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American Rifle Team for the Olympic Games 
Washington. D. C., May 16.—The National Rifle As¬ 
sociation. through its executive committee, at a meeting 
held here to-day, decided finally on the sending of a 
team of riflemen to take part in the Olympic games 
which will be held in England in July. 1 his decision 
was arrived at after letters were read pledging the 
greater part of the funds necessary to send the team. 
The committee appeals to the patriotism of those citizens 
able to subscribe to make up the balance and ask that 
such subscriptions be forwarded to Lieut. Albert S. 
Jones, Secretary National Rifle Association of America] 
liibbs Building, Washington, 1). C. 
The kind of ammunition the team is to use is to be 
determined by exhaustive tests to be carried on by a 
committee consisting of Gen. James A. Drain, Presi¬ 
dent of the National Rifle Association of America; Gen. 
Win. P. Hall, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, and Gen. 
Lawrason Riggs, commanding Maryland National Guard. 
This test will begin on June 1. 
It was further decided that the try-outs of the competi¬ 
tors' for place on the American team would be held at 
Camp Perry, Ohio, June 10, 11, 12 and 13, under the 
supervision of the executive committee of the National 
Rifle Association. The team to be selected by this com¬ 
mittee on the evening of the 13th. The members of the 
team selected will then be allowed to go to their re¬ 
spective homes to arrange for the trip, and will meet at 
some range in the east for a few days’ preliminary 
practice before sailing on the St. Louis, of the American 
line, from New York, on June 20. This will land them 
in lingland in time to get in nine days’ practice on the 
Hisley range. Altogether the team will not have more 
than twelve or thirteen days’ practice as a team before 
the match. 
This will be the first inter-national match in which the 
new army rifle has been. used and the results w ill be 
watched with interest by the experts of both the Army 
and National Guard. 
The new sharp-pointed bullet will probably be used 
by all the nations competing, but that of the United 
States will be lighter in weight. The powder is an ele¬ 
ment giving our riflemen great concern, as it is still in 
the experimental stage and showing many vagaries in 
practical tests. American riflemen have overcome many 
obstacles before and can be relied on to do so again. 
The team will be captained by Gen. James A. Drain, 
and will be composed of eight shooting members. The 
match will be held at the famous Bisley rifle range in 
England, which is located about thirty miles from Lon¬ 
don. Each man will fire 15 shots at 200, 500, 600, 800, 900 
and 1,000 yards. Members of the winning team will 
each receive one of the Olympic medals, and the nation 
represented by the winning team will receive a certain 
number of points toward the grand prize. As the Ameri¬ 
can shooters have proved themselves world’s champions 
more than once, it is likely that the sending of this team 
will enhance the chances of the United States to again 
win the Olympic grand prize. The three branches of 
Uncle Sam’s service; the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, 
as well as the National Guard, will make strenuous 
efforts to have representatives on the team and will send 
their best experts to the trials. It is also probable that 
several members of last year's victorious Naval Academy 
team will also compete. 
J. B. Crabtree, Secretary of the U. S. Revolver Asso¬ 
ciation, Springfield, Mass., has issued a call for sub¬ 
scriptions to send a revolver team to the Olympic games. 
He estimates that the expense will be $250 per man. The 
rules permit the entry of twelve individuals from which 
four must be selected as the team representing the 
country from which they come. Points will count the 
same as in the rifle contest, and should America send 
a revolver team, there is little doubt it would be vic¬ 
torious. 
Some concern has been felt over the decision of Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy, Metcalf, that riflemen with the 
fleet on the Pacific Coast should not be sent East to 
compete for places on the naval team, which will shoot 
in the National matches at Camp Perry in August. Last 
year the naval team carried off the prize, and it was 
felt that it would be weakened beyond hope by the 
absence of those members now with the fleet on its 
world-tour Competitors who have been counting on this 
weakness will find themselves mistaken. Not only are 
a number of the members of this team still in the East 
and available for practice, but a number of the naval 
academy team of last year will graduate and be in line 
for the naval team. Altogether about thirty candidates 
will be assembled at Annapolis, where the preliminaries 
will take place. Snd there is no doubt that the navy 
will be represented by a team that will take a high 
place in the National match. It will be remembered 
that last year the naval team won the National trophy 
and a midshipman the individual rifle and also the 
National pistol matches, while another middie captured 
the President’s match. 
Extensive improvements are being made on the Camp 
Perry range, and the National matches will be better 
cared for this year than ever before. The Ohio Legis¬ 
lature authorized the purchase of 63 acres of additional 
land which permits the building of 1,000-yard butts, so 
that there will be a common firing line for all targets. 
The contract for the building of the parapet and the 
placing of the targets has been let, the work to be com¬ 
pleted by Aug. 1. Contracts have also been let for the 
construction of a mess ball 76 by 172 feet, to be built of 
concrete and to accommodate 1.000 men. The upper 
floor, which will be without posts, will be used for 
meetings. Additional water will be supplied by the build¬ 
ing of a water tower where the water will be filtered and 
troni which it will be distributed to all parts of the camp. 
In addition there will be new concrete walks and im¬ 
proved roads, the whole of which improvements will 
make Camp Perry rank with the best ranges in the 
country. 
For other Rifle Notes see pages 842 and 845. 
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