Show r b T L fM f Congress slay May Make Slake Provisions hor Appropriation for or Ranges 1 Aud And Equipment RIFLE AND REVOLVER WORK Need Iced of or Such Is I being It Is l Amusing as Well As Is 5 Instructive The that limit will provision n HI at its ill II I nn liAl for a K laign Minimal thin Ion to be devoted to the of ot ranges the equipment of at ranges In bi bidoor door and distribution of ot am Rin ammunition am to or etc ott in to with the plan drat tad by the national board for tor or th Ih the jiro mutton of or cilia practise Is IB for tor in la rill and amid vet Vir 1 There mire ure three yea oval four HI as the t might soy say to good u II anun nun jiin n II ammunition and mid a place Illace to enrol The national r rH vs 18 H M to of ot tram nom to men mail mailand find and if U Is II r tally really re ll In III adequate provisions mu t be bc for tor forthe the guns gu ammunition 1 targets and aid andt bue t all ull tangos ranges THIS THI nut Hut pending for or this those desiring lo to tu learn to shoot hoot can Ian ruble lIt mid and experience that hat will be v valuable lu ha lutor tor tr with R a tills by undertaking to es estimate o In the nays to come COin 1 Snore more and more attention will be bl blI I to shouting r m It unknown distances and Rill to 10 gut got Into the front tOnt rank of shouters shooters skill In III i distances tunc H HU U is Ir e In tale nils can be he obtained very easily by first learning l to step distances dl correctly one top toll to tu the yard ard and then In m course courll of ot a n stroll through the Iho town or country nn fill object this the distance and counting the number of ot steps necessary to reach It II AMUSING AND Thin This proposition appears to b be n a Him sint pie pic out otis but Jut It II Is III more than thun It U seems and tho the results especially If Ie the Icicle are art mode made by b parties of ot four our or more 11 are will 11 be amusing as UR well cell as nn In III Instructive Rome Home time lime ago a 1 party larl of ot US 36 or 40 0 gentlemen the most matt export expert rifle shots In III the time country were gath gathered ered erect at Elt Sea Girt Girl New Jersey Jeree for or the time matches on all the result of oc which depend depended ed eel tho the selection of ot a II team to go 0 to to shoot for tor the Palma trophy Some one asked how far tat It was WU to a n certain fence enee and nud Immediately every everyman ever everman everyman man estimated the distance After much good natured bantering the din dis distance tance tanco was teas meed nil and the re te result suit sult was ludicrous Every try ono one had overestimated over It the time closest guess being 60 0 yards out of the way while the majority major ty exceeded It by SOO yard yards Yet 13 of ot those thoRO same men went vent to England o and won the biggest Inter International international national rifle match the time world hUll bus over aei t DISTINGUISHING DJ hI Q f Do Io you ou know That at 30 yards the tho while white of ot n R mans rye eye Is in plainly s seen en mind ami the eyes them themselves selves elves up UI to SO 80 yard That nt at yards ards nil aid tl port parts of or the tho bad body Ole ate s seen en distinctly slight move mo menu melts lire ere perceptible and tho the minute details nf ot tho the uniform can call be distin distinguished 1 That at yards the outlines outline o of oC the face are Ire confused and the rows revs of ot but buttons buttons tons look like trope That Thai at 00 yards the face tAce Is a 11 mere merO dot 1101 but all nil movements of at the legs leg and amid arms aria are still distinct That lust lat at nt yards details can an no long longer er lr be distinguished though files Illes of o a squad If the tho light Is strong can call be bo counted That at It EDO yards the men lien In n R squad cannot be counted nor their Individual In movements distinguished At 1000 yards a II line lino of ot men m lt rosem resemble ble isle a broad brand belt the direction of or their march can however be readily deter determined determined determined mined At 1200 yards cavalry can be bs distinguished from rom Infantry amid at 2000 yards yard a 1 mounted mount cl mOil mat usually appears ap lip appears pears re as a 11 nine mere speck QUALIFICATION OF OP MA J Yet In these thue days of ot long range weep one battles are fought taught at a distance of ot 1000 yards ard and It Is in desirable for or marksman to qualify quality nt tit thAt range The new rille clue with which our troops ate me to b bo be equipped has hns a 1 maximum ef et effective fighting range of 81 yards or more than two and Ind miles In other words a t bullet from this rifle will kill or disable at nt a t greater distance than the tho man firing It can distinguish an al Individual enemy from the tho surround surroundIng Ing Ins landscape I |