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Volume 3
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___Friday, J^ctcber.^5_thJ_ 1923 ____
No. 40
COMP AMY F MEN REVISE
has completed range
FEtf ARE EXPERTS
SCORES ,/ITH AUTOMATIC; AVERAGE MORE THAN E3CPERT;
SEAiiON n-JJ 10G;S of GO:ti.AX.UW TROOPo QUALIFIED;
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tfith weather conditions of the most miserable kind luring their extremely
short season of practice, Company F nevertheless qualified 24 nen as experts
with the automatic rifle, seven as sharpshooters and the remaining one of the
class as a marksman upon completion of their firing yesterday* 'The Company F
automatic riflemen, due to rain and cold, had a few hours* practice on each of
several days, scarcely totalling one full day, when the approach of winter with
the necessity of other work and training, made it necessary for then to fire re
cord and complete the year* s range work of this post* despite this, the average
score for the company, officers and enlisted nen, ’ms 538*23 or thirty-eight and
a quarter points above the expert qualification ”/ith this ’veapon*
High score ms made by Pvt* Charles Karner, ”dth -511 points to his credit*
The comply has now qualified one officer, one attached, officer and three non-com
missioned officers all as experts in three different weapons, the rifle, the aut
omatic rifle and the pistol. These five are Captain Savage, commanding the com
pany, Jit* Grady (post adjutant, attached for range work), and 1st Sergeant Rob
ert M. Martin and Sergeants Behrens and dogwood*
Pvtsv iJlurncr, F. ’/.Berry and drum, by making the required 500 points with
the automatic rifle, raised their qualification from sharpshooter to expert;
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"C.O." AND STAFF OFFICER NGV PISTOL EXPERTS
Major F„ Mt Maddox, commanding this post, and Captain Cook, Plans and
Training Officer, both qualified Wednesday as pistol experts, the forner with a
score of 82.65/£ and the latter with a score of 82.66^,. The commanding officer
had never before had an opportunity to fire the record course *7ith the pistoJ,
and is to be highly congratulated on making the grade at his first attempt, a
thing few are ab3e to do.
"SCRIPT" DANCE TOMORROW; GIVEN TO PAY EXPENSES OF FUTURE DANCES AT THIS POST
To provide funds for oT.her dances to be held in the near future, the E. &
R« service will give a "script"dance tomorrow (Saturday) evening in the drill
hallo The Cootie Orchestra will be there i:i all gloryf providing the rythmic
melody. Red ribbons, entitling the holier to lance the entire evening, will cost
fifty cents; white ribbon^ entitling the wearer to six dances, will be sold for
twenty-five cents. The S « R service urges all tiie ^steppers" of the post to be
present, as well as oar civilian neighbors, as the giving of future lances will
in a large measure depend upon the success of this one.
FIRST SERGEANT 'TILEJAH SHEPHERD, COEPaNY F, ENTIRES; TRIE'JDS GIVE SEND-OFF"
To wish 1st Sgt. 'fii. Shepherd farewell upon the eve of his retirement,
after thirty years* service, Company F he3 1 a banquet at the company barracks
Wednesday evening. Besides the members of the company, the company Officers and
their wives, there were in attendance the Commanding Officer and Adjutant and
their wives.
After a chidcen dinner, replete with cakes, pies and the other "trimmings",
Major Maddox, Captain Savage and 1st Sgt, Martin spoke in appreciation of 1st
Sergeant Shepherd's character and services and wishing him the best of luck for
the future. Captain Savage, as toastmaster, presented l3t Sgt. Shepherd with a
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