ZANATTA SERVICE LTD. TIMBER, TIES, LOGGING CAMPBELL RIVER. B.C. * Phone 43R J. ZANATTA, Prop. MICKEY’S 77 TAXI Phone—77—Phone RADIO DISPATCHED CABS * CAMPBELL RIVER B.C. QUINSAM HOTEL Loggers’ Quarters Jim English, Prop. * Campbell River Brammall-Mason Ltd. DODGE - CARS and TRUCKS - De SOTO INDUSTRIAL and MARINE MOTORS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES and REPAIRS COURTENAY AND CAMPBELL RIVER BRITISH COLUMBIA Phone 13 “Often Buitered — Never Bettered” PIONEER BAKERY Bread — Cakes — Pastries P.O. Box 14 CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. NORMAR BAKERY HOME-MADE PASTRY, PIES, CAKES AND BREAD HAMBURGERS CAMPBELL RIVER B.C. THE PIONEER HARDWARE and FURNITURE M. R. and C. C. THULIN PAINTS & VARNISHES GENERAL HARDWARE FURNITURE—SPORTING GOODS Phone 23 B.C. Campbell River ALEX McLEAN Men's Wear—Fine Woollens and Sports Clothes Phone 83 Campbell River, B.C. Page Forty B.C. Provincial Police were renowned as Western Canada’s top hand-gun marksmen. Their stiff course of training should be an asset to the R.C.M.P. a little bigger allocation on behalf of departmental training. Besides, nothing inspires public confidence more than the realization that the police department is efficient, and participation in pistol matches 1S an actual demonstration of efficiency. A pistol program is something that draws men together in the depart- ment, and the weekly visit to the de- partmental range makes for better feeling and better morale. If the senior officers in the depart- ment participate now and again en- thusiasm gets an additional boost and success is assured. B.C. Provincial Police Marksmen Were Tops Take our own experience in the old B.C. Provincial Police, which passed into history last August, when the R.C.M. Police took over the policing of British Columbia. When Sub-Inspr. J. A. Young took charge of the marksmanship training in 736, out of 400 odd men, you could count on the fingers of one hand those with any interest in shooting. By the end of 12 months it was a different story; although the depart- ment issued about 150,000 rounds of practice ammunition annually, the men in the field bought (at a cent a round) about another 75,000 rounds. The enthusiasts bought match weapons, and in no time we had a four-man team that took everything right down the line. For seven con- secutive years they were the undis- puted champions of the B.C. revolver league, promoted by the C.I.L., and outdoors they were always in the upper brackets. Last year Jake Young took the Canadian pistol champion- ship at Ottawa, and our three-man team took the team title. Over the years individual enthusi- asm of B.C.’s provincial police officers in small centres stirred a tremendous amount of marksmanship interest, and pretty soon there were clubs all over the place. Clubs composed of policemen, game wardens and in- terested local civilians. It was a grand method of letting the public know how the police officer lived and worked, and through these contacts the force gained a host of new friends. The net result of course was that over the years the B.C. body became famous for it’s marksmanship. I don’t suppose there was a police force in Canada that excelled this group in ageregate efficiency with the hand gun. Every man had to pass an annual qualifying test to win and wear his cross arms, and he had to have a 66% score on the Camp Perry course to call himself the lowest form of marksman, and two-thirds of the force could pass this obstacle. At the top end of the scale were usually a group of six or seven men who were shooting higher than 275 out of a possible 300, and in any year a good four-man all-Cana- dian pistol team could have been picked from this bracket. Now that the boys have been ab- sorbed into the R.C.M. Police they should give a good account of them- selves in the pistol program of the federal force, and when the time Sub-Inspector Jake Young, R.C.M.P.— crack pistol shot, learned to shoot with B.C. Police axe comes for them to qualify over the R.C.M. Police course, they should by rights have the highest aggregate effi- ciency record of any division in Canada. In municipal departments the city police of B.C.’s capital—Victoria— can point with pride to what they have been accomplishing in the marks- manship line. Here you have one of the most enthusiastic groups of police shooters in the Dominion. Their pistol program pre-dated that of the provincial police. They have one of the finest ranges in the country, with 27 simultaneously operated targets on the line. Their annual match each July has always had a strong interna- tional flavor, and it’s without a doubt the top event of half-a-dozen or so such matches sponsored each summer in British Columbia. With these illustrations of what can be accomplished, how about a marks- manship program in your depart- ment? * *& THE SHOULDER STRAP