The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-19
Make Record Scores.

Make Record Scores.
With fast work Colonel Jolliffes has
started the companies OF the First
Regiment on their record scores, and
Il IS now believed that all these can
be completed before the breaking of
camp. Some of these record scores
are screditable indeed. Capt. Joseph.
q. Berry of Company of Buckhan-
non at 500 and 500 yards scored 43
and as out Of a possible So. Second
Lieut.. L. H. Jones, Company A OF
Weston, scored q and 40, respective
tly. a loss of only four points out OF
a total Of 100: This man when he
came to camp. was a non-commis-
STONED officer in Company l. OF Nor
tgantown. and has been given his com
mission in Company A.
Other good ores on the record
shooting are: Leslie Williams, Com
pany d, Littleton. as and As; Clar=
ence Orr. Company G of Kingwood,
using the same gun with which
Capt. Bob Burdette won the Hale
match with perfect score at Camp
Perry, made 4S and 4S; Of the same
company D. ]. spiker, sergeant, Al
and as, and Capt. G. H. Wilson, same
company. 40 and Al, with one shot
to fire in the latter range; Company
H Of Fairmont, Capt. Charles Nep-
tune, 40 and. az: c. Willie Smith, IS.
and 40; Robert Conway, Al and
las; Tracey Tenant, 40 and AS, and
Claude A. Stewart, AZ and SO.
Stewart made fine scores in the
preliminary also. AT 500 yards in
1.-THE record score he had a perfect row
Eof five shots. which means that each
Of the ten spots at 500 yards lie plant
ed in the clover leaf. which repre-
sents the head and shoulders of a
man. All Afternoon the First Regi-
ment has continued its record firing,
Typhoid Prevention.
Six per cent Of the men in the
state guard are inoculated for the
prevention of typhoid fever. All the
Regulars are j%noculated and are advo-
Gates of this for the prevention of ty-
phoid.
Tomorrow the First Infantry, will
Iliave a real test under fire. Major
jerks has outlined a field problem
for picked men of the whole regi-
ment. Each man will have. fifty
rounds of ammunition and in pla-
toons will attempt to advance from
GOO to 200 yards. making an advance
from coo to 200 yards, making an
advance only on a record Of two hits
to the minute. Tho enemy will BE
silhouette figures representing the
emery prone, and the men in the adj
vance will be compelled to continue
their firing with the men in the rear
firing also.
Major Jerks, Major Scott and Cap
tain Shipp drove over to Kingwood
in an auto this. evening to select a
place for a biyouac in the vicinity Of
Preston county's hospital. All the
troops in the camp except a guard
will march to Kingwood probably
Friday, taking with them their dog
tents, and rations for individual
cooking. Each squad will build a
FIRE and remain over night, returning
to Camp Dawson the next day.
While the First Infantry was burn,
ing up the atmosphere on the tarltt
range and completing the record
scores, the Second was carrying out
the orders of the day. advance guard
action, company drill. battalion. drill
and regimental drill in close and ex-
tended order and bayonet exercises. ,
The weather continues ideal.
Charles Sutherland. general freight
and passenger agent Of the NJ. & n.
railroad was in camp this evening
surveying the situation preparatory
to the running of excursion trains
from the Morgantown and Kingwood
Junction and from Morgantown next
Sunday and probably Saturday.