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HEAT AND LIGHT: Furnished family of officer on temporary duty.

An officer whose regular station was Texas City, Texas. was assigned to temporary duty at Vera Cruz, Mexico, during the months of July, August, September, and October, 1914. His family continued to occupy his quarters at Texas City.

Held, that the officer was entitled to have his heat and light allowance furnished to his family at his regular station provided he did not avail himself of such allowance else. where.

(Comp. Geo. E. Downey, Jan. 5, 1915.)

NOTE. The note published on page 6 of Bulletin No. 50, W. D., 1914, should have been inserted on page 11, following the Digest of Comptroller's Decision of October 10, 1914.

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BULLETIN

No. 10.

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, March 20, 1915.

1. The proceedings of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, convened in this city January 14-15, 1915, having received the approval of the Secretary of War, the following excerpt thereof relating to rules and regulations for the national matches and other competitions is published for the information of all concerned. All regulations previously issued are hereby revoked, and such points as are not covered by these rules will be covered by the provisions of the Small Arms Firing Manual, 1913.

NATIONAL MATCHES.

2. For the year 1915 the national matches will be held at Jacksonville, Fla., commencing Monday, October 18, 1915, beginning with the national individual match, preceded by two days' preliminary team practice and followed by the national team match and the national pistol match.

3. Friday, October 15, and Saturday, October 16, are designated as the dates for the preliminary team practice hereinbefore mentioned, which will be optional with team captains.

4. During the two days' preliminary team practice, the amount and kind for each team shall be determined by the respective team captains; the time for firing and the ranges, targets, etc., for this practice to be allotted each team by the executive officer, who will meet requests as far as practicable.

5. Practice is not prohibited prior to the matches of the National Rifle Association and the two days' preliminary practice.

NATIONAL TEAM MATCH.

6. Open to teams of 12 men from the following

(a) The Army of the United States, two-one Cavalry and one Infantry.

(b) The United States Navy, one.

The United States Marine Corps, one.

(d) The United States Military Academy, one.
The United States Naval Academy, one.

The Organized Militia and the Naval Militia of the
several States and Territories, including the District
of Columbia, one team from each State, Territory,
and the District of Columbia. For the purpose
of this match the term Organized Militia is held to
include the several arms, corps, and departments
which constitute it.

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(g) Universities, colleges, and military schools and colleges, one from each.

The teams herein authorized will consist of officers, cadets, midshipmen, or enlisted men of the corps or organization which they represent, and will appear in the service or authorized uniform.

7. Kinds of fire: Slow and rapid.

8. Distances:

Slow fire-300, 600, and 1,000 yards.
Rapid fire 200 and 300 yards.

9. Number of shots:

Rapid fire-10 shots at each range.

Slow fire-15 shots for record at each range. No sighting shots.

10. Positions:

(a) For slow fire, prone with head toward target at 300, 600, and 1,000 yards. Prone with sandbag rest at 600 yards.

(b) For rapid fire, kneeling from standing at 200 yards;
prone from standing at 300 yards.

11. Arm: United States service rifle (United States rifle, model
1903). The trigger pull must always be at least 3
pounds. The rifle will be used as issued for the national
matches by the Ordnance Department without alteration
or modification of any kind or character whatsoever except
that the ordnance officers of the national matches are
authorized to replace any parts of the rifle of a competitor
which may have become worn out or ineffective. A viola-
tion of this rule in any respect shall disqualify a team or a
competitor. Each teain captain will certify upon his
honor that the rifles used by his team are as issued by the
Ordnance Department, as provided in this paragraph.
For the purpose of securing rifles which shall be uniform
in character, the Ordnance Department shall be authorized
to select star-gauged and targeted rifles of as high grade
as can be produced, for issue to the proper authorities for
the use of teams and individuals competing in the national

matches.

Members of universities, colleges, and military schools and
colleges who are not equipped with the United States
service rifle (model 1903) will be permitted to use the
United States magazine rifle (model 1898) in the national
team and individual matches.

12. Ammunition: The Ordnance Department shall manufac-
ture and issue ammunition for use in preliminary practice
and in the national matches; all such ammunition to be as
nearly as practicable of the same date of manufacture and
of the same quality.
Each of the teams to compete will receive approximately
15,000 rounds for preliminary practice at home stations
and 3,600 rounds for preliminary practice and the matches.

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The proper officer authorized to do so can immediately draw approximately 15,000 rounds for preliminary practice; the balance, 3,600 rounds, being a sufficient amount for preliminary practice and the national matches, will be sent by the Ordnance Department, just prior to the date of the matches, to the points where the national competitions are to be held, and there 1,200 rounds for preliminary practice will be issued by the ordnance officer to the team captains on requisition and the quantity necessary to shoot the matches will be issued under such regulations as will insure the use of this ammunition and no other in the matches.

13. Distances and order of fire:

(1) 200 yards, rapid fire.
(2) 300 yards, rapid fire.
(3) 300 yards, slow fire.
(4) 600 yards, slow fire.
(5) 1,000 yards, slow fire.

This order of fire will not be changed.

Unless weather or other unavoidable conditions make it impracticable, members of the teams which have completed firing at one range shall proceed to the next range as stated in the foregoing order of fire, in order to commence firing there, provided the executive officer deems this course advisable.

14. Rules and prizes: Rules governing and prizes awarded are those published in this order.

(a) Based upon their relative standing in the national
team match of 1913, teams representing the United
States Cavalry, the United States Infantry, the
United States Navy, the United States Marine
Corps, the United States Military Academy, the
United States Naval Academy, the several States
and Territories and the District of Columbia, and
universities, colleges, and military schools and
colleges are hereby divided into three classes, to
be known as class A, class B, and class C, respec-
tively.

(b) Class A shall be composed of the first 15 teams as
announced in the official standing for 1913.
(c) Class B shall be composed of the second 15 teams
as announced in the official standing for 1913.
(d) Class C shall be composed of the remaining teams
as announced in the official standing for 1913
and such additional teams as may be properly
placed in that class as hereinafter provided.
(e) That for purposes of classification any organization
which has not heretofore competed in the national
team match shall, in its first competition in said
match, be placed in class C.

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(f) That any team which has heretofore competed in the national team match, but which did not compete in 1913, shall, upon reentry into the competition, be placed in the class to which it would be entitled to be placed by giving to that team a serial number the same as it had in the last national team match in which such team competed. By operation of this paragraph class A or class B may have more than 15 teams, the number being increased by the teams thus added.

(g) Prizes:

Class A.

First prize, the National Trophy, $450 cash, and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Second prize, $350 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Third prize, $300 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Fourth prize, $250 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

A bronze medal for each member of each of the other teams in this class.

Class B.

First prize, the Hilton Trophy, $350 cash, and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Second prize, $250 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Third prize, $225 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Fourth prize, $200 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Medals for class B to be of different design from those for class A.

Class C.

First prize, the Bronze Soldier of Marathon, $300 cash, and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Second prize, $200 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Third prize, $175 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.

Fourth prize, $150 cash and to each member of the winning team a bronze medal.