Show 1 jj j i j miRE MATCHES I j AT CAMP PERRY PEY I To Be Held Aug 22 I i I Under Slightly Changed lii hI t I Regulations Ii t j II f j jf COL EVANS AG AGAIN IN EXECUTIVE tf II ill 11 to im he a S Severe II Y arti E T Test L cir of I fl it In Fire I Corr pOn it j WashingtOn D C Jan a aft iJ ft 1 Ot or ot or the 1 board for promotion or of rl rifle o oj i j practIse whIch been approved b bI by byI I I tho or of the national I t f matches at al Camp Perry Ohio which wIll vIiI be held next August Monda Aug 22 will present I J I new tc tures or at great groat Interest to the ti shooting profession The I fc i I board met In In Januar n II with 19 i of o the 21 members present t i I They were Assistant Sec o or War R flobert Shaw Oliver Olier Gen Gee GenI I m P U S A Capt II 11 G GI fI I U S A r recorder cordel Lt Corn Com I r mander C Palmer I S N Ni i Gen Gee Biri BinI W Spencer Gen Gee P Pi ir i Former Farmer New Jersey Gen j RI Riggs gs Maryland Gen GenI George ri II District Dietrict of Colum lila bIn Gen Gee Carl A Wagner n ner Mich lUch Gen GenG y G W V In nto and ani Gen Con Charles CharlesF I F Roc floe Now New York Gen Gee C A Kelley k Colorado Gen James Jernee A Drain Wash Yash 4 Inton Inston Gen Elliott C Dill MaInc I I Gen Cen E C Young Illinois Cot Col A AB AB B eW Ohio Col Co John Mace Col CoI Ro Roy Oklahoma t and Maj Claudo fl E Goddard Penn I It t t anla It was w a agreed that tho ho restrictions In regard to preliminary hot I J Ing on the range rane In last YeAl should ho bo rescinded THe TIie matches ot of oti oft t J the tho Ohio state RIll Rifle association and i tho National Rifle Association ot or Anier Amer AmerI I I lea wIll vIii bl b held hehl prior to the national f L I I matches under arrangements to ha be bel hamade made these associations and l 1 the war d The Ohio flu au fl i tendered the use or of Camp cu Per Pert t i 1 range and equipment and the tho hoard board I gave a vote ote ot of thank to the governor for tor the same Tue Tho equipment Includes the mess hall hail and this year It II is ex cx exP P peeled the mess will be placed under f I the direction of oC a regular arm army it Congress 1000 for the messing or of the tho com competitors COL COI EANS AGAIN NAMED Cot R It K Evans Eans who has been ex cx ext t officer or the last three national 1 I matches has haR been en selected b by Seey Secy J I Dickinson as executive er for 1910 I I I and the tho rules were amended to provide for tor two assistant exe executive one ot to be from the organized rail mil I The national War bOar the ac action tion or of tire the executive officer In dis I the Naval academy team at Camp year but incorporated ed cd in Its pr a paragraph from f hi his report In which Col Evans Eans says The executive offic r avails I ot n this opportunity fo o that there thero Is i nothing In this Inc dent which can re reflect In the tho degree on the tho I r honor or good faith of the tho Naval ocar aca dem demy team C l Evans Eans also paid a high to the team The resolutions find and quotation ero for forwarded forwarded warded to the tho s secretary of the navy To prevent an any possibility ot of a simi lar misunderstanding In the future the rules relating to the arms used In the matches were revised so as to provide that tile the trigger pull must always be at least three pounds Rifle to be used ii as Issued b by the tho ordnance dep department l without alteration or modification or of an any kind or whatsoever A II violation ot of this rule In nn any respect L shall a team or competitor I A new provision authorizes the ord oid nance department to select rifles of as high grade as can be pro r for Cor th the Use oi of teams and In In the national matches All the companies have hac b tn Invited to Ia sUbmit bs bids for tor fur tur rounds round o of 30 20 calIber and a competitive test will be had and the ammunition which Is the best st will 11 bo be for tor the matches The Thc ord I nance department will compete with 1 I the private companies as last year The allowance for practise 9 was slightly increased RAPID PIkE FInE A great advance was made In the tho 4 rules governing the distances and the f shootinG In tile tho matches The yard ard range wa cut OUt entirely from the national team and Individual t matches ot of the rapid fire I being on a bullseye e D will I be b substituted for target larget A Target 1 D carries the ot of a man I und and a shot In the figure fiure will count ti a 0 shot below the thio 4 and ethers 3 and 2 rile rhe Competitors will r be lined up and fire filo LJ by odd and even I ei number the former firing first The PIeces piece will be loaded and when all are ready a signal will be b gIven Iven and the targets will rise and remain III pOI pasi tion for tor O and then I pear All As the targets como come up the tho corn com I will viii sink to tIe tho ground with one knee on the thc ground and an elbow I on the tho other knee e The five shots be fired or otherwise each cartridge will count as n a miss missI I and firing ma may ho be continued from tile tho 1 time the target appears until It dIe l aPpears An Any having a de cartridge a disabled piece or moro than five hits on OIl his target fr must fire again Only ml may be used In fire I A similar change has hos been made In I the rules for the skirmish rune run The skirmishers will bo be assembled at a point more titan thon six hundred yards ards from the target The I magazines will be tilled and one cartridge there from Firing will begin at yards I the tilO will be run up and i r continue In sl sight hl for tor seconds during which two are fired filed the firing at will rue rho targets WIll then be withdrawn and the advanced to GOO yard lUd line and ancl two more shots will 11 be fired the appearing and amI disappearing as before Three shots will he be fired at the tOO yard ard und and yard tiring hIring point and at atthe attile tile the and yard ard poInts five shots are lIro to be fired At all ranges except GOO yards the thc will lie be used SEVERE TEST TESTs As s this Oils will be the first time that targets havo been uel In the national matcheR tho Innovation tion will attract attention In this and other countries as aR It will nn an unusually severe test of at marksmanship The match will he be tile the more malO interesting from this standpoint of at the spectators because or of the tho changes The use uso or of permanently affixed ml mi micrometers eyepieces teles telescopic copic sights spirit love Is temporary or other oller devIces Is forbidden but competitors ma may use uso field gla es or small telescopes such I mIght reasonably be as aR a part ot of a soldiers equipment Th They mil may also u 1190 e a micrometer and score scorebook book The use or of such lubricants ns as asare are aro not injurious to the rifle rille will bo be permitted An Important change or of a technical character has ben been made IW by the na me national board In substituting the word revolver for tor the word pistol wherever found In the tho rules This marl marks R the passIng of the pistol from military shooting The Tho ammunition for the national revolver match will willbo willbe bo be selected on the same flamo lines as that for tor the rIfle rille matches The classification in the national team match will be the same as last year ear but based on the tho results of 1909 No change WM was made In the prize list hut lUt the provision requiring the team tam making fifth Illace ilace to drop two nice and ancl the sixth team to drop one mon man vas M stricken ou out t I |