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r THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 4. 100f. National rifle matches Great Conteita Arranged Under Au spices of Promotion Board. ON LARGER SCALE THAN EVER Matches lonal Rifle Anwlitlm Will He II fM at the ftame Time at Camp retry, Oh la. WASHINGTON, D. C, April J.-Offlclsl announcement i! mdi of the program for th national rifle matches unitrr the us plee of the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice and those of the National Rifle Association of America, which will lie held on the Ohio atate range at Camp Perry. Ohio. In August. The preparations for these matches are of a more elaborate wale, than ever before and It I believed that the attendance will exceed that of ny previous match, lieu tenant Colonel n. K. Evans of the t'nlted States cavalry, who Is on duty with the general staff and who has been executive officer of the national matches for the last two years, has been detailed by the War dtpertment for this duty In connection with the cnmlnx national matches, and this year will also act aa executive officer for the National Rifle association matches. He will have an enlarged personal staff and approximately 100 regular officers of :he army will be assigned to duty In con nection with the match. About 1.000 en Haled men will be on duty at the range. Fifty Team te Eater. It Is eectfd that at least fifty teama representing the states and territories, the Infantrf, cavalry, navy and marine corps nd the Naval academy will be entered In he national match. Bach team Is entitled to tweive shooting members and three al '.ernaf?s, an aggregate of 900. They are ilo entitled to three offlcera and are us lally accompanied by more. In addition there will be a large attend nice of unattached members of the Na tional Guild and civilians who will par-Iclj-Htc n (he Individual matches, as well is teams from regiments, companies and rlf e nnd revolver clubs, drswn to the range by the lnaichrs above mentioned, and those of the Ohio State Rifle aasoclatlon and Dop.n mint of the Lakes Rifle association. and of the Ohio National Guard, which will imm d.utily precede the national team m.itch. Ccimroaa lias appropriated jtl&OOi) fir mi Klrr, the competitors In the national toj. , it... u, wl.lrh will be done til the niagt.l ni l in w concrete moss hall erected hy ih. itaii? ot Ohio, In which 1,0"0 men cin te fed at one slttlnjr. Cong, oss also has very materially in- teased the amount of money for prists In tho national team match, the national In dividual match and the national pistol match. The National Rifle aasoclatlon has adopted the policy of returning to the competitors tho entire amount of the en trance fees, less the actual expanses, either In the form of medals or cash prises. Ohio Prise Pine. The Ohio 8tute Rifle- association will have a pilse list far In excess of previous years rnd there will be new matches of the Department ot the Lakes Rlflo association, which will be shot for the first time. Tha iroount of prise money will thus b In creased by from W.O0O to 10,000, and the whole program U tha moat attractive eve oft red for military rifle shooting In this rountry. The state of Ohio has gener M.sly placed at the disposal of the various rg;inlratlcn the magnificently equipped ind extensive range, with more than 300 larucu,'" without further- coat than the noif jTury c:pensc of operation. It will alio. IiM-nisii '.inlaao and camp equipment to crnKiettt-rs. A ml ilrla'nj change has been made in t!in nroiiim for the national teamJ ina.ch. Heretofore, the teama have been entored an one class, with six prises of fered, of ,. 1200, $1W, two. 7 and . This year the toams lll be divided Into time classes, to be known as A, B and C, respectively. This classification will be made out the standing of the teams In the last national match, the first fifteen teams constituting Class A. the next fifteen Claaa B, and the remainder Class C. States and territories entitled to representation, but ot so represented In 190. will be added to Clas C. There will be four cash prises In each class, as follows: Class A, first, the national trophy (given by the oongrpss of the I'ulted States). 0 in cash; second, $360: third, 1300, and fourth. PM. Class B, first, the Henry A. Hilton trophy and gtt0: second, la; third. 3, and fourth. 1200. Class C. first, ths "Bronae Soldier of Mara thon," presented by the commander-in-chief In beiialf of tho state of New York, and $90; second. I2U0; third. I1T5, and fourth, $150. Every member of a prise winning team will receive a bronse medal, the de sign for the three classes being different. Total of Prises larger. The total prise money In the national match Is thus increased from S7i to IS. SOD and the number of prise winning teams Is Increased from six to twelve. U will be ' noticed that the first prise for Class B Is equal to the second pr'ee In Clsss A. andl Tha target wilt fee the first prise In Class C Is more than I under tfie direction the second prise In Class B. the second ! eherg. according prtae In' Claaa B heln equal to tho fourta prlte In Class A. and the second prise in risss C being the ssme a th fourth prise In C!as B. It might be expected tliat occa on would arise when a team In Class A might try a little Jockeying In order to land a better prise In Clsss B thsn It could In Class A or In Class C thsn it could in Class B. This hss been provided for by the adop tion of a rule that no team shall be eligi ble to win a prise In a class lower than the one In which It shsll have been rated for the year. Thus a team classified In C can win any prise In the match; those In class B are eligible to the prizes In classes A aifd B, while those teams which stood among the first fifteen at Camp Perry laat year can shoot only for the prises In class A. Teams In clssses B and C making a total soore sufficient to win any prise In a higher class must take the place and prise In the higher class to which such total score en titles them. One Prise Per Team. No team shsll be eligible to win more than one prise In the same national match. Hereafter eaoh tear the teama competing In the national match will be reclassified upon the basis of their standing In the national match Immediately preceding. Any team which drove out a year or two will, on again entering the competition, be given a aerial number according to Its standing In the last national match In which it shot. Aa a further preventive ef osRl Jockeying, the order of fire has been ma terially changed. Laat year the MO-ya'rd rapfcl fire Immediately , followed the 200 yard slow-fire, and the skirmish run csme In between the MO-yard stage and the l.OnO-yard stage, with which the match ended. This year the order of fire will be as follows: Two hundred yards, slow fire; SO) ysrds, slow fire; W yards, alow fire; 1,000 yards, slow fire; 200 yards, rapid fire; a skirmish run. Owing to the possi bilities In rapid fire and at skirmish the Interest will thus be maintained until the last shot .In the match Is fired, for many a team will change Its standing In the final stsge of the match and every team will go Into the sklrmlah run with the possibility of winning any one of the twelve prises, for of the highest possible total score of 4,300 points, 1,300 of them can be made In the skirmish run. Change la Rales. In accordance with the action of con gress in limiting entrance to the national matches to members of the National guard and of the regular service, the national board has changed the rules of the na tional Individual and the national pistol matches by eliminating therefrom members of the National Rifle aasoclatlon and af filiated clubs. The order of fire In the national Indi vidual match will be the same aa laat year. Ih this match the skirmish run and rapid fire are shot first. In the hope of eliminating from the match after these! go with the trophy, which will be held for stages auch competitors as are evidently out ot It. Heretofore the prises have been thtrty-six medals, being twelve each of gold, allver and bronae. with fold medal and K0 each for the highest aggregate score in slow-fire, rapid-fire and skirmish. The twelve gold medals were accompanied by cash Wises ranging In value from MO down to St. . This year there will be twelve additional cash prises of IS eaoh to accom pany tha bronae medals. Coa teats with Pistols. r In the national" 5lstoif'tT)8teh 'the prises heretofore have been tour gold medals, foot silver medals and four bronse medals, with special ' gold medals for slow-fire, time fire and repld-flr. all being accompanied by cash. This year there will be elgkt ad ditional bronae medals to be accompanied by 15 each la cash.. The aa-gregrate amount of money to be distributed In the national team match, the national Individual match and national pistol match Is 14,110. There are no entrance feea to any of the national matches. , The National Rtfle association matches this year win include several new and very Interesting matoties, the first of these to be known aa the Brans Service Skirmish match, taking Its name from Lieutenant Cblonel R. K. EJvana, U. B. A., wfto will provide silver trophy, The conditions are absolutely unique, being different from these of any other rifle match In the United Btates. It will be open to teams composed of member of companies, battalion, regi ment, brigade or divisions or authorised organisations of the National Quard, army, navy and Marine corps, provided that team will not contain any member who la not a member of the organization er of the Na tional Guard of the state from whloh the team la entered. The team will consist of one vaptatn and two squad of one cor poral and seven privates each. The offlcera and member of the team may be of any rank or grade. Kaioellsis atlmeaette. The target will be the kneeling silhouette figure mounted on a B target and siateen targets will be assigned each team. The teama will be shot In pair. Each man will be given forty round of ammunition and the start will be made from a point more than l.tuo yard from the line of target. xpcieed and withdrawn of the rang efficer in to a plan previously drafted, the detalla of each will net be communicated to the marksmen. Ttiua they will not know when target is coming up or how long It will remain In sight. While the targets are down the team will an vance by command of their captain, but under the general supervision ot the range officer ss to speed and alllgnment. At each halt before reaching 636 yards from the target the team captains will announce the distance, by giving a superior and Inferior limit, followed by the proper commands of firing Indicating; th rsnges to be used. The manner of determining the winner Is folknws: For every hit on th target made by a team the opposing team will at once lose a msn snd his remaining ammu nition. A target once hit will be Immediately withdrawn and will not apear again. The number of shots to be fired at each halt will be determined by the captain of the team and tor every wrong command given by a captain one man In his team wilt be dropped out. Corporals Will Not Fire. The corporals will not fire or be dropped out u ltll the battle stght is ordered at 530 yatds, when they will begin shooting. At the. longer range they will devote their entire attention to superintending the fire of their squad. Any man lost by the team will remain at the place where dropped out until the run Is completed. The run will be continued until (a) one team h lost all of Its mm; or (b both teams have exhausted all their ammunition. In ess (a) the team hot havlr.g lost all Its men win.' In case (b) tho team losing th east men wins. Th match will be de cided by the continued competition of the winners of each run. In addition to the liver trophy, properly Irscribsd. the win' r.lng team will receive all of the net en trance fee, ef $l per man. Including th captains. It Is not Improbable that this will amount to MW or $600. The trophy will become the property of the team win nltg the match three time. At other new match of great Interest will be known as the marine corps match. For the last few years the marine corps hss evinced a great Interest In rifle shooting bnd lsst yesr Its teams made remarkable records both at Camp Perry and Bee OIrt, so much so that the officer of th marine corps subscribed $l,B0O. Slsaoltaaeoa Matches. The National Rifle association, having re cently established an annual membership, the match for the annual member will be shot at the same time a th match for th Ufa members. 3otd for a trophy to be known a th Marin Corp trophy. which will be shot for In August for the first time. The distance and number of shot will be two sighting shot and twenty shots for record at too and 1,000 yard. It will be open to everybody with any mill tary rifle, any military sight, using any ammunition and (hooting In any position. Ten per cent of th pet entrance fees will one year. The second, third nd rourtn men will receive 10 per cent and 80 per cent of the total net entrance fee, will be di vided Into 110 prise. The entrance fee I 2 per man, and. as It Is expected there will b at least too entries, there will be something like forty or fifty prizes. In the championship revolver team match, for team ot five, a change ha been made, limiting It to any unit ot the army. navy, organised mllltla and naval militia, armed with the pistol, whose strength Is not larger than a battalion of Infantry or a squadron of cavalry, with the exception that a regiment of infantry may enter a team from the commissioned and noncom missioned staff officer. Mar Have More) Thaw . An organisation may be represented by more than on team, but no man will be permitted to shoot on more than one team. The trophy will be the "stiver target," presented by Robert 8. Hale of Boston, to be held for one year, together with a medal to each member of the teem and 10 per cent of the net entrance fees. The other prises are SO per cent, 20 per cent and IS per cent. A new rtfle match la that to be known aa the individual rapid fire match, whloh will be open to everybody. The entrance fee Is 13 and the prise as follow: 10 per cent, U per cent and 10 per cent; while 85 per cent will be divided squally among th next competitor,' giving to each one a rum equal to 20 per cent less than th third prise, until the amount available la exhausted. Medal will be given In eaoh class, to gether with five prise. In th annual members' match 2S per cent of the entrance fee will be divided Into IS prise, which will be In addition to th five percentage prise Th Interelab Match. Th Interclub match has been changed so a to restrict it to team ot flv from civilian rifle club and military companies provided that no member of th team I a member or alternate of any team compet ing In the national team match. Great Interest among the Individual shooters will be attracted by the Leech eup, Wimbledon cup and the president' matchea a wall a th military champion ship match. Laat year th prises In the A wise selection of a piano costs nothing. 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There were 900 entries In this match and toaeed upon this number aa that Of th Mttmated Dumber of entries for the nejtt match, there will be or more to be distributed In prt this year, against J115 last year; The winner this year will get the cup and a gold badge and 10 per cent of the entrance fees, estimated at (60. The second man will receive 15 per cent, estimated at $90; tho third man, 10 per cent, or $00; the fourth, 10 per cent; the fifth, per cent, and sixth, 5 per cent, while 40 per cent will be divided Into $10 prise. v la Leeck Mtek. It I estimated thr will be at leant thirty prise In th Leech match this year. The foregoing Is true of the Wimbledon cup match, where the entrance fees are the same and the number of competitors usually th same as In the Iech match. Th money wtll be divided on the same bail aa In the Leeoh match. It Is ex pected ther will be about twenty-five or thirty prise. There will probably be 200 entriea In the Individual long-range Tyro match, where the entrance fee Is $3. There will be gold, silver and bronse medals, and the six highest men will receive 10 per cent each. Th remaining (0 per ctnt will be divided Into $10 prises, of which It Is ex pected there will be a large number. Laat year SIT msn entered the president's match, in which the entrance fee will be this year as follows: To annual and life members of the National Hi fie association, $3; all others $5, post-entry $2 additional. At the end of the skirmish rjn all entries are eliminated except the first fifty, but any competitor not In the first fifty cm .continue upon the payment of an attlonul entrance fee of $3, which was paid by a large number last year. It Is estimated the prise money In this match wtll be from $1,000 to Jl.BuO. In addition to gold, silver and bronse medals, the first five competi tors will "receive 10 per cent each ; the next five, 6 per cent each, the next ten will re ceive 3H per cent each and 25 per cent will be divided Into $10 prizes. Ft Mr for Presides t'a. It Is possible thst there may be as many as fifty prizes In the president's match. In order to encourage the taking out ot membership In the National Rifle associa tion the entrance fees In a number of matches has been reduced to annual and life member. In th revolver team match the entrance fee will be $7.50 to organisa tions affiliated and $10 to other. In the chomplonshtp company team match the fee will be $5 for organisations affiliated and $10 for others. In the championship regi mentsl team match the fee for affiliated organizations will be $10 and for all others it will be (20. In the Leech cup, Wimble don cup. individual long-range tyro, marine corps and military championship matches the entrance fee will be the same for all, but the entrance fee for the president's mstch will be $3 for annual and life mem bers of the National iRIfle association, whIe others will have to pay $5. The annual meeting of the National Rifle association for the election of twelve direc tors and other business will be held at Camp Perry Friday evening, August 27. A Flaaaelat Problem. Lltile Nellie was out riding one day with her grandmother In th country. As they passed a village cemetery she looked up at the old lady and asked: "Grandma, how lung is It sftr they plant people before their tombstones come up?" RUDE MOB AT WEDDING Press Can and Carton People la Tad Privacy ef Home aad Cbsrch. New York has aohleved unenviable dis tinction for the spectable It presents when ever a member of a rich family weds at home or In a local church. 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