The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-04-19
LITTLE SLOPPY
BUT MAY BE
SOLDIERS YET
Old Men, Young Men and Kids
March Enthusiastically i'm
Ranks of Home Guards
EIGHT FULL SQUADS in LINE
Home Folks will Drill Twice Every
Week as Part of Preparedness
Program

They are just bit sloppy on the
corners and they undoubtedly would
not take any medals in a military re-
view, but when it comes to enthusiasm
Kennewick's Home Guard company is
certainly going strong.
When Captain Tor maybe it's Ma.
jor) f. r. Jeffrey arranged the Com
mercial club rooms for the organiza-
tion meeting last Thursday evening
he provided chairs for about twenty,
but by the time he got to where he
was executing military orders with
chalks on black board, he was talk
ing to an audience Of 65. Nor was it
an audience Of spectators, but men and
boys who were there to take their
places in the awkward squads and
do their part toward making the COM
'pany a success. There Were boys in
their teens and men in their sixties,
gray heads and bald heads, Germans
with whiskers and Canadians without,
farmers, business men and lawyers,
fathers and sons, ex-regulars, ex-mil-
itiamen, Spanish-American War vet
Grams, military school graduates and
some who didn't know squad from
a battalion. But they all wanted to
drill and they all did drill.
After briefly explaining the pur-
poses for which the company was to
be organized and explaining in gen.
eral way some Of the military terms,
Mr.. Jeffrey gave the order to fall in
and turned the hastily improvised
squads out on the street, each squad
being in charge of a man who had had
former military training. Another
drill was held Tuesday evening of this
week with eight full squads reporting
and drills are to be held regularly on
each Tuesday and Thursday evening
until further notice.
As yet no attempt has been made TO
officer the company nor to attempt any
drill other than in squad formation,
But IS the company is to be pressed
into service Sunday to take part in
the patriotic parade an effort will be
made this evening to line the bunch
up in company formation.
Mr.. Jeffrey, who received his mill
ary training as national guardsman,
has found some able assistants in John
Lauterbach, former militiaman, and
member of the civilian training camp
at American Lake last summer, Ar
thur Forsythe, graduate of Culver
Military Academy, first seargeant of
the crack Black Horse Brigade; Mr..
Buttrey, graduate of Shattuck Milli-
tary Academy; Rev. C. e. Miller, a
Spanish-American War veteran; J. w.
Vickers, Of Teddy's Rough Riders;
DR.. T. B. Hauschild and Herb Shana-
felt, former State College cadets and
Everett Sherk, who had similar train
ing at the University of Oregon.
Altho as military organization
the company is as yet rather colorless
they are not to be colorless so far as
the Stars and Stripes are concerned.
Thru the efforts Of Mrs. r. w. Arnold,
a handsome flag has been purchased
and when properly mounted will be
presented to the company. Subscrib-
ers to the flag fund are as follows:
Mrs. r. w. Arnold, B. j. Pinckney,
Vibber Clifford, Kennewick Printing
Co., r. E. Pratt, The Produce Co., M.
w. Mattecheck, S. ID. Lynch, J. M.
Holmes, F. J. Arnold, Sherk & Co.,
A. Beavers, s. Feuchtwanger, Charley
Haas, Moulton & Jeffrey, all one dol
lar each. The Tum-A-Lum Lumber
company has donated material for the
staff and Thos. McKain will do the
work.