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Hillside Rod and Gun Club. 
Flushing, N. Y., Dec. 11.—Kindly publish in your 
news columns that the practice shoot on Saturday after¬ 
noon was attended by a score of members. Following 
are the scores: 
Shot at. Broke. Per C’t. 
Funke . 100 68 68 
Gerke . 149 86 58 
Foster . 75 61 81 
Campbell . 75 47 62 
Peck . 70 57 80 
Long . 85 81 95 
Vanse . 122 94 77 
Both Amateur Averages 
At Targets and Pigeons 
At the Missouri and Kansas League Tournaments, Kansas City, No¬ 
vember 9-10, were won with 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Bergen Beach, L. T.. Dec. 11.— Scores made at the 
club shoot to-day are appended. Each event was at 
25 targets: 
Morgan . 20 19 18 22 21 19 .. 
Voorhees . 17 17 13 15 14 17 .. 
Skidmore . 14 15 15 14 18 13 .. 
Bergen . 21 19 20 21 . 
Dreyer . 20 16 19 14 21 21 17 
Howard . 13 21 19 24 IS 20 
Tames . 15 16 15 16 IS 20 
Shevlin . 13 14. 
Metz . 20 IS 21 22 
Griffith . 12 22 12 
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Washtncton, D. C.—Tn the annual report of the 
Adjutant-General of the Army, General F. C. Ainsworth 
devotes some space to small arms firing. He states that 
continued improvement is shown in rifle firing by the 
increase in the number of qualifications in the higher 
grades of marksmanshio. He cites the practice season 
of 1908, during which 2.379 expert riflemen, 7,807 sharp¬ 
shooters and 4,204 marksmen qualified, as against 1,981 
expert riflemen. 5,555 sharpshooters and 4.128 marksmen 
in 1907. This means a great deal to the Armv. as under 
the regulations as amended Feb. 3, 1909, enlisted men 
qualifying as expert riflemen, sharpshooters and marks¬ 
men are entitled to additional pav of $5. $3 and $2 a 
month, respectively “from* date of qualification to the 
end of the enlistment in which they qualify, provided 
that during that time they do not attain a higher classi¬ 
fication and that thev continue to be members of an 
organization armed with the rifle or are transferred for 
the convenience of the Government to some organiza¬ 
tion not so armed.” 
From the above it is seen that the Government is 
giving substantial recognition to marksmen in the Reg¬ 
ular Army. The Regular Army at present consists of 
about 77,000 men, many of whom, of course, are not 
armed with the rifle and therefore cannot draw the in¬ 
creased pav. There are 14,390 men in the table quoted 
who are drawing increased pay as the result of pro¬ 
ficiency with the rifle. The total amount received by 
them in the course of a year is $524,688, or $43,724 per 
month. Of this. $11,895 goes to the 2.379 experts: $23,421 
is paid to the 7,808 sharpshooters, while the 4,204 marks¬ 
men receive $8,408 per month, all in addition to the regu¬ 
lar monthly pay. Taking the Army at 77.000_ men, more 
than 20 per cent, of the enlisted strength is receiving 
additional compensation for excellence in marksmanship. 
During 1909 the troops in the Department of the East 
and the Department of the Gulf joined in what was 
known as the Atlantic competitions, which were held at 
Fort Niagara, New York; those in the Departments of 
the Dakota, Lakes, and Missouri, participated in the 
northern competitions at Fort Sheridan, Illinois: on the 
Pacific Coast the Departments of California and Colum¬ 
bia held their competitions at Monterey, Cal., and the 
Departments of Colorado and of Texas combined in the 
southwestern competitions held _ at Leon Springs, Tex. 
After the Department competitions, the Army com¬ 
petitions were held at Fort Sheridan, as the result of 
which the Army rifle team for the national trophy 
match was selected. This team was defeated _ by the 
U. S. Navy team by 49 points, the Navy making 3801 
and the Army infantry team 3752. 
In the division competitons medals were awarded to a 
considerable number of competitors, including 113 en¬ 
listed men and 28 commissioned officers for proficiency 
with the rifle, and 58 enlisted men and 38 commissioned 
officers for proficiency with the pistol. Altogether, the 
number of competitors in the Army competitions were 
as follows: Rifle, 585 enlisted men, 84 commissioned 
officers and 23 distinguished marksmen. Pistol.. 283 
enlisted men, 73 commissioned officers and 22 distin¬ 
guished pistol shots. 
The small arms firing regulations have been revised 
and published as “The Provisional Small Arms Firing 
Manual.” This manual is to take effect Jan. 1, 1910, 
and is to supersede the present small arms firing regu¬ 
lations. 
Tn his annual report. Col. Plugh L. Scott, TJ. S. A., 
superintendent of the U. S. Military. Academv at West 
Point, takes exceptions to the criticisms which have 
been made because the Academy has not sent a team of 
cadets to the rifle matches, while the U. S. Naval 
Academy has been in evidence constantlv. Col. Scott 
says that in 1905 the experiment of training a team of 
cadets for the national matches was made. That year the 
individual figure of merit of the entire class, including 
its learn of experts, was only 72.56. The instruction of 
the men on the team was reduced to a minimum, so 
that the maximum amount of instruction might be given 
to the team. Consequently, he says, the cadets needing 
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