A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the countryWingate, George Wood
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A report on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of the country
Wingate, George Wood
Rifle practice; Shooting -- Study and teaching
On June 1 and 2 the annual interscholastic competition for the Whitney
trophy was held. Instead of having each team shoot in its own school it
was decided to have them shoot together at the Seventy-first Regiment
Armory as neutral ground, under the supervision of Captain Corwin as
range officer. The following were the scores, the conditions being the
same as above stated:
Morris High School. Instructor E. M. Williams 359
Curtis High School. Instructor O. M. Curtis 356
High School of Commerce. Instructor Charles Jamison 355
De Witt Clinton. Instructor Emanuel Haug 354
Manual Training High School. Instructor Ernest G. Muller 350
Bryant High School. Instructor George W. Norton 349
Erasmus Hall High School. Instructor J. M. Tilden 348
Stuyvesant High School. Instructor M. F. Goodrich 348
Boys' High School. Instructor W. H. Andrews 340
The two best scores were not as high as were made in 1905, largely
owing to the strain of shooting in actual competition and among strange
surroundings. But the average was better and the scores were closer.
The Savage Arms Company presented a rifle to each of the six schools
whose team made the highest score in this match.
For the purpose of impressing upon the boys and the public that those
who could make a good score on the subtarget gun machine could shoot
accurately in the field, the league arranged for a match between teams
of five from all high schools and colleges, to be held at Creedmoor,
July 26, 1906, to be shot 100 yards standing; 400 yards lying, five
shots at each distance. It also arranged for two days' previous
practice by the teams and also by all other boys who had won its
marksman's badge, and paid the transportation and ammunition for the
participants. It provided Captain Corwin as instructor, who was
assisted by a number of volunteers from the National Guard. About 150
boys in all availed themselves of this opportunity. None of the boys
had ever previously fired a cartridge. Some of them were consequently a
little nervous, in addition to being embarrassed in shooting in the
presence of so many military men. After a few shots, however, they got
over their nervousness.
In the first practice the average score was about 60 out of 100. The
second score averaged 80.
Mr. J. A. Haskell, president of the Du Pont Powder Company, and a
member of the national board, induced that company to present for
annual competition in the match, a handsome bronze trophy.
Mr. Simon Uhlmann presented a bronze figure of a rifleman, as second
annual prize.
The following is the score of the competitors in this match; highest
possible score 250:
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