The Springdale news., 1914-09-11
COMPANY "A" STANDS
 HIGH IN MILITARY CIRCLES

otI)oItS nave Deen received
 from the government of the rela-
 tive standing of Company "A,
 of this place, A. N. G., and 1t is
 pleasing to note that the local
 company, which has been organiz-
 ed only d short time, stands near
 the top of the list of the various
 companies of the state, not only
 Ill one department, but in all.
 Other neighborng companies that have been organized three and
 four years, and in which almost all men are old in the ways of
 military life, do not get as good q
 report from the inspectors as our
 own local company.
 At the recent maneuvers in Little Rock, Company B of Fayetteville was quoted as get ting all the high marks, and 1t has since developed that such was
 not the case, and the first re ports were sent out before the fi-
 nal reports were made hy the government officials. It k true
 that Company B won the high est mark for target work, one
 member Of their company, Rurgin scoring higher than any member
 Of Company A. Burgin has , been on the target range for the past three years, has won every match lie has ever attended, and
 Is considered ole of the best Ill the state. Members of the local
 company state that Burgin is not :: now a member of the Fayetteville
 company, as he resides at Mar . shall, in this state, and was pick ed up there by the Fayetteville company, while en route 10 Lit
 tie Rock. Each member the var1ous companies are supposed tt
 Use their respective rifles in the . shoot but Company B used
 tile rifles belonging to Company \. " It has also been reported
 that q member of Company = B 7 J took second place i'll the target
 work, while member of Com . pany \ scored the same points
 as did the member of Company , B who LOOK second place.
 Captain Sloane, who visited : Springdale last fall and inspected
 the local company gave a most
 splendid report to the govern ment, and while the company her, has not been organized long
 enough to be inspected along d : margin with the other companies,
 nevertheless his reports are a. matter of interest. Among oth- : CT things he reports that On
 inspection Company A showed : a most laudable effort on the
 part of the company to put their ; property in proper shape; the
 the company has started out un-
 der good auspices, and 1t K eX-
 pected that the next report will show much better Improvement
 Ill the maneuvers of the company. : Under the conditions surrounding
 the organization of the company, and the short time 1t has been in the field, the company shoHld he rated as entirely satisfactory '
 When at Little Rock some two : weeks ago, Major Brookmiller,
 U. $. A, who had charge of the encampment, called the various officers together for a short talk : on the general sanitation and
 health of the companies, and among other things said: Com pany A, under command of Cap tain OWnbey IS the onl y company
 at the eneampment. who has d sanitary kitchen, 1t IS the only
 company coming up to the re- quired standard in their sanitary and health reports, and 1t is the only company on the grounds de stroying their garbage properly
 m the proper manner v In ref
 erence to their maneuVers on the
 field, Major Brookmiller paid d
 high compliment to the boys. and
 said While Company \ did not
 show as much of an advancement
 as other companies, they showed
 more progress during the joint
 camp of instruction, and paid bet
 ter and stricter attention to or
 ders than any other company in ' camp This IS an extraordinary
 compliment to be paid to a com l pany of National Guards, by a
 Major of the regular army, and from one who has seen service in
 all it s stages. This was the high
 est compliment paid by Maj.
 Rroolyp, 11or Jl1ripr tha aptira an