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as to time and ammunition, while the regular service 
teams are not. Again, the cavalry and infantry teams 
which represent the Army, are chosen from fifty or 
sixty men who are regularly instructed in marksmanship 
and whose pay is increased in proportion to their skill 
1 with the rifle. On the other hand, such teams as those 
from Oklahoma, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming and other of 
the States where the National Guard are numerically 
. weak, are selected from a few hundred men, whose in¬ 
struction and opportunity to practice are necessarily 
I limited. In many cases the States do not possess ranges 
of over 600yds., and yet their teams are compelled to 
| shoot against the cracks of the Army, Navy, Marine 
Corps, and of such States as Massachusetts, New Jersey 
and Ohio, all of which are equipped with excellent 
; ranges. 
The National Guard is as a whole willing and anxious 
| to try conclusions with the army and other service 
teams, but there is a growing desire to see conditions 
adjusted so that especially the weaker States will have 
a better chance. Among the suggestions advanced is 
1 . that two prizes shall be set aside for the service teams, 
and that four prizes shall be distributed to the National 
Guard teams, all to shoot at the same time and place 
and under similar conditions. It is understood that this 
plan is followed in English matches, where the volunteers 
are not expected to cope with the regulars, or the re¬ 
serves with either the volunteers or regulars. 
Another plan which meets with considerable favor 
provides for dividing the contestants into three divi¬ 
sions, the first two to consist of seventeen teams each 
and the third of the remainder. At Camp Perry, O., this 
year, there were fifty teams of twelve men each, entered 
in the national match, representing forty-five States and 
territories, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and the 
naval academies. Under the proposed scheme the first 
seventeen teams would be entered next summer in the 
first division; the next seventeen in the second division, 
and the remaining sixteen, with all new entries, in the 
third division. Prizes would be offered in each division 
and there would be a constant struggle among the teams 
in each division, and of the teams to get from the third 
into the second, or the second into the first division. 
President Roosevelt has again given evidence of his 
! strong interest in rifle practice by writing letters to 
, Sergt. A. Brest, of the 15th U. S. Infantry; Lieut. A. D. 
Rothrock, Ohio National Guard, and to Lieut. S. A. 
Harris, 14th U. S. Infantry, -congratulating them on 
winning the President’s match, the National Individual 
Match and the Military championship, respectively, at 
the recent national rifle matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, 
(j The President’s match is shot under the rules of the 
1 national individual match, and the man making the 
highest combined score wins the military championship. 
Heretofore the President generally confined himself to 
congratulating the winner of the President’s match, shot 
under the auspices of the National Rifle Association, but 
t this year he wrote to all three mentioned. 
H As officers above the rank of Captain were excluded 
from the national matches this year by the wording of 
the appropriation act, the language of President Roose¬ 
velt to Lieut. Rothrock and Lieut Harris is significant. 
To the former he said, in part: “It is true that as an 
j| officer you would not be required in service to use a 
' rifle, but your men must all know how to shoot or they 
are useless on the battle line; and you could not properly 
teach them how to shoot unless you had the practical 
knowledge which only a high class shot can possess.” 
To Lieut. Harris he wrote, in part: “It is with special 
gratification I write this letter to you. Every officer of 
our army should know how to shoot the rifle. Especially 
is this true of those officers who serve with infantry and 
! cavalry.” 
Zetfler Rifle Club. 
For the season of 1908-09, the Zettler Rifle Club has 
provided an interesting programme of its weekly shoots, 
commencing on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and to take place on 
every following Tuesday up to and including April 13, as 
| follows: $100 to be divided in fifteen prizes for best fifty 
scores of each contestant; $12 divided in three premiums 
j for most rings shot by members during the season. 
Entrance fee, 20 cents for each target; 10 shots on 25- 
ring target. Every member will be allowed to shoot 
five targets on each Tuesday. Any ,22cal. rifle, short 
cartridges. A practice score of 10 shots allowed before 
1 starting official score. A shooter must complete 75 
scores of 10 shots each to be entitled to any prize on this 
programme. Should a member be absent at a shoot, he 
has the privilege to shoot his arrear scores after the 
members have shot their regular evening scores. All 
, disputed shots to be decided by the shooting master, 
whose decision in all such cases must be considered 
I as final. 
Premiums: First. $5; second, $4; third, $3. 
I ^Fo^r best scores^ $15, $12, $10, $9, $8, $7, $6, $5, $5, $5, 
Committee: H. D. Muller, Chairman; B. Zettler, 
Shooting Master; W. A. Tewes, M. Dorrler, L. P. 
Hansen, O. C. Boyce, W. E. Reynolds, C. Zettler, A. 
Kronsberg, A. Begerow, R. Busse, Owen Smith, A. 
Hubalek, T. H. Keller, L. C. Buss. The secretary is 
’ F. Hecking. 
The fifteenth grand annual individual championship 
match for 1908, under the auspices of the Zettler Rifle 
] Club, will be held at Union Hill, N. J., on Nov. 3. 
Programme as follows: 100 shots per man, 25-ring 
target (%in. rings), distance 200yds. ; open to all comers; 
entrance fee, $3. Any rifle and any sights, including 
telescope sights, allowed. All high power ammunition 
barred. A forfeit of $1 must be paid on all entries on 
or before Saturday, Oct. 31. 
.Cnampion Trophy.—A trophy emblematic of the cham- 
P'°'iship of the 100-shot matches donated by Wm. Hayes, 
i °‘ Newark, N. J., to be held by the win ner for one 
year, the names of the winners to be appropriately in¬ 
scribed on the trophy each year, from the time of the 
'nauguration of the 100-shot champion matches. 
A , fine tr °P h y donated by T. H. Keller, for the best 
lUv-shot score. 
Best 10-shot score, $10; second best, $5; donated by 
rred. Hagens, proprietor of park. 
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