Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-06
ATTENTION, COMPANY |!
NEWS NOTES ABOUT THE NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN.
Preparing for the Final Target Practice.
Company A to Practice Skirmish Drill
at San Pedro News Notes.

The companies in the Seventh regi.
ment have resumed the regular weekly
company and squad drills at the ar
mory, and both officers and men show
the beneficial results of their week oi
active duty at Camp Johnson. The
signal corps and the drummers and
buglers have also settled down again to
regular armory routine, and show as
much improvement in their work as the
infantrymen.
All hands are busy with preparations
for the final target practice of the year,
which will take place this month.
The dates for the practice have not
yet been announced, but the order will
be published during the coming week.
A team from Company A will try con-
clusions with the Turn Verein team at
the Downey avenue range this morning.
Firing will begin at 8 O'Clock, and at the
conclusion of the match there will be a
shoot for individual medals.
Great interest is being manifested in
the new tactics and school of the soldier
which will shortly be adopted by the
regular army. Advance sheets of the
tactics are coming in for lot of hard
study and the companies will soon begin
to drill in accordance with them.
On Sunday next company A will take
a trip to San Pedro and spend the day
in learning the new skirmish drill. Sill
houette targets will be taken along and
the boys given chance to see a practi-
cal demonstration of the new rules re-
garding what is termed controlled firing.
The new tactics revolutionize the skir-
ism drill as provided in Upton, the line
being divided into small squads, each
squad being placed in charge of a non
commissioned officer, who directs his
men in accordance with the commands
of the officer in charge of the entire
line.
NOTES.
1t is now Lieutenant Darracott, of the
signal corps.
Colonel Schneider and the drum and
bugle corps have had a group picture
taken.
The regimental baseball team is un-
dergoing thorough reorganization. Adj
iutant Franklin has been elected mana
ger of the aggregation.
Company D, of Ventura, will go into
camp on Admission day for couple of
Gays S6fVlC0. OOlOU6l IoCllTolUeT HAS dC-
cepted an invitation to visit the boys in
camp.
Since coming home from Camp John
son Company has taken big squirt.
A number of applications have been
made for membership, and under the
systematic course of instruction the
boys are undergoing at the hands of
Captain Chappalear and Lieutenants
Shaw and Anderson they will soon be
in shape to give any of the companies
hard brush in drill.
The Anaheim Gazette in recent ar
ticle says Colonel Schneider was unnec-
essarily strict with his men at Camp
Johnson. The Anaheim boys, says the
Gazette, came home completely used
up. They complain that the Ninth
regiment was allowed more privileges
than the Seventh, and in fact have a
general kick.
"Those fellows down there are tin
soldiers, sure" remarked guardsman
in this city.
'That's about the size of it," said
another. They're no good; worst
company in camp"
"The truth of the matter is that they
went down there with the idea that
they were off for vacation, and found
anything in the way of duty hard
Ship" remarked an officer. "They are
very delicate, those fellows, and should
be put in glass case"