June 19, 1909.] 
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Sept 4-12.—United States Revolver Association annual 
outdoor championship matches. John Taylor Hum¬ 
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National Rifle Association of America. 
The attitude of the Government and the National 
Guard authorities throughout the country toward Uie 
civilian rifle shooters has greatly changed m t^he ast 
year or so. No longer is the Government rifle an object 
of curiosity to the American citizen ; '“"Ser , 
stand on the outside of the fence and watch the National 
Guardsmen at work at the butts, fearing to ‘"^cspass upon 
the range. It is now possible for any citizen to purchase 
the Government rifle and ammunition, and the ranges ol 
both the Federal and State authorities are thrown open 
to them for practice. That rifle shooting as a pastime is 
rapidly increasing in favor is shown by the fact that 
within the last eight weeks rifle clubs have been or¬ 
ganized in the following localities: New ^aven. Conn., 
Apalachicola, Fla.; Altoona, Ill.; Chicago, I k, bt. Paul, 
Minn.; Manchester, N. H.; Atlantic City, N J.; Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y., Earlville, N. Y.; Bisbee, Ariz.; Birmingham, 
Ala.; St. Augustine, Fla. . , , , . j . 
There have also been clubs organized by the students 
of the Michigan Agricultural College and the Agricul¬ 
tural Colleges of Utah. u i 
Among the public and preparatory schools ot the 
eountry over forty clubs have been organized and _ at- 
flliated with the National Rifle Association of America. 
Many of the boys have purchased the Government riffle 
and are shooting side by side with their fathers and big 
brothers, using the same methods and qualifying as 
^'^Anoth'er’^su^criber to the endowment fund which the 
Association has been trying to raiSe has 
The olan is to secure twenty subscribers at $d,OUU each 
for an endowment fund of $100,000, the income from 
which is to be used in promoting rifle shooting among 
colleges, schools and civilians. The scheme sug¬ 
gested by Robert Bacon, ex-Secretary of State, who was 
the first subscriber. The second man to show his 
patriotism is General McCrosky Butt, of New York. It 
should not be difficult to secure eighteen more men 
who are big and broad and patriotic enough to help out 
this very laudable scheme. u i 
Great interest is being taken by the inilitary schools 
of the country in the action of the National Rifle As¬ 
sociation in throwing open its matches to teams of cadets. 
If the transportation and subsistence of such teams 
could be taken care of by the Government in the same 
manner in which the State teams are looked after, it is 
quite probable that Camp Perry would see more c^et 
tcsms at the shoot than National Guard teams. ihe 
school authorities and the boys are willing, but the ex¬ 
pense incidental to sending these teams to the National 
shoot is too great to be undertaken by the schools them- 
selves 
The $1,500 silver cup presented by the United States 
Marine Corps to the National Rifle Association for an 
individual match, which will be held at Camp Perry has 
been delivered, and is a beauty. Every rifleman on the 
grounds will want to have a try at it. 
Col. R. K. Evans, executive officer of the matches, is 
working out the details of his skirmish match, which 
will be the first attempt to make the new battle con¬ 
ditions lately adopted by the Small Arms Bpard of the 
Army applied to a competition, and is arousing a great 
deal of interest among the shooters. 
Six hundred and sixty-two members of the Coast 
Artillery Corps of Connecticut competed for the National 
Rifle Association medal on the State range last month. 
The winner was Sergt. James F. Chadwick, of the Tenth 
Company, located at New London. 
State Rifle Associations have lately been organized in 
Florida, Arizona and Mississippi. There are now thirty- 
two States and Territories with State associations. 
The one hundred mark will soon be reached by regi¬ 
mental organiz-ations affiliated with the Association. The 
latest acquisition are the 7th Regiment of New York, 
74th Regiment of Buffalo and the First Infantry of 
Arizona. . . 
It is believed that there has been no action since the 
revival of rifle shooting began that will have such a far- 
reaching effect upon the future of rifle shooting in this 
country as the action taken by the National Rie Associa¬ 
tion of America in deciding to return to the competitors 
in its annual matches all entrance fees on the percentage 
basis, less the actual cost of running the range. 
As the Army will have charge of the matches, furn¬ 
ishing the officers, markers and scorers, the percentage 
of entrance fees available for distribution will be large. 
Another popular move was the lengthening of the prize 
lists so that in the larger matches twice as many com¬ 
petitors will be in for prize money as heretofore. The 
National Rifle Association in deciding to make this move 
believes it has met the wishes of all the riflemen of the 
country, and it is now up to them to make a success of 
the innovation. 
Programmes and information of the big shooting tourn¬ 
ament to be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, in August can 
be secured from Lieut. Albert S. Jones, Secretary 
National Rifle Association of America, Hibbs Building, 
Washington, D. C. 
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