Show INTERNATIONAL f CONTEST COMING f t e te Preliminary Arrangements for a Famous Palma Trophy t n Held at Ottawa 1 ri AMERICA VS GREAT BRITAIN j Latter LallI Now 0 holds Prize anti wm Vill So Sc ft Icet Team tam am of Fittest t Rl Shots Yi In ln i 1 Washington D I I C Juno 80 3 Pre arrangements have hae been be 1 completed ted for tor an International con contest cont test t st for the famous Palma Trophy tobo to tobo o obo bo held h ll nt ut Rock Cliff range e Ottawa Canada on September C 6 This trophy Is now In tho the hands of at Great Graat Gre t Britain and will wilt ho bo defended by a n carefully team t am tram from the tho fin finest est Cst lit rifle shots hots In England The Tho Am lun American team to 10 meet our cousins c In Itt Inthis this friendly contest will b be selected about tho ho lest last of ot August When President Roosevelt spoke at st Lansing Mich 31 n he Ip paid se high tribute to tho the Michigan n National Guard and again evinced hi bbs Interest In rUle practise He Ste complimented Michigan on what whet It hail had dora dona to Im Ira Improve prove pro the tho of ot Ita 11 citIzens citizen and said 1 marksmanship among our people as a En Eu Encourage courage In tho th national guard guanil and give I every overy chance chan to any body of ot private citizens to In Inthe Inthe inthe the armories or elsewhere anti and give gl them all nil the tho opportunity that can bo be given them Put a n premium upon u keeping up tha tho old aiti American power of t shooting straight trul ht You know In n a II alIght light It Is till not the number of ot shots hots that thaI nr nn Shred fired Its tho the number of oe shots shot that hit that count And I with all nil my heart In peace but In Ir on 01 lion hon honorable orabe and Just ponce peace We Wo can keep peace best est JG y milkinG making It evident that w we do not no ask ok peace we ar are afraid of or war WaT INTERESTING G TESTS Some very Interesting observations ob are ore contained In a II report of ot It a series serl of ot experiments undertaken at the tI a ld Armory to 10 whether I It is possible to prolong ng tho th accuracy lifo jib of ot the musket barrel t without changing Us lIa qualities los ies lo As s a 11 result of ot these thea tests the tho r port porI states that without any Improvement In ill the tho one direction In n whIch wo we can look loo for any material t p Improvement in th length of Qt the tho thene nc curl eura y lIfe of the tho musket l Is In tho ute use of ot a II special pc steel teI of or f greater or Cr ollon nio and presumably the tha sami Caine aln Is II true truo tru for tor larger calibers Th TIle improvement that could be bo obtained In lit this way however Is II small com corn compared pared with that resulting from oven even a IL slight alight reduction In the tho A formal contract has hIs b ben been en made mad tt with tho thu manufacturers of the Colt automatic pistol 15 45 Ii caliber to furnish of thee thie pieces ton for or a 11 years YIt test They The will bo be delivered 1 early In and he be h Issued to lo three troops 8 of Pt cavO alary for tor trial In tho the field TIme The ques question tion at St Issue Is the tha possible change from the tho ho to the automatic Pistol t t U COMMITTEE CO TAMED NAMED Gen Con Chits Chas Dick PIck of at Ohio President of or the Interstate National Guard as all association sedation has haa appointed d the following allotting committee to prepare a course cour for tOL tOLI revolver I qualification to bo be submitted to the IVan department In time to take effect during the tha present Heason season Brig Gan Gao William P Hall U 8 S A of the National Board for tor the lh Pro Promotion Promotion PromotIon motion of Rifle fife Practise chairman Col Co Lloyd Llod M 11 Bretl Drell Col Cal E J T DIm DImmick mick and Maj II 0 James E l Doll Boll tilt nit of ot the District DI of ot Columbia Colum a and un 1 Maj S SJ SI SJ J I Fort of ot olt City Mo Time The was woI named with Hh a 8 view of ot Its members beIng ablo able to lo frequently confer conter t SCORES RECENTLY MADE MADR u Attention Ig La called to several scores i recently mudo At ctt the School of ot Musketry Presidio of ot Monterey Y Cal Ca CaIl CalLi Lt Li Hurt TV W V Phillips Twentieth In Infantry fantry maja 99 itO out of or a It a possible s e In skirmish run and In his record course made mado n Cl total ot of f I out of ot A It possible COO 00 Sergeant Spree Fourt Fourteenth nth cavalry also nIo a student At t the tho school chool made 46 out of ofa n a possible SOO In 11 a n course courso Including n a skirmish run Tun of or points pointe durinG durine which ho ht h I landed Id 20 lilts hits in 11 tho the prone Inure ure without The National Nal Academy will 1111 ho bim C at al thin lIlI national rUin 1101 M l matches matcheR this year by W a o first tint class claM 3 team Unfortunately there will lie be 1 no n 1 team tuam from the tho Military Academy Tim The tako n a much greater In ln bract tor l In lii rifle practise tItan than th n the tho Wet Was t 1 C Pointers In III tho the annual competition for tor or the tho three medals m offered thIs year Midshipman 1 AV W A Lee Loo II of ot Owenton I Ky K won the gold sold modal medal with Mid Midshipman Midshipman shipman A it D Dennor Denno of or Mountain trove Grov Mont dont W V Lee Herbert nt or orLa Jo La Crosso Crosse Win Will and nd third res rca respectively with scores of or ami f DO out aut of ot n a possible po 1100 Midshipman Jules James of or Dano Va hos hUll been be elected to tl captain tho the middy 1110 team next year PISTOL PRACTISE Interest In revolver shooting the tho polIo police of the tho country countr Is steadily although somewhat slowly nereu MIch Cincinnati Washington D I C and Savannah Oa Ga Gaare aro are among ho cities which u upa ui i paying pa particular attention to II h work At AI recently the tle th sergeants and mounted men of ot UIA police palle force have taken to firing at silhouette targets from th thA ho barks of or their horses while ridinG at nt a II ot of JOO yards yard In itt ten seconds Rome fonie excellent scores were made mad The jho Th police depArtment of east Irn rii cities conduct matches tha the records r beIng taken In 11 one city cIt and forwarded to tit oUter listol practIse by 1 the pollee poll cO fr verj e to tile average cItIzen because became of oC the tho number of oe Innocent bystanders bystander who have suffered from the tho Inability of ot policemen to shoot I straight Washington la Is I very VCr ion for in tIlls this respect an Sll many ot of r its in policemen policeman vera formerly lollIer or saIlors Bailors and they th y keep heap up their limo prun practise ties tise more or less leu faithfully A 4 ditto for on nn the team lum I t r Montana nt at tho thu national n IP X f 11 1 bo ho itald at ut Fort William harrison In Hint 1111 state I It A t number of ent era aro expected lJ |