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NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. 
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Washington State College Rifle Club. 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 27 
Feb. 3 
Feb. 10 
Feb. 
17 
Feb. 24 
Mar. 3 
Mar. 
10 
Cornell University Rifle Club. 
Feb. 24 
Feb. 17 
Feb. 10 
Feb. 3 
Jan. 
20 
Mar. 3 
Mar. 10 
Jan. 
27 
Rifle Club, University of Iowa. 
.. Feb. 24 
Mar. 10 
Feb. 17 
Mar. 3 
Feb. 
3 
Jan. 27 
Feb. 10 
Jan. 
13 
Rifle Club, U.S. College Veterinary Surgeons... 
.. Feb. 17 
Mar. 10 
Jan. 13 
Jan. 20 
Feb. 
24 
Feb. 10 
Feb. 3 
Mar. 
3 
Delaware College . 
.. Feb. 10 
Feb. 17 
Jan. 13 
Jan. 27 
Mar. 
3 
Mar. 10 
Feb. 24 
Jan. 
20 
University of Nevada Rifle Club. 
.. Feb. 3 
Mar. 3 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 27 
Mar. 
10 
Feb. 17 
Jan. 13 
Feb. 
24 
Columbia University Rifle Club. 
Feb. 3 
Feb. 24 
Mar. 3 
Mar. 10 
Jan. 13 
Jan. 27 
Feb. 
10 
Louisiana State University Rifle Club. 
.. Mar. 3 
Jan 27 
Feb. 10 
Mar. 10 
Feb. 17 
Jan. 
13 
Jan. 20 
Feb. 
3 
University of Idaho Rifle Club. 
...Mar. 10 
Feb. 10 
Feb. 3 
Feb. 24 
Jan. 13 
Jan. 
27 
Jan. 20 
Feb. 
17 
George Washington University Rifle Club.... 
.. Jan. 27 
Jan. 13 
Mar. 3 
Jan. 20 
Feb. 24 
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List of Universities and Colleges in the League, the Club’s Correspondent and the N. R. A. Judges. 
Club. Correspondent. N. R. A. Judge. 
Washington State College Rifle Club...Edward F. Emrnick, Secretary....Capt. H. E. Mitchell, U. S. A., retired. 
Pullman, Wash. 
Cornell Club, University of Iowa.Charles S. Humphrey, Secretary.Capt E. L Phillips, U S. A. 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
Rifle Club, University of Iowa.L. R. Leeper, Secretary.Lieut. Mortimer C. Mumma, U. S. A. 
Iowa City, Iowa. 
Delaware College .Lieut. Edgar S. Stayer, Secretary....Lieut. Edgar S. Stayer, U. S. A. 
Newark, Del. 
University of Nevada Rifle Club.....Lieut. L. A. McClure, Secretary..Lieut. L. A. McClure, U. S. A. 
Reno, Nevada. 
Columbia University Rifle Club.. .'...P. H. Agramonte, Captain...Major Fred. A. Wells, N. G. N. Y. 
New York City. 1 
Louisiana State University Rifle Club.H. S. Browne, President. Capt. L. S. Sorley, U. S. A. 
Baton Rouge, La. * 
University of Idaho Rifle Club..'.O. F. Carlsen, Secretary..Lieut. Andrew W. Smith, U. S. A. 
Moscow, Idaho. 
George Washington University Rifle Club.J. R. Fehr, Captain.Lieut. A. S. Jones, Secretary, N. R. A. 
Washington, D. C. / 
Rifle Club U. S. College of Veterinary Surgeons.L. B. Morris, Secretary. Frank J. Kahrs,/ “Arms and the Man.” 
Team—Ten men, not necessarily the same ten men for 
each match. 
Distance—Fifty feet. 
Number of Shots—Twenty for record, ten standing and 
ten prone, five shots on a target. Two sighting shots 
will be allowed at the commencement of the firing. The 
entire team must shoot at the same time, firing in pairs 
if target facilities permit. 
Target—N. R. A. 50ft. target, competition count (1 to 
10), to be used. Only the targets stamped by the N. R. 
A. and furnished by the Judge will be used. Targets 
will be mailed to the secretary of the N. R. A. after com¬ 
pletion of match. 
Arm—Any .22ca1. rifle weighing not over lOlbs. 
Sights—Any, in front of the firing pin, not containing 
glass. Telescopes not allowed. 
Trigger Pull—Not to be less than 31bs. 
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE CONTESTS. 
Ammunition—.22cal. short. 
Position—Standing, body free from all support. Prone, 
head toward target, muzzle of rifle free from any support. 
Use of strap allowed. 
Eligibility—Competitor to be in good standing in the 
undergraduate year of the institution represented, and 
who is maintaining the necessary hours of work and 
standard of scholarship required by the institution. He 
must not have received a degree from any other college 
or university. 
Judges—The judge appointed by the N. R. A. or his 
representative will act as executive officer at each con¬ 
test. He will see that all the conditions are lived up to, 
certify to the scores and take charge of the targets. 
Matches, when Shot—All matches are scheduled for 
Thursday, and can be shot either in the afternoon or 
evening, provided artificial light is used. Clubs may 
arrange with each other for a change of shooting day, 
but it must not be later than Friday. All scores must 
be telegraphed to the N. R. A., so that they will be re¬ 
ceived not later than Saturday morning; they can then 
be tabulated and the results given the press for Sunday’s 
papers. All telegrams should be prepaid and contain 
only the total scores. No matches are to be postponed 
beyond the week scheduled. A club not shooting will 
receive a zero for that week’s match. 
Entrance Fee—Each club will pay an entrance fee of 
$5 for the series. 
Prize—To the team making the highest percentage, 
trophy and medals to members of team; second highest 
team, medals. Arms and the Man will present a year’s 
subscription to the high man of each team. 
National Board for Promotion of 
Rifle Practice. 
Washington, D. C., Jan. 8 . —The success of the recent 
outdoor schoolboy rifle meeting in the District of Col¬ 
umbia has shown how easy it is to work up interest in 
this sport among the boys when concerted effort is put 
forth. Most of the credit is due to Lieut. Albert S. 
Jones, secretary of the National Rifle Association, who 
organized the tournament; but he found that the officers 
of the Army, Marine Corps and National Guard of the 
District of Columbia, as well as a number of patriotically 
inclined civilians, had only to be asked in order to con¬ 
tribute their time, efforts and money to encourage the 
schoolboy work. A brief sketch of how this tournament 
was arranged and carried to a successful conclusion, will 
be of interest to other cities. The first step was to 
secure the loan of the District of Columbia range and 
the co-operation of the National Guard officeds as in 
structors and range officers. This co-operation was most 
heartily given. The War Department was then ap¬ 
proached on the subject of arms and ammunition. Wash¬ 
ington is peculiarly situated, in that it has a well or¬ 
ganized and well drilled cadet corps, and under the law 
the War Department can furnish the corps with arms 
and ammunition. A sufficient number of rifles was bor¬ 
rowed from the War Department, and some 5,000 or 10,000 
rounds of ammunition secured. Gen. Elliott, Commander 
of the Marine Corps, placed at the disposal of the officers 
of the match the services of an entire company of 
marines to act as markets and scorers, the non-commis- 
. sioned officers present assistaing in instructing the boys 
and guarding against accident. 
In addition, several officers from the Army and Marine 
Corps volunteered their services. President Taft, who 
as Secretary of War, had more than once signalized his 
approval of rifle practice, sent Lieut. Jones a telegram, 
which read: “I approve the teaching under proper regu¬ 
lations of rifle shooting to our boys in advanced grades.” 
The co-operation of the Washington press was solicited 
and the local newspapers took a most active interest in 
the affair. The publicity thus gained was of great ad¬ 
vantage in arousing the interest of the schoolboys and of 
the citizens. The school board assisted in every possible 
way, and the athletic and military instructors took a 
prominent part in the preliminary work and in the tourna¬ 
ment itself. A canvas was made of a number of prominent 
citizens, each being asked for a small contribution, which 
resulted in a sum of money to defray the expenses. 
Several of the local newspapers donated cups and other 
cups and medals were given by, merchants, brokers and 
hotels. Secretary of War Dickinson, in addition to heart¬ 
ily approving the shoot, gave a medal, as did Assistant 
Secretary of War Oliver and General William Crozier, 
Chief of Ordnance. The Washington Chamber of Com¬ 
merce and the Du Pont Powder Company also gave 
prizes, and a local firm donated the program. Ten cents 
per card was charged, and the balance received over the 
expenses was turned over to the school board to further 
rifle practice in the schools. 
The liveliest interest was manifested by the boys. Al¬ 
though it was dark and cold, more than three hundred 
youngsters turned out to participate in the matches. 
Some forty or fifty officers were on hand. 
The shooting was all at 200yds., with the regulation 
military rifle and ammunition, some of it being offhand 
and some prone. The matches were: Interschool cham¬ 
pionship, high school cadet corps company champion¬ 
ship; interclub match; individual championship; high 
school cadet corps members (N. R. A.), and the N. R. A. 
medal matches. 
The distribution of the prizes, which took place at the 
Western High School, was made quite an event. Capt. 
James F. Oyster, president of the school board, presided. 
Secretary of War Dickinson presented the prizes and 
made a strong speech supporting the policy of educating 
the school boys to the intelligent use of the rifle. Mr. 
W. F. Gude, president of the Washington Chamber of 
Commerce, presented the trophy given by that organiza¬ 
tion, and other addresses were made by Gen. James A. 
Drain, president of the National Rifle Association; Chief 
Clerk J. C. Schofield, of the War Department, and others. 
As the result of the indoor tournaments which have been 
held here for the past two years under the auspices of 
the National Rifle and Revolver Club, and the recent 
outdoor shoot under the auspices of the National Rifle 
Association, great interest has been taken by the \\ ash- 
ington school boys in rifle practice. Each of the five 
high schools now has a well established rifle club and a 
range is being constructed at the Central High School. 
What has been done in Washington cannot be dupli¬ 
cated possibly in all large cities, but in a number of them 
