The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-09-05

| regiments are undergoing training
tests every day and the program
through which they are being put is
strenuous one. They are respond
ing as only South Carolinians can and
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 come
the results Of firing with service am
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.
| ficiency Of it's men with the rifle.
In company combat test a simple
| attack problem is worked out. The
| enemy is indicated or outlined at
about 1900 yards and the points on
| which the company is marked are:
Captains battle order. it's form. com
pleteness, and to whom issued; com
bat patrols and manner of use; for
nations employed; use Of cover; cor.
rsctness OF range, designation Of tar.
get; distribution Of FIRE; proper sight
setting; fire control and discipline. in
| cluding use OF I. 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
srs, 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
number OF rabbits. a partridge,
horned toads and other animals and
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 domesticate
| what he calls jackrabbit but Capt
! Park declares Is nothing but the old
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 nspector-instructor and
has assumed his duties. Capt. Brab
son is a native OF Tennessee and ranks
high III 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
! ap OF the troops from North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
according to recent announcement
Con. Sibert was graduated at West
Point In the class Of 1884. and won
his brigadisr gensralship through
his work In the Panama canal zone
He will assume command when all Of
tho Ninth division arrives here, It Is
presumed.
II. E. Harrelson of Conway has
been appointed one CT the resimental
J color ssrgeants by Col Springs in
recognition OF his services and eff.
cheney. He was for 10 years In the
regular army and 10 an expert rifle
and pistol shot. having ~ medals re.
ceived in contests. Is OF them being
gold. He won the rapid fire match Of
the Pan-Amsrican Union In 1912 at
| Camp Perry and was a 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 fne speciments of the
rattler, but the prize catcher OF
snakes is Wellington T. Reed, q cor.
poral OF the Eighth Pennsylvania. He
came into the Palmetto camp the
other day with q rattler 80 inches
long, with eight rattles and one but
ton. and the reptile was curled around
his neck. Corporal Reed Is one OF
the numerous models OF Charlie
Chaplin. who is the favorits fashion
artist for the guardsmen from all the
states encamped in the FL Paso
patrol district He goes Mr.. Chaplin
one better by wearing vigorous and
well shaped goatee. When over In
the Carolina camp the other day with
his rattier the Pennsyivaria corpora
was the center Of several groups and
he did not appear to mind having the
snake bite him whenever and where
| ever IL wished However. he had ra