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6. The best teams of Commands, etc., will then fight off as
follows :—
Northern Command v. Scottish Command.
Eastern Command v. London District.
Southern Command v. Aldershot Command.
Western Command v. Nor thf-rn Ireland District.
These matches will be completed by May 1st each year. Place
of match to be mutually arranged.
The four teams left in will fight off is London during May, on
the pool system—i.e., each team will fence the other three.
7. (a) All matches and bouts will be fought under the Royal
Tournament Rules for Dismounted Combats in force for the time
being.
(b)
When three or more teams are competing in a pool, the
scoring shall be by weapons, the winner of ea,h weapon receiving
a number of points equal to the number of tee
ms
competing, the
second one point less than This number, the tlird one point less
than the second, and so on. The team gaining tie largest number
of points in all three weapons to be the winner. '.es to be decided
under Royal Tournament Rule 93
(b).
In
the cue of two teams
tieing in a weapon after the hits received by a,ch have been
counted, the points for their placing shall be adder together and
each team shall receive half the total points.
S. The Hon. Secretaries of Command Fencing Assciations will
be responsible for making the arrangements for all preliminary
rounds, and for notifying the name of the winning
,
.lit in the
Command to the Hon. Secretary, Army Fencing Union.
9. All arrangements in connection with the Final -ound in
London will be made by the Hon. Secretary, Army Fencin Union.
10. The Army Fencing Union will not pay the expensez
o
f any
team competing in any round of the Championship.
11. The General Committee of the Army Fencing Unio., or a
Sub-Committee appointed by them for the purpose shall --tide
any question connected with these Rules or arising from lem.
THE "MASKS" FENCING CLUB.
The " Masks " Fencing Club is a subsidiary of the Arm
Fencing Union. It is organised and supervised by the Genera►
Committee of the Union and run by the same officials.
The Club is open to officers and other ranks of the Regular
Forces, Reserve of Officers, Reserve, Militia, Territorial Army,
Gentleman-Cadets of the Royal Military Academy and Royal
Military College, and all ranks of the Officers' Training Corps.
Candidates for membership must be proposed and seconded by
members of the Club
*
and their names passed by the Executive
Committee.
Subscriptions.—(a) Life membership: Officers and Cadets,
X3;
Other Ranks, £1.
(b)
Annual (payable on October 1st): Officers,
10s.; Other Ranks, 5s.; Gentleran-Cadets; 5s.
An
annual member