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in five years that special rates have been granted. 
The Executive Officer for the matches is Col. 
Richard M. Blatchford, U. S. A., Commandant of 
the Army School of Musketry at Fort Sill, Okla 
The teams to represent the cavalry and infantry 
of the United States Army have not yet been 
organized nor have the captains been appointed. 
It is rumored that the infantry team will be cap¬ 
tained by Maj. George C. Shaw, U. S. A., who 
is now on his way back from the Philippines. 
A team representing the Naval Academy will be 
sent to the national matches this year and efforts 
will be made to overcome the prejudice of the 
officials of the Military Academy at West Point 
to again be represented by a rifle team. Only in 
one national match has a team from the Military 
Academy participated. As is customary, the 
organization and control of the matches, as well 
as those of the National Rifle Association of 
America, which will precede the national matches, 
will be in the hands of the regular army, and 
soldiers will be sent to pitch the camp and do 
the marking. The scoring will be done by a 
special company of Marines, thus insuring the 
highest standard of services for this important 
duty. 
Very few changes have been made in the con¬ 
ditions of this year’s matches. A course con¬ 
sisting of 200 and 300 yards rapid fire, ten shots 
at each range and 300, 600 and 1,000 yards, slow 
fire, 15 shots at each range has been adopted. 
Every team must have on it at least six new 
men, and all State teams must be selected by 
preliminary contests held on State ranges The 
service rifle and ammunition as issued by the 
Ordnance Department will be used by all teams. 
The matches will begin the morning of October 
18 with the National Individual Match, to be 
followed by the Team Match and the National 
Pistol Match. October 15 and 16 are designated 
for the preliminary team practice. The six days 
preceding this, or from October 8 to 14, will be 
held the matches of the National Rifle Associa¬ 
tion of America. For the first time the National 
Matches will be thrown open to entry of teams 
from universities and colleges maintaining mili¬ 
tary instruction and military schools and acad¬ 
emies. 
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