Four bronze medals and cash prizes, $40. (A One gold medal and a cash prize of $15 to the One gold medal and a cash prize of $15 to the competitor making the highest aggregate score in rapid fire. There must be at least 36 entries for this event. The following resolutions were adopted by the board: 1. Resolved, That in the opinion of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, rifle practice will be greatly promoted by the formation in each State of State rifle associations to be affiliated with the National Rifle Association; and that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the adjutants general of the States and Territories and of the District of Columbia, with the request that they take steps for the organization of such associations. 2. Resolved, That in the opinion of this board the executive officer of the national match should always be an officer of the regular establishment. 3. Resolved, That the National Rifle Association be requested to prepare suitable by-laws for affiliated clubs, and when the by-laws have been approved and the clubs become affiliated, the results of the practice should be collected by the National Rifle Association and forwarded to The Military Secretary of the Army annually. 4. Resolved, That rifles of private makers, conforming in all respects to the following: A. The piece must be capable of using the standard B. It must be the same length and weight; C. It must be fitted with a sight similar in design to one of the standard military sights as adopted by the War Department; when viewed and stamped by the National Rifle Association, shall be permitted to be used by clubs duly affiliated with the National Rifle Association for qualification as national marksmen, and in matches where the rules permit any military rifle. RULES AND REGULATIONS.* The following regulations have been agreed upon by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, appointed by the Secretary of War under authority of an act of Congress for the national match and other team competitions, individual matches, etc., and will, by direction of the Secretary of War, govern accordingly: 1. OFFICERS OF THE COMPETITIONS.-The executive officer will have control of the range for the conduct of the matches, and his decision shall be final. 2. The post adjutant, post quartermaster, and range officers will report to the executive officer, at his headquarters, each morning of the meeting at 8 o'clock, when the range officers will be assigned to their several stations and given their badge of office. A range officer desiring to be relieved from his post of duty will report to the executive officer, so that a substitute may be detailed. The post adjutant and post quartermaster, or their deputies, will be on duty continuously at headquarters. 3. The range officers will supervise the marking and scoring; they will see that the competitors do not evade any of the regulations; they will test the trigger pull of and examine at any time the rifles used by competitors and inspect the ammunition before the beginning of all matches, and will certify on the score cards to the scores made, after verifying same with the blackboard. 4. In individual matches the range officer will certify to the date, hour, and style of arm on the entry tickets of competitors about to begin their score, and when the score is finished he will certify to the same on both original ticket and coupon; the latter he will tear off and deposit in scorer's box, returning the original to the competitor. 5. In team matches the range officer will, at the completion of the score at each range, verify the scores on the score card with the blackboard, and see that they agree; when the match is finished he will add up the totals, certify to the correctness of same and return the card or cards to the statistical office. 6. The statistical officers will assign the competitors to targets and to order of firing, their determinations being generally made by lot. They will verify the additions of the scores as reported by the scorekeepers, grade them in order of excellence, and prepare the results for official announcement. 7. During the shooting of all team competitions, a range officer shall be detailed to the pit at each distance who *The rules agreed upon by the national board have been adopted by the National Rifle Association of America and affiliated clubs. shall remain in the pit until the firing at that distance is finished. One representative from each team shall be selected by the team captain at each distance (before the drawing of the targets at that distance) who shall receive from the executive officer a card directing him to remain in the target pit during the firing at the distance about to be begun. The representatives from the various teams in the target pit will call to the attention of the range officer in the pit any irregularity of marking or other matter deemed by them necessary, and the decision of the range officer on the spot as to the matter complained of will be final and binding. 8. During the progress of a match or competition, no one except the officers on duty at the range, the competitors and scorekeepers, will be permitted within the ropes without special permission of the officer in charge. 9. The squads of competitors will be stationed five yards in rear of firing point, where each competitor must remain until called by the scorekeeper or range officer to take his position at the firing point and until he has completed his score. 10. All expression on the part of the competitor of approbation or disappointment, with reference to any scores made by himself or others, must not be uttered loud enough to be heard at the firing point. 11. PROTESTS.-Protests and objections must not be directly submitted to the officer in charge, but to one of the range officers. In case a competitor considers the decision of the latter unwarranted by the facts as presented, he may appeal to the executive officer. Final appeals from decisions of the executive officer must be made in writing and forwarded through that officer to the executive committee of the National Rifle Association or the association under whose auspices the meeting is being held. In national contests an appeal may be taken from the executive committee of the National Rifle Association to the national board authorized by act of Congress, etc., whose decision shall be final. 12. SCORING AND MARKING.-Hits in the different divisions of the targets and ricochets will be signaled and recorded as prescribed in the Small Arms Firing Regulations. Ricochets count as hits. 13. The exact location of all bullet holes will be marked by a spotter, which will be shown on the target. 14. All shots fired by the competitor after he has taken his place at the firing point, and it is his turn to fire-the target being ready-will be considered in his score, even if his piece is not directed toward the target, or is accidentally discharged. 15. Shots fired upon the wrong target will be entered upon the score of the man firing as a miss. 16. In slow fire, if two shots strike a target at the same, or nearly the same time, both will be signaled, and if a shot was just fired from the firing point assigned to that target, the hit having the higher of the two values signaled will be entered in the competitor's score, and no record made of the other hit. 17. The scorekeepers will be seated close to and in the rear of the firing-point stakes, and will, as each shot is signaled, announce in an audible tone the name of the competitor, the value of the shot, and number on score card, marking same on the blackboard and competitor's card. At the conclusion of the score of each competitor the scorekeeper will repeat his name and total score, and request the range officer on duty at that target to verify the blackboard and score card (no scores will be allowed unless recorded on a blackboard by the scorer as shot). 18. Competitors must pay attention to the score as announced and recorded, so that any error may be promptly investigated. The recorded value of any shot will not be changed after the following shot has been fired, unless some special message with reference to it is received from one of the range officers in the target pit. 19. Any alteration of a scoring card must be witnessed by the officer in charge of the firing point and indorsed with his initials. 20. At all the meetings where a number of men engage in the same matches or competitive firing, the labor of the statistical officers will be greatly lightened, and the prompt announcement of the score facilitated by giving to each competitor a number by which he is known throughout the firing, if practicable. 21. In individual matches, each competitor should be given a score card stating his target and order of firing. and containing a blank space for the record of shots fired, and for the signatures of the scorer and a range officer. These score cards should be printed on cardboard, using different colors for different ranges if practicable; but for all kinds of firing employing the same color for the same distance, as, for instance: All score cards for 200 yards, yellow; for 300 yards, red; for 500 yards, blue; for 600 yards, white, etc. This rule will prevent such a mistake as a competitor shooting on a 300-yard score card, with its particular assignment of target, at 200 yards, as the scorekeeper quickly becomes familiar with the color corresponding to each distance. As scores are completed, a range officer detailed for that purpose should, without waiting for all the firing to cease, collect the records of the scores and transmit them to the statistical officers, who will enter them into the permanent record and their totals upon the bulletin sheets prepared for that purpose. 22. In skirmish fire, after the run is completed and the signal "Cease firing" has been sounded and repeated twice, the markers will examine the targets, the range officer will record the total hits on each, and the results will be communicated by means of prepared score cards to the statistical officers. In this fire the precautions with regard to the use of a red pencil in marking shot holes will be observed. 23. ARMS.-Team matches.-In all military matches the following arms only will be used, unless otherwise provided for in special conditions: The United States Army magazine rifle and carbine, .30 caliber. 24. Individual matches (not exclusively military).-The rifles and carbines allowed in competitions are as follows: (a) Any military rifle. (b) Any rifle. They must comply with the following conditions: Any military: Any military rifle that has been viewed and stamped by the National Rifle Association in accordance with the resolution heretofore adopted for this purpose by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. (See page 5, of this order.) Any rifle: No restriction as to weight, caliber, sights, or trigger pull, except that rifles with less than 2 pounds trigger pull must be provided with safety lock. 25. SIGHTS (MILITARY RIFLES).-The aiming notch, or the aperture of the slide, may be slightly widened or opened to accommodate individual peculiarities of eyesight, but no other alteration or filing of the regular service sights, or the use of spirit levels, will be permitted. The front or rear sights may, however, be blackened according to the judgment of the competitor. The use of permanently affixed micrometers, orthoptic eyepieces, telescope sights, spirit levels, temporary shades, or any other device will not be allowed, unless specially provided for in the conditions of the match. Competitors in team or individual matches may use field glasses or small telescopes, such as might reasonably be carried in the field as a part of a soldier's equipment. 26. TRIGGER PULL.-The trigger pull must always be at least 3 pounds, and will be tested (holding the barrel vertically) by a range officer, before firing, each day and at each range. 27. Competitors will submit their arms for further inspection whenever required. 28. AMMUNITION.-Unless the use of other ammunition is distinctly authorized, the ammunition used will be the |