Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 41 | Eight Additional Utahns Needed to Make Rifle Team

Eight. Additional . Utahas Needed to Make Rifle Team Only eight men have signified their iiir tention to go from Salt Lake for the national na-tional rifia matches next month at Camp Perry, Ohio. This i$ not enough, for either fifteen or sixteen shooters are required re-quired before a team can be entered from Salt Lake. "ft will bo a disgrace to Utah and a lost opportunity if v.e do not obtain the other seven or 'eight men before the middle mid-dle of this week." said M. A. Keyuer, taU secretary oi" the National Rifle Assooia-tion Assooia-tion of America. "Colonel Lund la urging urg-ing the men who arc about to join the hew national guard to make the trip. Many men do not realize the greiit opportunity op-portunity which U afforded by this offer of the government. The men who go to Camp Perry cen obtain instruction 'in ths ue-e of the new army rifle, as well as with thf. Colt's 4?. 'They also associate with the best shots among the civilians of the country." Kcvser continued, "as well as with soldiers sol-diers of the army and the men of the navy and marine corps. In past years there has been no trouble in obtaining many more shooters than w ere necessary. neces-sary. Now that we are at war. fctraieht shooting is much more Important fhnri previously; in fact, it may save not only the man's life who is able to shoot, but many lives of his comrades." "Arms and the Man." which f the official of-ficial orp-an of the National 'Rifle Association Asso-ciation of America, prints the following item: What promises to be the, gra test national math in the history of rifie shooti ns- will be Ma.ged at Camp Perry, Ohio. .September 16 to 21. Preceding the big shot, a school of marksmanship will be conducted for members of civilian tr-ams. which will serve the double purpose of qualify-irg qualify-irg evt:ry man as an instructor and a coach ar,d of familiarizing Ihe shooting members of the terims with lk weapon which will be unei in the national team and the ne tiny.al i nd; -i'"'" 'J3i in a tch'. ? t he Uni tt d ? ta les riflf. model of jM 7. 1" hi: i earn nm Kt. rcDOrt a 1 a.mp T'rry on S'?r'.e.m,..'er 1 for insTrij-"-Hon. DANGERS AT HOME. t The dne-Tr? of the fame of var are not ! confined to France. Fr ma ny a man may stay at h o m e arid run a risky chance. And many a m;in vho sta-s at home, far from thp ba 1 1 le fia ine-', miy break h'. jaw attempting to pronounce the f.ore:Ti rarati.