The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1915-05-05
Company FL
Invited to Attend Confederate
Reunion at Richmond
on June Jrd.

company lbtN tilflR en-
penses and allow meals
rations to each man if the com
pany will come to Richmond ON
June Bird to take part in the
parade at the Confederate Re-
union to be held in that city.
1t is purely voluntary as the
men do not get any pay for it.
Captain Bullitt has put the
matter before the BOYS To get
the sense OF the company and il
30 or 40 men consent 10 20 the
company will be ably repre-
scented at the reunion. 1t will
be decided this week whether
Company III will be represented
or not. If they 90 they will be
gone about 4 days.
Boys Have Target Practice.
For the last three weeks the
soldier boys here have been
having target practice at the
armory. They have been shoot
ing the regulation army guns
which are made to shoot car
fridge of - calibre. They have
been shooting at IA target 60
feet distant which is equivalent
to targert on target range
at distance of 200 yards. Al
though shooting at night isn't
as good as day light shooting
on a range, nevertheless the
boys did quite we'll considering
they have only been organized
Ia months. The company has
one of the most p-to-date and
modern steel targets in use and
as summer is here the boys will
soon get some genuine target
practice at their target ground
near the old wooden mill shoot
ing steel jackets
Sergeants Peck and McLe.
more chose up in target prac-
tice at the armory. Prizes were
offered of 80 for the best score.
- for the second best and ST
for the third Sergeant McLc-
more won the 50 prize with "A
score of 60 out of Il possible 20.
Captain Bullitt won the - prize
with n score of G4 and Corporal
Sword won the 81 prize with n
score of G3. Sergeant Peck S
squad made the highest total
score, ll2 Following is the
score of the two squads:
SergeantPeck's squad Peck
80; Geo. Orender, 81; Pierce, 10;
Gaut, 10; Smith, 30; } Nickels,
4G; Tucker, 40; Young, sc; L..
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total, 40.
Sergeant Mcl.emore's squad
-McLemore, G5; Bullet. "a:
Sword, 60; q. liurd, 10; Barron,
"a; Wallace, rs; Daniels, 40:
lHorsely, 40; Brown, 10; total,
1877.
On last Friday night Ser
geants Taylor and Peck chose
mp for target practice. Each
man fired - shots and "a per-
feet score would be "a. Prizes
of the same amounts as the pre-
ceeding practice were offered.
Lieutenant McFerran won the
80 prize with score of Gs. Can.
tain Bullitt won the - prize
with a score of %, Sergeants
Young and Peck tied for the 81
prize with a score of 81. Ser
geant Young won ont when
they shot the tie off. Sergeant
Peck's squad won the match
with Il total score of COS. Fol
lowing is the score of ali the
men in their respective squads
Sergeant Taylor's squad
Taylor, %; Painter. 81; Sword,
60; Wells, ~; Wright, 53; Nc
l'erran, GS; Daniels. 4G; j. Nick
els, 80; Stewart, 4G; Morefield
10; Smith, 81; Edens, ~; total,
$40.
SergeantPeck's squad-Peck,
81; Rullitt, 50; Young, 81; Geo.
Orender, So; Tucker, ~; Pierce,
20; Brown, 81; Hammond. SO:
GAIT, 40; Wallace, so; Barron
90; Willis, 65 willis being on
company team his score doesn't
count except in totaD; total, COS.
At the Norton grounds last
Saturday, despite their beauty
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