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Frj.day^ January 6« 1922,____
Vol« 2»
THE INTER-POST GALHaRY RIPIE COMPETITION:
How that the Christmas Week
activities are over, and the first part of the "split-season"
basketball and bowling leagues schedule is either finished or
drawing to a close r « the next thing for us to tackle is the
"Inter-Post Gallery Rifle Competition11* The Commanding Officer
has this week commissioned Capt* Goode to select the team that
is to represent Port Seward in this contest, and from now on
interest will be keen in learning which men will be chosen to
uphold the honor of the Post*
According to a Memorandum recently published., the general
details of the competition are as follows:
Teams: To consist of 12 men,, (officers or enlisted men),
with three substitutes* An officer or enlisted man
from any branch of service at each post is eligible
for selection on the team* Substitutes will be used
only to replace a man removed from the team or unable
to fire«
Range: All firing will be at 50 feet distance, gallery range
being used*
Positions: Feb, 3r firing will bo from prone position*
Feb* 10 firing from sitting position*
Feb* !7S firing from kneeling position*
Feb, 24v firing from standing position#
Humber of shots: 10 consecutive shots will be fired by each
contestant on each day of firings If contestant
makes a “possible" he will continue to fire until lie
mi s se s the bull * s e ye *
Time limit: There will be no time limit for shots*
will te slow fire«
All fir:
Valuable prizes have been offered to the winning tean and to
the individual high score s<« A no anted noose head, the gift of the
officers and nen at Anchoragef Alaska* w;Ul be given as a trophy to
the winning tean. The first individual high scorer v/131 receive a
sporting rifle, valued at $60*00,, as his prize , The second individual
prize will be a gold watch, valued at $30*00, The third individual
winner will receive a copy of "The American Rifle" by Whelen, The fourth
prize winner will receive the book, "Rifles and Rifle Shooting", by
Charles Askins.
Here is the chance that we have been waiting for* We1 ve been
boastin, and with good right, about our record on the target range last
summer, and now v/e have the opportunity to nske good our chains as the ^
best shots in Alaska, if not in the Army* 3o let’s go to it with a will
oil up the old gun, get the eagle~eye in shape again, and let the other
doughboys in the Territory see that Fort Seward'S reputation is no
accident* We know that v/e can do it,” and we will £«• "We want that
Counted noose head,-* we want sone one of cur men to be using that spout
ing rifle up along the Chi Heat next Spring, and sone one of our crowd
to be flashing that tine -piece Perhaps we’ 11 let one or the other of
those books go to sone other outfit,- but what"s the use? v/e night as
well nake a clean sweep of it* We511 get !en all* "All up for another
record34- "L Ei T S Gr05i •••»"*