Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-27
Five Of Seven Group Com
manders Accept Opportunity
to Show Merit of Men in Their
Respective Commands

RESPECTIVE GOInuldHuS
Brownies from the Main Training De-
= will be seen in another Machine Gun
ew sie. - CO.
~ liz =. lrth and Seventh groups accept
/. SmA Keen rivalry existing between
q the camp. The success o. re
bak sible for the great Interest in
acoig I'd events.
ent .ials TO witness the competi,
1.-The reviewing stand builded
seef the great bowl
&am officers expected TO be pres
fr 81 +. p Wickham the G; Q.
ng Framing Depot Major 5or-
III G. o. Of the First Group,
gs Tntilloughby c. o. Of the Sec
,a ~. fior r. o. Barton OF the
wrus II Douglass of tn Fourth.
Rfidhd Austin Of the Fifth, and
III leas3o. Johnson Of the Seventh.
y<H' 4, is the challenge and the drills
governing the contests.
,gagn, Hancock. Ca Nov 18Th, 1918
Memorandum: TO Commanding Officers
Groups No. ], No. 2, No. 3. No, 4, NO b,
/. Group No. S. M. T. D., Challenges
The abouve numbered Groups to compete
in Infantry Drill and Machine Gun Events
11.30 a m. at the Dry Reservoir.
3 Infantry Drill Will consist OF move
ments shown on attached sheet, each
Group entering one company of three
platoons Of four squads each.
D. For Machine Gun Drill each Group
will enter six teams If three men each,
no team to enter more than one event.
This restriction does not apply to one
man team. List Of Machine Gun Events
is attached
T. II is requested that Groups desiring
to enter any of the infantry or machine
gun competitions send a representative
TO meet Capt. Frank W. Saliingore Inf.
u. s. A., In general charge of COMPETE
tive infantry Drill and Machine Gun
Events 9TH Group, at Bldg. No. 1904 at
100 D. m Thursday, November 2ist 1913
JOHN D. AUSTIN,
Major, INF q. s. A., Commanding.
Infantry Drill Competition
The following commands be executed at
competitive drill Saturday morning.
Four hundred (400) Is a perfect score.
The movements perfectly executed count
for the number OF points as Indicated be-
fore the respective commands. The gen
eral appearance and behavior Of the Of
ficers and men OF the organization while
marching, carriage, alignment, dressing
of pieces, stp, etc, will be judged on a
basis OF sixty 900 points.
No commands other than these laid
down below viii be issued by the Comp
any Commander to the organization COM
petng. except such as may be neces-
safy Il change direction in order that
available space on the drill area may be
utilized The execution of any such COM
mands made necessary for this reason
awarding points. commands will be ex-
ecuted in the order shown below;
Company being in lines;
FORWARD, March
6Company, Halt.
b-Right. Dress.
5-~-lSront.
5Right Shoulder. Arms.
Border, Arms.
h--Port Arms,
5--Ieft Shoulder rms.
Bright Shiulder, Arms.
5--Present rms.
Border, Arms
h-Inspection, Arms.
brOrder, Arms.
I0--Right by Squads, March.
Squads Left March.
Ns SQUADS Right, March.
Sdu8ds Left MartYsR
sti-- platoons Left March
le-~P latoons right by Squads March.
10--Squads Right, March.
10--Squads Left. March.
2o-Platoons Left Front into Line,
March
5-Company, Halt.
b--Front.
10--company Right. March.
accompany, Halt.
50--TalSe Distance. March.
5-Assemhle March.
20-~Platoon right, March
a--Company Halt.
10--Takk6 Tnterval-to the right March
accompany, Halt.
10--Assemble to the right, March
6~-ForwRrd, March
20--Right Oblque, March
10-Company Halt
a0~-Solumn right, March.
10---Column OF squads FIRST platoon
squads right. March.
a40--Total
Machine Gun Events Competition.
Event
q. Mount Gun--ordnary Drtn Method,
b. Unload-Ordnary Drill Method
q Jnload-Ordinary Drill Method
] d. Discount Gun-~Ordnary Drill Meth
cd
Q, Action--ordinary Drill Method
l. out OF Action--Ordinary Drill Meth
Cd
Action and Out of Action. Cone mani
Two trips 30 yd course
Action blindfolded. Gun Mounted
ana laid Gun taken 20 yd to the
rear mounted on good action
Action, Gun stripped, assembled and
brought into ACTION ON command of
5 Tripod run 10 yd Mounted and
Dsmounted Run 100 yd put down
tripod and stand to atteutiin
Two teams from each Group to par
tleipate IN each eVent--low score 10 be
taken as Group time.