The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-19
Col. VIM. Gerlach Of the u. S.
Army Passed Judgment on
Organization.
Field Maneuvers and Sham Battle
Held at Fair Grounds. Basket
Social at Maccabce Hall.
COMPANY IN FINE CONDITION
full Qouta Of Officers and Men
Appeared at the |nspec'
. ton.

ton.
Once more has Company F dem
.onstrated to the people of Worth
ington and Mobiles county that it
is a virile, active and efficient
organization. Once more has it
fulfilled tho predictions officially
made by Major Eva two months
after its organization that this
Company would reach standard of
excellence which would be credit
not only to itself, but to the entire
guard, and once more has the Off
cial representative of the War de-
partment of the United States Gov
ernment, 1t. Col. Vim. Gerlach,
inspected our Company and pro-
nounoed it unsurpassed, and indeed
almost unapproachable, by any of
the 80 companies of the Minnesota
National Guard.
Pursuant to General Order No. 2,
from headquarters of the Minnesota
National Guard, the annual..lnspec-
tion Of 20. f was made on Monday,
April 18th, 1902, by Col. VIM. Ger
lach, u. S. A. The field maneuvers
were held at the fair ground at $3.50
in the afternoon, and were largely
attended in spite of the unpleasant
sly cool weather.. The evolutions
Of the company occupied some time
and were performed with remark
able precision, to the delight of the
large crowd of spectators and in
epecting officer. The preliminary
evolutions were followed by sham
battle.
The ceremony ot insperction took
place at the Barra oks at 8:15 with q
full quota of rs men present or &C
counted for. Capt. Schaedter came
down from st. Paul and was in
command, though the .maneuvers
were conducted principally by
Lleuts. Smith and Ward and Sergt.
Blood. The state property, books,
records and funds of the company,
were inspected and worn out prop
erty recon mended for condemna-
tion.
In the evening a comparative drill
was held, after the ceremony of the
inspector. between squad from
Rushmore under Corp. Barron and
q squad from Worthngton, under
Corp. Kumler, judged by Col. Ger
laoh, who gave the decision to the
Worthington squad on strictly tech
nical grounds. On general appear.
ance and cleverness in extended or
der work the two squads we're
equally matched. The competitive
drill was held at Maocabee Hall,
and was followed by basket social
The baskets sold up to $3.50 and
netted the handsome sum of $43 for
the company's treasury. The COM
pany will also receive from the state
81 for each man inspected. Adding
toms orchestra was present and en-
livened the occasion by a number
of fine selections, and q short pro-
gram was rendered as follows:
selection-Co. F Quartette.
Solo-Corp. Kumler.
Address J. A. Town.
j, Reading florence Lysle.
Solo-E. Gillis.
Short addresses were also made
by Capt. Schaefer, Lieut.. Smith, and
others. -
Col. Gerlach expressed himself
as highly pleased with the condi-
tionof c.. F, and was particularly
cordial in his appreciation of the
Improvement made since the last
inspection. While the credit for
the excellent condition Of COM
pany ordinarily falls to the com-
manding officer, in the case of Co. F
the credit belongs largely to Lieu
tenants Smith and Ward and to the