Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-02
The New Drill Regulations
Discussed.
How They Will Effect State
Troops.
Preparations for Company AS Enter
tainment Tomorrow Evening.
Scores Made at the Monthly Target
Practice Yesterday-A Series of
Contests Arranged Between
the Companies.


has an absorbing interest in the new
drill regulations reported by the United
States army tactical board and adopted
by the war department in September.
Two copies of the advance edition, is-
sued by Lieutenant Reed, Of Chicago,
have been received here, one by Colonel
Schneider and the second by Lieut..
Frank L. Baldwin, of Company A.
These copies are probably the only ones
in Southern California.
Colonel Schneider assembled the Off
GERS and non-commissioned officers of
the local companies ON Tuesday evening
and put them through the foot move
ments and manual of arms prescribed
by the new regulations. Manv import
ant changes have been made in the
order of things, and in few months
Upton will be as far out as Hardee is at
the present time.
The support, reverse and secure arms
have been entirely done away with
The single rank formation is also dis
pensed with, all company movements
being executed in double rank. When
the company or battalion is formed there
is to be space of six inches between
each man, the left arm being raised
high enough to crook the elbow suffi-
cienty to touch the right arm OF the
next man in rank. Thus twelve file
front formation will take up as much
room as the twenty file front under Up
ton.
Under the present code of the state
any drill regulations or changes ado pted
by the regular army are to govern the
state troops, and an order to drill under
the new tactics will doubtless be issued
from general headquarters in short
time.
If the new regulations are adopted in
their present form an entire reorganiza-
ton of the National guard will have to
follow in order to conform to them, as it
is provided that three companies shall
constitute battalion and four battal-
ions regiment.
Each battalion will be commanded by
a major, thus making four majors to
regiment in place OF one as at the pres
ent time. The colonel OF each regiment
will therefore occupy the same position
in relation to the battalions in his COM
mand as brigadier general does to his
regiments under Upton.
This change will also increase the
number of officers to each regiment, as
each commander of battalion will have
staff, while the colonel's staff will re-
main as at present Whether this fea-
ture will be welcomed by the guards
men is question. There has been
complaint from every state in the union
that there are too many officers now.
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Companies A and G held their regular
monthly target practice yesterday. The
scores were as follows:
COMPANY A.
Lieutenant Steer, 80; Sargents Miles,
AZ; Hochdever, As; Splitstooser, AZ; Nc
Stay, 30; Timmons, 10; Clark, Al;
Quandt, 35; McClain, 43; Mccoy, AZ;
Captain Hochdever, 40.
COMPANY C.
Captain Meyer, "A; Sargent Lamp, So;
Captain Crawford, 4S; Sargent Hartranft,
81; Corporals Gates, 90; Casey, So;
Somers, So; Sargent Linsey, 40; Privates
Sale, 3S; Stephenson, Al; Logan, &c..
Company A will give another of$he
delightful entertainments for which it
has become famous at the armory to-
morrow evening.
The programme arranged combines
number of interesting military evolu-
tions, with musical features, which will
take up the early part of the evening,
to be followed by dance.
Capt. Martin has had his men hard
at work at the manual and bayonet ex-
ercise for some weeks, and the boys are
prepared to entertain their guests with
a fine exhibition of their skill in march
ing and in the manual of arms.
The assembly will sound at O'Clock,
to be followed by the Seventh Regiment
overture by orchestra. The company
will then be formed for drill, and after a
musical number the skirmish drill by
bugle will be gone through, all the men
being attired in regulation campaign
uniform.
A fencing bout, bayonet exercise by
the company the silent manual by the
non-commissioned officers and the
fanking squad drill will conclude the
programme, when the floor will be
cleared for dancing.
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The question as to which company
can do the best at the butts will prob
ably be decided ere long. Companies A
and G have decided to hold series of
contests to decide the question between
themselves, and it is likely that Com
pany will also enter into the compe-
titiOn.