Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20
SECOND GROUP STAGES THE
GREATEST CONTEST OF
KICK ACTION HELD
AT CAMP HANCOCK
Continued from page one.)

nave turned the tide to victory
AT every slight halt in the proceed
lnss' bands OF the Second and Fifth
/ Groups enivened the atmosphere with
! Jaz5J selections from the latest pop
u-at mus. While officers ana enlisted
E''eN deeAsec and argued vocifegousiy
over the merits and dement's of the
various contestants. st&uuehlv defend
ING to the ids5 their own representa-
ZION in the contest
y company OF rockies, representing
the Second Group, won the infantry
competition by very small margin.
o\-r tAe cou'N %nN- of Hun-co1s v-hicn
feL.e7enred Inc Fifth Groun
WA httle ever uopeh's training
ehs second Gccul cerresSn tat4yes, com
pose5 Of che regular enlisted strength
OF tae EGlrtsenth Company. came
through the strepgous and difficult
succession Of napeuvers with the high
est score of any of the companies COM
+ peung. Pftted against them were men
Who have been in the army for months
and many of whom have been actively
engaged as non CONS in the instruc-
/ tlon OF recruits similar to those who
won Saturdays contest.
( In the machine gun contests, the
Second Group was less fortunate, fin
llShtnS a poor fourth, uea ~ 200 points
behind the winners, This competition
+ was won by tire Third Group, with a
t Scora Of 791 POINTS.
I number u unfortunate accidents
spoiled Second Groups chances in the
machine gun contest. In the second
event, one Of the men fell over tri-
ped ana so bent the frame near tho
/ trunion block that in the next event
It was impossible TO mount the gun,
/ and Second Group had 10 take the
I =. F,a,- b.,
! score. AS each second co nted point
|it can be seen that this added con-
slderably to the groups total score.
IN the blind fold action, No man
never found his gun. Which again
caused a big score to he added to the
Second Groups total
: However, Second Group shattered
TWO existing records for machine gun
contests, and thereby set another mark
/ for rival groups to contend against
In the first event. Corporal d, A,
Miller of the 10Th Company got "out
/ of action in the amazingly short time
( OF seconds, whereas the former REG
ord for this feat was IL seconds, set
/ IN the recent competition held Tor the
British Military Commission,
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poral Miller john of the gath Com
pany, won the into action, gun strip
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