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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 17, IS83. 



#i/fe MM/ 



^hoofing. 



BRITISH MUSKETRY INSTRUCTION. 



LORD WOLESLEY. on behalf of the Duke of CamhridjW, 

 mander-in-Chief of the British Army, has issued some am' 

 musketry Instructions for t lie use or the sol. Hers of the regular i 

 Thev represent his views as gathered from his field exnerienct 

 ought to bring about a verv sweeping reform in ibis deparlui'-n 

 soldier's duties. We use the following sumniiuy of the order 

 the columns of the Military ItecurU iinii Volunteer News, ol 



'The ntinual allowance of ball ammunition to be allowed for 

 trained soldier will be Itl'i rouiiils. and for each room' 

 man, in nd.li i.m to the annual allowance, 10(1 rounds, s 

 lirsi year of his serviee every soli tier will requlri 

 rounds In all. The recruits' com se will be conducted I 

 commanding companies, and each recruit will lir.- I 

 vidunllv at each oi the following distances: 100, 1B0.-SC 

 ami i*M yards, or 70 rounds, and 5 rounds in Indepcn.i 

 8J0yds. ; 10 rounds in volley firing, in extended order, oi 

 and the other half at UJ0 yards; 5 rounds in volley f 

 order, at 8Mvds.; and 10 rounds skirmishing, betwee 

 yards, or in all 100 rounds per recruit. Over an I ais.v. 

 tnnrv training, the recruit will then be treated as a in 

 ani|"ns such fire auother WO rounds, making up 40) 

 Even our verv best shuts will think this a rather hard i 

 get through in one season, but it is evident the inilit u 



Glas- 

 each 



march, while it is qui e as cer 



•'After tie- recruit stage, ever 



an annual course of shooting, d 

 ih.-e nans he will tire 110 rouni 

 10 rounds standing at ISOvtis.. n 

 each, and 10 rounds each, i 

 and SO. 

 of the full, 

 tended o 

 will be B 

 '•Inth< 

 fleld-nrii 



rds. In volley (li i 

 distances, 



relaxation v 



ml the 



CkM 



»«'«■< 



the 



or thoy may be used in individual practic 



iar_- ■■:.' that la to -ay. a single uirg.-t-plat, 



the 6 in. lower squares ot each 



men. and the two center squares n-u,g ft 



of the targe' representing the !,>-:i.is; n. 



figure taiget. or a regulation target tilt, 



squares from bottom to top representing t! 



and 7th, Sth and 9th squares from Hie holt, 



resanting the man's body, the head and hi 



a rough outline of the human form. Imll 



El 



ainlng 10 rounds 



is will he Bred in 

 traotSce, and will lie. carried 

 :rs of the district general, 

 inces. These 50 rounds, it is 

 , portion of the first part of 



:t. individual fir 

 by 8ft., the twe 

 ) legs and hen i o 



ishi 



i-g.-t. 



mded at targets representing bodiisol 



try or artillery. Tnese, along with the usual skirmii 

 tiring exercises, and 10 rounds which may be spent b; 

 priuite practice or milch- hooting, will constitute tin 

 the course. A survey of the whole practice contain 

 course, with various opportunities that will direct or 

 ing prmni-a's a verv wide experience in the various ra 

 eneies of mili ary" shooting. The conditions in »li 

 in d — of fthootiug are to be carried on are laid down 

 order, hut experience and practice will, no doubt. 10 

 rules as to the value and modes of 

 practice. Already we have association couipciti 

 some of the principles laid down in the general orde 

 Anticipate, now that the matter is subject of military 

 ive nil: have n much greater development ol this 

 shooting on all our association ranges, from those 

 downwards. As we have often urged, these uci 

 musketry training and military practice, must undoi 

 u revolution in the terms and conditions of our com 

 m.iiiship. The change has already been initiated by 

 0:i our association ranges, but it must not go forwa: 

 rated progress till our crack prizemen will regard it i 

 powers to snoot at fixed targets and at measured dli 

 sorts of special appliances for bull 

 i, the ready hand, and the 1 



-.l.lual 

 with i 



i.i.irksmen. 



indicated above" general undother officers 

 tical knowledge of the use and value of th 

 and other applications in the field, will be 

 of l,fi «i rounds per battalion, and BOO roun 

 for the carrying out "f experimental fire u 

 ing improvements and inventions in drear 



ii lni i a a mistake, only discovered to 



battlefield, that while our Uo I 

 great, changes, the musketry Instruction o 

 unchanged, unless for the worse, during 

 years'' 



h their 



i with all 



•gard the 



j, i. lenient of distance at 



irgets as worthy of the 



■ regimental training, 

 ;ng to acquire a prao- 

 kinds of firing 

 Irawat the rate 



Wed 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



CBEEDMOPR, May'J.-Today was considered one of the finest In 

 point of wind and weather tor rifle shooting that has prevailed at 



Cn-odin -this c-i.-mi, and the scores made at the seventh of the 



series of compel dors' matches were excellent. The ranges shot over 

 were the 200, 500 and BOOyds., 7 shots each. The following is a sum- 

 man- of the day's work: 



200yds. BOOvds. BOOydH. Total 



T J Dolan, Twelfth N Y 33 31 31 65 



W Wde Forest. Seventh N Y BO 84 32 94 



-A' M la.:.,., . Newport Artillery 81 31 29 94 



SSI3umstea-l.Se, -„u. I Mass 29 83 38 93 



fleorge Joiner, Twenty-third NY HI 84 28 98 



nsSellsmith, Sixty-fifth N Y 83 8? 28 93 



TW Wilson .... .8j 20 84 OS 



John Su.i-ii. Ninth N J 28 33 81 ».• 



W Robertson. Seventy lir-t N Y 81 311 31 92 



"FThomas"' 81 32 29 93 



JLPaulJimr. Twelfth N V SB 87 32 91 



JHISi-own.S--.-itliN V 81 31 29 01 



,1 s s. .. -pi. .-rd.Two.uv. third N Y .'18 28 SO 90 



FStuart ilxir-ntoth H Y 28 80 31 89 



"GSBenW* -31 3J 23 87 



.1 M.-N.-v,,,, Thirl. ei.thN Y ...48 28 28 80 



II a iv. lmgt..n.Thii-i I'll N Y 43 27 20 70 



May IS.-Tne eighth and last, of the competitors' matches was 

 shot -his day at free .luioor under the direction of (leneral Charles 

 I-'. Bobbins, executive ..nicer A gumer number of coinp tltpra 



were p esenttht-o at any of the previous compctitioni the daa 



was clear and w nil. The wind at the bodyd. ranges was light. 

 though changeable At lb-- ng-.s it .ias strong and 



v.-r, in-i-v. ConalderinK the day excollenti res wer<wnude. The 



continued impi ovemenl in the scores that are bung pul up Rivi 



iregement to our riflemen and makes the chances of a 

 victory li the e imlnc match almost a certainty, Below will be 

 found some of tie: best scores made: 



BOOyds. 900yds. 1,000yds. Total 



J L Paulding 33 80 8? 95 



W W !i. ,-orest 34 84 49 98 



W L Cash 30 29 28 8! 



FStuart SH 31 28 8? 



"EEFi'zwilliams" ...30 2S 28 84 



A H Van Ileus.-., .. .8') 20 20 84 



,1 , s ni h. ...... 89 27 20 8)1 



SI. Scut . ,$S 27 25 81 



TW Wilson . . .48 28 2S 81 



TJ Holau 31 23 26 » 



"J Francis" 14 44 24 71 



•■FTnomas" 29 29 l'.i V, 



C W lliniiian . ,. 25 20 31 71 



II 8 Hell-n.itli 31 « 2J I 



.1 H Brown 87 SB 42 H 



BSBumstead .. : .....3 ^ 44 i» .- 



iiig to tne conditions of the match. ,„_„,„„_ . , . ,, ,,, 



(option ill value I welitv dollars: I. see I in sai 



; .„ dollars, and Us toird in same, lie 

 lars. The tinal winners in the aggregate pruses in these 

 tni'lr scores are is follows: T J. Uolan, S17; John Sin 

 S. Joiner, 490; John H, Brown, 493; W. M. Farrow, 489. 



May 14.—The first of the competitions for places on the American 



.mm. set down for lo day, was shot under very unfavorable clreiiui- 



SLScotl .28 

 a B Van BTeusen 29 

 George Joiner as 



Waller Sell 8S 



CW Min man 



J I. Paulding 80 



'The following Is 



FStuart. ... 

 John II Brown 

 8 K Islam 

 w m Farrow 



John Smith 

 F J Rtibbeth 



I-' Ald-r SO 



.V I. dash 27 



ii S Cells II 80 



K Winegur S8 



IKiiel.inan Bi 



YY B Jo nstonc 31 



W Rouertso.i BO 



J S Shepherd 29 



I W Wilson 2!) 



FRBull 46 



shooting over the fl 



up and was all that could be des 



the shooting: 



200 500 



yds. yds. 



,1)1 Pollard SO 22 



MWBulI 80 81 



GJoiner ai 30 



FStuart 28 32 



WM Farrow 34 33 



TJ Dolan 81 84 



li Vxin.v-.ii- . .. •')> 34 



WLOash 81 82 



.1 1. Paulding 31 33 



John Smith 82 82 



W H Johnstone 30 24 



XV Scott 29 



nl of 2!ii points 



• .1 



n. I day of the formal test 



be shown, lie-re was also a larger 

 .wn in torrents while the in-ii w.-i- 

 ■s. but alter that the weather cleared 



yds. yds. yds. 



...27 



28 



27 

 80 



23 



SSlJom-tead 87 



Frederick Ail ler. ...31 84 32 25 23 21 164 



1 B !>• in, 29 28 4:S 49 So 23 162 



I JRahb-th. ... 82 31 31 20 23 SO 161 



JHBrown 81 31 29 28 24 19 160 



SE Islam .11 :il 29 21 25 10 100 



KOShakspeare.. :'.! 80 20 22 34 17 158 



II S liellsmith 30 84 81 20 20 1C 198 



W Robertson 31 31 29 29 14 19 1D3 



SIS oil . . . . 8'J 7 26 30 31 29 149 



J S Shepherd 28 28 81 2-1 10 41 148 



BI ISTI IN. May 18 At the Wali.ul Hill llange this afternoon there 



was a fairatiehdance. with g I. light pleasant weather, and tin- 

 wind dial indicating I to o'clock. The following are the scores: 

 Creedmoor Match. 



I,<) llelineson 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 B I S 46 



R BOI I -"■ B .'. ."> 8 I B 4 4 5—45 



K li Edes ... i -1 -I -I 3 D 4 4 4 4-40 



C'reediiK.oi- Prize Male!,. 



IB Thomas I .. 1 .'. ft 5 5 4 5 S— 111 



J P Bales 5 4 4 553544 4-43 



L'B Edwards 5 3 44544 4 5 1—18 



Decimal Match, 



n M Jewell 830 6 9 10 7 11)10 8 10-91 



J Merrill 9 H 10 .-, 8 9 BIO li 10-K7 



ERFoster 8 0K989878 9-80 



jNFrye 6 10 10 7 5 9 10 9-78 



&0 Gould 8 8 5 9 6 9 8 7 8 70 



Rest Match. 



g Wilder 9 9 10 9 10 10 10 8 10 9—94 



CKGrilfin 9 8 10 9 7 9 9 9 9 9-SS 



JPBatos 7 74899999 9—80 



THE BRITISH TEAM.— London, May 5.— Lord Hi. .widow has hern 



n'.'-i'.ls for the furthcoming International Rifle Match. The other 

 member-, of the committee are Sir Itenrv Halfor.l. l'olom-1 Meli.innld. 

 Edinburgh, and Messrs Wahound. Young, Humphrey. Waller, and 



aipei 



i.tei 



team and at the end of the first w 



furlh-r selection of eighteen for t 



LOWELL, Mass., May 12.— Tb 



quarterly meeting atid practice si 



il A. BogS 

 C. W. Fosti 

 n as rcjeci i 

 president a 

 targets. 



ttesforadmis 

 re the Wimbledon 

 . n ii-l.ii, si for the 

 D there will be 

 •serve members, 

 rifle team had 

 Farm range ihi 



61, E25; total, i 

 loaders), b. d. et 



by th.- .v I; A 

 entry. Prir.es- 



SAHATOOA vs. BRATTLETiORO Saratoga. Mit 12. -A rifio 

 iniiteh took place v-sienlay between the t a.us of the S iratoga and 

 lirattleb:>ro' Pill,- Chins. ]'• iras shot on lie: respective ranges of the 

 clubs. Saratoga won by 681 to '■■'.• 



GAKDNKU, Mass.. M av |0.— At the Inst meet of the Gardner I'.ilie 

 CUlh at ll.icl:,,,:-... ., ; , g,„„I attendance. Tl„- 



f reednioor and ii„.h , i„g ;.,,..-. a combined was the one used. 200yds., 

 off-hand. The following are the best totals made: 



G F Ellsworth 



A Maihews. 

 P (i»nrge 

 I N I ledge 



F H Knowlton 



SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. May r,.-The following scores Were made 

 to-day wlih Sprineii. Id i i:l, s in lie- uo-re-eiitrv mini h bv lie s- lie li- 

 bers of Company G, Second Regiment, who exp ot to compete at 

 Creedmoor for position on the inleriuitional team- 





K. 0. 





is 44 





... 78 14 





..', IIS 



I.oveland . . . 



. . .:■; r, 



Private F R. H.— 40Oyds.. 

 SOOvds. . 

 000yds .. 



M. W. Bnll-atMvds 



6(S)yds 



000yd' 



T. B. Wilson-200ydB 



500yds .... 



. I :, 4 B 5 



:,:,:.i 5 



i B B B B . 



..4 4 4 ."> I I -I 2S 



•1 4-31 

 5 0-31 

 .1 5-33-98 



B B I I I 



.4 5 r, | r, 

 I I 1 I a 



ALBANY, N, Y., Mav Id-Two matches we 

 wyck today. Conditions were not verv lav... .. 

 Il tensely bright and a strong 12 o'clock- wind, 

 follows: 



Mid-ltange Match. Itii . 'oiniieiiiion. lionvds. 



William E Filch 5 b 5 5 .1 6 S B S fi 's .=; 



William T Miles 5 fi 5 4 



Leonard (iciger IS B B 



H RSpulliiian, Jr :i 5 I .". 



ChosHuaus 4 5 8 '. 13 5 3 4: 



Subscription .l.alch. SOOyds. 



The s 



r> .', 5 

 B 4 r. 

 I I I 



5 :.: D4 

 ■i 3 . 

 a- S3 



4-74 

 5 78 



:, i t 

 5-04 

 0-62 



William E Fitch 

 line! Andrews. 



. I -. 14 4 4 0-IK 

 .... I 5 I I I I I BS 

 ...:. I I I I I I 28 



WGCrnn-Iall. I 



OH I'elkui-.J 



(.; Anthony. 



J. Val.-ntme 



THE TRAP. 



milium lii 14 craft.. 

 niiiiioumoii n p ii tiake 



hlrd—B gloss ball,: J. U. v,|enti::e, 1st; c. ,1. C'randall. 4d. Fonrth 



WASRIKGTOF, Mav V -At the practice match of the Washingion 

 Light Infuntn Corps for p. aces ,,n the International Kifle Team, at 

 ">nniug, Dr. Scon was absent Tie- »c ml Change- 



•If, but the light very good. The leading ens. were: 

 Pollard.-800yds..4 4 ft 4 ft 4 4-3) Cash.— SOUyds 1 ft I ft I 1 4—811 

 500yds.,4 5 5 6 6 5 5-35 BOOyds i I I 5 •", ' 



G00vds...4 4 4 5 5 5 0-84 BOI yds, I 3 I I 5 5 6—80 



800y-ds..4 4 3 4 5ft 5-80 80Dyds 3 4 5 t 



90 -yds.. 5 5 4 3 4 5 4-30 OOUyds. ...444 ft 4 4 4—47 



1,000yds. .4 3 4 4 5 5-30 1,000yds . I 8 ft I ft ft 8 28 



Total ~183 Total , Tri 



WASHINGTON*. D. C.May 10.— The members of the Capital cilv 

 mi Club mad.- the following se. res al 1ft clay pigeons eucn. Iftyds.. 



in their regular match May'.', 18£8: 



Mills iuiuiioimiii-13 Peel iitmi n ii laouo—io 



McLeod llllKlillllluno 18 Wadsworlb 1 OllMllHlIl I— 10 



Bailey 1 1 1 1 1 • » • 1 1 limii-I I Blagrovc II '1 1 1 



King llllb. ili'lllliuo-ll Morhous OllOOOllIOllOll ii 



Eldridge liotillllliwilio-lfl Baker I >",.»)00lll]- 



Hosford 111011100911101—10 Adams. .OjOlOU 



G iM.-ii ... 



MlLl-'ORH. Mass.. Mav Id The Milf.-r.i ■-;.,. .-t-nians Club have 

 had their lirst club shoot of the season at the Wilkinson Range. 

 To.- lloldcu trap was used. Out of a p.j=bit.|, DO the lO'lOiring recoids 



William Harrows 15 A H Harris in 



John lliiiiling Ift F Mann B 



CllJIowe 13 T W Wilkinson 



George w Whitney 18 Melviii Burr 8 



W L Harden ."... ...11 WK Dennett 8 



CEMoorhouse 10 C A Mann T 



WELLINGTON. Mass., May I8.-0 lite a number of sportsmen 

 visited the grounds of Hie M.ilden Gun Club today. Tue following 

 were the wfimersln the subscription matches: 



lirst event. II v e birds-Hopkins, Adams and Lewis, tlrst; Fielding 

 and Noble, second. 



Second eve.it. live birds- Livingstone, first: Hopkins and N'oblc, 

 second: Fielding, third. 



Third event glass halls— Noble. L'-wis and Johnson, first; Hop- 

 lcn.sand Ttiomi. on, second: Livings;.,,,... third. 



Fourth event day pigeons -Nve, S luhorne and Livingstone, Orst; 

 Johnson and Lovering, second: Adams, third. 



F.fth .vein elav pigi-ons— Noble, lb., in],- .n and Nve, first; Lover- 

 ing and lloi.kln-. second: Star-, and Sawyer, third. " 



• day pigeons— Sawyer and Nye.flrst; Adam 

 .!•■ ii.t.-rest was taken in the "allcoiiu rs" match, BuiTinn 

 making two full scfires of ten hir.ii .-aeii. and Notile and Lewis one 



' Biiirum. iii; ie-eic.iv. I 1 -: Nolile. 10; Lewis, 1"; reentry, P: Ilop- 

 liins. '..; Adams, 9; Dean, 9; Thompson, 8; Fielding, 8: re-entry, H; 

 Ellsworth, 8. 

 CARD FROM THE LIGOUSKY COMPANY.- Cincinnati. ".. May 



■gard I 



lull I 



lal meeting of the 



ssoeialion w ill add a -il 

 TOW >.'.T". May ft-Th 



shooting * ill be continued twice a w 



Saturday al'ternoou throughout the 



DOVER, N H. ■ ThoSiralTordGiui 



Mav ». and created a sensation. 1 



Hl!...\ee 



NATK 



Club led 



■direction of the 



is f.. Hows: First 



. W, I" 



. 10 gl ess 



■:.;r.u|,-e 



w.e.iv entiles to 



s rotary trap. 



lick Sportsmen's 



ds had iiseiith training day i 



il,.., Trottuig Park, 



Great Falls l.i.du Infantry Hie lirst prize .Mistaken by Frank Ne.ll. 



..nd 11- con. t In ciiaiies'l.: 



Bell Ibd.-s. K.ve'.r - First prize «as w..n by Capt, A. F. Cooper, and 



' 'il oii oral- v Jl.a'nb. r, S'l'e'ii -.i d Guards The first was wop by A. T. 

 Pinltlam, and tin -c- .nd by John Craig. 

 ( AN l>ll A l'1-s FOB CAPTAIN. The gentlemen whose names are 



Asso 



■ii:-- 



I Shake=peare, of Pcnn-yh-: 



I Card Is the best 



' Mas^ Mav s. - Firs! regular shoot of the season, 

 • -:. Slyris. n •■: 

 COItiniH II i. Larlcin . llOllllOOl T 



,,..1111100111— S I, Watting li.iiilllll ■■■< 



... II 11111110 — » 



et May8.— Editor Forent and Stream: I notice 



,..ur valuable paper a comaumicaiioii ii\<u\ my 



sec " in i- 



.gard to the I i. .I-l-ii u-.ip. only I do uol think lie 

 g enough I • ,ul ,■: v.. nty from a 



erth&ntwentt a raighl from the Cdrd. I think the 

 i- beginners.- PawtDsict, 



