Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-04
Take First Place in Infantry
Drill and Win Three Out of
Six Machine Gun Events
COMPETITION HELD AT
CHALLENGE OF 5TH GROUP
Much Applause Greeted "AlI-
Star" Drill Team. Nearly
Every Company Represented
By Contestants

second general infantry ana machine
gun competition staged last Saturday
on tho field beck Of camp library
Taking first place i'm the infantry
dril for the second consecutive time,
and wiun'ug three o. the sj& machine
ena events. Second Group Conclusiyeiy
proved its superiority over the other
five groups whch competed
The competition 7raa held at the
challenge OF the Ei1U Group and was
conducted under the supervision 81 Of
ficers o. that ORGANIZATION. The groups
competing were First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth and Seventh.
Led Ivy Lieut. Fran" d MeGraw
who commanded The Thirteenth Com
pany in it's recent victory over othe'
infantry organizations of the camp
Second Groups "al]-steI'' drin team
snapped through alI Of tbs movements
in the infantry competition in man
ner tina ELECTED the applause Of the
soldiers assembled from al over the
camp, and Won he highest score 90
any conpany IN the contest.
Unlike the Second GrduD's ropraseO-
tation iu the previous competition
@hen the 18th Company alone furnish
ed the men. the entire group was
drawn upon for last Saturdays driu
y
ond Group except th gath and Head
quarters companies We're in the win
ming aggregation The men havr
drilled only half a doEon times in the
past TWO weeks, but the team work
was as perfect as though they hao
been drilling together for months.
The three patoons Of the company
were commanded by Second Lieuts.
Donald r. McNafr. Joe Stacey ana
Crhas w. Davis respectively. As r.
the previous competition, the manrea
in which the company was handled by
Lieut.. NcGra7v and the platoon leaders
had a great dean to 10 with the victory
Last week. an extra platoon was
drilled with The company and any mar
who failed to come up 10 snuff in his
work was jerked from the First team
and his place filled 10y a soldier from
the extra platoon
Here's the way Second led The field
in the machine gun events
Second Group, $50 Ia points.
Third Group, SOS poi7Ifs
Fifth Groun, 670 points
First Group. f52 points
Fourth Group s73 points.
Seventh Group 9G7 10 points.
OF six events IN the machine gun
program. Second Group finished first
in three events and second In three
Scoring ths competition in the same
manner as q track meet with five
points for first place three points for
second. and one point for third the
Second Group would have totaled "a
i points, as against II points for the
Third Group and Il points for the FIFTH
Group under this system Of scoring
The events on the program wee as
follows
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orc nan a-t',7 and or+ of action
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second place IN even. z, ny NIL
Ter IuVeson aTsd . . li,iVan.
geart Dean, 13th Co. Sergeant