WELL, HERE'S ANOTHER 100?. EXPERT CBA3S; AUTOMATIC RI^LE & CO. E. THIS TIME
True to traditions of Chilkoot Barracks, the first class of automat
ic riflemen of Company Ef approximately l/3 of the total number to fire the
weapon from E Company, qualified 100^ as expert riflemen last Uiesday. At .
no time during the day was the outcome in doubt# All men kept their average Jon
consistently a’ove Hie 6 3 2/3 ^ required from the opening of slow fire at
?00 yards until the last shot at 200 yards rapid.
Eleven men (including two attached officers who fired several weeks
ago) have now completed the course and as yet ’Che string of experts is unbroken,
iwenty-four rernain to *ire.
Lt. IC. hearten* s score of 505 was high for the day, surpassing his
own high score at "jaw-bone record" by IP points. His highest score for one
range was made at preliminary record, 200 ynris rapid fire, where he made 94
points in 20 shots; but although his *orty shots in record at this range fell
slightly below double the 20 shot string, his consistent shooting throughout
the entire course more than made up for this slight Irop at one range.
Of the eleven men who have novr fired, only four had ever fired the
automatic rifle crurse before, two of them having been expert riflemen with
this weapon and two sharpshooters list year, ihe others were entirely in
experienced with it. Seven of the eleven were expert riflemen with the Spring
field, the other four ha/ing been sharpshooters#
Fully half of the remainder of the class are certain of making ex
pert* provided the conditions are good on the day selected for firing, ac
coramg to Oaptam R*C .Wright, commanding the company; and there is no one
o. the entire twenty-four remaining who has not at least a fifty-fifty chance
of making ohe required 500 points*. 'Ihe second class would have fired pre
liminary record today had weather conditions permitted* Barring accidents it
should also be a 100J» expert class#
Scores made Ibesiay, together with those of Captain R.F.Edwards and
^•t* Frank W# Halsey (who fired previously) are as follows:
Total Total Agg*
500-R Slow Rapid
Name
Lt. K. Heartens
Cpl* T. Grant
Pvt# Luther
Capt# R.F.Edwards
Pvt# Ziegner
Pvt# M* Huber
i*t* Wm.R.McMaster
Pvt# Matthews
Ht* F. W* Halsey
Cpl# Daniels
Pvt* Ambrose
300-S
43
#40
41
34
43
38
42
31
39
23
25
500-S
45
26
37
40
30
43
31
42
35
45
35
600-S
44
43
39
39
33
11
41
33
37
31
37
200-R
165
178
175
154
155
156
157
115
153
139
129
300-R
132
158
146
137
134
142
142
161
158
151
149
137
158
119
150
151
147
130
149
105
128
129
132
109
113
110
92
114
106
112
99
98
473
494
440
441
441
443
429
426
415
429
407
605
603
557
554
551
347
543
523
528
528
505
, . Corporal Grant* s score of 158 at 500 yard3 rapid fire wa3 one of the
aKAnttSfeVattSi sb^s
sra.Vi?"tS5,L0ts;,iaii;,,L1- —<■tert* -» * ^ — * «•.
Pvt* 2ie3'19r’3 score of 151, the second highest made at 500 ymnie ra
pid fire, was made in 37 seconds including the change of magazines, one of the
rastest examples of aimed fire on record here.
jnstrated r®?ord ?jre. ^t. Heartens satisfactorily dem
mstrated that he is entitled to his qualification as expert rifleman and that
, rowning automatic oan be shot by those who know how. A small owl lit on
i ead tree 125 yaris away. After several men had tried in vain to bring it
own with a .22 shooting shorts, the lieutenant loaded an automatic which he
£* no1t Uw lirei> aai the ra^° bei^ estimated only, fired „e shol
Hie owl fell, shot through the breast.