The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-09-06
The companies OF both the sirs1

and Second South Carolina infantry
regiments are undergoing training
tests every day and the program
through which they are being put is
a strenuous one They are respond
ing as only South Carolinians can and
the strides which they are making in
all lines Of soldering is a source OF
continual qualification to those inter
ested in them. The companies are
given three and oue-half hours drill
every morning.
The companies are put through
tests in target practice, company COM
bat, field equipment and individual
tests. Under target practice con
the results of firing with service an
munition covering, nature of course
followed, number of men firing course.
number Of men not firing course
rigid estimate from examination OF
company records Of the average pro
fciency of its men with the rifle.
IN company combat test a simple
attack problem is worked out. Tne
enemy is indicated or outlined at
about 1900 yards and the points or
which the company is marked are:
Captains battle order, its form, com
pleteness. and to whom issued; com
bat patrols and manner of use; FOR
nations employed; use Of cover; cor
rectness of range, designation OF tar
get: distribution Of fire; proper sight
setting; fire control and discipline, IN
cluding use of l. D. R. signals; contin
uity of fire during advance; time
methods, and execution of reinforcing;
time and conduct of the charge, and
method of fixing bayonets; perfor
nance of duties by platoon command
ers, by guides and by buglers.
Several members Of the Traynham
Guards of Laurens, under the leader
ship of Lieut.. Smith, went among the.
sage brush and cactus on the right OF
the South Carolina camp and caught
a number of rabbits, q partridge,
horned toads and other animals anc
reptiles peculiar to this section OF the
woods. The rabbits were skinned and
brought back into camp and cooked
Lieut. Crawford Of the Fort Mill com
pany, who is trying to domestlcate
what he calls jackrabbit but Capt
Park declares is nothing but the olo
South Carolina molly cottontail,'
was sorry when he heard that the
Laurens boys had killed what rabbits
they had caught, for he wanted tc
start rabbit farm.
TO Instruct First.
Capt. Brabson OF the regular army
has been assigned to the First South
Carolina as inspector-instruetor and
has assumed his duties. Capt. Brab
son is native of Tennessee and ranks
high in military efficiency. He is
popular already with the officers and
men,
Brig. Gen. William L. Sibert has
been assigned to the command of the
Ninth division, which will be made
up Of tie troops from North Carolina.
South Carolina. Georgia and Florida
according to recent announcement
Cen. Sibert was graduated at West
Point in the class of 1884, and won
his brigadier seneralshlp through
his work in the Panama canal zone
He will assume command when all o.
the Ninth division arrives here, 1t Is
presumed.
H. E. HARRISON Of Conway has
been appointed one Of the regimenta!
color scrgeants by Col. Springs in
recognition of his services and ell
cheney. He was for Is years in tn
regular army and is an expert RI
and pistol shot, having % medals re
ceived in contests IS Of them being
sold. He won the rapid fire match OF
the Pan-American Union in 1912 at
Camp Perry and was member Of the
all army team in 1908, 1909, 1911 and
1913
Snake hunting is becoming a pop
ular pastime with the soldiers and
many Of the South Carolina men have
caught several fine speciments Of the
rattler. but the prize catcher OF
snakes is Wellington T. Reed, cor
poral of the Eighth Pennsylvania. He
came into the Palmetto camp the
other day with rattler 52 inches
long, with eight rattles and one but
ton, and the reptile was curled around
his neck. Corporal Reed IL one OF
the numerous models OF Charlie
Chaplin. who is the favorite fashion
artist for the guardsmen from all the
states encamped in the FL Pasc
patrol district. He goes Mr.. Chaplin
one better by wearing vigorous anf
we'll shaped goatee. When over ir
the Carolina camp the other day with
his RATHER the Pennsylvania corpora
was the center Of several groups and
ne did not appear to mind having the
snake bite him whenever and where
ever it wished. However he had 10
moved the fangs. so there was no can
ger Of poison.
Engineers at Work.
The engineer company. under Capt
Pernell, is working about 40 prisoners
from Fort Bliss in building roads. The
engineers are busy and are showing
Improvement every day as result OF
the training which they are receiving.
They expect shortly to move their
camp across the railroad and to be
part of battalion comprising besides
them companies from Ohio and soHe