A Line from Cortes
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- A Line from Cortes
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- English
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- 1939
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- August, 1939 THE MARKSMAN 37 A LINE Fl~OM CORTES (EDITOR'S NOTE: At our request, Mr. Cortes, 1939 National Pistol Champion, v;ill give 'impressions uf his trip in the pages of THE MARKSMAN. We a.re sure our readerrs w-ili find them extremely tirn0ly and interesting. ) Dear Mr. Flores, R.M.S. Empress of Canada June 25, 1939. Kindly thank the Board of Directors of the N .R.P .A. for the many attentions they gave me and particularly for the lovely bouquet of flowers they sent aboard on my sailing. The trip, with the exception of two or three day.s of bad weather, has been splendid with movies, horse-races, sweepstakes and deck-ganes to keep one busy. I have been unable to do any snapping with my revolver as the roll of the ship makes it difficult to keep oneself steady. It might jnterest some of the memb€Ts to learn the differences 0f weapons used by the various police organizations in the last ports we have visited as compared with our own local police: In Hongkong the police use the W obley .455 revolver slung in Sambrowne belts on the ieft side; in Shanghai.r the Chinese police are armed with the Colt .32 Auto, the English with the Colt .45 Auto, and the Sikh with the .455 \iVebley revolver all slung on the left side. In Honolulu the police, (all Americans) use the S & W M & P model .38 Special with 6" barrel in open holsters slung on the right side. All the above organizations have the revolvers outside. In Japan the police are armed with short daggers hung on the left side; no reT10lvers. In Hongkong, the police apparently did not carry spare cartridges, but in Shanghai and in Honolulu they carried one reload; in the latter town they also had handcuffs on the left of the belt. I did not have an opportunity of see:ng closely the rifles used by the Japanese sentries in the Japanese occupjed territory in Shanghai. We were warned about trouble there, so my wife and I were the only daring ones to land in Japanese territory, all the others went by ferry direct to the International Settlement. We did not have any trouble but we certainly saw the effects of the bombings and shell fire havoc done on the Chinese district of Honkew (now Japanese occupied territory). With best regards to the family, and all good wishes to the members of the club. Yours sincerely, FELIX CORTES A farewell party was held by the Board of Directors and Committee Members of the NRPA, on June 2, 1%9, in honor of Mr. Felix Corte·s. who left for ab1·oad on a vacation. From left to right: Capt. G. Lugtu, Mr. A. N. Floresca, Mr. P. Mabanta, Sec. V. Manuel, Mr. E. J. Carballo, the guest; Mr. ·Felix Cortes, Lt. C. Quirino, Mr. E. Katigbak, Mr. Mod. F. Flores, Mr. V. Baltaz~r,.a~.].\fr.J. de Lange, Winners of the Kneeling ~fie Match held by the Associai tion on June 11, 1939 From left to right: Lt. H. Nielson, second, Mr. R. VillamorJ first, and Teddy Ka. law, third. JOSE TEEHANl{EE, JR. Mr. Jose Teehanikec, Jr., a young gun enthusiast of the NRP A, who made the Manila Police Pistol Team shoot possible, and dona1ed the beautiful Farmacia Central Trophy for the winners in this event. Mr. Teehankee is a Filipino citizen, son of Dr. Jose Tee Han Kee, Sr. He is the manager of the Farmacia Central. Mr. Teehankee is a good pistolman. Lately he was awarded a silver medal and . diplomas as prizes for his promotion to sha_rpshooter class in pistol after having fired the prescribed Classification Course.