The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07
RECORD OF THE REGIMENT.
,,,,E CADETS REMARKABLE INDI-
vIDUAL FIGURE OF MERIT.


who Did the Hard WOrlz--Sharp-
shooters and Marksmen in the
otber CompRnies-Lieut. satterIee
savs He Does Not Believe the
c,ets Have Their Equal in Amer
lea.
Tho general verdict in military circles
90 +bat the Savannah Cadets are deserv-
inc of the highest commendation'fort their
r.rnarkable record as company on the
;eo ranges during the shooting season;
80 as the company record is the result
+1,o record and hard work of each IN
5i,.idual. it is to the individual member
- well as to the whole company that
credit is due.
rjeut c. B. Satterlee accords the COM
,anv the very highest communication. II
do not believe it has its equal in Ameri-
90 is his comment. Not only was Lieut..
eot+erlee requested to do so, but it was
bts desire to speak the highest praises of
.bo cadets. The following letter, adj
dressed to Lieut. Satteree, by Col. VIM.
q Obear, inspector of rife practice of
Georgia. shows the consideration of the
the work of the Cadets:
state of Georgia, Office of Inspector
General of Rifle Practice, Atlanta, Oct
1S96- Lieut.. Chas. B. Satterlee, U. s.
savannah, Ga.-Dear Sir: The re-
markable Improvement in rife practice
made by Company e, first regiment in
fantrv. Capt. j. F.. Brooks, commanding,
aver last years record, TO the retained
copies of which your attention is in
vlted), commands the sincerest admira-
ton Of this, and the adjutant generals
department.
Learning that you will address the mil
itary of Savannah on the evening of the
5tb instant, it is my desire that some pub
lie acknowledgement be made of the
snlendid record of Capt. Brooks COM
mand and have to request that you will
on behalf of the above named depart
ments, with the authority of the latter,
EXPRESS to Capt. Brooks our appreciation
in such language as you would feel in
spired to use were you still in charge of
rife practice in Georgia. Believing that
YOU will take pleasure in discharging this
duty for US, with thanks in advance, l
remain, with best wishes for your fu-
ture welfare be you on the Atlantic or
Pacific slope, sincerely your friend,
u.
Colonel Inspector General of Rifle Prac-
tce Georgia Volunteers.
Following this up, Lieut.. Satterlee said
he wished to say few words in eXplana-
ton as well as in commentator of the re-
markable record made.
THE record of the Savannah Cadets is
q most credtable one" he said. THE
enumeration of twenty-five sharpshooters
and seventeen marksmen is a fine show
ing, but it does not tell the whole story.
1t does not convey fully to the layman the
means to that end. The amount of hard,
persistent systematic work which was
done in bringing about such result is
not apparent on the surface. Until other
companies measure up to this standard of
work they must not hope to attain such
a figure of excellence. 1t is hard, prac-
teal work which characterizes every I'M
dertakng of the Savannah Cadets.
with this company, since 1 have known
1t, nothing is attempted unless it has some
real practical purpose in view. 1t is to
be remarked of this target record that
every man whose name is borne on the
rolls is duly considered in the calculation
Of what is termed the company figure of
merit The company broke all previous
records this year and may point with
pardonabe pride to a figure of merit of
l5- Every man of this company, except
one, who has been absent in another state,
engaged in the regular record practice. 1
regard this fact, in itself, as most COM
mendable Truly the Savannah Cadets
is a remarkably efficient volunteer organ
lzation. l do not believe it has it's equal
in the American militia"
Higher praise than Lieut.. Satterlee bes-
lows on the Cadets could not be desired,
nor is it less than was deserved. 1t was un-
doubtedly the work of the Cadets that
brought the individual figure of merit of
the regiment up to 32.97, which under the
circumstances is considered remarkable.
rms inquire of merit for the regiment takes
IN, OF course, the country companies at
Pooler and Statesboro who did no work
on the ranges at all because of the lack of
OF opportunity. The sharpshooters and
marksmen of the regiment to whom badges
rom the state were presented Monday
night after the address by Lieut.. Satter-
lee are as follows:
staff, Capt W. N. Nichols, inspector of
rifle practice, sharpshooter.
company B, Irish Jasper Greens, two
inarksmen, Acting Quartermaster ]. NJ.
reynolds and Private 7. G. Philpot.
Company G, German Volunteers, seven
Snarpshooters: Capt. Henry Kolshorn,
First Sergeant c. H. Konemann Sergeant
): D. Helmken, Corporal August Karstens,
corporal A. Both, Privates r. Schwarz
ana NJ. Davis. Two marksmen: Privates
Morris Levy and ]. A. Samuels.
Two sharpshooters First Sergeant C. H.
hchardson and Private Henry Il. Corley.
-FOUR marksmen: Lieut.. U. H. McLaws,
sergeant p. L Griner. Corporal S. B. La
raf' and Private ]. II. Miller.
company p, Savannah Cadets, twenty
4ye sharpshooters: Capt J. f. Brooks.
Lieut.. R. P. Lowell, sergt. ]. F. Mallory,
TJorpls. w. E, Coney and George A.
hnete' Privates c. M. Burnham, j. r.
SToWan, W. NJ Coney, Edward Carter, II.
w. Cowan r. G. Fetzer, Jr., second year.
a. G. Hardy, Jr., j. NJ. tombstone, Jr.,
CCnarles c. Lebey Stephen w. Lotion,
george e. Mallory, Gratz C. Myers, Wal
I yer ,. b. Purse, Robert L. Royal, George
81. Richter, William A. Reaves, Henry j.
sS,utcliffe, Henry c. Shuptrine, Frank J.
Sloat and A. J. Thorpe.
seventeen marksmen: First Lieut. r.
.. Nell, Sergt. James c. Tyson, Sergt.
yuIls B. Gaudry, second year, Corpl S.
e. ward, second year, Privates Walter
~ BOYD, Bejamin A. Beand, Dallas M.
bennett, Azzie j. Bostwick, Robert i.
TTooper, James f. Dusenberry, Clarence p.
!Dusenberry, Frank c. Dieter, A. ]. Full
eon' Joseph Gallaher, Albert L. Jones, Ed
MdTQ j. keiffor. Jr and nayid ROcau-