Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-04-21
FIRST COMPANY O.C.A.
ORGANIZES FRATERNITY

Monday evening was a very in
teresting one at the Armory. As
most OF the new equipment has ar
rived, every member present was
issued his pack, meat can. knives,
forks, spoons, cartridge belts. etc,
and as it is the first full equip
ment that the company has had.
it took a great deal of explaining
for some OF the newer meubers to
get their apparatus put together.
After about an hour spent in
putting packs together ard ad-
justing equipment, the company
adjourned to the dining hall where
Cook Dickerson and Private Spear,
his assistant. served hot coffee,
hot-dog sandwiches, and dough-
nuts. While the company par
took OF refreshments company
meeting was called to Orde: by the
president, First Sergeant Henry
T. Elmore.
The first matter taken up n the
company meeting was the adop-
/ tiOn of constitution and bylaws.
which had been framed by COM
mittee consisting of First Sergeant
Elmore, Sergeant Morrison, ana
Sergeant Weren.
After some discussion. tho con
stitution and bylaws were adopt
ed by the organization, and by mo-
ton the temporary officers were
confirmed as the permanent Of
licers OF the fraternity for the
year 1920. The name adopted
for the social organization was
First Company Fraternity, Oregon
Coast Artillery,
COMMITTEES We're appointed as
follows:
Entertainment
First Glass Private Robertson,
chairman.
First Glass Private Silver.
Private Peters.
Private Clyde G. Young.
Cook Dickerson.
Grievance Committee
First Glass Private Dill, chair
man.
Private Moor.
Finance Committee
Supply Sergeant McNair, chair
man.
Sergeant Hinthone
Recruiting Committee No. I
Corporal Billings, chairman.
Bugler Crowson.
Private Biogel.
Private Porter.
Private Ross.
Recruiting Committee No.
Corporal Elhart, chairman.
Private Smith. T. II.
First Glass Private Mackey.
Private Weber
Corporal Riggs.
Athletic Committee
To be announced later.
Two recruiting committees
were appointed in order that they
may work against each other
Every three months each commit
tee will report the number of re.
cruts it has obtained, and the
committee which has obtained
the greatest number OF recruits
is to be entitled to a feed costing
not less than Sl.O0 per plate at
the expense of the losing commit
tee. Much interest is beins
shown, and it is expected that Il
dozen or so recruits will be lined
up for physical examination at
the Armory next Monday night.
The heads of the recruiting COM
mittees will probably open up
recruiting office somewhere in or
near the postoffice, and start an
intensive campaign for recruits,
as the company must be brought
up to 100 men.
Two new and enthusiastic men,
bers were taken into the COM
pany last Monday night, Beecher
DanfOrd and Donald DickersOn.
is one of the best in
formed men on the electrical man
lgement OF the big guns there is
On the Pacific Coast, and has
served in the National Guard since
1912, besides being an instructor
in France during the war. Dick
,rson is an expert cook, and wi
add greatly to the enthusiasm and
spirit of the company by the feeds
he expects to put On in the near
future. The entertainment COM
mittee have broached the idea OF
having a light lurch after drill
every two weeks, which will prob
ably be carried ont.
New sighting apparatus has
been obtained, and next Monday
night will be taken up with an
aiming and sighting
lrill. in preparation for rifle range
practice.
Everyone wishing to join the
Guard should see some member
II either recruiting committee or
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