Arizona republican., 1921-08-30

many respects, most satisfactory period in the history of the organ tzation and these fellows certainly have set a pace for the future.
 The fellows have gone into the work with fine good will and an ex- cellent snap During the fall we have carried out the customary course in calisthenics and close order work, and the second semester has brought drills in patrol and outpost duty, in- terior guard duty and tent pitching
 Upon several occasions the entire company has pitched shelter tents in two minutes time and in good align ment Some of us remember when
 Johnnie Lynch and Maurice Blome piched in 1.49. but for the whole bunch to pitch in two flat is going some.
 On the tenth of February, Major Jones and Lieutenant Carpenter of Phoenix High school put on very successful military field day at the state fair grounds It was an inyi- tationa1 affair and all cadet organ izations of the valley were present. About 1,200 cadets passed in review before the governor and his staff. There were many visitors in Phoenix at the time and the grandstand was packed with spectators from all over the state. A fine program of com
 petitiye events was presented and Tempe Normal school was success
 full in landing first place in the two
 lea ling numbers, the platoon drill and the squad drill. Lieutenant Cat
 lin conducted the drill of the win ming platoon and Corporal Thomas put on the snappiest squad drill ever &t. .s.-. J
 During the course of this field day our company was summoned before
 the reviewing stand, where Gov-
 ernor Campbell presented the hand
 some stand of regimental colors that
 are awarded each year to the com
 pany which stands the best inspec- tfon. Our boys won this distinction last year and this was the formal
 recognition of their achievement.
 This stand of colors was selected by the adjutant general, Colonel Ingalls,, and both the national colors and the regimental colors are of silk, and of the best The regimental color is | the Arizona state flag, with the reg 1 imental designation embroidered on l its field.
 This year every member of the l company has fired a course at short | I1li6C WitA lHC aEo SiAfdif OOi ikAiC, 1 the Winchester, Model 52, which we | all say is a really truly gun. The l majority of the fellows have done l more or less work with the Spring 1 field on the range across the river 1 and we now have six experts. five I s1arpshooters and several marksmen l under the militia course. Sergeant Rubel has made a score of 34 at 100 yards. firing 10 shots in 30 seconds 1 which is considerable of a stunt 1 Hanson's score of 230 over the rec | ord course is the best yet made over
 our range The previous record was l made by Johnnie Mullen some years ago. Of course that was before | Johnnie got on the state rifle team and got to making possibles at Sea 1 Girt and Camp Perry.
 l On March 12, we won an inn | promptu rifle match from Tempe | High school on our range, but oul l latest sport was at Tucson. We sent over team to participate in the l annual cadet rifle itch. April 27-3( and landed the grand prize, silver cup so big that Hanson nearly faint ed from having to hold it up so long I during the presentation ceremonies
 after the match. You may be sure
 we rode the limited coming home ] and we marched into the observation