The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-07-26
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cruel sand-spurs that covered the
ground around my tent, l began
searching for my shoes. My
search seemed in vain, so | de-
cided to go without them. |
made a dash for the door, only
to find myself butting the rear
side of the tent. In a few mo-
ments | had solved the difficulty.
| had got out on the back side of
my cot, and had attempted to
change the place of east and
west. l then found my shoes
in their proper place, and snatch
ing them on | rushed into line,
consoling myself that it was
better late than never, and that
it was best to wear shoes while
walking on sand-spurs.
Leaving the camp grounds and
forgetting my experience, let us
now visit the rifle range and take
a few shots at the target. The
range is an excellent one. TWen-
ty-five reversible targets are sta
toned IN a row, all of which can
be used at the same time, thus
affording the opportunity for a
whole battalion to shoot at once.
The range is cleared so that the
targets can be shot to distance of
1000 yards.
When it came to shooting the
rifle the husky Robesonians from
Lumber Bridge did honor to
themselves and to their county.
We had to shoot two trial and
ten scoring shots at 200, 300 and
500 yds. 1t required SO points
out of a possible $50 to qualify as
a marksman. Our company fur
nished ten men( (the largest num-
ber furnished by any company
that scored more than SO points.
In the lime-light with the rifle
stood ]. D. jackson, a tried and
tested rifleman, with a score of
113, and T. A. Hall, who had new
er shot one Of the rifles before,
with a score of Ill. The others
that scored more than SO points
were Capt. Malloy, Lieuts. Bar
low and Shaw, privates Beard,
Blount, Gleason, Smith and Nc
Rainey. Capt. Malloy beat the
crowd at 500 yds, scoring 46 points
out of a possible so. Judging
either from the number of men
that scored more than SO or from
the general average of the COM
pany, we beat every other COM
pany in the regiment in marks
manship. The honor of this is
not due to the writer, for he had
some difficulty in hitting the tar.
get, especially at 500 yds.
Now for the pleasures of camp
life. We were fortunate in be.
ing so near the sound, where we
could enjoy the constant breeze
and 60 bathing, boating and fish.
ing. At night we could attenc
the dances at the Atlantic Hotel
and if we did not desire to dance
we could find at least some pleas
ure in looking on. While we
fingered around our tents every
feeling of loneliness was dispelf
ed by the jokes and humor O:
some Of the boys. T. A. Hal
and Wilson Jones are hard tt
beat when it comes to raising 4;
laugh. Our sportiest men wer'
our married men. Oh, how shine,
were their shoes, how Slick thei
hair, how white their collars, AM
how neat their dress! Paraphras
ing the well-known lines O
Burns:
Would that some power had given the
wives the gift
To have seen their husbands as we sa
them.
One of our number, who was re
} Gently married, probably receive
: more mail than any other man
! the regiment. He received som'
t thing less than a peck and a ha
= of letters and post cards durin
Y the seven days. absence.
: To come back to seriousness
t we were all glad to meet agai
!, the clever Sampson county boy
:. from Clinton, and the jolly GOO
+, fellows from Wadesboro. Esp
t cially were we glad to see aga
our much esteemed Major Ro'
d man. He is two kinds of a ms
j. "a stern soldier while on tt
y field, and a man like other me
g while not on duty.
\ We left Camp Glenn early {
the morning of the fifteenth, al
d arrived at Lumber Bridge abo
g six o'clock that evening. Y
'e made a pleasant stop of abo
:, two hours in the thriving lit
'e town of Wilson. The encam
m ment is over now, and it's plea
to ures dwell only in the vivid rec
m lections of the past.
lie J. A. MEG.
at Shannon, N. c., R. F. D. No
ne July 19, 1909.
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