Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-27
lST BATTALION
18th INFANTRY
NSSILVERCUP
Excellence Before the Target is
Rewarded BY Presentation
of Handsome Trophy

/ (Associated Press bv Federal WirelessD
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Sept 81.
Last Saturday morning the COM
panies Of the LIST Battalion, 18th In
fantry, were formed in hollow
square and the commanding officer Of
the 25th Infantry, Colonel Samson l..
Faison, presented beautiful silver
cup to Company B Of the same regi-
ment. The occasion resulted from the
recent target practise of the LIST Bat
talon. Major Guy G. Palmer, conf
handing the battalion, generously do
mated the cup TO be competed for by
the organizations in his command.
II was to be awarded to that company
showing excellence in its record prac-
tise and this rating was determined
by adding all the aggregate scores
made during record practise and div
iding this total by the number of men
firing. In other words the highest aver
age aggregate won the cup.
Colonel Faison, in presenting the
cup, stated that the record Of the COM
pany was one of which every man in
the organization and in the regiment
should be proud. At the completion of
last years target practise this COM
pany had qualified but three sharp
shooters and but score of marksmen,
and naturally 1t stood at the bottom
OF the regimental organizations as rat
ed for their excellence in shooting.
This year, by hard. earnest and con-
scientious work, the company had
gone from the bottom of the ladder
to the top, showing an Improvement
that had never before been equalled
in the service.
Captain A. ]. McNab, 18th Infantry,
commanded the company, and its work
is repetition of the success that
marks the target practise of his or
CARNATIONS. For years Captain Nc
Nab has been making records on the
rife range, individually and also with
his company. There are very few bet
ter rifle shots in the world than he.
In addition to being able to shoot so
remarkably he is also without peer
in teaching others to shoot No man.
is hopeless in his estimation unless he
is totally blind.
Company B fired one hundred twen-
ty-one men with the following results
Twenty-seven expert rifiemen, thirty
six sharpshooters, forty-fiye marks
men, ten first class men and three Sec
ond class men. The number of expert
rifiemen is greater than the total num-
Der of qualified men last year.
The inter-regimental league opens
TODAY at this post The first game OF
the series is between the 4th Cav
airy and the Field Artillery. A
large crowd OF supporters for each
team and fans from the other regl.
ments will be present This game will
show the strength of the mounted SER
vice organizations so most every
body will be there to look them over.
Tuesday night the parade ground
in front of the 25th Infantry headquar-
tiers looked like lantern parade. All
the signal men of the regiment had,
been assembled for practise with Ian
terms and the flashes were being
thrown over the entire area Lieut..
Tinker, 18th Infantry, is in charge OF
this work and has an elaborate
scheme for advanced instruction. When
he completes the work laid out each
company in the regiment will have
a number of expert signal men pro-
ficient in all the means of visual sig
Mailing.
The many friends of Colonel Carl
Reichmann will be sorry to learn that
he has received orders to leave TINS
department on the October 9Th boat
and proceed to the southern depart
ment where he will report for duty.
Colonel Reiehmann is one OF the
best known officers in the army and
has a host of friends wherever he has
been stationed. His service has been
more varied than that of any other
officer, in the army Besides the ac-
tive campaigns he has participated IN
during the past wars of the United
States, these campaigns embracing ac-
tive duty against the Indians, as Well
as arduous work in Cuba and the
Philippines, he has also gone through
the greater parts of the Boer war and
the Russo Japanese war as military
observer. In the former war he was
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