--THE CHILKOOT POST
__ Chilkoot Barracks, Alaska.
SublisheT without expense to the Government,
VoJL.Ss^.. ...... . Friday, Lay 14th. , 1925. .... 116. 20.
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Companies "E" and u F” last Londay began, the preparatory Larks
manship Course making triangles, sight setting, windage etc. and ex
fpcww in a few days to begin preliminary firing on the target range.
The first class consists of the officers and expert riflemen
of each company, who will act as coaches for the rest of the company
when it has^finished firing on the range.
Companies "E" and MF" are -proud of their past liarksmanship
record and expect to make a higher score this season than ever before.
.. The fo 1lowing, jp.amed members of the 7th. Infantry have been
recommended for the Infantry Rifle and Pistol Teams:
Rifle Team: 1st.Lieutenant a.P.Kit son, 7th. Infantry, score
325; Corporal John G. Parti Hi o , 7th. Infantry, score 309.
Pistol Team: 1st. Sergeant Chas. O.Ross, 7th. Infantry, score
96,83; Sergeant Edgar L.Tharp, Co. UD" 7th. Infantry, score 93.10.
Military authorities at the Presidio of San Francisco are
elated over the interest displayed in the C.M.T.Camps throughout the
JJinth Corps Are&, There are only a few more vacancies left to be
filled for the Del Konte Camp and it behooves those interested to get
their applications., in soon if they wish to attend.
The War Department, much against its. will, is framing orders
which will shortly be issued effecting a material reduction in the
number of non-commissioned officers of the Regular Army now assigned
to duty with the R. O.T.C. units in the various schools and colleges
throughout the country as Instructor-Sergeants. The reduction must
be made in order to make up for a "saving” ordered by Congress in the
pay of the Army for the fiscal year, 1927.
Comptroller General lcCarl has ruled that only by an act of
Congress can the Veteran's Bureau carry out its proposal to extend
for five years the time allowed for conversion of War Risk Insurance
into regular life insurance policies. The time limit for conversion
expires July 2nd., 1926, hut Congress has taken steps toward grant
ing the extension recommended hy Director Hines, The Director has pro
posed issuance of a term policy at a level premium rate, to operate
during the next five years in place of the present term insurance.
The Henana ice-sweet stakes purse was split three ways. The
• winners are Jack Martin, of Fairbanks; John Simonson, of Anchorage.,
It and Alex Hagdhloom, of Chatanika. The gross purse was ^25,000, the
§ largest in history. Ho one guessed the exact minute the ice moved,
and the winners were off a minute on either side.
Declaring against the prohibition laws
Mrs. K.H. Johnson , of San Antonio
and the Ku-Klux-Klan,
announced her candi
;he has
Mexico which
has officially
dacy for governor of Texas. She owns a ranch in
managed for the past nine years. I'rs.Johnson will oppose "!ia’ *er
cu«on who has already announced her candidacy for a second term.
Texas politics promises to he hot and furious this year, and
quite a few "hair-pulligs" are predicted among the ladies.