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President Roosevelt calls for marksmanship prizes to be given to the most accurate big-gun crews in the Navy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-04
President Roosevelt sends his good wishes to Emil H. Jahnz for what he is doing for rifle shooting at the National Schützenbund shooting club. Roosevelt believes the fostering of marksmanship in the United States will popularize rifle shooting amongst Americans and better prepare volunteer ranks in the event of war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-07
Frank Edgar Evans sends a report to Lieutenant Commander Fahs giving the results of a test of the “Corrector System,” which took place on the Marine Corps Rifle Range at Camp Admiral Harrington in November. Gunnery Sergeant Clark was thorough in his testing and determined that the corrector system eliminates eyestrain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-06
Hermann Speck von Sternburg writes to President Roosevelt to congratulate him on the success of his troops. Sternburg mentions that Roosevelt’s troops must have been excellent sharpshooters to sustain so few casualties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-10
A man labeled “Dingley,” holding a smoking blunderbuss labeled “High Protective Tariff,” stands over a dead sheep labeled “Wool Industries.” He was aiming at a wolf labeled “Foreign Products” that is looking over the top of a fence.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-11-30