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ARMY.
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Photo. w. Lamm, Stockholm,
Volunteer Shots at Fractiee in Some.
6-5 calibre. The cavalry has swords as well as carbines on the said
system: the field artillery 7-5 cm. cannons, and 10-5 cm. howitzers; the
position artillery 11*7 cannons and 14-91 cm. howitzers. The machine
guns are on the Scliwarzlose system, 6-5 mm. calibre.
Fortresses and Positions: Stockholm (Vaxholm-Oscar Fredriksborg)
Karlskrona, Gothenburg (Älvsborg), Boden, and Karlsborg, and, on the
Island of Gottland, Fårösund and Tingstäde.
The Volunteer rifle corps date their origin from the sharpshooter
movement of the sixties, which, after varying fortunes, developed in the
nineties into the present organization. The mission of the volunteer rifle
corps is to promote skill in shooting, to fester patriotism, and to
encourage and sustain a living interest in the defence of the country. The
volunteer riflemen are formed into rifle clubs, and the rifle clubs in turn
are amalgamated into rifle unions. The rifle unions are under the
direction of a supervisory board in Stockholm. At present there are about
2 300 rifle clubs, amalgamated by läns into 26 rifle unions. Both on the
supervisory board and on .the several boards of the unions there are
members appointed by Government; otherwise the volunteer riflemen are under
the control of persons elected by themselves.
The contribution made by the State to the volunteer rifle corps amounts at
present to about 975 000 kronor per year. This sum is employed in
administration expenses, badges and prizes, shooting matches and field days, shooting
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