The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-04-29

Captains Hanks, Tick and Evans,
and Lieutenants d. X. Parker and
Charles Lahman. Former COM
manders of Company H present,
were: Zenas H. Ross of Battle
Creek, Willard M. Case of Lansing,
Fred E. Van Dyne, Silas M. Camp
bell and DR.. J. o. Parker of this
city. The officers and ladies', in
Guiding Mesdames McCaughna, Phil
lips, Hanks, Tick, Evans, Hume, Eu-
Ter, Lahman, Parker, Misses Nettie
Bowles and Leo Goodell, served the
banquet in an excellent manner, and
were highly congratulated upon
their efforts.
Rapid Fire Competition
Chief Range officer, Mayor Wal
lace d. Burke. Ammunition Hot Air
Distance-P oint Blank. Conditions
Make as many hits on the other fell
lows without a ricochet. Targets
will be exposed three minutes. Pen
alties will be enforced for exceeding
the time limit.
mpetitors-Governor Warner,
bCnSl IlcN. WI. IlOlldHuB
General Wagner, Capt. Guy M. Will
son, Chaplain Hanks, Col. Abbey, }.
c. Shattuck, Major Britton, Col
Kirk, Capt. W. H. Martin and Capt.
Dorcey. The Chief Range officer al
so called upon Col. McCaughna an@
Major Phillips, to take part in the
competition. The remarks made by
all of the gentlemen referred parti-
cularly to military affairs and were
interspersed with witticisms that
were loudly applauded. About eighty
were seated at the tables. The tab
were arranged so as to form let
ter "H", in honor of the local mill
tary company. The whole banquet
was strictly military and cleverls
arranged.
While the banquet was being seI-.
we'd, the band furnished music for d
complimentary dance for the public
at the armory. The visiting officers
left Wednesday for their homes.
The championship regimentai
trophy, large bronze shield, bear
ing brass plates on which the names
of winning teams will be inscribed
annually, was won by the Third In
fantry 14-man regimental team,
which is composed of the following
Private Frank Mier, Owosso; Capt.
Percy Patterson, Capt G. d. Mat.
thews, Lieut. Parnell and Private Az
Lemon, Sault Ste Marie, Lieut.. w.
h. Conboy. Sergt. A. Bonscore,
Sergt. F. Bashaw. Sergt. G. Bancroft
of Cheboygan, Sergt. Bert butcher,
Lieut.. Charles Lahman, Col. Geo. B.
McCaughna and ergt.-Major Oscar
Reynolds of Owosso, and Capt. Guy
M. Wilson of Flint. No medal vim
ner may serve on this team more
than once.
The ten-man regimental team,
| made up Of Capt. Percy Patterson,
Lieut.. Lahman, Sergt. butcher, Pri-
vate Frank Mier, Sergt. Boskaw,
Capt. Matthews, Lieut.. Daniel Par
nell, Lieut.. Conboy, Private Lemon
and Capt. Wilson, was awarded the
Post trophy, a shield of walnut and
silver, the possession governed by
the same rules, regarding the inelig-
ibility of prize winners to contest
the second time.
Company HIS six-man team, Lieut..
Lahman, Sergt. butcher, Corporal
Hinze, Private Mier, Private Doyle
and gt.-Major o. j. Reynolds was
presented with the Mcmillan trophy,
a large bronze figure of soldier.
presented by the late William G. Nc
MILAN. The Post trophy was pre-
sented by c. w. Post of Battle
Creek. ."
The individual medals are furn-
ished by the state military board.
The following Owosso men were
decorated with" Expert" SHARP
shooter and "Marksmen" badges,
Experts, Captains Parker and Evans,
Lieut.. Lahman, Sergts. Schaar,
butcher, Corps. Hinze, Marvin and
Doyle, Prfvates Nevins, Mccall,
ludlow and Wilson and Sergt MA
jor Reynolds. Sharpshooters, Sergt.
Schneider. Marksmen, Corp. Schut-
te, Privates Beehler, Banghart, La
week, Fish and Goeckel.