the thanks of the board be tendered
Generals Wingate and Critchfield for their valuable paper; that the
National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice recommend to the
various educational authorities the desirability of interesting
school boys over 13 years of age in the subject of rifle practice.
It was

_Further resolved_, That this report be printed separately and
given the greatest publicity, the matter of distribution and number
of copies required therefor to be submitted to the committee on
publicity, with power.

It is deeply regretted that before the completion of the report General
Oppenheimer died, and his great help in assisting to promote interest
in rifle practice is lost to the country.

This report is earnestly commended to the superintendents of public
instruction throughout the country.

ROBERT SHAW OLIVER,
_Assistant Secretary of War_,
_President National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice_.
GROTE HUTCHESON,
_Captain, General Staff_,
_Member and Recorder, National Board for the Promotion of Rifle
Practice_.

Report on the Feasibility and Advisability of some Policy to Inaugurate
a System of Rifle Practice throughout the Public Schools of the
Country.

NEW YORK, _January 21, 1907_.

NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE.

GENTLEMEN: In pursuance of the resolution of the board requesting the
late Gen. L. M. Oppenheimer, of Texas (who died since the last meeting
of the board, and whose death is deplored), and the undersigned to
report "on the feasibility and advisability of some policy to
inaugurate a system of rifle practice throughout the public schools of
the country," we respectfully report:

For many years attempts have been made to inaugurate a system of
military instruction in the public schools of the country. As a rule,
these have not proved successful. In a few private military schools
situated in the country some target practice is conducted, but the
difficulty of carrying on anything of the kind in the public schools
has rendered it impracticable.

The matter, however, has recently been introduced in the public schools
of the city of New York, and the success which has been attained there
has demonstrated the feasibility and advisability of introduci