Jan. i8, 1913 
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N. R. A. Meeting. 
At the annual meeting of the board of directors of 
the National Rifle Association of America, held in Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., Jan. 8, Lieut.-Gen. John C. Bates, U. S. 
A., retiring president of the Association, in his valedic¬ 
tory remarks dwelt upon the failure of this country to 
foster rifle training among its citizens, especially the 
youth. He spoke of the great necessity for rifle ranges, 
and urged that legislation be enacted for the acquiring 
of land and the building of rifle ranges near large centers 
of population by the Government, the necessity for this 
being Shown by the fact that the.encroachment of build¬ 
ing operations had wiped out nearly all of the old 
established ranges throughout the country, and unless the 
Government acquired such land now, it will be impossible 
to do so in later years when the ground will be much 
more valuable and large tracts more difficult to obtain. 
The report of the secretary, Lieut. Albert S. Jones, 
showed the Association to be in a thriving condition, with 
a membership as follows: 25 State organizations, 85 regi¬ 
ments, 58 separate military organizations, 131 civilian rifle 
clubs, 41 college clubs and 67 school boy clubs, an in¬ 
crease of 76 clubs and organizations during the year, the 
most noticeable gain being made in the civilian rifle 
club class. 
In connection with the international matches for 
1913, invitations to send teams have been sent to all 
nations, through the State Department, to the United 
States to compete in the international matches to be held 
a Camp Perry, Ohio, during August and September. 
The present indications point to the presence at the 
tournament of rifle teams from France, Germany, Italy, 
Switzerland, Sweden. Holland, Denmark, Belgium, Aus¬ 
tria and Hungary from Europe, in matches of the 
Intern-ational Union, and the Argentine Republic, Peru, 
Chile and Brazil for the matches in the Pan-American 
Shooting Union. The famous Palma trophy will also 
be competed for, and teams are expected from Canada, 
Australia and South Africa. 
The international matches will carry with them a 
total of $17,900 in cash prizes, and the matches of the 
National Rifle Association would carry $10,000 more, 
making a grand total of $28,000 in cash prizes. The an¬ 
nouncement was made that trophies had been offered and 
accepted tor the international matches from the National 
Guard Association of the United States, and the Hon. 
John Work Garrett, the U. S. Minister to the Argentine 
Republic. The date of the matches for the National Rifle 
Association will be Aug. 18 to 23, inclusive, • for the 
national matches, Aug. 25 to 29, inclusive, and for the 
matches of the two International Unions, from Sept. 1 
to 9, inclusive. The National Rifle Association has in¬ 
corporated in its program a new match for civilian clubs, 
calling for teams of four men each, firing 20 shots at 
500 yards. 
The officers elected for the current year are: Presi¬ 
dent. Gen. Charles D. Gaither, Maryland; First Vice- 
President, Gen. Elliott G. Dill, Maine; Second Vice- 
President, Col. S W. Erookhart, Iowa; Third Vice-Pres¬ 
ident, Major Carl Hayden, Arizona; Treasurer, Col. H. 
G. Catrow, Ohio; Secretary, Lieut. Albert S. Jones, Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia; additional members Executive Com¬ 
mittee: Col. J. G. Ewing, Delaware; Lieut.-Col. Edward 
B. Bruch. New York; Lieut.-Col. William Libbey, New 
Jersey; Major Charles D. Rhodes, U. S. A., representa¬ 
tive of the Assistant Secretary of War. 
War Department Shoot. 
Washington, D. C., Jan. 1.—The first match of the 
league series of gallery shooting competitions for the 
new national trophy given by the War Department re¬ 
sulted as follows: 
Eastern League.—Bangor, Me., defeated Birmingham, 
Ala., 952 to 882; Portland, Me., defeated Brooklyn, 963 
to 881; District of Columbia, defeated New Orleans, 963 
to 735; Warren. Pa., defeated Manchester, N. H., 985 
to 952; Bridgeport, Conn., with 991 won by default from 
Philadelphia; Erie, Pa., with 851, won by default from 
New Haven, Conn. 
Western League.—Adrian, Mich., defeated Dickin¬ 
son, N. D., 968 to 961; Bucyrus, Ohio, defeated St. 
Louis, 951 to 910; Cleveland defeated St. Paul, 984 to 
980; Madison defeated Youngstown, 955 to 758; Butte, 
with 958, won by default from Tacoma. The two clubs 
in Milwaukee tied with a score of 951, but the first Wis¬ 
consin club won under the rules deciding ties. 
The_ winning club of each league will shoot off for 
the United States championship. This is the first gallery 
competition held in this country under the auspices of 
the War Department. _ The matches will extend over 
eleven weeks, there being twenty-four clubs competing. 
Island League Rifle Club. 
Reading, Pa., Jan. 7.—This rifle shoot was held on 
the range of the Island League Rifle Club, at a distance 
of 75ft., indoors competition, possible 6250 points. The 
Island League proved to be the winners by 10 points. 
Zeller was high average man with 575. H. I. Melchior, 
of the South End Gun Club, had charge of the com¬ 
petition. A number of smiles passed over his coun¬ 
tenance, as his club was ahead 10 points. Well done. 
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boys. Come again. Harry Ball, an old-timer at this 
kind of game, could not compete on account of business. 
W. S. Behm, the crack rifle sportsman of Esterly, who 
generally leads them all, was neither about. Scores: 
Island League 
R. C. 
Reading Turn 
Verein. 
Geo Miller . 
568 
Zellers . 
. 575 
G Wilson . 
556 
C Miller . 
. 569 
T Welder . 
556 
Ritter . 
. 560 
Strieker . 
556 
Lentz . 
. 56 f) 
Dampman . 
555 
Todd . 
. 551 
W Miller . 
540 
Stoudt . 
. 532 
Hoffman . 
530 
W Keifer . 
. 527 
Mills . 
515 
P Keifer . 
. 524 
F Gerhert . 
514 
Mason . 
. 519 
Smith . 
505-5395 
Jones . 
. 462—5385 
A. J. Mengel, the noted target champion of Mohnton, 
is not interested in this like. The man who leads them 
all in ihis kind of game is W. W. Miller, but owing to 
a boil on his hand, did not compete. 
The next competition will be held on the Reading 
Turn Verein range. Luddy. 
Separafors Shoot. 
W'EST Chester, Pa., Jan. 11.—In the first of a series 
of rifle matches between teams of Dairy Specialty Com¬ 
pany and Sharpies .Separator Company, the former won by 
the close score of 2161 to 2160 points. The scores: 
Dairy 
Specialty. 
Sharpies 
Separator. 
McDermond 
.... 248 
Scott . 
.247 
McCarter .. 
. 246 
Reynolds .. 
.244 
Heed . 
.245 
Woodward . 
.243 
F II Martin 
.245 
T Martin .. 
.243 
McCormack 
.242 
Scliroth .... 
.240 
Barnes . 
.240 
Taylor . 
.240 
Dutton . 
.234 
Thompson . 
.237 
P»ro\vn . 
.233 
Dowlin _ 
.235 
Rider . 
. 228—2161 
Mannaum 
. 231—2160 
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