INTER CLUB RIFLES. 
A shooting competition second only in impor¬ 
tance to the National Interstate Matches held 
annually, is the first annual Inter-Club Compe¬ 
tition for the United States Shooting Champion¬ 
ship, a new match just inaugurated by the War 
Department and which is being run off under 
the auspices of the National Rifle Association of 
America. The prize to be competed for in ad¬ 
dition to the championship title is a handsome 
trophy presented by the War Department. The 
competition is to be strictly military, shot with 
the service rifle and ammunition on army targets 
and each club competing will be represented by 
ten marksmen, each of whom will fire ten shots 
slow fire at 300, 500 and 600 yards and ten shots 
rapid fire at 200 and 300 yards. Twenty-five of 
the. leading rifle clubs and associations in the 
United States and a team in Honolulu, Hawaii, 
will compete for the shooting honors under the 
direct supervision of army and national guard 
officers. The shooting will be done on local 
ranges, targets being furnished for the purpose, 
and they will be returned to Washington and 
gone over by a board of judges who will deter¬ 
mine the official scores. All scores are to be 
shot between July 15 and 31. It is expected 
that the scores will equal if not surpass those 
which will be made later in the National Matches 
in Florida. 
The twenty-five organizations which will com¬ 
pete for the national shooting honors are as fol¬ 
lows : Stanton Government Rifle Club; Salt Lake 
Rifle and Revolver Club; St. Augustine Rifle 
Club; Fort Pitt Rifle Club; Rocky Mountain Ri¬ 
fle Club; Kane Rifle, Gun and Pistol Club; En¬ 
gineers Rifle and Revolver Club of Cleveland; 
Phoenix Rifle Club; Douglas Rifle Club; Hoosier 
Rifle Club; Quinnipiac Rifle and Revolver Club; 
The Gisholt Club; St. Paul Rifle and Pistol As¬ 
sociation ; Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver Club; 
Port Clinton Rifle Club; Newark Rifle Club; 
Seattle Rifle and Revolver Association; Fremont 
Civilian Rifle and Revolver Club; Garfield Rifle 
Club; Bucyrus Rifle Association; Nogales Rifle 
Club; First Missouri Infantry Rifle Club; Man¬ 
hattan, Nevada, Rifle Club; Albion, Indiana, Ri¬ 
fle Club; Honolulu Rifle Club. 
Official from the National Rifle Association of 
America, 1108 Woodward Building, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., June 29, 1915. 
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Manufacturing Association, John M. Glenn, Chairman; 
Chicago Association of Commerce, G. M. Spangler Jr 
Chairman; Grand Island Shooting Club, John B Drake’ 
Chairman: Knapp Island Shooting Club, J. Grafton 
Parker, ( hairman; Undercliff Sportsmen’s Association, 
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GAME AND FISH COMMISSIONERS TO 
MEET. 
The National Association of Game and Fish 
Fish Commissioners will convene in San Fran¬ 
cisco, California, September 7, 8 and 9. 
Ever since this association was formed at the 
Yellowstone National Park, in 1902, it has had a 
powerful influence in shaping the policy of fish 
and game conservation throughout the entire 
country. Reports will be read by the committee 
chairmen, relating to all phases of the work of 
the fish and game departments. 
All present and past commissioners are eligible 
to membership, and it is expected that there will 
be a large attendance at this convention. 
Ernest Schaeffle, secretary of the California 
Fish and Game Commission, is chairman of the 
Committee of Arrangements, and the members 
are assured that all arrangements of details for 
their comfort will be provided for. 
George H. Graham, President. 
Ernest Napier, Secretary. 
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 
Whde the leading military authorities of the 
country are all of one accord in urging Congress 
to provide for a reserve to our established mili¬ 
tary forces, the National Rifle Association of 
America is going ahead without the flare of 
trumpets or financial assistance from Congress in 
the building up of a reserve in this country that 
will be most efficient in that it will be trained 
in 80 per cent, of the requisites of an efficient 
soldier; that is, the ability to handle the rifle and 
shoot straight. The National Rifle Association 
is doing this through its organization of rifle 
clubs throughout the country, especially among 
civilians. A great impetus to the movement was 
given through the enactment of legislation at the 
last session of Congress authorizing the free is¬ 
sue of “Krag” rifles and ammunition to rifle 
clubs under rules and regulations approved by the 
Secretary of War. The Secretary of War placed 
the organization of the clubs and distribution of 
the rifles in the hands of the N. R. A., which had 
an efficient organization with secretaries in every 
State and was in close touch with the class of 
citizens whom it was desired to reach. The splen¬ 
did military feature of this movement and one 
that will add considerably to the national de¬ 
fenses is that not only are citizens being or¬ 
ganized into clubs and trained in rifle shooting 
but the statistics show that about 60 per cent, of 
the members of these clubs are ex-army and 
National guardsmen so that they are not only 
keeping up their training in rifle shooting but 
are already trained in other necessary attributes 
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