Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-07
RIFLE CLUB
OPENS RANGE
LARGE NUMBER PRESENT At THE
SHOOT; MEMBERSHIP SHOWS
BIG INCREASE.

The Ottumwa Rifle club had its first
range meet Thursday afternoon and d
large number Of the members were
out. Lieut.. F. B. Younkin of Co. G
was present and instructed the men in
the use of the guns.
/ Considerable interest is being shown
in the club and the membership has
Increased from eighty-three to ITO. Ap-
plications are still being received and
those desiring to join may commune
! cate with Secretary Ray Utecht at
Kidd's drug store.
1, The club is really national rather
than purely local body as the member.
/ ship is affiliated in the governments
, rife organization and the guns and
! ammunition are supplied by requi-
sition upon the war department. Thus
far sixteen guns have been sent to the
! local club and it has purchased three
making nineteen in all, but a requisi
ton has been made for six more rifles
and additional ammunition. There is
already nearly 10000 rounds Of am.
munition on hand
The various members are working
to get in shape to have representa-.
ton on the state team that will com.
pete in the national meeting held in
Jacksonville. Fla. under the auspices
Of the war department. Arrangements
may be made by members with the ex-
ecutive officers and squad leaders for
the privilege to use the range The
rifles are in charge of the squad lead
ers.
n. 4fE..r.
The officers, assistant executives
and squal leaders follow:
Presdent-E. w. F. Holler
Vice president-O. B. Poundstone.
Secretary-Ray D. Utcht.
Treasurer-H. V. Mercer.
Assistant executives
Executive officer-Wallace Graham.
dwight B. Baker. Frank G. Stro-
hauer, Homer c. Young. H. v. Mercer
Cecil R. Corrick. Adiunt-Carl Spry.
Quartermaster-Ray D. Utecht.
Following are the assignments:
Dwight B. Baker, assistant execu.
tive officer No. 1:
J. E. Baker. Squad leader: Joe Funk.
F. w. GILES, Wayne E. Mitchell Otto
Armstrong.
Fred Dimmitt, leader John Nman,
A. L. Houghland, Harlan NJ. Reece,
Basil Fry.
S. o. Duree, leader: E. E. England,
H. M. Chew, John J. Burns, A. c..
Daacke.
Ben Grotz. leader. Irl NJ. Baker. Dick
Fisher. Walter Ruckman Terrence
Owens.
Frank G. Strohauer, assistant execu. !
tive officer No 2.
H. c. Lynn. leader; George w. Cook,
Horace p. Emerson, William e. King,
Elmer Pierce.
Leo Chapman, leader; Phil Davis.
William Oxely, F. P. Pickett. Earl !
Welsh.
James c. Goudy. leader: L. c. Mitch.
ell. G. A. Mckee, John Sanford, vii.
liam r. Wilson.
G.. G. Springer, leader; E. A. Ellis,
Edgar Edmonds, Carl Kleiward, Dick
Aylward.
Homer c. Young. assistant executive
officer No. 3:
Carl Herborg leader, James Byrnes,
W. E. Davis, A. j. Epperly. Guy Doc.
little.
F. 2. Kidd, leader; L. M. Guenther
E. J. Kahn, w. c. McMichael Joe
Myers.
o. B. Poundstone, leader; John
Rector, Ernest E. Reeves, Merle
Robert Mcintosh.
Ray D. Utecht, leader, Harvey F. A. !
Somers. c. H. Jones. Fred Young,
Lloyd Wilcox.
H. V. Mercer, assistant executive Of /
fcer No. 4:
F. w. Newell leader, w. p. kellogg
U. G. Myers, Clarence Phillips, l.. r. !
!
H. Thogerson, leader, c. A. Smith,
L. R. Smith, E. l.. Songer, Edward A.
Wilson. i
F. W. Racine, leader; C. w. McCarty
S. NJ. Weiss, Dr. D. C. Brockman, q.
X. Daugherty.
H. C. Smith. leader: Warren H. Fer
guson, c. E. Waters, F. A. Hilliard.
Cecil Corrick, assistant executive Of
ficer No. 5:
William F. Bddison, leader: Fred |
l.. Bissell, James B. Davis, Paul Fish
er. Frank Harker.
Martin Kamerick, leader; Dave
cohn. Walter Roscoe, T. Kratzer, John
Davies.
Jake Abegg, leader; Eugene Abegg,
r. w. Slupianeck, Jess Garfield, J. L.
Pogue.
A. w. Trautwein, leader: w. n. Nc.
xee, J. L. Wright. C. r. Wright. Sam
long
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