Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-08-17
Work of Company d at Augusta

The members of Company d OF Nor
way returned from the annual muster at
Augusta Wednesday of last week and
report a very pleasant and profitable en-
campment. The officers of the End
Regiment all unite in declaring this one
of the best eucampments held in recent
years, the fine behavior of the men and
the Willingness to work hard to improve
the instructions given them, being two
of the particularly noticeable features OF
this ten-day's work in the tented city.
The relations between the members of
the National Guardsmen and the two
companies, h. and l.. of the Fifth United
States Infantry, which were present with
them, were very cordial and the pres
ence of the regulars and their willing
ness to give the guardsmen any informa-
ton they had acquired by their long
service, helped to make the muster fine
school for members of the Second Regi-
ment.
To the people in this vicinity the
shooting of Company d men is the prin-
cipal matter of interest. This year,
as in former encampments, they took a
prominent part, and their work was ex-
cellept. The fact that they lost the
company team match for the first time
for several years was of course a disap-
poiutment to them, but they still claim
the honor of being the banner company
of the state and their defeat is easy to
explain.
The company team match is open to
teams of five men from any company in
the Second Regiment. This year for the
first time a rule was made allowing only
one commissioned officer TO shoot on the
team. As the three best marksmen in
Co. ID are commissioned officers, it will
be easily seen that this ruling was big
handicap to this company. The rule was
made al such late date that other men,
bers of the company had no opportun-
ity for practice and although there are
some fine marksmsn besides the officers.
they cannot be expected to shoot well
without practice. This was the position
Co. d found themselves in and they
decided that they would not enter team
in the match. However, they were per-
suaded to do so and finished in second
position, Company of Dover winning
with score of 2SS. Company DIS score
was 2S2.
Lieut.. G. A. Marston, the officer who
shot with the team, won third prize, a
list of individual prizes being given to
the high men.
The match which aroused the most in
terest was one arranged between team
of eight men picked from the Second
Regiment and team of the same size
from the Regulars. This match was
shot Tuesday afternoon aud consisted of
work at 200 yards slow fire, 200 yards
rapid fire, 600 yards slow fire, and a
skirmish run. Adjutant General Dill
picked the team from the Second Regi-
ment and four of the eight men were
from Company ID, not including w. p.
Marston, who was member of this
company until he moved from South
Paris last spring and is now Color
Sargent and not attached to any COM
pany. No other company in the regi-
ment bad more than one man on the
team, showing how highly the company
stands in its shooting.
The National Guard team made a
grand total of 1867, to total OF 1926 by
the Regulars, a difference of PAL points.
The scores of the Company ID men were:
Capt. Stiles, 2l5; Lieut.. Daughraty, PA;
Lieut.. G. A. Marstop, 1876; Corp. White
head, 2l9; Col. Sgt. w. p. Marston's
score was 200. Corp. Whitehead with
his score of PIG was high man of the
match. His best work was on the 600
yard range where he made 40 out of
possible so.
Wednesday of this week the members
of Company ID who are on the state team
90 to Portland where they join the other
mem ers of the state team and start for
the national tournament to be held at
Camp Perry, Ohio. The match there
will be run on different plan this year.
The teams from the infantry, cavalry,
navy and state guards being divided into
three classes with prize for each class.
The work of the Maine team last year
was such that they were placed in the
first class and while this Is of course an
honor, it will probably prevent them
from landing any prizes, as they must
go against the very best teams in the
country. Had they been placed in the
second class, their chances of winning
the trophy for that class would have
been excellent.