The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-18
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES
Bulletin From State Headquarters
Praise Local Company

Bulletin From State Headquarters
Praise Local Company
December 18th has arrived but to
date GOvernor-elect Alexander has not
announced who he will appoint Adju-
tant general and Assistant Adjutant
General, vice General Patch and Major
Jeffreys, present incumbents, whose
terms expire with that Of the present
COmmander-in-chi Governor John
NJ. Haines. No doubt the future COM
imander-in-chief Is withholding the
announcements until about December
Gath, and will hand them out right
and left as acceptable Christmas gifts
and while ON the subject of Christ
mas and Christmas presents the Bull
letin wishes the present Commander
in-chief, Governor Haines and the next
commander n-chief, Governor elect
ALEXANDER, his adjutant general and
all the officers and men Of the Guard
Merry Christmas and a Happy and
prosperous New Year
No changes are announced in this
issue but several are contemplated.
General Patch, the adjutant general,
has announced that he will not be
candidate for the position under the
new administration. This will create
vacancy and will be filled by Cover
nor-elect Alexander upon taking Of
flee. Upon the retirement of General
Patch the Guard loses an officer of
great ability and man that has given
the Guard some fifteen years of his
valuable time and who has held all
grades from Captain of Company l.
to Brigadier General in the Idaho Ma
tional Guard. Another change to take
place within the next few days is the
relief of Lieutenant A. +. Dannemiller,
U. s. A., who has, during the last two
years, been with us as Inspector-In-
structor. This officer has worked
wonders in Idaho. He is tireless
worker and brought the Guard to as
high standard Of efficiency as any
one could do under the existing condi-
tions. 1t is regretted that he becomes
Manchu just at the time his two
years work is beginning to bear fruit
Lieutenant Max B. CARRIER, U. S. A.,
who relieves Lieutenant Dannemiller
as lnspector-Instructor will find many
things to do, and If he carries out the
programme Of instruction outlined by
Lieutenant Dannemiller, he will bring
great credit upon himself, not only
from the personnel but from the War
Department as we'll We know Lieu
tenant Dannemiller We got accus-
toned to his letters and found out he
meant business and made up our
minds that We had better comply with
his directions or turn the work over
to some one who could. There was no
One-horse method used. He did not
jump to new model auto truck and
expect changes to take place immedi-
ately, but stuck to the old army mule
method and got there. 1t is sincerely
trusted that the new Inspector-In-
structOr will follow in the footsteps
of his predecessor and also that of
the entire personnel of the Guard will
support his methods as 1t did for Lieu
tenant Dannemiller Lieutenant Dam
| nemiller leaves behind host of
friends, friends that realize what he
| has done for them and the Guard
| and they all wish him success iii the
regular service, A Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year.
So Captain Jones went duck hunt
ing. Why he should crawl over sever
al miles of hills for tame ducks is be-
yond our comprehension. Wouldn't
be surprised If he had the tame ones
planted. A better scheme would have
been to buy them in Lewiston, take a
walk equipped with gun and hunting
jacket and return in an hour and dis
play the game. Duck hunting Is a
hardship as every hunter knows, but
to try and pot tame ducks is anything
but sportsmanlike and against the good
graces of your neighbors. Next time
save your energy and buy the ducks
at Waits.
Company F. (Lewiston) conducted a
turkey shoot that lasted for three days.
In addition to the turkeys a live bear
was put up as a prize. The proceeds
of the shoot go toward the company
fund and Captain Jones is wise in
building one now for when the sum
mer encampment arrives the men like
little extras. A soldier with a salts
fled stomach is worth esteem" that are
hungry
The regimental and battalion rifle
| competitions terminated on December
LIST. Company D of Twin Falls, cap
tured the first prize of $4,000 in the
regimental competition and also the
| $4,000 prize Of the second battalion
competition. Company I, of Payette,
won the second prize of $4,000 in the
regimental competition. Company A,
Of Standpoint, won the $4,000 prize in
the LIST battalion competition and Com
pany L, Of Weiser won the $4,000 prize
in the 3rd battalion competition. TAX
Ing 1t as whole the competition was
tcertainly worth while, especially to
the fniners. It created quite little
interest in the several companies and
it was nip and tuck until the last min
| ute (4:00 p. m. December 5th). The
winners deserve all the credit pos
sible for their hard work and while
every company could not win, the
same may be said Of the other COM
pany commanders who entered the
contest with the spirit OF coming out
first. The following table gives the
standing Of the winners in the two
competitions on December LIST.
! Co. D, Twin Falls, p w. McRoberts
Capt.-No completing course, So;
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