Vol.3
No*5
INTER-POST RIFLE
TEAM TRYOUTS:
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... Try juts for the Inter-Post gal- __
lery natch,which will take place Febr*19~
24,are going on daily in the Exchange Building#
Comparison between the two companies is not possible at presen ,
owing tfa the faqt that Company ”E" is inscribing a smaller 4 ring
in the X target,and calling every shot which strikes outside o
that a 3# Shots striking outside of the regular 4 ring ar® caJ.e
2s* Conoany "FM is using the regular X target, and making e in .
of scores to be expected from the "Straightest shooting company 1
in the Army'1* However, allowing for the smaller target, Co* E av
erages well up with then. No one in Company "E" has yet equalled
1st Sr t.* Martin1 3. record of a possible, standing, and it is pro a
ble that Co.uF,T has a few more men capable if. making 47 or above
when they stand to fire* The match will be won,however,not by the
first five or six high scores,but by the total score of the team,
and it will be the company which will turn out fifteen good shems
rather than six or eight excellent shots,that will carry one
Scores,(uo to Wednesday night),are as follows: Sgt,Mar
tin 47,50: Col.McCall,49.45,47; Sgt,Hogwood,46,48,46,48 48; Cpl#
Russell,48.47; Pvt.Smith,49,45,47; Pvt.Snythe,47,46; Pvt *Hargra
ves,47,46; Cpl,Powell,47.46,45,44; Pvt.Hager,47,46,44; with other
men'in Co.^F” ranging below these leaders.
In Company "EM,Cpl.Colburn, Cpl.Loftin,and Cpl.Dunbar
have each shot a .48 score,Sgt.Harney a 47,and Sgt/'Andy" a 46*
Others night have obtained these scores had the larger ring een
used.
THE VALENTINE DANCE IIUST BE POSTPONED AGAIN i
'
It';3 a funny alibi,but we'll have to blame the
Steamship companies for the latest postponement of the Valentine
Dance*MNo boats during February "-that' s the cruel edict of the SS
people, and so the'Romance/ will have to go to Juneau about hte
9th of, 10th of February , to meet the ’’Alameda1' and bring her .mil
a.id freight north* So that knocks in the head our plans to send
the ’’Fornamee,! to Slagway to bring our friends of that city to tto
Valentine Party* Henna,and tiierefore-v/e.’ re putting the date for
the glad affair as FEBRUARY 16th,-a id intend to run it THEN*
The enforced.delay will give us more tine to prepare for a big
night, and should work to our benefit, dissapoi riting thoT the post*
•Done ’.ent nay be*
Reneaber ..... FRIDAY, FBSR.lSth:i S
MAIL BOAT SCHEDULE: ' ^
MTV}6r0 ain't nons*" IVio MEst<0bB"th will bring
only Alaskan mail on her trip north next Tuesday, arid the "Fornanco
will Tet the "Alameda" nail about the 10th, That’s all we can say.