TITO SHALL BLAZES SPEEDILY -EXTINGUISHED: .
Two 3mall roof firea which occurred at this post this week, were
extinguished by thO Post Fire department before any damage had been done
beyond the scorching of a few shingles* The first fire was at the quar
ters of Captain Raymond P# Cook at about 8:30 p.m, last Saturday evening;
the second at the post pumping plant at about 9:00 a.m. Thursday morning* ^
The dry condition of the roofs, combined with winds and cold *
weather (which make considerable fires necessary in furnaces and grates)
cause a considerable fire hazard at this t’.me of year, and demand the
utmost caution on the part of all* Fortunately this caution has been
exercised in the past, and the unavoidable small fires have been extin
guished, during tne last few years, before they could do any 3eraous dam
age. Let's keep the record clean by giving careful attention to the fire
extinguishers issued to quarters, barracks, etc., and keeping on the look
out for roof fires*
BASKETBALL DANCE AT SKAGWAY W ENJOYABLE AFFAIR:
-Ifter the basketball games in Skagway last Saturday evening the
^ootie Orchestra sounded off with their repertoire of Jaaz Tunes, and
the spectators assembled for the games tripped the light fantastic until
after midnight. It was a very enjoyable, although infomal,affair, and
it was with regret that the denizens of the Post left Skagway for their
return to the routine of life*
THIRD DIVISION CHANCES CO!LANDING GENERALS:
The relinquishment of command of the Third Division, of which
this Battalion forms a part, by Brigadier General Joseph E„ Kuhn, and
resumption of command of the Division by Major General E*B. Babbitt,
is the subject of General Orders 2 and 3, Hq, Third Division, recently
received at local Headquarters*
CONSOLIDATION OF RANGE SCORES SHOWS
SEVENTH LED ALL THE REST:
A consolidation of scores made with rifle, automatic rifle and
pistol by all troops of the 9th Corps Area, shows that the Seventh Inf*
antry far surpassed any other troops on the Coast in rifle and automat
ic rifle marksmanship, a:pd, except for the Air Servide and for the Coast
Defenses of Los Angelesfysdhpassed all others in the dismounted pistol
course* Averages for the Seventh of men qualified wane; Qualified with
the rifle, 93.37%; qualii ied with the automatic rifls, 83• 33/»; qualified
with the pistol {dismounted), 73.59/t, Our nearest competitors with
the rifle were the special Iroops, 3rd Division, who qualified 91.75
percent* Our nearest competitors with the automatic rifle were the
30th Infantry, who qualified 60';*. Those surpassing us in the pistol
(dismounted course) were: Hq and Hq Co, 5th Inf Brig, who qualified 100/*
with that weapon, a truly re:aarkable record; Third Division TVain, which
passed us by only 32/100 of a per cent; C.D. of Los .Angeles, 07.50/©; and
Air Service, 90.90/©,
The Seventh Infantry has 264 expert rifle men; 9Q pistol experts,
and 84 automatic rifle experts, according to the consolidated table of the
9th Corps Area. Chilkoot Barracks is proud o? the record made by the
Regiment to which itsbeombatant troops belong, and of the fact that it
contributed to no small extent in making this record. It only remains
to see that the 1924 record is equally good or better, despite the changes
in qualification requirements. And let’s just see if we can’t hold the
pistol record, ’too, tnis time. . a little work, beginning right now, on
the part of all .armed with.a pistol, sighting at a mark on the wall of
our respective quarters, would contribute a whole lot to that end.