Show THREE MEETINGS OF MILITARY MEN This Week to See Important Gatherings in Wash Washington Washington ington Special Corre W Washington D C Jan weck week wi wIll witness the lie holding of oC three Im In especIally to military men melt and those civilians Interested In rifle hoot hootIng Ing On January IZ 12 wi wIll b be tho ho annual meeting of oC time the board of oC cretors directors of oC time tho National I Rifle llo association of America on January 13 the lie annual meeting or of ortho tho he national board rOl fot the lie promotion ot rIfle practise ant anti on January 11 tho he annual or of the Ito mita militia board The on the tho meeting of the ho Rub association rom ISN to bo be larger than ever before The Tho bord board of dIrectors 0 of tills this ton Ion wow consists or of the tho adjutant sOn end of each stae state and 35 members elected by the tho 10 honorary life directors three army and ono one marine corps appointed by time tho secretary of oC tho ho nav navy and ono one representative from rein each elected that state association by Con Gon Janice A Drain who has for the past three years ben pres presIdent presIdent Ident or of the National Ulle Rifle ha has announced his intention to retire amid hll hIs successor wi be elected at his meeting Several new mien members of oC the executIve aro to lie be elected and important questions the tho policies of the tho lii In tile tho future wi wIll come up for COl settlement Most Import Important ant ot of these Is the lie one affecting the future of time the National assocIation match os o I It II is more than han bitt the directors wi wIll recommend that here hereafter after thc these c matches bo be conductEd conducted by bytho bytho tho national board fat rOI tho ho or of practIse In wih with lie tho natIonal matches authorIzed and sup supported ported b by Congress which are arc now con b 1 that hat bOard Tue Tho National Rilo association wi ivill also endorse thin tho bi bIll for an and civilian rifle practise Introduced b by l ROp p lul chairman ot of tIme the house hous committee on military affairs Time Tho natIonal bard board fol for promotion or of rifle PraCtise which meets the follow In lug doy day Is appointed b by the ho secretary of war under authority or of Congress Ind and consists It at present plesent 01 of Afst Secy or of orVar War Var Robrt Robert Shaw o Oliver le I president Capt H C Learnard U S A A record or and tho ho following members Gen Con V P Hall U S A Capt Dickinson P lal Hall U S M 1 C Lt Ligh Leigh C Palmer U S N Gen C H MarrIes Harries D C Gen Bird V Spencer N J Gen Riggs Md Gen Con ConC GenC C A agnor Lt Col A B Ohio Gen Charles A lly Cole Colo MI Mr J A Heskell N Y Gen Gea C C F Roe Roc N Y 1 Gen P F Wan Wanson son sen N r 1 G C W V N y Gen Con Jag Jas A Drain Washington Con E B C Youn Young I Ill Gen Con U E C Di Dill Me Ic Col Roy Horman Oklahoma Col Col John Caswell Mass Ir and Maj aj E Claudo Goddard Pa PaTho PaThe The Tho report or of Col Cal R B K Evans U US US S A executive of oC tho lie last national matches wi wilt be considered by bythe the he national board and possibly 1010 change wl bo be lad In tho ho rules goV governing the tho national match The bar board wi will nilo also consIder the ho time anI anti place or of holding the annual matches for or 1910 I it Is unlikely that In any place other than Camp PelT Perry Ohio wi will ho he considered at this lila time TIm Tho proposition that the lie government should ber bear the tho entire ex cx penso pense of oC the national matches which Js iii wow divIded between the lie gay ov ermont and amid the lie states wi will bo be submitted to 0 the tho National RIfle ant and if IC endorsed by bytho bythe the tho director directors or of that hat wi will doubtless bo be approved by lie UIO na national tonal board beard The natIonal mita boa Id which meets the lie sammie week weel was authorized by Co Congress re s at the tho time time the mita milItia division was ores In the thc war do This wi will b ho Is its second nn an nul noah meeting and many maters ur of joint to the tho army and and guard wi will bo be considered |