Section 1. The annual dues shall be one dollar, and shall be payable on election to membership and thereafter on the 1st of January in every year.

Section 2. Members in arrears for dues for a period of more than two years shall be suspended, but may reinstate themselves in full standing by paying their arrears in dues. Members may not resign from the a.s.sociation when in arrears for dues.

Section 3. The secretary-treasurer shall notify each member in arrears before placing his name on the suspended list.

Section 4. Any member of this a.s.sociation in good standing may become a Life Member by vote of the executive committee and by paying into the treasury $25, such funds to be used by the a.s.sociation for the purchase of trophies.

ARTICLE VIII--_Annual Meeting_

There shall be an annual meeting on the third Monday of January in each year, at which meeting the election of officers and members of the executive committee shall take place. Members not able to attend this meeting may send their ballots by mail to the secretary-treasurer, who shall deposit each ballot in the name of the absent member, and they shall be counted as if the member were present. Only members not in arrears for dues shall be ent.i.tled to vote. If there should be more than two candidates for any office, the candidate receiving the least number of votes shall be retired at each ballot until an election results. In case of a tie the presiding officer shall have the deciding vote.

ARTICLE IX--_Quorum_

Ten members shall const.i.tute a quorum for the transaction of business.

ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES

OUTDOOR MATCHES

MATCH A--REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP.--Open to everybody; distance, 50 yards; 50 shots in strings of ten shots on five Standard American targets, 8-inch bull's-eye, 10-ring 3.36 inches; arm, any revolver within the rules; ammunition, any; the score must be completed in one hour or less from the time of firing the first shot; entrance fee, $5; to members not in arrears for dues, $3; no re-entries.

NATIONAL PRIZES: _First_, the championship silver cup (value, $200), to be held by the winner until the next annual compet.i.tion; inscribed on the cup, in raised ornamental letters, is, "This Cup Represents the Revolver Championship of the United States of America"; the name of the winner, the year and the score are also engraved on the cup each year; to the winner is also awarded a gold medal (value, $25), with the same inscription on the reverse side as appears on the cup.

_Second_, a gold and silver medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Third_, a silver medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Fourth_, a silver and bronze medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Fifth_, a bronze medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

A bronze honor medal of the same design is also awarded to every compet.i.tor, not a prize winner, making a score of 425 or better.

STATE PRIZES.--For more than three entries in any State the a.s.sociation awards three prizes emblematic of State honors: _First prize_, a silver and gold medal; _second prize_, a silver medal; _third prize_, a bronze medal. For three entries, only the first two prizes are awarded.

Winners and Scores

1900 A. L. A. Himmelwright 422 1901 John A. Dietz 419 1902 Thomas Anderton 438 1903 J. E. Gorman 454 1904 Dr. I. R. Calkins 451 1905 John A. Dietz 455 1906 John A. Dietz 444 1907 John A. Dietz 445 1908 R. H. Sayre 462 1909 Dr. I. R. Calkins 455 1910 Dr. John R. Hicks 458 1911 George Armstrong 467 1912 A. M. Poindexter 467 1913 A. P. Lane 467 1914 A. P. Lane 458

MATCH B--PISTOL CHAMPIONSHIP.--Open to everybody; distance, 50 yards; 50 shots on five targets as in Match A; arm, any pistol within the rules; ammunition, any; the score must be completed in one hour or less from the time of firing the first shot; entrance fee, $5; to members not in arrears for dues, $3; no re-entries.

NATIONAL PRIZES: _First_, the championship silver cup (value, $175), to be held by the winner until the next annual compet.i.tion; inscribed on the cup, in raised ornamental letters, is, "This Cup Represents the Pistol Championship of the United States of America"; the name of the winner, the year and the score are also engraved on the cup each year; to the winner is also awarded a gold medal (value, $25), with the same inscription on the reverse side as appears on the cup.

_Second_, a silver and gold medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Third_, a silver medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Fourth_, a bronze and silver medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Fifth_, a bronze medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

A bronze honor medal of the same design is also awarded to every compet.i.tor, not a prize winner, making a score of 435 or better.

STATE PRIZES.--The same as in Match A.

Winners and Scores

1900 J. B. Crabtree 427 1901 Thomas Anderton 453 1902 Thomas Anderton 463 1903 Thomas Anderton 457 1904 E. H. Kessler 464 1905 John A. Dietz 465 1906 John A. Dietz 448 1907 P. Hanford 455 1908 J. E. Gorman 468 1909 Dr. I. R. Calkins 464 1910 John A. Dietz 462 1911 Parmly Hanford 466 1912 L. P. Castaldini 461 1913 Dr. I. R. Calkins 469 1914 George Armstrong 476

MATCH C--MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIP.--Open to everybody; distance, 50 yards; 75 shots in strings of five shots on fifteen targets as in Match A; each string must be shot within the time limit of 15 seconds, taking time from the command, Fire; misfires and shots lost on account of the arm becoming disabled while firing any string will be scored zero; if a shot is fired after the time limit has elapsed, the shot of highest count will be deducted from the score; no cleaning allowed; arm, any military revolver, or any military magazine pistol within the rules; ammunition, the full charge service cartridge, or equivalent factory loaded ammunition approved by the executive committee, brought to the firing point in unbroken packages; the score must be completed on the same day; no sighting shots will be allowed after beginning the score; entrance fee, $5; to members not in arrears for dues, $3; no re-entries.

NATIONAL PRIZES: _First_, the championship silver trophy (an elaborate silver bowl, value $450), to be held by the winner until the next annual compet.i.tion; the trophy bears the inscription, "The Military Revolver Championship of the United States of America"; the name of the winner, the year, and the score are also engraved on the trophy each year; to the winner is also awarded a gold medal (value, $25), with the same inscription on the reverse side as appears on the trophy.

_Second_, a silver and gold medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Third_, a silver medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Fourth_, a bronze and silver medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Fifth_, a bronze medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

A bronze honor medal of the same design is also awarded to every compet.i.tor, not a prize winner, making a score of 500 or better.

STATE PRIZES.--The same as in Match A.

Winners and Scores

1900 R. H. Sayre 300[19]

1901 R. H. Sayre 325[19]

1902 R. H. Sayre 579 1903 R. H. Sayre 565 1904 Thomas Anderton 585 1905 Thos. LeBoutillier 504 1906 R. H. Sayre 583 1907 R. H. Sayre 536 1908 C. F. G. Armstrong 568 1909 Col. W. H. Whigam 580 1910 Col. W. H. Whigam 591 1911 A. P. Lane 605 1912 Dr. J. H. Snook 621 1913 Dr. J. H. Snook 625 1914 C. M. McCutchen 627

MATCH D--MILITARY RECORD MATCH.--Open to everybody; distance, 50 yards; five consecutive strings of five shots under the same conditions as Match C; entrance fee, $2; to members not in arrears for dues, $1; entries unlimited.

NATIONAL PRIZES: _First_, a gold trophy, a laurel wreath surrounding a scroll, mounted on an ebony shield; (value, $150); between the scroll and the wreath is a ribbon on which, in raised letters, is, "The United States Revolver a.s.sociation"; at the top of the scroll is engraved, "Military Record Match." The name of the winner, the year, and the score for each year are engraved on the scroll below; this trophy is held by the winner until the next annual compet.i.tion, and is to become the property of the compet.i.tor winning it three times.

_Second_, a silver medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

_Third_, a bronze medal, with inscription on the reverse side.

A bronze honor medal of the same design is also awarded to every compet.i.tor, not a prize winner, making a score of 175 or better.

This match was inst.i.tuted in 1902. Being a re-entry match, it affords good practice under the same conditions as Match C.

No State prizes are awarded in this match.

Winners and Scores

1902 Thomas Anderton 206 1903 Thomas Anderton 202 1904 Thomas Anderton 206 1905 Thos. LeBoutillier 178 1906 Thos. LeBoutillier 192 1907 Thos. LeBoutillier 191 1908 C. F. G. Armstrong 194 1909 C. F. G. Armstrong 204 1910 Samuel Peterson 215 1911 A. P. Lane 208 1912 Dr. J. H. Snook 212 1913 C. M. McCutchen 217 1914 Dr. J. H. Snook 221