high schools com-

pete in a series of league matches for a national trophy. Clubs in militaryschools have a league of their own for a national trophy, which represents the

military school shooting championship. For the inter-scholastic championship ofthe United States, in which every school of the fifth class is eligible to enter a

team, a competition is held annually, the prize being the Astor cup. For condi-

tions governing this competition, see page 26.


BY-LAWS FOR COLLEGIATE AND SCHOOLBOY RIFLECLUBS.

AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OFAMERICA.

Approved by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and the

Secretary of War.

Article I. The name of this association shall be the (Name of Institution)Rifle Club.

Article II. The object of this organization shall be the encouragement of

military rifle shooting among the male members of this institution.

Article III. All male members of the student body and of the faculty shal

be eligible for membership, but members of the faculty shall not be eligibleto compete for the N. R. A. medal or qualification.

Article IV. The officers of this organization shall be a President, Secre-

tary, Treasurer and Captain who, acting together, shall constitute the ExecutiveCommittee. They shall be elected by a majority vote by ballot at the annual

meeting of the organization, and hold office for one year or until their successorsare elected.

Article V. The fiscal year of the club will be from September i to June 30,

and the annual meeting shall be held on the first Saturday of October of each

year. If the annual meeting shall not take place at the time fixed, it shall beheld within a reasonable time thereafter, and the officers shall hold over until

their successors have been elected. One-third of the members of the organiza-tion shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Article VII. The annual dues of the organization shall be $ .andshall be payable on or before the first day of November of each year. No mem-bers of the association in arrears shall be eligible to any of the benefits offered

by the N. R. A. The initiation fee shall be $

Article VII. The affairs of the organization shall be managed by theExecutive Committee, who shall have general supervision over the affairs of theclub.

THE SECRETARY shall notify the members of the club of all meetings.He shall keep a true record of same, have the custody of the books and papersof the club, and conduct all correspondence. All applications for membershipshall be made direct to the Secretary. He shall be responsible for the collection

of all fees and dues, and shall remit the same to the Treasurer, taking his properreceipt therefor. On June 30. of each year, he will make a report of the season's

work, and on December i a report of the new officers and a list of members to

the General Secretary of the National Rifle Association.

THE TREASURER shall have charge of all the funds of the organization,and shall hold and disburse the same in such a way as may be approved bythe Executive Committee. He shall keep account of all his transactions andmake a detailed report, with vouchers, at the annual meeting.

THE CAPTAIN shall have charge of the ranges of the club, the printingof score cards, the arranging of competitions, etc., and shall turn over to the

Treasurer such moneys as may be received for entrance fees, ammunition, tar-

gets, etc. No bills shall be contracted without the authorization of the ExecutiveCommittee.

Article VIII. All rifle competitions held by the club shall be governed bythe rules and regulations as laid down by the National Rifle Association of

America.


Article IX. Any amendment to these by-laws must be submitted to theNational Rifle Association for its approval, and if such is given, it may be

presented at any meeting of the club after having been sent to each member at

least ten days previously. A two-thirds vote of the members present will be

necessary to pass it.

KEGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ISSUE OF RIFLES AND AMMUNI-TION TO SCHOOLS HAVING CADET CORPS.

1. The following law, regulations and instructions governing the issue ofrifles not of the existing service model and ball cartridges therefor in sufficient

number for the proper conduct of target practice, to schools having a uniformedcorps of cadets and carrying on military training, are published for the infor-mation and guidance of all concerned:

The act of Congress authorizing the said issues is as follows:

PROVIDED FURTHER, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to issue,without expense to the United States, for use in target practice, United States maga-zine rifles and appendages therefor not of the existing service model and not neces-sary for the maintenance of a proper reserve supply, together with forty rounds ofball cartridges suitable to said arm, for each range at which target practice is had,not to exceed a total of one hundred and twenty rounds per year per man partici-pating in target practice, to rifc clubs organized under the rules of the NationalBoard for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and to schools having a uniformed corpsof cadets and carrying on military training, in sufficient number for the conduct ofproper target practice.

^Issues of public property under this provision shall be made in compliance withregulations prescribed by the Secretary of War insuring the designed use of theproperty issued, providing against loss to the United States through lack of propercare, and for the return of the property wlion required, and embodying such otherrequirements as he may consider n<'< cssnrv .idociuatelv to s:ifi'i;ii;ii-(l flic interestsof the United States.

Approved April 27, 1914.

2. The schools entitled to the benefits of the foregoing act are those which

possess the requirements specified in said act, and to which issues of arms andammunition are not authorized under the provisions of existing laws.

3. A school, to draw arms and ammunition under the provisions of this act.

must have a uniformed corps of cadets, at least 40 in number, who receive

military instruction, and who must engage in target practice.

4. The arm to be issued under the provisions of this act of Congress is

the United States magazine rifle or carbine, model of 1898 (Krag-Jorgensen),with appendages therefor as follows :

I front sight and muzzle coverI small are oiler

I cleaning rod, ist section

I cleaning rod, 2nd section

I cleaning rod, 3rd section

I screw driver, model of 1898. with each 5 rifles.

I arm chest, for each 10 or 20 rifles.

No other articles will be issued. These arms will be issued on the basis of

one rifle and the necessary appendages, to each uniformed cadet who is receiving

adequate military training, determined as the result of an inspection to be pro-vided for by the military authorities of each state, and who will engage in

target practice in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the National

Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice for the course known as the Junior

Marksman course. Those persons qualifving in this course will receive decora-

tions form the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice.

5. Each application for arms under the provisions of this act must be

submitted to the Chief of Ordnance. United States Army, Washington. D. C,by the principal of the school applying for the arms, who will specify the

actual number of uniformed cadets who receive military instruction, and whowill engage in target practice. This application must also be approved by the

With each rifle.

6 RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

Adjutant General of the State or Governor of the Territory, and by the Super-intendent of Schools of the city, town or district, or chairman of the Board ofTrustees or other governing body of the school applying for the arms.

6. No issues of the above arms v^ill be made by the Chief of Ordnance to

any school until a bond has been filed in the penal sum of the value of the

property, providing that the school shall take good care of, and safely keep andaccount for the same, and shall, when required by the Secretary of War, dulyreturn the same, within thirty days in good order, to the Chief of Ordnance,United States Army, or to such other officer or person as the Secretary of Warmay designate to receive them. Should this bond be executed by an individual,such individual should be one having a directory control over the school, suchas principal, trustee, etc.

7. Ball cartridges for target practice will be issued annually upon requi-sition to be forwarded to the Chief of Ordnance, in accordance with the fol-

lowing allowances for each uniformed cadet participating in target practice:40 rounds of ball cartridges for each range at which target practice is had,

but not to exceed a total of 120 rounds per year per cadet taking part in targetpractice.

8. As annual allowances of ball cartridges date in all cases from July i

of each year, requisitions should be forwarded before or as soon after thatdate as practicable for each current year's supply. Allowances not drawn in

one year cannot be drawn in the succeeding year. In submitting requisition for

ammunition under the provisions of these regulations, the number of uniformedcadets receiving military instruction and participating in target practice shouldbe stated. The facilities for range practice should also be shown as follows :

ranges; yards, yards, yards.

9. The Transportation of rifles and cartridges from the Government arse-

nals to such schools, and back to Government arsenals, must always be without

expense to the United States.

10. The cost of packing rifles, in addition to those furnished in arm chests,in multiples of 10 rifles wi-11 be borne by the school. The prices of these pack-ing boxes for the number of rifles indicated are as follows:

For I rifle, $1.04; for 2 rifles, $1.47; for 3 rifles, $1.74; for 4 rifles, $2.20;for 5 rifles, $2.61 ;

for 6 rifles. $3.15; for 7 or 8 rifles, $3.90.

11. The schools to which issues of arms and appendages are made will be

required to keep said property in like good serviceable condition as when issued

by the Government, and for this purpose the spare parts, implements andappendages necessary for this purpose will be sold to them at cost price. Thesales authorized above of spare parts and appendages for small arms will bemade by the commanding officer of the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111.,

or of the Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. Application will be made to

these commanding officers by the proper official of the school desiring thearticles for the maintenance of the arms issued to the school, and he should state

that these articles are needed for this purpose.

12. When rifles and appendages therefor are returned to the OrdnanceDepartment by any school, they will be carefully examined when received at

the arsenal, and if they are found imperfect or unserviceable by reason ofcarelessness or other causes than legitimate use in service, the damage shall bemade good to the United States. The cost of all missing property shall bemade good to the United States.

13. Rifles and appendages therefor which become unfit for use from anycause will, upon application of the principal of the school and the approval ofthe Chief of Ordnance, be sent to an arsenal without expense to the UnitedStates. Upon reaching an arsenal they will be inspected by an officer of the

Ordnance Department, and if their condition is found to be due to the ordinaryincidents of service they may be replaced with serviceable stores of like char-

acter; but if their condition is found to be due to carelessness or other than

legitimate causes, the extent of damage or value of missing stores will be deter-

mined by the Chief of Ordnance, and must be paid by the school or the respon-sible party under the bond, before any new issue of rifles or appendages is made.


.14. Regular property returns will be rendered annually, June 30th, to theChief of Ordnance by each responsible officer of a school supplied with armsand appendages therefor under this act. These returns will be made on blankforms to be supplied by the Chief of Ordnance upon application therefor,

15. Failure on the part of any school to pursue each year the prescribedcourse of rifle practice or to comply with the foregoing regulations, or with

any others that may be prescribed by the Chief of Ordnance, with the approvalof the Secretary of War, for the use, care, preservation, or accountability of

any rifles or appendages, or cartridges therefor, issued to it by the UnitedStates, will be considered sufficient cause for the prompt withdrawal ])y the

Secretary of War of the Government property in its possession.

16. Whenever any school shall fail to return the arms and appendagestherefor in its charge within thirty days after demand made by the Secretary ofWar, the delinquency will be immediately referred to the Attorney-General ofthe United States, in order that the bond of the school may forthwith be putin suit.

17. Upon the receipt of an application for stores as herein provided, accom-panied by the certificate and recommendations referred to in paragraph 5 ofthese regulations, the Chief of Ordnance will supply the proper form of bond,and full instructions as to its execution, and no issue will be made until thebond shall have been duly approved and accepted.

THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE STRICTLY OBSERVEDIN PREPARING THE BOND REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED TO THECHIEF OF ORDNANCE, UNITED STATES ARMY, BEFORE ANY ARMS,ETC., CAN BE OBTAINED BY ANY SCHOOL:

18. A copy of the record giving the by-law, or resolution of the Board of Trus-tees or other governing body of the school (including the fact of adoption of theresolution), showing the authority of the President or other officer to execute thebond on behalf of the corporation, authenticated as a true copy by the signature ofthe Secretary and the corporate seal, must accompany the bond. Unless the resolu-tion gives the name of the officer vested with authority to execute the bond, a copyof the record of the selection or recognition of the official character of such officer,similarly authenticated, must also be furnished.

19. A copy of the charter or articles of incorporation, authenticated by the Sec-retary of State or other officer required by law to keep a record of such corporations,or a reference to the statute, if incorporated by direct legislative act, is also required.

20. The sureties must sign the bond, and their names must be written in the bodythereof, together with their residence, including town, county, State, or Territory. Ifthe bond is executed in the State of Maine, Massachusetts, or New Hampshire, aseal of wax, wafer, or other adhesive substance, not a mere scroll with a pen, must beattached opposite the signature of each person.

21. At least one witness is required to each signature.22. There must be two sureties when individuals are the sureties. Each surety

must justify by malting oath that he is worth some specific sum at least equal to thefull amount of the penalty over and above all his debts and liabilities. Two personsmust not join in one affidavit. Each must subscribe his own oath separately. Acertificate as to the sufficiency of the sureties must be made by a judge or clerk of aUnited States court, a United States district attorney, United States commissioner,or a judge or clerk of a State court of record, with the seal of said court attached,to the effect that to the best of his knowledge and belief each surety is worth overand above all debts and liabilities the sura stated in his affidavit of justification.

23. Incorporated surety companies which have complied with the requirements ofthe War Department will also be accepted as surety on the bond, and in this caseonly one surety is required.

24. A school corporation desiring arms and appendages therefor, for the useof the school must furnish evidence that some one is authorized to execute In its

behalf the bond which the law requires.

25. This authority can only be given by the governing body of the corporation,i. e., the body invested with authority to employ the faculty find make all other con-tracts in its behalf, and designated in the chartex of the corporation as board of

regents, board of trustees, etc., and this body must give the authority in the formalway in which it does other business, the action taken being recorded as a part of theproceedings of the meetings at which it was taken. ITie evidence of this authorityrequired to be furnished will be an extract from the record of the proceedings of theboard of regents or board of trustees, showing that the board met in its official

cmipacity, that la resolution was offered authorizing some person by name toexecute the required bond for the corporation, and that this resolution was adopted ;


and this extract must be certified, under the corporate seal, to be a true extract fromthe record of the proceedings of the board bj' the secretary or other custodian of therecords. His certificate that the lauthority has been conferred, or that such a resolu-tion was passed, is not sufficient. The record speaks for itself, and a copy of so muchof it s'hould be furnisihed as will show that it purports to be a record of the board,that the resolution was offered, and that it was passed.

20. Great pains should be taken to use the name given to the corporation by its

charter, and to mention in the resolution the particular bond to be given.27. It is desired that a copy of the charter be sent to the Chief of Ordnance,

United states Army, Washington, D. €. ; also a copy (accompanied by certificate undercorporate seal) of so much of the record of the election of the officers of the corpora-tion as will show the election of the particular officer who is to execute the bond.

28. One of the following forms for bonds is required, and in submitting a requestfor bond the form of bond desired should be stated :

Form K (1417) When principal and sureties are individuals.

Form L (1418) When the principal is a corporation and the sureties are indi-viduals.

Form M (1419) When the principal is an individual and the surety is a cor-

poration.Form N (1420) When both principal and surety are corporations.

29. For information concerning the issue of rifles to rifle clubs organized in insti-tutions of learning not having a uniformed cadet ocrps, see regulations therefor pub-lished in the book "Government Civilian Rifle Clubs." fourth edition, issued by theNational Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice through the National Rifle Asso-ciation of America.


COURSE OF RIFLE FIRING PRESCRIBED FOR COLLEGERIFLE CLUBS.

APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROMOTION OP RIFLEPRACTICE AND THE SECRETARY OF WAR.

The course for qualification firing for college rifle clubs will consist of the

following and shot in this order :

Bull's Eye Target. Slow Fire.

Range.


6. At the expiration of the time limit the target is pulled down and marked,all hits being given their proper value. In case of more than ten hits on a

target, the target will not be marked, but the firing line will be notified and the

firing on that target repeated. In case the man fires on the wrong target, onlysuch shots as he may have fired on his own target will be counted on his score.

He will be given misses for the remainder of his score.

7. In firing rapid fire, if more than one target is used, the first order of menat the firing point will fire together, one man at each target, all targets beingfired upon at one time.

8. This course may be fired three times in any target season, the indi-

vidual's classification being determined by the best of his three trials, but this

provision shall not be construed to permit the formation of a record based onscores selected from two or more trials. The basis of classification must be the

result of one complete course in each case.

9. Coaching is prohibited in record firing after the individual has taken his

position at the firing point.

Qualification.

For qualification as marksman a score of 160 is required.For qualification as sharpshooter a score of 190 is required.For qualification as expert a score of 210 is required.Holdover qualifications do not apply to rifle club shooting. Targets A, B

and D used in this course are shown on the second and third cover pages.

Silver Silvev and Enamel.

DECORATIONS GIVEN TO THOSE QUALIFYING.

MEMBERS' MATCH.The National Rifle Association of America gives

to each one of its affiliated college clubs a medalannually for a members' match to represent the club

championship for the year. These medals are ofbronze and are mounted in red morocco leathercases. The conditions governing the firing for themedals call for 10 shots for record at 200 yardsrapid fire (kneeling from standing), time limit i>^

minutes, and 10 shots at 300 and 500 yards slow fire.

The medal is presented only in case ten or moremembers of the club compete, and the match mustbe held under the supervision of the N. R. A. Judge.The medal cannot be won twice by the same mem-ber. The N. R. A. furnishes a blank on which to

report the result of the match.Teams from regiments or companies of cadet

corps are eligible to enter teams in the Champion-ship Regimental and Company Matches of the N. R.A., held annually.

Medal Given by the N. 1

A. to Each CollegeClub Annually for

a MembersMatch.


INTER-COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

Competitions are held each year by Fourth Class clubs to determine the

Inter-collegiate Championships, for both indoor and outdoor shooting for the

year. The conditions governing these competitions follow.

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»OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

The conditions governing the competition for the outdoor championshiptrophy are : Open to teams of six from any University or College Rifle Clubaffiliated with the National Rifle Association of America and in good standing.Members of teams to be in good standing in the undergraduate year and whoare maintaining the necessary hours of work and^ standing of scholarship re-

quired by the institution, and who have not taken a degree from any other

college. Certificate to be furnished by some duly authorized authority.Distances: 200 yards rapid fire, kneeling from standing, time limit i^

minutes and 300 and 500 yards slow fire.


Number of Shots: Ten shots for record at each distance.Positions : 200 yards, kneeling from standing ; 300 yards, kneeling or sitting ;

500 yards, prone.Rifle: United States Army .30 caliber rifle, or one that has been viewed

and stamped by the National Rifle Association.Ammunition : Any.Targets: United States Army targets, "B" and "D."Entrance Fee: $3.00 per team. No entry will be accepted unless accom-

panied by the entrance fee.

Entry and When Shot: Entries will close May i, and the match shot onany range available and under the supervision of a Judge and Witness appointedby the N. R. A. during the period between May 15 and June 15. Official scorecards furnished by the N. R. A.

Prise: The Championship Trophy to be held by the institution representedby the winning team for one year, or until the next competition, and silver

medals to the members of the winning team; brotfze medals to members of thesecond team. The trophy -will become the property of' the institution winning it

the most number of times in 16 years.Won in 1905 by Princetpjn University, in 1906 by George Washington Uni-

versity, no contest in 1907. won in 1908 and 1909 by George Washington Univer-sity, in 1910 and'1911 by Massachusetts Agricultural College, in 1912 by HarvardCollege, in 1913 and 191/), by Massachusetts Agricultural College.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP INTER-COLLEGIATE TROPHY (Iiulooi).Prosontinl l)y tho Forest, Fish, .ond dame Society of Amorica.

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GAIiLERY CHAMPIONSHIP.

The Gallery Championship Match is shot on the local ranges at a time fixed

by the Executive Committee. Each team will fire one match with every otherteam in its class. To shorten the period of shooting, there will be organized twoor more classes, with not more than twelve clubs to a class. Targets to be usedin the match are issued from the office of the N. R. A., where they are returnedafter being shot on. The scores are tabulated by a committee of judges, andthe winning teams announced. Entries will close DECEMBER FIRST.

Conditions Governing the Matches.

Eligibility : Open to teams from university and college rifle clubs affiliated

with the National Rifle Association and in good standing. Members of teamsto be in good standing in the undergraduate year, and who are maintaining the

necessary hours of work and standard of scholarship required by the institution,and who have not taken a degree from any other college. Certificate to befurnished by some duly authorized authority.

Team : Any number of men up to ten may shoot, the best five scores count-

ing for the team score.

Distance: Fifty feet from end of rifle to target.Number of Shots: Twenty for record, ten standing and ten prone.Sighting Shots: Two sighting shots only will be allowed at commence-

ment of firing if the two positions are shot consecutively. If there is an interval

of time between shooting the two positions, sighting shots will be allowed beforerecord firing in each position.

Targets: The N. R. A. gallery target, i to lo count, to be used. Officially

stamped targets will be furnished free for each match. These targets will bemarked for identification, and no other targets will be received for record. These

targets will be sent to the N. R. A. Judge and will be retained under his control

before and after the shooting when they will be immediately returned to the

National Rifle Association.

Position : STANDING—Off-hand, body free from all support, strap allowedin connection with one arm only. The regulation web belt may be used if

desired. RRONE : Head toward target.'

No part of extended arm to touch the

ground, except at the elbow. No artificial support to any part of the rifle, exceptthe sling, or to the arm, except at the elbow.

Rifle : Any .22 caliber rifle weighing not over 10 ponds.

Sights: Any, in front of the firing pin, not containing glass. Telescopesnot allowed.

Trigger Pull : Not to be less than three pounds.Ammunition : .22 caliber, short.

Time Allowance : Fifteen minutes will be allowed for each string of ten

shots.

Judges: The Judge appointed by the N. R. A., or his representative, will

act as Executive Officer at each contest. He will see that all conditions are

adhered to and report the score to the headquarters of the N. R. A. by mail or

telegram on completion of match.

Matches, When Shot : Teams may shoot on Monday, Tuesday or Wednes-day of each week, or on any day preceding, provided the targets stamped for

the following week are used. A report of the week's shoot must be in the

office of the N. R. A. by Thursday night of each week. All clubs not repdrting

by mail or telegram bv Thursday night will receive a zero for the week's shoot.

Entrance Fee: Five dollars per team.Prise : The winning team of Class "A" will receive the championship trophy

and ten silver medals. The second team in Class "A" bronze medals, and the

winning team in each of the lower classes will receive medals. The ten medalsare to go to the men who have made the team of ten in the greatest number of

matches.

Special Prise : J. A. Baker. Jr.. and P. St. G. Bissell, Jr., two former mem-bers of the Columbia University rifle team, have presented a bronze figure as a

special prize for the non-military college making the best record in the matches.


The trophy to remain in competition for ten years and become the property ofthe college winning it the greatest number of times in that period.

The method of determining the winning team in each class will be by the

percentage of the grand aggregate score of all matches shot.

REPORT OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE INDOOR RIFLE SHOOTINGCHAMPIONSHIPS OF 1914.

]:IFI>K TE.\M, MICIUCAN AGRICULTURAL COLLi:(iK, WHlClLCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 1914.

WON INTER-

Although the indoor rifle shooting season of 1914 was productive of sur-

prises in all of the different indoor leagues held under the auspices of theNational Rifle Association of America, there was none in' which records weresmashed so recklessly or in which the results were more surprising than in the

intercollegiate matches. A new departure was made for the first time in classi-

fying the entries according to the previous records of the teams as far as wasobtainable. As there were thirty-four entries, six more than participated in

1913, three classes were organized. The twelve clubs having made the best

record in the 1913 matches were placed in Class A ;the next twelve in Class B ;

and the newcomers in Class C. This method of procedure worked out verysatisfactorily and showed, with few exceptions, that the teams were fairly wellmated. The colleges and universities which entered teams according to classes

are as follows :

CLASS A: Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst; Purdue Univer-

sity, Lafayette, Indiana: Minnesota University, Minneapolis; Massachusetts In-

stitute of Technology, Boston; Harvard University, Cambridge. Mass.; Michi-

gan Agricultural College, East Lansing; Princeton, N. J. University; Iowa State

University, Iowa City; Norwich University. Northfield, Vt. ; West Virginia

University, Morgantown ; University of California, Berkeley; and No. GeorgiaAgricultural College, Dahlonega.

CLASS B; University of Vermont, Burlington; Cornell University, Ithaca,N. Y. ; University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. ;


Washington State College, Pullman; Oklahoma Agricultural and MechanicalCollege, Stillwater; University of Maine, Orono; Lehigh University, SouthBethlehem, Pa.; United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

; ColumbiaUniversity, New York City; Clemson Agricultural College, Clemson College,S. C. ; and Kansas University, Lawrence.

CLASS C; Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind.; Oregon Agricul-

tural College, Corvallis; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of

Missouri, Columbia; Kansas State Agricultural College,. Manhattan

; Universityof Arizona, Tucson; Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue; Worcester, Mass.Polytechnic Institute; University of Illinois, Urbana; and Pennsylvania State

College, State College.The final result of the season's shooting shows the following changes. The

University of Illinois, which was in Class C, jumps up into Class A. Washing-ton State College, Cornell University and the United States Naval Academy,which were in Class B move up to class A. The North Georgia AgriculturalCollege, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Har-vard University drop back from Class A to Class B.

By dividing the clubs into classes of twelve each, it made a series of elevenmatches which began the week ending January 8th and ended the week endingMarch 19th. The college team record of 988 made by the West Virginia Univer-

sity team in the 1913 matches was smashed by the Michigan "Aggies" who putup a really remarkable score of 994. At the close of the matches, the won andlost standing of the teams in the different classes was as follows:

CLASS "A"

Won. Lost. Won. Lost.

Michigan Agric. College. . 11 o Norwich University 5 6Mass. Agric. College 10 i No. Georgia Agric. Col. 3 8Iowa State University 9 2 Mass. Inst, of Technology 3 8Minnesota University 8 3 Princeton University 3 8W. Virginia University... 7 4 Harvard University i 10

University of California. . 5 6 Purdue University. i 10

CLASS

Won. Lost.

Washington State College. 11 oCornell University 9 2

U. S. Naval Academy 9 2

University of Wisconsin. . 8 3

University of Maine 7 4Okla. Agric. & Mech. Col. 6 5

"B"

Won. Lost.

University of Vermont... 6 5Dartmouth College 3 8

Lehigh University 3 8Kansas University i 10

Clemson College i 10

Columbia University o 11

CLASS "C

Won.

University of Illinois 9University of Penna 7Notre Dame University... 7Worcester Polytechnic Inst. 6

Kan. State Agric. College. 5

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Oregon Agric. College 5 4University of Missouri... 2 7Louisiana State University. 2 7

University of Arizona.... 2 7

The special prize for the non-military college team making the best recordin the matches was won by the University of Pennsylvania,

The individual shooting was of the highest order. The honor of headingthe list of individuals making the best record of those who competed in all the

matches goes to D. R. Kean of the Michigan "Aggies," whose percentage of the

possible score of all shooting was 98.36. To M. R. Freeman of the same team,

goes the unusual distinction of having made the possible 200 three times duringthe matches. R. F. Giffles and R. A. Pennington of the same team, each made


the possible once. The making of the possible score of loo off-hand on a one-half inch bull is a feat difficult to accomplish, and is one deserving of the

highest credit as an evidence of marksmanship skill. Below is a list of the tenindividual competitors showing the highest efficiency in the matches :

Average score Per Cent, ofName. Organization. per match. possible score.

1. D. R. Kean, Michigan "Aggies" 1967 98.362. M. R. Freeman, Michigan "Aggies" 196.5 98.27

3. R. A. Pennington, Michigan "Aggies" 195. 97.5

4. R. F. Giffles, Michigan "Aggies" 194.5 97-275. H. L. Publow, Michigan "Aggies" 194.3 97.i86. R. P. Hotis, Mass. "Aggies" 194.2 97-137. J. T. Oertel, Mass. "Aggies" 194. 97.8. E. W. Dunbar, Mass. "Aggies" 192.9 96.36

9. I. I. Arneson, Iowa State University 192.9 96.3610. R. S. Wetherbee, Mass. "Aggies" 192.9 96.36

The work of the men of the Michigan Agricultural College deserves com-mendation. The average per match of the team was 981.4, and their percentageof possibk score 98.14. This record was considerably ahead of the secondteam, the Massachusetts Agricultural College, which had an average per matchof 986.9, and a percentage of the possible score of 96.89. The third highestrecord was made by the Washington State College, who won first place in ClassB with an average per match of 960. and a percentage of possible score 96.The University of Illinois was the winner in Class C, making an average permatch of 926.6 or a percentage of the possible score of 92.66,

One peculiar feature, as was shown by the targets of the team of the Michi-

gan Agricultural College, was the unusual high percentage of two bullets

through one hole, there having been forty such cases noted, ist Lieut. J. B.

DeLancey, 7th Infantry, U. S. A., the Professor of Military Science and Tac-tics at the Michigan Agricultural College, and who acted as the N. R. A. Judge,at the close of the season's work submitted the following report:

"There is no secret about our rifle team. It Is simply a question of selecting goodmen who will submit to intelligojit training and discipline, and then put these menthi'ough a thorough course of physical training, sighting exercises and position andaiming drills.

"At the beginning of the present college year, I selected about 100 enrolled stu-dents who were interested in shooting. T lasscmbled these students in the armorywhere I gave them several informal talks on shooting and its importance to a studentand the American citizen. I also had several of the older students to give shorttalks on different phases of the game, and with a few short stories now and then,relating some person:tl .^icounters with big gam-C, the meetings were very interesting."By these meetings I worked up an interest among the students, and many of

them expressed desire to join the rifle club and take part in as many competitions astheir college work would allow. During the first half of the fall term we had acompetition every week, and from among the best shots developed during these com-petitions, I selected thii-ty men. These men were put through a course of setting upexercise, paying particular attention to the muscles of the arms and shoulders, themuscles of the back and the muscles of the legs.

"For a short time most of these thirty men made poor scores which shows con-

clusively that they needed hard physical'

development, but after being trained theirscores l)egan to improve until all thirty men were good average shots.

"About one-half hour each evening was devoted I0 target shooting, and men notcoming up to the expected standfird were gradually weeded out until the squad Anallydwindled down to 12 men. These 12 men were then taken in hand and shown thefiner details of shooting.

"I first showed them the different kinds of sights and the advantages and dis-

advantages of each. T then went to the peeo sight and showed them how to get themost benefit by using the peep. T arranged a rifle which T placed in a stationaryposition so that they would see and notice how the sights should look when aimedat a bull's eye. T had each man look throusrh the sights and make mental note of the

ai)pearance so he would always know how his sights should look when aiming."When each man was thoroughly familiar with the sights, we proceeded to the

aiming exercise. Thle exercise was gone through .i"st the same <»s laid down in th«Small Arms Firinir Manual, but with a little more exactness. We went over thisexercise lagain and again until the three points made by the sharp pencil wouldpractically coincide and tliey would I)e a mere point. No man can ever hope to dofine shooting unless he can "always net the sitrhts exactly in the relative position ashis first shot. There is no other way as good as the aiming exercise to teach a man-«o get the s.ame sight at all times.


"I taught the members of our team to always focus their ej-e on the bull's-eye andnever on the front or rear sight. When we started 1 found that a number of themen were in the habit of focusing their eye on the front sight and some on the rearbight. That is bad when using the peep. We have always found that it is mucheasier to center the bull's-eye in the peep and then bring the front sight up to its

proper position than it is to center the front sight in the peep as is done by manygood shots. The construction of the eye is such that symetvical objects such as cir-cles are very easily brought into perfect line and relationship.

"After we got through and had a fair knowledge of the sighting exercise, we wentthrough the position and aiming exercise. This was intended more for the develop-ment of the muscles and make the men acquainted with their rifles than anything else."When any exercise was started, it was not dropped, but we kept up the setting-up

exercises, aiming exercise and position exercises during the whole season. Therewas no let-up on the work. Everything was purely competitive. The two extra men(ired on practice targets during every competition under competition conditions, andif they made a score better tuan any man who had fired on the offlcial record targets,he would tire with the ten men during the next match and the two low inen wouldtire on practice targets as at tirst. So no man was safe on the team until all scoreswere tired.

"The rifles we use are Stevens' No. 414. They are a very good shooting gun, but1 do not think they are the best. The sights do not permit 'of quick adjustment, and)nost all the members of the team used a different sight in the prone position than inthe standing, so the changing of the sight caused a little delay. A good sight couldbe placed on these rifles with very little added cost and which could be made ad-justable by tangent screws."We tried eight kinds of ammunition and we gave each one a thorough test, too.

1 had a rifle solidly placed on a support, and we found the Peters' 2'2 short, withblack powder, was the only ammunition that would shoot through the same hole atfifty feet from the muzzle, and we found a few bad shells in tliis ammunition. Wetlierefore used Peters' ammunition in all the matches because it was the best that wecould get.

"Another important tiling ;not usually appreciated by college rifle teams, is thatof narcotics and stimulants. Wlien we started training I insisted that each manshould abstain from all use of any narcotics or stimulants. This is very important,in fact one of the most important things, but not usually taken into considerationby the beginner. .

"This covers, in a general way, tlie selection of the members of our rifle team andits development and training. It does not take long to say it but it takes quite awhile io do it. The average student in a military college does not take enough in-

terest in shooting to become of much assistance. I have spent on an average aboutfour hours per day with the rifle team, and most of the members have spent fromtwo to three hours per day on the work. No one can ever be a success in the shoot-

ing game unless he is willing to put much time and hard work on the subject. Wehave worked hard and long, but 1 do not believe we have put any more time on therange than the average athlete spends on the athletic field. If the same time andmoney was spent on the college rifle teams thiat is being spent on college athletics,we would have much better scores, and 1 have never yet known of a college athletewho did very much out of the ordinary after leaving college. His training hasnot helped him much, while the expert rifle shot is an important adjunct in thedefense of the nation.

"Our training and development may be summed up as follows : Long, hard andintelligent training ; every member should have a perfect physique ; a thorougViknowledge of the sights and aiming exercise ; continued physical development ; abstainfrom all use of narcotics and stimulants : the best rifles ; the best ammunition, and agood range with good, indirect, artificial lighting at butts only.

"I might add that the State Board of Agriculture, the ruling body of this college,on March 19th, 1914, awarded eleven monogi-am sweaters and one substitute sweater totlie members of the rifle team. This requisition is highly appreciated by the mem-bers of the team, but is nothing more than is due them. They have worked just asiiard and long as any athlete of any of the varsity teams, and their work should beiewarde<l."You have probably noticed that our scores have \)i'cn get tin:; just a little better

since the beginning of the tournament. This is l»e(ause tlie diffcMeut members havegotten tlie flne points worked out a little better than they understood them at first.

'I'Jie success of our men in the standing position is almost entirely on account of

holding. Practice holding. Our members practiced holding for twenty minutes ata time, and with the holding they always work the breathing exercise. This is

;uiother important exercise not mentioned above."If I am on duty with this college next year, I expect to have as equally as good,

it not a better, rifle team than this year."


The following is a table showing the final standing of all the teams com-peting in the 1914 matches arranged according to classes in which they will

compete in 1915 if entered:

CLASS A. 1915.

Averageper match.

1. Michigan Agricultural College 981.42. Massachusetts Agricultural College 968.93. Washington State College 960.4. Iowa State University 958.95. West Virginia University 951.86. Cornell University 951.7. Minnesota University 94748. University of California. 934.9. United States Naval Academy 933-27

10. Norwich University 932.81 1. University of Illinois (9 matches) 926.612. Purdue University 925.

CLASS B, 1915.

13. University of Vermont 925.

14. University of Wisconsin 923.915. Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College 921.216. University of Pennsylvania (9 matches) 919.617. North Georgia Agricultural College 919.18. Notre Dame University (9 matches) 917-519. Princeton University 916.720. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 912.821. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (9 matches) 911.622. Oregon Agricultural College (9 matches) 909.723. University of Maine 908.3

24. Harvard University 904.7

CLASS C, 1915-

25. University of Missouri (9 matches) , 899.26. Dartmouth College 894.

27. Kansas State Agricultural College (9 matches) 890.128. Lehigh University 872.3

29. Clemson College (5 matches) 872.

30. Louisiana State University (7 matches) 867.8

31. Kansas University (8 matches) 859.1

32. University of Arizona (7 matches) 894.4

33. Pennsylvania State College (9 matches) Defaulted

34. Columbia University Defaulted

The rules and regulations, and the targets used during the matches seemedto give entire satisfaction, and there are not many changes contemplated for

next year. The probabilities are that a new target will be used; one which will

be printed with eleven bulls, from which the five-ring will be eliminated, andthe sighting bull increased to take in the seven-ring, making a two-inch sighting

bull; one bull to be used for sighting, and the other ten for record shooting,one shot on each bull. It is also proposed to change the method of selectingthe winning team in the different classes on the percentage basis, instead of bythe old method of matches lost Pnd won, although this feature w\\\ be retained

also- The conditions governing the matches will be found on page 13.


The intercollegiate indoor shooting matches begun in 1907, and the record

showing the winning university or college from that date up to the presenttime is as follows :

1907 Columbia University,1908 Columbia University.

1909 Washington State College.

1910 Massachusetts Agricultural College.

191 1 Massachusetts Agricultural College.

1912 Massachusetts Agricultural College.

1913 West Virginia State University.

1914 Michigan Agricultural College.

MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON THE FORT SNELLTNG RANGE.


REPORT OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE OUTDOOR RIFLESHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE UNITED

STATES, SEASON OF 1914.

Only nine institutions took part in the tenth annual outdoor competitionfor the college shooting championship. The small number of entries in com-parison to the indoor matches seems to be caused by two reasons—the lack ofoutdoor ranges, and the time of year that the match is held, coming as it does

along examination and graduation time. There is no other time of the year,however, which would be suitable for this match, as it is in a way the wind-upof the year's shooting for college clubs, the fiscal year for colleges ending June30th, when many clubs disband and have to reorganize at the opening of the

fall term of college.Several of the former competitors were missing from this year's competi-

tion, such as Harvard, State University of Iowa, and Princeton. There werenewcomers in the outdoor game, such as the United States Naval Academy,it being the first time they have competed, the Oklahoma Agricultural andMechanical College and the University of Illinois. This is the first year for

this last college in both the indoor and outdoor shooting game, and its teamhas come to the front with great rapidity.

The IQ14 match was the closest ever held between colleges on outdoor

ranges, only one point separating the winning team, representing the Massachu-setts Agricultural College from the United States Naval Academy. This matcli

was shot under entirely new conditions, rapid fire being introduced for the first

time, and it proved a stumbling block for many of the college marksmen.The honor of making the highest individual score fell to E. W. Dunbar of

the Massachusetts "Aggies" with a score of 142. His 49 at rapid fire wasone of only two that was made. The scores in detail of the three leading teams,and in total for the other teams competing follow :

MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

200 Yds. 300 Yds. 500 Yds.NAME. Rapid Fire. Slow Fire. Slow Fire. Total.

Dunbar, E. W 49 44 49 142

Hotis, R. P 47 46 47 140

Lane, M. C 44 46 48 138

Hyde, G. F 48 42 47 i37

Oertel, J. T 47 44 45 136

Upton, R. M 43 46 45 I34

278 268 281 827

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.

200 Yds. 300 Yds. 500 Yds.NAME. Rapid Fire. Slow Fire. Slow Fire. Total.

Ruddock, T. D 43 44 49 i3^^

Feineman, W. W 46 43 49 138

Williams, J. E 48 44 45 I37

Pen;ioyer. F. W 47 45 48 140

Umsted. S 48 43 45 L36

Clark, B. F 47 42 50 UQ

279 261 286 826


UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

200 Yds. 300 Yds.NAME. Hapid Fire. Slow Fire.

Stocker, H. F 44 43Reinsch, E. F 42 40Rich, P. C 43 42Kamm, R. M 42 45Troster, O. J 38 41

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SCHOOLBOY RIFLE CLUBS.

Course of Rifle Firing on Gallery and Outdoor Ranges.

The following course of rifle firing, having been recommended by theNational Rifle Association of America and approved by the National Board for

the Promotion of Rifle Practice in the United States and the Secretary of War,will govern all ^practice in the schoolboy rifle clubs affiliated with the NationalRifle Association of America and the Boy Scouts of America.

JUNIOR MARKSMAN.

Indoor Qualifications.

Each member not over eighteen years of age will fire lo shots standing and10 shots prone at 50 feet on the N. R. A. gallery target. No sighting shots.

Rifle: Any .22 caliber rifle with sights (other than telescopic) in front ofthe firing pin.

Ammunition : Any.Position : Both the body and the rifle must be free from all artificial sup-

port. Use of strap allowed in the prone position.

Qualifying Score: A competitor must make not less than 38 points stand-

ing and 42 points prone, or a total score of 80 points of a

possible 100, All firing must be done under the supervisionof a judge appointed by the N. R. A.

Prize: A silver-finished Lapel Button will be issued free

by the Secretary of the N. R. A. to those members making a

qualifying score, on receipt of the targets properly certified

to by an officer appointed for that purpose by the N. R. A.and listed upon an official report blank.

Official targets for Junior Marksman's qualifications will junior Mai-ksmau ^be issued free to affiliated clubs and Boy Scout organizations Label Button.'

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by the N. R. A.

Outdoor Qualifications.

Each member not over eighteen years of age will fire 10 shots proneand 10shots standing or kneeling, at 200 yards, on the U. S. Army target "A." Two

sighting shots will be allowed on commencement ofscore. '

Arm: U. S. rifle or carbine (present or past types)or any military rifle viewed and stamped by the NationalRifle Association.

Ammunition : Any.Position : Both the body and the rifle must be free

from all artificial support. Use of strap allowed in the

prone position.

Qualifying Score: A competitor must make, a total

of 75 points for both positions of a possible 100. All

firing must be done under the supervision of a judgeappointed by the N. R. A.

Prize : A bronze medal will bo issued free to each

of those members making a qualifying score, on receipt

of the official score card properly certified to by an

officer appointed for that purpose by the N. R. A. and

Jiniior MarkimiM's" listed Upon an official report blank. Official score cards

Outdoor Afodnl. are issued free to cinhs on request.


CLUB MEMBER'S COMPETITION.

The National Rifle Association of America presents to each schoolboy rifle

club affiliated with it a medal, mounted in a red leather case, for competitionamong its members. These medals are presented each

year, but are not delivered until the competition hasbeen held and a report sent in to the Secretary of theN. R. A. The conditions of the firing for the medalare the same as the Junior Marksman's competitions.The two competitions may be consolidated if desired.

When the medal is competed for, at least ten membersmust take part in the match, which must be held underthe supervision of an officer appointed by the N. R. A.,

and the results reported to the National Rifle Associa-tion on the official report blank furnished for this pur-

pose by the N. R. A. The medal cannot be won twice

by the same boy.

PRIZES FOR INTER-SCHOOL, CITY ANDSTATE COMPETITIONS.

The National Board for Promotion of Rifle Prac- Medal Presented by thetice is prepared to donate suitable prizes for Inter- N. R. A. to Schoolboy

school, State and City competitions. Applications for^}^^^^

f^^'* a Members'

State prizes will not be considered unless there are five

or more school clubs in the State ;for a city prize, unless there are three or

more school clubs in the city. Applications for prizes should be made to theAssistant Recorder, National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, 1025Woodward Building, Washington, D. C.

The National Board and the National Rifle Association of America are

ready and willing to co-operate with local school and militia authorities and BoyScout organizations in carrying on rifle shooting tournaments for the schoolboysin any city or town. The holding of such tournaments during the winter monthsis strongly recommended as a means of encouraging interest in rifle shooting.

SCHOOLBOYS SITOOTIXa ON OUTDOOR RANGE.


INTER-SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES.

INTER-SCHOLASTIC RIFLE SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP OF THEUNITED STATES (GALIiERY RANGE).

THE ASTOR CUP MATCH.

CONDITIONS.

Open to teams of ten pupils from any N. R. A. schoolboy rifle club of

public or private preparatory school, the five highest scores to count for the

team's record score. Competitors to be bona fide scholars of the school which

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they represent, certificate to this effect to be furnished by some duly authorized

authority. A club can enter more than one team, provided an entry fee is

paid for the extra team or teams. A competitor can not shoot on more than

one team.Distance: Fifty feet from end of rifle to target.

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Target: The N. R. A, 50- foot competition gallery target, issued especiallyfor the match by the N. R. A. No other targets can be used. The targets to bereturned to the office of the N. R. A. after being shot on.

Number of Shots: Twenty for record, each boy; ten standing and ten

prone. Two sighting shots allowed at beginning of score, but they must notbe shot on match targets.

Position : Standing, body and rifle must be free from all support ; prone,tiead toward target, rifle, forearm and hand must be free from all artificial

support. Use of strap allowed in the prone position only.

Rifle : Any .22 caliber rifle weighing not over ten pounds.Sights: Any, in front of the firing pin, not containing glass.

Trigger Pull : To be not less than three pounds.Ammunition : .22 caliber, short.

Judge and Witness : The National Rifle Association of America will appointi judge and witness to supervise the firing of each team entered, and no scores

mil be accepted unless such judge and witness are present when the scores are

iihot. The official targets will be sent to the judge, who will take entire charge3f same, before, during and after the shoot. The judge and witness will certify:o the proper carrying out of the conditions of the match only. The determiningDf the value of the shots will be done by a special committee in the office of the

M. R. A., who will announce the results.

Entry Fee: $2.00 per team; extra teams. $2.00 per team. No entry will be

iccepted unless accompanied by the entry fee. Entries will close April i.

Match, when Shot: The record scores will be shot on home ranges duringhe period between April 15 and 30. Scores not turned in by May 10 will not

)e considered.Prize : The "Champi'dnship Astor Cup." to be held by the school represented

)y the winning team for one year, when it will again be put in competition by:he National Rifle Association of America. Silver medals to the individual

Tiembers of the winning team;bronze medals to the second team. The cup

ffiW become the property of the school winning it the most times in 20 years.Won in 1900 by Morris High School of New York City, in 1910 by De Witt

Zlinton High School of New York City, in 191 1, 1912 and 1913, Iowa City

(Iowa) High School, in 1914 by Salt Lake City High School.


NATIONAL SHOOTING TROPHY FOR MILITARY SCHOOLS(U. S. Championship)

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OE LEARNING. 2S9

NATIONAL SHOOTING TROPHY FOR MILITARY SCHOOLS.

(Military School Team Rifle Shooting Championship of the United States.)

To be competed for annually mider the auspices of the National Rifle Asso-ciation of America on gallery ranges.

CONDITIONS.

Eligibility: Open to teams from rifle clubs in military schools, organizedunder the rules and regulatons of the National Board for Promotion of RiflePractice and affiliated with the National Rifle Association of America.

Size of Team : Ten boys to shoot on team, the best five scores to count forrecord.

Distance: 50 feet from end of rifle to target.Number of Shots: Twenty for record, ten standing and ten prone.Target: The N. R. A. competition gallery target (i to 10 count). Officially

stamped targets will be furnished by the N. R. A. No other targets will bereceived for record.

Positions: STANDING, off-hand; body and rifle must be free from all

artificial support, PRONE, head toward target; rifle, forearm and hand mustbe free from all artificial support. Use of strap allowed in the prone position,

only.

Sights : Any, in front of the firing pin, and not containing glass.

Rifle: Any, ,22-caliber rifle weighing not over ten pounds.Trigger Pull: Not to be less than three pounds.Ammunition: ,22 caliber, short.

Judge and Witness: There will be a judge appointed by the N, R. A., whowill take charge of each contest; he will be assisted by a wtness appointed byhim. Both judge and witness will certify to the scores made. All scores will

be reported by mail or telegram. immediately after the close of the match to theN, R. A. on a special blank issued for the purpose. The targets will be sent in

later to the N. R. A.

Match, How and When Shot: All the entries received will be divided upinto leagues of not more than twelve clubs, so that the matches will not extend

longer than three months. The matches will begin immediately after the Christ-

mas holidays.Entrance Fee : $3.00 per team. One team only allowed to a club.

Prise: To the team winning first place, in Class "A,",the "National Trophy."presented by the National Board for the Promotion '4x£^ Rifle Practice, WarDepartment, to be held by the school for one year or untiMhe next contest, andten silver medals to the ten boys taking part in the greates^t number of matches

during the series. Ten bronze medals to the team winning second place in Class

"A," and medals to the winning team in each of the lower classes. The winningschool will receive a "Certificate of Victory," which will be retained by the

school, ^»-' -•

The method of determining the winning teams in each class will be by the

percentage of the grand aggrej^te score of all matches shot.

Entries: Entries will close on December fourteenth, and should be made to

Lieut. Albert S. Jones; St'cretary, National Rifle Association of America, 1025Woodward Building. Washington, D. C.


DAVID.

NATIONAL SH( )'I'IN(; TROIMIV FOR PUBIilC HIGH SCHOOLS.(U. S. Championship)

RIFLE PRACTICE IN IiVSTlTUTIONS OF LEARNING. 3!

NATIONAL &HOOTING TROPHY FOR PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS.(Inter-school competition for the United States High School championship.)

To be competed for annually under the auspices of the National Rifle Asso-ciation of America on gallery ranges.

CONDITIONS.

Open to teams from rifle clubs of public high schools organized under th^rules and regulations of the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practiceand affiHated with the National Rifle Association of America.

Sise of Team : Ten boys to shoot on team, the best five scores to count for

record.

Distance : 50 feet from end of rifle to target.

I Number of Shots: Twenty for record, ten standing and ten prone.'

Target: The N. R. A. competition gallery target (i to 10 count). Officially

stamped targets will be furnished by the N, R, A. No other targets will bereceived for record.

Positions: STANDING, oflr-hand; body and rifle must be free from all

artificial support. PRONE, head toward target; rifle, forearm and hand must befree from all artificial support. Use of strap allowed in the prone position only.

Rifie : Any .22 caliber rifle weighing not over ten pounds.Sights: Any, in front of the firing pin, and not containing glass.

Trigger Full : Not to be less than three pounds.Ammunition : .22 caliber, short.

Judge and Witness: There will be a judge appointed by the N. R. A., whowill take charge of each contest; he will be assisted by a witness appointed byhim. Both judge and witness will certify to the scores made. All scores will

be reported by mail or telegram immediately after the close of the match to the

N. R. A, on a special blank issued for the purpose. The targets will be mailed

mimediately to the N. R. A.

Match, How and When Shot : All the entries received will be divided upinto leagues of not more than twelve clubs, so that the matches will not extend

longer than three months. The matches will begin immediately after the Christ-

mas holidays.Entrance Fee : $3.00 per team. One team only allowed to a club.

Frise : To the team winning first place, in Class "A," the "National Trophy,*'

presented by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, WarDepartment, to be held by the school for one year, or until the next contest andten silver medals to the ten boys taking part in the greatest number of matches

during the series. Ten bronze medals to the team winning second place in Class

*'A" and medals to the winning teams in other classes. The winning school will

receive a "Certificate of Victory," which will be retained by the school.

The method of determining the winning teams in each class will be by the

percentage of the grand aggregate score of all matches shot.

Entries: Entries will close on December fourteenth, and should be madeto Lieut. Albert S, Jones. Secretary, National Rifle Association of America, 1025Woodward Building, Washngton, D. C.


REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SHOOTING COMPETITION FORTHE MILITARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE

UNITED STATES. SEASON OF 1914.

The second annual national rifle shooting competition between the militaryschools of the country produced several surprises. Both the team and individualrecords were smashed, and the new records established are likely to stand forsome time.

Eighteen schools entered the competition as against i6 in 1913. These schoolswere arranged in two classes according to previous records, ten being put in

Class "A" and eight in Class "B." The best all round work of the series wasdone by a team in Class "B," but under the conditions governing the match,they had to be satisfied with winning first place in their class only.

For the second consecutive year, the championship was won by the Borden-town, N. J,, Military Academy, with an everage of 940 per match. Second placewas won by the New York Military Academy, with an average of 923.1. TheClass "B" series was won by the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy,whose team did some phenominal shooting. Starting out with a score of 829 for

the first match, they wound up with a score of 989 for the seventh and last

match. This score broke the record in this competition by 59 points, and theinter-scholastic record by five points. This established a new mark which maynever again be equaled. Captain I. E. McLaren, the range officer and N. R. A.

Judge at the Northwestern school, estimates the success of the team as beingdue to :

1. The enthusiasm of the individual members of the team and the heartybacking of the student body.

2. A desire on the part of the entire cadet corps to qualify for Juniormarksman. Up to the present time 44 per cent, of the student body have so

qualified.

3. The gold medal offered by ist Lieut. E. E. Lewis, U. S. A. for the bestindividual outdoor range record, and award of bronze sharpshooter, marksman,etc. medals by the school, places rifle shooting in the estimation of the student

body as a manly and desirable accomplishment.

Captain McLaren further says : "There has been no special training forthe team followed, other than I do not allow any visitors on the range duringthe shooting."

A new individual record was established by a member of the Northwesternteam; F. Alsip of that team making the possible 100 in both the standing andprone positions. The making of the possible 200 in a competition has only beentwice before actomplished in inter-scholastic shooting.

The order in which the clubs finished in the two classes follow :

Class A.

Order. School. . Won. Lost.

Bordentown. N. J. Mih'tafy Institute 9 oNew York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson 7 2

New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell 7 2St. John's School, Manlius. N. Y '. 5 4Culver, Ind. Military Academy 4 5

Kemper Military School, Boonville, Mo 4 5The Harvard School Los Angeles, Cal 4 .=^

St. John's Military Academv, Delafield, Wis 4 5Miami Militarv Institute, Germantown. Ohio i 8Hitchcock Military Academy. San Rafeal, Cal 9

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. X]

Class B.

Order. School. Won. Lost.

1. Northwestern Mil. & Naval Academy, Highland Park, 111 7 o2. Morgan Park, 111. Academy 6 i

3. Shattuck School, Farbault, Minn 4 34. Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Ky 4 35. Bingham School, Asheville, N. C 3 46. Mt. Tamalpais Military Academy, San Rafael, Cal 3 47. Nazareth Hall Military Academy, Nazareth, Pa i 68. Wenonah, N. J. Military Academy o 7The following is the order by percentage in which the leading ten com-

petiting teams finished:

Order School. Per Cent

Northwestern Military and Naval Academy 9464Bordentown. N. J. Military Institute 93.88New York Military Academy 92.31New Mexico Miltary Institute 91-54Culver Military Academy 90 44St. John's Military Academy 90.27St. John's School, Manlius, N. Y 89.53Harvard School 88.82

Kemper Military School 86.8

Miami Military Institute 85.3

These ten schools, if entered in the 1915 matches, will compose Class A forthat competition.

As more or less interest is taken in individual records during this compe-tition, there follows herewith the 12 highest individuals with their average permatch :

Order. Name. School. Per Cent.

1. Maloney, H., Bordentown Military Institute 190.32. Iszard, F. K., Bordentown Military Institute 189.7

3. *Alsip, F., Northwestern Military & Naval Academy 187. i

4. Thatcher, R., Bordentown Military Institute 186.4

5. *Gillman, L. J., Northwestern Military & Naval Academy 186.2

6. Doss, J. v., New Mexico Military Institute 185.8

7. Chamberlain, F., St. John's School, Manlius, N. Y 185.68. Fye, J. H., New York Military Academy 185.3

9. Ingall, W.. Culver Military Academy 184 810. Schuster, E., Harvard School 184.811. Johnson. B., New York Military Academy 184.312. *Brown, W., Northwestern Military & Naval Academy 183.7

Taking everything into consideration, the 1914 matches were very successful.

Reports were made more promptly, there were fewer defaults, and no club

dropped out of the competition, tt is hoped that next year there will be at

least twenty schools entered, so that the classes will be evenly divided. If 24schools enter, there will be two classes of 12 each; but if more than that enter,

the division will be made ten clubs to a class as near as possible.Tlie rules seem to be satisfactory in every respect with the probable excep-

tion as to the method* of determining the winning teams in the different classes,

and it is proposed hereafter to change this rule so that the determining of the

winning team will be figured on a percentage of the aggregate of all scores

made instead of by the number of matches won and lost^

The inter-school

competition feature with the won and lost record will be retained however.

*Shot in only 7 matches.

u RIFLE PF^VCTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

KriT.E TKAM OF THE NORTHWESTERN MILITARY AND NAVAL ACADEMY.WINNERS OF CLASS B.

First row—Volintine, Briggs, Captain I. E. McLaren (Range Officer), Jeffers, Robin-son. Second row—Irvine, Bovett, Perry, Alsip. Third row—Corbidge, Brown, Gill-

man, Rueping.Cadet Alsip has made the perfect score of 200 for the new N. R. A. record, and

Cadets Briggs, Glllman and Corbidge have equaled the former N, R. A. record of 199.

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. IJfi

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GALLERYCHAMPIONSHIP, SEASON OF 1914.

Tf f r«iTHE DEERiNG HIGH SCHOOL, PORTLAND, MAINE, RIFLE TEAM.WINNEIIS OF THE NATIONAL ITIOH SCIIOOI^ GALLERY CHAMPIONSHIP 1914.

Rear row, left to riKht— L. F. Wallnce, L. C. HoughtoTi, E. K. Kicker, W. T. Smith,W. R. Read, G. J. Malouc.

Front row—E. L. Hamlen, P. M. .loiinson, G. R. St. John, P. R. Coffin, L. W.Wutson, E. T. Simmons (N. R. A. Judge),

The 1914 inter-hif^h school national rifle shooting competition broughtforth a larger entry list than ever before. The number of entries making it nec-

essary to divide the schools into three classes according to past performancesas far as it was possible to ascertain. There being thirty entries, three leaguesof ten schools each were organized, making a series of nine matches for each

league. Through this method, the following ten schools were placed in Class A:Iowa City. Iowa. High School; Technical High School, Springfield. Mass.;

Baltimore, Md., Polytechnic Institute; Morris High School, New York City;Salt Lake City, Utah. High School; McKinley Manual Training School, Wash-ington, D. C. ; Portland. Maine, High School ; DeWitt Clinton High School,New York City ; Stuyvesant High School, New York City ; and Deering HighSchool, Portland, Maine.

CLASS B: Jamaica. L. I., High School; High School of Commerce, NewYork City ;

Eastern High School, Washington. D. C. ; Commercial High School,Brooklyn, N. Y.

;Manual Training High School. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Business

High School. Washington 1). C. ; Stoneham. Mass.. High School; Erasmus Hall

High School, Brooklyn. N. Y. ; Western High School, Washington, D. C. andBrookline. Mass., High School.

CLASS C: Houston. Texas. High School; Central High School. GrandRapids, Mich. ; Cedar Rapids. Iowa. High School

;Crane Technical High School,

Chicago, 111.; Broken Bow. Neb., High School

;Placer County High School,

Auburn, Cal. ; Manual Training School. St Louis, Mo. ; Utica. N. Y. Free

Academy; Tucson, Arizona. High School; and Warren, Pa.. High School.The scores made were higher than ever before, and the record score for

this competition <,75 was raised two points by the Deering boys who scored 977in their last match against Iowa City. The competition was won by a teamrepresenting the Deering High School of Portland. Maine, who made the excel-

lent average per match of 062. The next best record was made by the team rep-

resenting the Salt Lake City High School, whose average per match was o.=i8.i.

The Iowa City team was third with an average of 951.7. The won and lost

;jG RULE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

standing of the clubs in the different leagues at the close of the matches wasas follows :

CLASS A. Brooklyn Manual Training 6 3

Won Lost Western High School 3 6

1^ . ^T- , c 1 1Business High School 3 6

Deering High School 9 £^3^,,^ High School 2 7Iowa Ciy High School 8 iHigh School of Commerce, o 9

Salt.^ake

City High School 7 2 Commercial High School. . o 9McKinley Man. Train. Sch. 63 * ^

Morris High School 5 4 z-t acc r-

Portland High School.... 4 5CLAbb C.

Baltimore Polytechnic Inst. 4 5 Won. Lost,

Springfield Tech. High Sch. 2 7 Placer County High School. 9 oDeWitt Clinton High Sch. 1 8 Cedar Rapids High School. 8 i

Stuyvesant High School... o 9 Broken Bow High School.. 6 3St. Louis Man. Train, Sch. 6 3

rT ACQ TJTucson High School 6 3*^i.A:5b ±5.Central High School, Grand

Won. Lost. Rapids 3 6Stoneham High School 8 i Utica Free Academy 3 6

Jamaica High School 7 2 Crane Technical High Sch. 2 7Erasmus Hall High School. 7 2 Warren High School 2 7Brookline High School 6 3 Houston High School o 9

The following is the standing of the 24 highest clubs showing thei.' averageper match and per cent of possible score which will determine the position ofthese schools in making up the classes for 191 5:

Total aggre- Average Per Cent.

SCHOOL. Order.

Deering High, Portland, Maine.... i

Salt Lake (Utah) High 2

Iowa City (Iowa) High 3Portland (Maine) High 4McKinley Manual Training, D. C. . . 5

Morris High, New York City 6

Baltimore, Md., Polytechnic Inst... 7Placer County High, Auburn, Cal ... 8

Stoneham, Mass. High 9Brooklyn Manual Training High.. 10

Erasmus Hall High, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11

Springfield, Mass. Technical High.. 12

Jamaica, L. I. High 13

Brookline, Mass. High 14Cedar Rapids, Iowa, High 15Western High, D. C 16

Tucson, Arizona, High 17Business High, D. C 18

Broken Bow, Nebraska, High 19

Warren, Pa. High 20St. Louis.' Mo. Manual Training 21

Central High, Grand Rapids, Mich.. 22Crane Tech. High, Chicago, 111 23Utica, N. Y. Free Academy 24

gate of


faulted on three or more matches in the 1914 series will come in at the foot

of the list if entered next year:

High School of Commerce, New York City.Commercial High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Stuyvesant High School, New York City.DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, defaulted twice.

The Houston, Texas High and Eastern High of Washington, D. C, each

once, which prevented their being listed in the above tables.

The individual shooting was of the highest order. The best individual

score was a possible 200 made by Wendell T. Smith of Deering High School.

The second best was a 199 by Robert E. Fowle of Stoneham, and the third best

a 198 made by both Geo. R. St. John and Phillip M. Johnson, of Deering. Thefollowing are the highest individual records for all nine matches :

Per Cent, for

all 9 matches.

97.5

97-33

96.5

96.

95-72

95.27

95.

95.

94-94

94-72

Order Name.

P. M. Johnson, Deering HighG. R. St. John, Deering HighE. Melius, Salt Lake HighR. E. Fowle, Stoneham HighE. Ewin, Salt Lake HighJ. Armstrong, Salt Lake HighR. Spears, Salt Lake HighP. Gibson, Manual Training School.

P. Newberg, Iowa City HighC. Macfarlane. Salt Lake High

School.

PLACER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, AUBURN, CAL., RIFLE CLUB.

WINNERS OF CLASS C.

Standing, left to il^ht—K. MS. Roumage, N. G (N. R. A

HIGH SCHOOL GALLERY CHAMPIONSHIP.Readle, Panl Hunt, J. C. Schuster, R. Vivier. Capt

Judge), L. B. McCann, R. W. Terry, WL. B. McCann

Ninas, D. L. Albright, J. K. White, Jr,

C.FHuntley

Kneeling, left to risht—M. E. Ix.cke. II. II

II. M. Engle, O. W. Reynolds.

Mr. Edwin T. Simmons, the N. R. A. Judge of Deering High School,credits much of the success of the Deering team to the faithful work of G. RSt. John, the club's captain, and P. M. Johnson, both of whom will be lost tothe team next year. In 1915 the Deering team will have as a neucleus, five of its

present championship team.


INTER-SCHOLASTIC RIFLE SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP OPTHE UNITED STATES FOR 1914.

ASTOR CTJP MATCH.

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THE SALT LAKE CITY HIGH SCHOOL RIFLE TEAM.

The inter-scholastic rifle shooting championship of the United States will,

for the first time, go to the West. In the years in which the Astor Cup has beenshot for hy teams representing preparatory schools of the country, it has neverbeen carried West further than Iowa City. Iowa, the high school of that city nowbeing the holder of same, having won it last year.

The 1914 competition in which 14 schools took part, was won by the Salt

Lake City. Utah, High School, with a score of 959 points of a possible icxx), ascore considerably below the record of 984 made by the Iowa boys last year.Second honors were won by the Deering High School of Portland. Maine, witha score of 955, which school had just won the inter-high school shooting cham-pionship. The third place was won by the Morris High School of New York,with a score of 951, a school which has been a previous holder of the cup.Fourth place was awarded the Placer County High School of Auburn, Cali-

fornia, with a score of 949. The Curtis High School of New York City tookfifth place with 940. and the Iowa City High School team, who had been the

holders of the championship cup for three years, were sixth with 928. Thescores in detail for the first three teams, and in total for the other teams follow:

SALT LAKE HIGH SCHOOL.Standing. Prone. Total-

James Armstrong 95 98 193Walter Barrette 94 97 191Earl Ewin 93 96 t8tHarold Mays 94 98 192Clifford Macfarlane 96 99 194

959

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. ;{1)

DEERING HIGH SCHOOL.

Standing.Wendell T. Smith 95L. W. Watson 96Emery L. Hamlin 98Philip R. Coffin 97Philip M. Johnson 93

93


RIFLE SHOOTING IN THE NEW YORK SCHOOLS.

Indoor Rifle Shooting Tournament of the Public Schools

Athletic League.

The Sixth Annual Indodf Rifle Shooting Tournament of the PubHc SchoolsAthletic League was held in connection with the Sportsman's Show at MadisonSquare Garden, between February 21st and February 27th, 1914. The teamentries for this year exceeded those of any previous tournament. Thirty-fivethousand rounds of ammunition were used up. Three hundred and fourteen

boys qualified as Junior Marksmen.

__. The following is a summary of the

individual and team matches:

RESULTS OF INDIVIDUALMATCHES.

Winchester Match (20 shots standing, 20 prone; highest

possible score 400).

1. Gluckman, Manual Training H. S 3922. Reppert, Morris H. S 3893. Labriola. Morris H. S

2>1^(^

4. Gregory, Manual Training H. S 366

Schoverling, Daly & Gales Match (20 shots standing, 20

prone; highest possible score 400).

1. Kerr, Morris H. S 3892. R. Sickl, Curtis H. S 384

3. Reppert, Morris H. S 383

4. Berg, Manual Training H. S 382

Combination Rubber Co. Match (to shots standing, 10

shots prone; highest possible score 200).

1. Repp:^rt, Morn's H. S tqS

2. (tie) O'Reilly, Manual Training H. S I97

Daly, Morris H. S I97

3. (tie) Van Zicklen, Jamaica H. S 19')

Bunker, Jamaica H. S I9'^

R. H. Macy Co. Match (ro shots standing, 10 shots prone; highest possiblescore 200).

1. Starke, Morris H. S i992. Goldberg, DeWitt Clinton H. S I09

3. Ivimey, Manual Training H. S 196

4. Smith, Curtis H. S I95No. I won in shoot-off, 46 to 44.

Davega Match (5 shots standing, 5 shots prone; highest possible score 100).

1 . O'Reilly, Manual Training H. S 992. Seidling, DeWitt Clinton H. S 973. Condon, Morris H. S 97

4. (tie) Reppert, Morris H. S 96Foskett, DeWitt Clinton H. S 96


Bloomingdale Match (lo shots standing, lo shots prone; highest possiblescore 200).

1. Reppert, Morris H. S 1912. Safran, Bay Ridge 190

3. MacDonald, Erasmus Hall H. S 18S

4. Spear, Morris H. S 185

Alex. Taylor Match (10 shots standing, 10 shots prone; highest possiblescore 200).

1. Leopold, DeWitt Clinton H. S 1952. Levine, Morris H. : S 194


4. R. Sickl, Curtis H. S 192

N. Y. Sporting Goods Co. Match (10 shots standing, 10 shots prone; highest

possible score 200).

1. Volkhardt, Curtis H- S 1932. Condon, Morris H. S 191


4. Kerr, Morris H. S 184

Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Championship Cup Match—SchoolboyChampionship.

Aggregate high score in the individual matches;10 shots stand-

ing; 10 shots prone. Won by Master Reppert of Morris H. S., with

the following scores.

Score. Possible.

Winchester 389 400Schoverling, Daly &

^%;^^^^ Gales 383 400Combination RubberCompany 198 200

Davega 96 100

Bloomingdale 191 200

Alex. Taylor 195 200

N. Y. Sporting Goods^. Company 191 200

Union Metallic Cart-

ridge Company .... 196 200

Total 1836 1900

y^^ . RESULTS OF TEAM MATCHES.

Standard Bearer Match (teams of

eight ;10 shots standing, 10 shots prone ;

highest possible score 1,600; highest

possible individual score 200).Morris H. S. (first team), (R.

Repert, 188; F. Korr, 188; H. Fischer,

178; J. Condon, 187; A. Labriola, 180;

V. Daly, 182; R. Starke, 183; J. Spear,

184) 1470; 2. Curtis H. S., 1392; 3.

Stuyvesant H. S., i375; 4- Bryant H.

S., 1332; 5. Morris H. S (secondteam), 1327; 6. DeWitt Clin-

ton H. S., 1318.Peters Match (teams of

^1-- - -

III-

-rrii^ five; 10 shots standing, 10

I-^ '

^ I 'iifc shots prone; highest possible

score, 1,000; highest possible

THE STANDAllI) BKAUER TIIOPHY.


individual score, 200). i. Morris H. S. (first team), (R. Reppert, 190; F. Kerr,

185; R. Starke, 192; J. Condon, 181; V. Daly, 176), 922; 2. Morris H. S. (sec-ond team), 917; 3. Curtis H. S., 911; 4. Manual Training H. S., 895; 5. Eras-

mus Hall H. S., 888; 6. Jamaica H. S., 881; 7. DeWitt Clinton H. S., 879; 8.

Boys H. S., 876; 9. Bryant H. S., 871; 10. Commercial H. S., 851; 11. BayRidge H, S., 839; 12. Stuyvesant H. S., 837; 13. Jamaica H. S. (second team),801 ; 14. Eastern District H. S., 767.

DuPont Match (teamsof four; 5 shots standing;highest possible team score,

280; highest possible indi-

vidual score, 70). First—Tie between Morris andCurtis High Schools. Mor-ris H. S. (Reppert, 64;Kerr, 63; Starke, 65; Daly,

60,^253; Curtis H. S. (I.

Smitii, 63 ; Quinlan, 62;

F.

Zickel. 63; R. Zickel, 65),

253. Tie decided by specialmatch : Zickel, of Curtis H.

S., 66; Starke, of Morris H.S.. 65. 2. Manual TrainingH. S., 249: 3. DeWitt Clin-

ton H. S., 24S; 4- Bryant H.

S., 241 ; 5. Curtis H. S..

(second team), 240; 6

Poly. Prep. H. S.. 259; andCommercial H. S., 234 ;

8.

Morris H. S.. (second team)

J34; 9. DeWitt Clinton H.S. (second team). 232; 10.

Erasmus Hall H. S.. 232;Ti. Bayonne H. S., 227; 12.

Bay Ridge H. S.. 227; 13.

Stuyvesant H. S., 215; 14.

Xew r^ochelle H. S.. 2T2.

TIIK IV I'ONT TIIOPIIY.

Winchester Cup Match (teams of six; 10 shots standing, 10 shots prone;highest possible team score, 1,200; highest possible individual score, 200). i.

Curtis H.' S. (R. Zickel, 185; Smith, 185; Quinlan, 189; F. Zickel, 193; Volk-

hardt, 183; Dowell, 182), 1,117; 2. Manual Training H. S., 1.085; 3- Boys H. S.,

1,084; 4. Morris H. S. (first team), 1,079; 5- Jamaica H. S., 1,060; 6. DeWitt,Clinton H. S., 1,059; 7. Erasmus Hall H. S., 1,052; 8. Morris H. S. (secondteam), 1,047; 9- Bay Ridge H. S.. 1,042; 10. Stuyvesant H. S., 1,034; H- BryantH. S., 1.026; 12. Poly. Prep., 1,018.

N. Y. State Rifle Association Match (teams of ten; 10 shots standing, 10

shots prone; highest possible team score, 2.000; highest possible individual score.

200). I. Morris H. S. (H. Ficker, 160; A. Labriola, 186; J. Levine, 184; R.

Reppert, 191; R. Starke, 185; F. Kerr. 182; V. Daly, 177; J. Condon. 186; R.

Spear, 188; E. Grisler, 182), i 821;

2. Curtis H. S., 1.811; 3. Bay Ridge H. S.,

1.745; 4- DeWitt Clinton H. S., 1,734; 5- Stuyvesant H. S., 1.731 ;6. Bryant H.

S.. 1,684.


The following are the Junior Marksmen qualifications :

Evander Childs H. SDickenson I. CTownsend Harris HallVocational SchoolP. S. 17, Jersey CityP. S. II, Jersey CityBushwick H. S 2

Manual Training 6

Bayonne H. SMiscellaneous 13

Boys H. S 15

Bay Ridge H. S 15

Curtis H. S 22

Stuyvesant H. S 3^

Flushing H. S

Egan Business CollegeTrinity CollegeP. S. 166, Manhattan..P. S. 74, ManhattanNewton H. S

Poly. PrepErasmus Hall 11

Commercial H. S 13Eastern District H. S 12

J amaica H. S 16H. S. of Commerce 19DeWitt Clint(^n H. S 28Morris H. S 47

ROWLAND A. PATTERSON,Secretary Board of Coaches

THE SUB-TAHGET RIFLE MACHINE—A SPLENDID AID TO THE TEACHINGOP RIFLE SHOOTING—IN USE IN MANY SCHOOLS.

44 RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF" LEARNING.

RIFLE SHOOTING IN THE WASHINGTON (D. C.) SCHOOLS.

SCHOOLBOYS ON MARINE CORPS RANGES, WINTIIROP. MD.

Under the auspices of the Inter-scho-lastic Rifle Association, consisting of the

clubs of the five white high schools of theDistrict of Columbia, and aggregatingabout three hundred members, two tour-

naments or meets have been held with

great success this year. The first, the in-

door,, was held on the gallery range of the

National Guard, District of Columbia,April 25th, beginning at one o'clock in the

afternoon. All the shootings was done at

fifty feet with .22-calibe^^ wfl^s and ammu-nition. The N. R. A. competition gallery

target was used, and Major Tliomas S.

King, N. G. D. C.. was Executive Officer.

The matches were won as follows :

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCEMEDAL.

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS. OF LEARNING. 4r>

Company Team Match.

COMPANY B., Central High School.

ID shots

standing,

Duffies 52Otterback 70Paris 84Osborn 82

10 shots

prone.

46 RIFLE PRACTICE IK IXSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

The outdoor meet was held on the 200 yard range of the United States

Marine Corps' range, at Winthrop, Maryland. A chartered steamer took the

officials and about 150 boys down and back. The range was in command of a

Marine officer, and manned by enlisted men. The shooting was all at 200 yardsand the U. S. Army service rifle and ammunition was used, and it was mostcreditable. The results of the matches follow :

Company Team Match.

COMPANY F. Eastern High School.

ID shots

standing.

Watkins 42Arnold 42H. Johnson 41Davis 35

shots


HOW TO CONDUCT A SCHOOLBOY INDOOR RIFLE SHOOT-ING TOURNAMENT.

In planning for a schoolboy tournament, first find a place to hold the shoot,then secure the consent of the school authorities. Start to work sufficiently

early to allow for getting the schoolboys and the public interested. Seek the

co-operation of the Press, early and often. Get articles published showing whathas been done in other cities. Nearly every newspaper will heartily co-operate,and many throughout the country have donated handsome trophies for annual

competition among the schools of their cities. Put live men on the committees,and arrange for competent officials to instruct the boys in preliminary practiceand to supervise the matches. Effort should be made to interest the local militia-

men for this purpose. In the matches use, if possible, the .22-caliber army rifle

for indoor work, which can generally be obtained through the co-operation ofthe National Guard authorities. Otherwise throw open the matches to any .22

rifle under the restrictions laid down by the National Rifle Association in its

matches. Permit the use of any ammunition, and make the charges for targetsand ammunition as small as compatible with the expenses. The customarycharge is five or ten cents for ten shots. Ammunition should not be issued saveat the firing point, and then only when the score is about to be fired, and the

officer who issues it and conducts the practice should be careful to see that it is

all expended. In the event of the score being interrupted and the cartridges notall used, require them to be promptly returned. Special care will be necessary to

prevent ammunition being taken out of the gallery. To this end, therefore,the most stringent rules should be made and enforced. Have some matcheswith unlimited entries, both for the practice afforded and the interest excited.

A hustling committee on prizes will be absolutely indispensable. The ammuni-tion companies have men especially qualified to act as instructors, and if theyare available they will be glad to attend and co-operate. Get as many cupsfor annual competition as possible. The same with three or four inscriptionsthereon become prizes well worth struggling for. Reports of all schoolboy tour-

naments will be published annually for distribution to the schools during the

following year. The National Rifle Association will present a trophy for aninter-school match, and furnishes targets and Junior Marksman's medals to all

contestants making the necessary qualifying score during the tournament.

ADVICE TO CLUB SECRETARIES.

Read your instructions and the rules and regulations.Send in your reports promptly to the National Rifle Association and secure

your blanks for that purpose in advance. The targets for indoor and scorecards for outdoor must accompany the Junior Marksman's qualification reports.

Attend to all correspondence with Headquarters. Such correspondence will

be light if you familiarize yourself with the contents of this book.Don't write in after the league matches have started that "yoti didn't know

when entries should be sent in."

Annual dues have no connection with entrance fees in the Championshipmatches.

Annual dues of a club are due October i. each year, and are $5.00 for col-

lege clubs and $2.00 for school clubs. The club year ends June 30.

Get the club members out for a club shoot for the member's medal as earlyin the year as possible. At least ten must enter to make a match.

Be sure to have the N. R. A. Judge present when record firing is beingcarried on, and see that reports of qualifications and match scores are signed

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GALLERY RIFLES.

The rifle issued by the Government for gallery practice is designed to take

commercial ammunition, caliber .22 short. With the exception of the barrel andrear sight (graduated for model 1903 ammunition), all the component parts are

the same as those of the United States Magazine Rifle, Model 1903, caliber .30

chambered for 1906 ammunition.

THE UNITED STATES GALLERY PRACTICE RIFLE.

The barrel has the same external dimensions as the barrel of the .30 caliber

rifle. The bore is reamed to 0.219 inch diameter, and the grooves are 0.002 inch

deep. The rifling consists of six plain grooves having a

uniform right-hand twist of one turn in 25 inches. Thebarrel is chambered to receive a cartridge holder and will

not receive the .30 caliber ammunition.The cartridge holder is made of steel and has the same

general shape as the cartridge for the United States Maga-zine Rifle, model 1903, caliber .30, but its dimensions are

such that it cannot be fully inserted into the chamber of

that arm. It is provided with a slot through which the

cartridge is inserted. The head of the body is grooved to

provide for the engagement of the extractor, and is

threaded on the interior for the nut.

In use, one .22-caliber cartridge is loadedinto each cartridge holder by retracting the

plunger and inserting the cartridge, the latter

being pushed into its seat by the action of the

spring. Cartridge holders thus loaded maybe'packed into clips and loaded into the gun in

the usual way, or they may be loaded one at a

time without using the clip. The cartridgeholder being in the chamber of the gun andthe bolt closed, the action is as follows:

When the trigger is pulled, the firing pinis released and moves forward until the striker

comes into contact with the rear end of the

plunger. The blow thus delivered drives the

plunger forward, causing the firing points of

the plunger to strike the rim of the .22-caliber

cartridge and explode it. The cartridge holder

is ejected in the same way as a caliber .30 car-

tridge and the caliber .22 cartridge case maybe removed from the cartridge holder by push-

ing the cartridge case and the plunger to the

rear by means of a ramrod, then grasping the plunger, withdrawing the ramrodand allowing the cartridge case to fall out through the slot in the slide of the

body of the cartridge holder.

Sight Used on U. S. ArmyGallery Rifle.


The sight in use on the gallery rifle is the same as used on the .30 caliber

rifle, model 1903, except that it is graduated for the 1903 ammunition. Forfiring at 50 feet the elevations of these rifles differ on the scale between 100 and200 yards, the normal generally being at the 200 mark. It is advisable in all

cases, where it is practical, for the firer to use the peep sight. There should beno difficulty in doing this if the sight of the firer is normal, and it tends to moreaccurate holding and closer grouping. Instructors should illustrate to the be-

ginner how the front sight should always be brought in the center of the circle

of the peep sight and held just under the bull's-eye at six o'clock. The majorityof experts advise that a streak of white show between the front sight and thelower part of the bull.

WINCHESTER "WINDER" MUSKET .22 CAWBER.

Another gallery .22-caliber rifle, much in use by college and schoolboy rifle

clubs, is the rifle known as the Winchester Musket, Winder Model. This rifle

was gotten out about the time that the Public Schools Athletic League of NewYork began its annual indoor tournaments, and the public high schools of NewYork were equipped with same. Many of the college and school rifle teams are

using this rifle in the League matches.

STEVENS' MIWTARY MODEL .22 CADIBER RIFEE.

The Stevens' .22-caliber military model rifle. No. 414. has only been on the

market a very short while, but has, within that time, demonstrated its worth.

It was the rifle selected by the National Rifle Association for use by the minia-

ture rifle team that competed in the "Olympic" games in Sweden. It was with

this rifle that Capt. Fred S. Hird, of Des Moines, luwa. won the world's minia-

ture rifle individual championship.


THE U. S. MAGAZINE RIFLE, MODEL 1898 (Krag),

THE UNITED STATES MAGAZINE RIFLE, MODEL iSgS.

1 The above rifle is the one to be issued under the recent act of Congress to

j [rifleclubs and school cadets corps, and is the rifle used by the U. S. Army

previous to the issue of the model 1903 now in use. The following is a descrip-

ition of the rifle :

Length of rifle over all, 48.9 inches.

Weight of rifle, 9.187 lbs.

Caliber, .30 inches.

Length of barrel, 30 inches.

Number of grooves, 4.

Twist one turn in 10 inches.

Width of grooves, 0.166 inches.

Width of lands 0.0589 inches.

Depth of grooves, 0.004 inches.

Distance between sights, 22.295 inches.

Trigger pull, 3 to 6 lbs.

REAR AND SIDE VIEW OF THE MODEL I90I REAR SIGHT, WITH WHICH THERIFLES ARE EQUIPPED.

Table of Micrometer Rises of Elevation—^Krag Rifle.

The rises between ranges are as follows :

From 200 to 300 yards rise 6 minutes.From 300 to 500 yards rise 16 minutes.From 500 to 600 yards rise 9 minutes.From 600 to 8oo yards rise 21 minutes.From 800 to 900 yards rise 12 minutes-From 900 to 1000 yards rise 13 minutes.

KRAG

To Clean the Krag Rifle.

Use a steel rod long enough to clean from the breech. After the rifle has

cooled, scrub the bore well with several patches saturated with "StrongerAmmonia, containing 28% gas," which can be obtained from any large druggist.

Then, immediately dry the bore thoroughly by scrubbing with dry, clean flannel

patches. Then oil thoroughly with any gun oil having a good body, or with

gun grease. "3 in i" or similar oils have not enough body. Wipe heavy greasefrom the bore before starting to fire. Always clean the rifle the evening of the

day you use it.


TABLE OF WIND ALLOWANCES FOR THE KRAG.

Showing the amount of lateral deflection of the bullet produced bywinds of different strengths at the target, and the amount of correc-

tion on sight (model 1901) required.


USEFUL INFORMATION.

All beginners in rifle shooting should have some preliminary instruction

regarding the mechanism and operation of the rifle. The proper use of the

sights should then be explained and illustrated by showing how the front sightshould be aligned on the bull's-eye, and how the difference between a fine and

Rcourse sight will change the striking point of a bullet. Consequently, it is

necessary to take the same amount of front sight each time for uniform shoot-

ing. ^Canting.

It is always desirable when aim-

ing, to keep the rifle plumb and notcant it from one side to another. Acant will throw the shot in the di-

rection -in which the rifle is canted.CORRECT AIM CORRECT AIM WITHWITH PEEP SIGHT OPEN SIGHT.

Pull-off.

When aiming, always bring, the rifle witliout hurry steadily to the mark andstop it gradually without a jerk. In slow fire, draw a reasonable long breath,and then let part of it escape. Be careful not to hold the breath too long. If

you are unsteady and not sure that you have a good aim, rest for a momentlooking away from the target. When the aim is exactly right, press the trigger

gradually until the piece is fired. The trigger must be squeezed as you wouldsqueeze a sponge- You must pactice aiming, and the trigger squeeze exercise,and learn the creep of your trigger so well that you will know exactly whenthe rifle is going off. Do not flinch. Flinching is a sudden closing of the eyesand shrinking of the body just as the trigger is pressed. It is a form ofnervousness which can only be overcome by constant practice. Calling the shotis one of the best ways of preventing flinching. This means telling yourselfor someone else immediately after firing the exact place on the target where youwere aiming at the instant the discharge took place.

Windage.

When outdoor shooting is carried on, the effect of wind on the bullet shouldbe studied. When coming from. dead ahead, or in the face of the marksman, it

will cause the shot to strike lower. A rear wind will elevate the shot, while aleft wind will send a bullet to the right, and a right one tg the left. Correc-tions can be made upon military sights to overcome this drift. Remember to

move the rear sight always in the direction in which you wish to move the

striking point of the bullet.

Care of the Rifle.

A successful marksman always takes great care of his rifle. The delicacyof firearms is not appreciated by the average person who handles or uses them..The most important and delicate part of a firearm is the bore. For this reasonrifles should always be cleaned immediately after being used and re-cleaned if

put away for any length of time. Rifles should be cleaned after every ten shotswhen using black powder, and every 50 shots when using smokeless powder.

Some Things a Successful Rifleman Must Do.

Always grasp your rifle in the same way.Pull your trigger slowly with constantly increasing pressure.Call your shots. You know nothing from a shot if you do not know where

you hold.


Some Things They Must Not Do.

Never fire a shot carelessly, even in practice.

Never slioot unless you see the bull clearly.

Never shoot in an uncomfortable position.Don't cant your rifle.

Never change your sights without good reason.

Never hesitate to change when necessary.Don't lay the blame for a poor shot on the gun.If you make a poor shot, do not fire until you are satisfied of the reason

therefor.

A good rifleman tlinks and then shoots. A poor rifleman shoots and then

thinks.

IIANGE BUILT IN A CKLLAU

RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING. til

WATCH FOB GALLERY QUALIFICATION.

For Members of College and Seliool Clubs.

CONDITIONS.

The score must be shot on an indoor range, having artificial light, and in

|the presence of two witnesses, one of whom must be an Official of the Club or

[an N. R. A. Judge.

Eligibility : Open to members of Col-

lege and Schoolboy Rifle Clubs affiliated

with the National Riilc Association of

America in good standing.

Distance: Fifty feet.

Target: N. R. A. .ualkn target (i to

10 count).

Position : Standing and prone.

Number of Shots: Ten in each posi-

tion, in strings of five shots. No sightingshots to be fired on the official targets.

Rifle : Any .22-caliber rifle weighingnot over 10 pounds.

Sights: Any, in front of the firing pinand not containing glass.

Trigger Pull: Not less than 3 pounds.

Sling : The sling may be used in both

positions as authorized in the U. S. ArmySmall Arms Firng Manual.

Scorng: The value of a bullet hole will

be determined from the edge nearest the

center of the target. The outside circum-ference of the hole must cut the line

sharply to get the higher count. No claimfor a second bullet having passed througha previous hole will be allowed unless it

leaves a distinct trace.

Qualification : The competitor mustmake a score of not less than 80 points

standing, and 85 ponts prone for a Marks-man's decoration, and 90 standing and 95prone for a Sharpshooter's decoration.

Decorations: Those who qualify for

the first time will receive a Watch Fob in-

scribed ''Proficiency in Indoor Rifle Shoot-

ing" (bronze for Marksman and silver

plated for Sharpshooter) ;in subsequent

years a bar only will be issued.

Entry Fee and Targets—Flow Issuedand Returned : A charge of twenty cents

will be made for each string of 10 shots.

Targets will not be issued on memoran-dum, and all requests for targets must be

accompanied by cost of same. Targets notused are redeemable at any time, so that

clubs may purshase a supply for use of MAUKSIMANANI)^

SIIAKP-

their members and those not used may be Hr(,n/.('^m-^7-'omiorTnd Silverreturned and have cost of same refunded. I'lalcii for Lnttor.


THE CONSTRUCTION OF INDOOR RANGES.

Plate VII shows the detail for a

six-target range, the same beingused in a room i8 feet wide, allow-

ing three feet for each firing point.This is all that is necessary, andgives ample room for firing in all

positions. This gallery can beerected at the following cost:

4x4 hemlock $18.00Steel plates for facing and

also for bullet catchers... 50.00

Hardware, including nails

and coach screws for

fastening plates 8.00

Six target carriers withwires complete 36.00

Six telescopes 12.00

Labor 26.00

Total $150.00

The system of lighting dependsentirely on the locality and as to

whether gas, electricity, or oil canbe used. This can be readily putin place, the lights being arrangedso as to throw the rays directly onthe target ;

for electric light a groupof small lamps are better than onelarge bulb. Steel plates for use ona backstop of this sort are ordinaryplates such as can be bought in the

open market, and in no case do theyhave to be worked out to order.The bending of the bottom apron

of the backstop can be done with

hammer, if no machine shop is nearthat can do this work. The wood-work in the back-stop is all butt-

jointed, the joints being nailed. Theplates are fastened on to this frame-work with lag or coach screws, thus

requiring no countersinking of thesteel plates for the head of thescrews.The trolleys and carriers (see

plate VIII) can be made and put in

position for $6.00 for each target,this includes the carrier, the guidewires and the fly-wheel. The cordused for thi^trolley system is whatis known as "cod line, being about^-inch in diameter. The fly-wheelscan be the ordinary sewing-machinefly wheels.

If the room in which the rifle

range is to be located has a ceilingless than ten feet high, this will

naturally decrease the cost. Of


PLATE VIII.

DETAIL OF THE FIRING POINT TROLLEY ARRANGEMENT.

course, if it is desired to cut off the firing point from the rest of the range andprovide loopholes to shoot through, this will increase the cost to a certain

extent, but only very slightly, as 2 x 4 uprights covered with any dark cottonmaterial will do. If such place is provided, it requires that for prone shootingthere should be some form of platform for the man to shoot from. This shouldbe made in the form of a movable platform so that it can be put back out ofthe way when the use of all targets for standing firing is desired.

If is is desired to equip a room which is used for other purposes as a galleryrange, is can be done very cheaply by drawing from the Ordnance Department

Note.—Blue prints showing the detail of the above range can be secured, onrequest, from the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co-, Wilmington, Del.

Address Rifle Smokeless Division.


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Front Clevation or /^thole atBachstor 5e.cTioN Through Porthole: at Bacimtop.

BACKSTOP AND PORTHOL E SECTION IN FRONT.

FRO/ir EL^YATfOfi AT FlRINO POtNT. f/fONT SCCTION AT FmiNG POINT.

PLATE IX.

FIRING POINT DETAIL.


iron targets. These are made for a 50-foot range with a one-inch buU's-eycand with a bell arrangement in the rear of same to indicate that a bull's-eyehas been made. These iron targets are rectangular, 20 by 30 inches. They canbe suspended from the ceiling by a pulley so as to be lowered when in use and

pulled up out of the way when the room is desired for other purposes. Theyweigh about 100 pounds each and cost $3.00. Paper targets can be used in con-nection with the above by covering the iron plate with wood and suspendingthe paper targets at least 3 inches in front so that splinters from the backstopwill not mutilate them. The targets should be suspended so that the bull's

eye is about 4 feet 6 inches above the floor and about 30 inches apart.

The requisites for keeping these targets in good condition are two cups andbrushes. In one have a mixture of white lead made to the consistency ofcream. This is for the purpose of keeping the targets clean and white andfor marking out the shots. In the other pot mix bone or ivory black for

blackening the bell inside the bull's-eye.

The difficulty of such a range is the lighting. If electric light is available,this can be easily overcome by building standards and attaching to them re-

flectors and electric bulbs. These would be placed in front and a little to oneside of the target so that the light would be reflected directly upon it. Suchstandards could be set to one side when not in use. Another way would be to

arrange electric bulbs m front of a bullet-proof shield, which could be sus-

pended from the ceiling and which could be let down and raised at will.

The benefit from such a range is that targets can be lowered to the properheight for prone shooting, thus doing away with a platform. Each targetshould be marked above it by a number or letter. There should be no lightsbetween the shooter and the target, unless the room is made sufficiently lightto prevent the casting of shadows. An uneven light on the sight of the rifle

will cause irregular shooting. All lights, save those at the targets, should beat the rear of the shooter and these should be dim.

THE INDOOR RANGE OF THE PARK CLUB, BRIDGEPORT. H».\N.

CQ RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

SHOOTING RULES OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIA-TION OF AMERICA AND AFFILIATED CLUBS.

(Approved by the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice and the

Secretary of War.)

Administration.

1. For all small competitions, the officers necessary to conduct the matchesare an Executive Officer, Chief Range Officer, Statistical Officer, and as manyrange and pit officers as may be necessary to carry on the matches expeditiously.

2. The duties of these officers are:

Executive Officer.—The Executive Officer w^ill have control of the range for

the conduct of the matches, and shall decide all protests and complaints.

Chief Range Officer.—The Chief Range Officer will supervise the marking

and scoring; he will see that the competitors do not evade any of the regula-tions ;

that proper inspections are made of the rifles, their trigger pull, and

ammunition, and that the scores are properly kept and certified to.

Statistical Officer.—The Statistical Officer will accept the entries and assign

all competitors to targets; he will see that all scores are verified, and preparethe results for official announcement. The Statistical Officer should also act

as financial officer, except at very large shoots.

Rules for Firing Points.

3. During the progress of a match, no one except the officers on duty, the

competitors, and score keepers will be permitted within the ropes without

special permission of the officer in charge.

4. The squads of competitors will be stationed five yards in rear of firing

point, where each competitor must remain until called to take his position at

the firing point to fire his score.

5. All expression on the part of the competitor or approbation or disap-

pointment with reference to any scores made by himself or others must not

be uttered loud enough to be heard at the firing point.

6. In team competitions, the competitors will place themselves at the firing

point by twos, and fire alternately, the odd number of each pair being on the

right, and firing first.

7. In slow fire, if, just as the shot is fired, the target is withdrawn from the

firing position, the shot fired will not be considered, and the competitor will

fire another shot.

8. The time limit will be one minute per shot for ranges up to and includ-

ing 600 yards, and one and one-half minutes per shot for all ranges above600 yards, no time credit being allowed. If an accident to a target, or anyother cause over which the competitor has no control, prevents him from

completing his score within a reasonable interval, he will be permitted such

additional time as the Range Officer may decide.

9. Positions.—The following positions only will be permitted in competitive

firing, unless specified in the conditions of the match: At 200 yards, the

standing position, the body and arm being free from any artificial support ; at

300 yards, sitting or kneeling; at 500 yards and beyond, prone with head

toward target. The belt, when properly worn around the waist and used as a

rest for the point of the elbow, will not be considered an artificial support.

10. Strafe.—The use of the strap as a sling will be permitted at all ranges,

provided it is attached to its proper swivels and is used only in connection

with the arm of the competitor as a brace.

11. No arm shall be loaded except at the firing point, the muzzle of the

arm being kept in the direction of the target until the arm is either discharged

or unloaded.


Scoring and Marking.

12. Hits in the different divisions of the targets and ricochets will be sig-naled and recorded as prescribed in the Small Arms Firing Manual, U. S.

Army, 1913. Ricochets count as hits.

13. The exact location of all bullet holes will be marked by a spotter, whichwill be shown on the target.

14. All shots fired by the competitor after he has taken his place at the

firing point, and it is his turn to fire—the target being ready—will be consid-

ered in his score, even if his piece is not directed toward the target or is

accidentally discharged. A claim of defective cartridge will not entitle the

competitor to another shot.

15. Shots fired upon the wrong target will be entered upon the score of the

man firing as misses.

16. In slow fire, if two shots strike the target at the same time, both will

be signaled, and if a shot was just fired from the firing point assigned to that

target, the hit having the higher of the two values signaled will be entered in

the competitor's score.

17. Competitors must pay attention to the score as announced and recorded,so that any error may be promptly investigated. The record value of any shot

will not be changed after the following shot has been fired, unless some special

message with reference to it is received from the pit.

18. Sighting Shots.—In all slow-fire matches where sighting shots are

allowed, two sighting shots at each range must be taken. Whenever, becauseof a storm or for any other reason, the Executive Officer shall postpone anunfinished match, two sighting shots will be allowed on the unfinished score of

€ach man when the match is resumed.

19. Duties of Scorers.—The score-keepers will be seated close to and in

the rear of the firing-point stakes, and will, as each shot is signaled, announcein an audible tone the name of the competitor, the value of the shot, andnumber on score card, marking same on the blackboard and competitor's card.

At the conclusion of the score a range officer will verify the blackboard andscore card.

20. In gallery shooting, if more than the number of shots stipulated in the

match appear on the target, the extra shot or shots of the highest value will

be eliminated. When a target has on it less than the number of hits required

by the competition, the competitor shall be deemed to have missed. In deter-

mining the value of close shots, the outer edge of the bullet-hole must overlapthe line of higher value to secure the higher count. No claim for a second

bullet having passed through a previous hole will be allowed unless it leaves a

distinct trace.

Protests.

21. Protests and objections must be made to the Executive Officer, whowill decide same. In case a competitor considers the decision of the ExecutiveOfficer or N. R. A. Judge unwarranted by the facts as presented, he mayappea-V to the Executive Committee of the National Rifle Association. Such

appeal must be made in writing, and forwarded through the Executive Officer,

or Judge, who will put his endorsement on same. The decision of the Execu-tive Committee of the National Rifle Association will be final.

Arm.

22. In all military matches the following arms only will be used, unless

otherwise provided for in special conditions : The U. S. Army rifle, models

1898 and 1903, caliber .30; "any" military rifle.

"Any" Military Rifle is one that has been viewed and stamped by the

Ordnace Department, U. S. A., at the Springfield Armory or the National

Rifle Association in accordance with the resolution heretofore adopted for

this purpose by the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, as follows:

"Resolved, That rifles of private makers conforming in all respects to the

following:

ti8 RIFLE PRACTICE IN INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

"(a) The piece must be capable of using the Standard Government cartridge.

"(b) It must be the same length and weight."(c) It must be fitted with a sight similar in design to one of the Standard

military sights as adopted by the War Department—when viewed and stampedby the Ordnance Department U. S. A. or the National Rifle Association, shall

be permitted to be used by clubs duly affiliated with the National Rifle Associa-tion for qualification as Marksman, Sharpshooter, and Expert, and the Member'sMatch, and in matches where the rules permit 'any' military rifle."

Gallery Rifle.—For schoolboy clubs, any .22 caliber rifle, with sights, not

containing glass, in front of the firing pin, is authorized- In civii.aii rifle

club matches the sight can be placed anywhere on the rifle.

23. Sights (military rifles).—The aiming notch, or the aperture of the slide,

may be slightly widened or opened to accommodate individual peculiarities of

eyesight, but no other alteration or filing of the regular service sights or the

use of spirit levels will be permitted. The front or rear sights may, however,be blackened according to the judgment of the competitor. The use of per-

manently affixed micrometers, orthoptic eye-pieces, telescopic sights, spirit kvels,.

temporary shades, or any other device will not be allowed, unless specially pro-vided for in the conditions of the match.

24. Trigger Pull.—The trigger pull must always be at least three pounds,and will be tested (holding the barrel vertically) by a range officer before

firing.

Targets.

25.- In all outdoor matches the U. S. Army targets will be used. In all

indoor matches the National Rifle Association competition gallery target will

l)c used. The N. R. A. gallery target is used at 75 feet in civilian rifle club

shooting and at 50 feet in college and school work.

Penalties.

26. Any person, whether a competitor or not, interfering with any of the

firing squads or annoying them in any way, will be ordered to desist, and if

he repeats the offense, he will be at once ordered off the range grounds.Any competitor—(a) Who shall fire in a name other that than under which he entered, or

shall fire twice for the same prize, unless permitted by the conditions of the

match;

or

{b) Who shall be guilty of any conduct considered by the Executive Officer

to be discreditable; or

{c) Who shall l3e guilty of falsifying his score or being accessory therto;or

{d) Who shall offer a bribe of any kind to any employee or other person;or

{e) Who shall be detected in an evasion of the conditions prescribed for

the conducting of any match;or

(/) Who shall refuse to obey any instructions of the Executive Officer ora range officer; or

((7) Who shall be guilty of disorderly conduct or being intoxicated,shall, upon the offense being proved to the satisfaction of the ExecutiveCommittee of the organizations holding the matches, forfeit all his entrancefees, be forever disqualified from competing at any time in the matches ofllie organization, and .shall not be entitled to have any prize won by him at

the time of meeting awarded to his.

Ties.

Ties will be decided as follows :

In individual shooting at known distances—(i) When the firing takes place at more than one distance, by the total

score made at the longest distance, and if still a tie, and there be three or


more distances in the competition, by the total score at the second distance,

and so on for each of the successive distances.

(2) By the fewest misses in the entire score.

(3) By the fewest twos in the entire score.

(4) By the fewest threes in the entire score.

(5) By the fewest fours in the entire score.

(6) If still a tie, by inverse order of shots, counting singly from the last

to the first.

(7) By firing single shots at the longest distance.

(8) In case a tie is of the highest possible score, those tying will shoot the

tie off at the close of the meet, or they may divide the prize or prizes, instead.

(9) In case a competitor makes the highest possible score in a one-rangematch, he will continue firing until out of the bull's-eye, the extra shots to be

scored on the back of his score card, in the presence of, and certified to, bya range officer,

(10) In case the winner of the match is to be decided by the total of twoor more tickets, and there is a tie in totals, the contestant having the singleticket or tickets of the highest value shall rank first.

Ties in rapid-fire matches at one range shall be decided as follows :

(1) By fewest misses.

(2) By the greatest number of hits in the figure,

(3) By fewest twos.

(4) By fewest threes.

if still a tie, then by firing extra score of five shots.

In team shooting at known distances—(i) By the aggregate of the total scores made at the different distances in

inverse order.

(2) By the fewest misses in the entire score.

(3) By the fewest twos in the entire score.

(4) By the fewest threes in the entire score.

(5) By the fewest fours in the entire score.

(6) By the totals, for the team, of the final shot for each competitor,

(7) By the totals, for the team, of the successive closing shots in inverse

order.

Ties, when rapid-fire is included, in the match, will be decided as follows:

(i) By the highest total score made in rapid fire; if still a tie, the decision

will be regulated by the highest total scores in succession made at rapid-fire

ranges, counting longest ranges first,

(2) By the fewest misses in rapid fire.

(3) By the greatest number of hits in the figure in rapid fire.

(4) By the fewest misses in slow fire.

(5) By the fewest twos in slow fire.

(6) By the fewest threes in slow fire.

(7) By the shots in slow fire in inverse order.

In competitions where the shooting is all at one distance, but the standingand prone position used, the former will be considered the longer distance for

the purpose of deciding ties.

In team and individual competitions on the gallery target (i to 10 count), at

one distance and in one position, ties will be decided as follows :

1. By fewest misses.

2. By fewest twos, threes, fours, fives, etc.

1 ies in possibles must be shot off.


STATE SECRETARIES OF THE NATIONAL RIFLEASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.

The following State Secretaries are prepared to offer their services in con-nection with the organization and instruction of school and college rifle clubs.

Application blanks and other information can be secured from them. All appli-cations for club membership in the N. R. A. should be forwarded through theState Secretary.

State. Name. Address.

Alabama Maj. Cliff S. Price Birmingham.Arizona .George J. Roskruge Tucson.Arkansas Capt. E. L. Compere Hamburg.California Col. George A. Schastey. . . San Francisco.Connecticut Major Earl D. Church Hartford.

Georgia Capt. W. T. Spratt, Jr Atlanta.

Idaho Capt. Roy L. Shaw Fayette.Illinois Col. W. H. Wliigam 247 Catalpa Court, Chicago,Indiana Maj. Thos. B. Coulter Vincennes.Iowa Capt. Emil C. Jolmson Fairfield.

Kansas Maj. Bruce Griffith Wichita.

Kentucky Major Jackson Morris Pineville.

Louisiana Lieut. Frank S. Berlin Lake Charles.

Maine Maj. Gilbert M. Elliott Brunswick.

Maryland Maj. S. J. Fort Gelston Heights. Ballimore.

Massachusetts. . . . Maj. John M. Portal Woburn.Michigan .- . Maj. Earl R. Stewart Grand Rapids.Minnesota Maj. Orris E. Lee Stillwater.

Mississippi Maj. Geo. E. Hogaboom. ..Vicksburg.Missouri Maj. W. J. Chambers 207 N- Bdway., St. Louis.Montana Maj. John J. McGuinness. . Helena.

Nebraska Maj. John M. Birkner ^Lincoln.

New Jersey Lieut. Col. Wm. A. Tewes.. Jersey City.New Mexico Capt. Norman L. King Santa Fe.

New York Maj. Philip G. Koosa Ordnance Depi., Albany.North Carolina. .. .Capt. R. R. Morrison Mooresville.

North Dakota Capt. F. C. Geary, Jr Fargo.OklahomaOregon . Lieut. I'^rank S. Sever Chamber of Com. Bldg., Portland

Pennsylvania Maj. W. P. Clark 409 E. 3d St., Williamsport.Rhode Island Maj. Howard I). Wilcox. . . Providence.

South Carolina. . . . Capt. Chas. V. Boykin Charleston.

South Dakota Capt. Otto B. Linstad Pierre.

Tennessee Col. Fred. H. PhilHps, Jr. . Nashville.

Utah Capt. William C. Webb. ... 1409 S. 13th St., Sail Lake Ciiy.Vermont Lieut. Stephen S. Cusliing..St. Albans.

Virginia Maj. Alfred B. Percy Lynchburg.Washington Capt. R. H. Fleet Montesano.West Virginia Maj. James I. Pratt Charlestown.

Wisconsin Capt. Frank H. Fowler. . . .La Crosse.

Wyoming Maj. Chas. W. Sheldon Sheridan.

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