The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-07-28
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COMPANY L
WINS INTER
RECT. SHOOT

arrived in Camp Walter H. Strand,
Fort Smelling, Mimi, Sunday morning,
July 18th at II o'clock The COM
pany stood the all night ride in good
shape and by Sunday afternoon were
all comfortably settled. Our ad-
vanced detail consisting of Mess Ser
geant Len Laythe, Cook Ken Martin
and Privates Starr and Kuester, who
had arrived at the Fort one day in
advance Of the detail, had the kitchen
operating nicely and the boys had a
good hot meal waiting fer them upon
their arrival The afternoon of Sun
day was spent in settling and getting
ready for Guard Duty that night.
Co. L. mounted guard Sunday eve
ming and stayed on until the following
evening. Our tour of guard duty was
very uneventful. The weather the
first several days was uncomfortably
hot but we were on the job. However
our first week has not been very
strenuous.
go. L fired for instruction Mon
day and Tuesday, worked in the pits
Thursday and fired for qualification
on Friday. Co. l. qualified Is men,
experts, sharpshooters, and 8
marksmen 1t. Hosken was again
high scorer in the regiment with a
1873 out of possible 200. If there is
one man in the state who is known for
his shooting qualities it is 1t. W. H.
Hosken, every one considers him the
best shot that ever hit this regiment
and he is just that The qualifica-
tions were as follows: Expert, Capt.
w. A. Fraser, 1t. w. H. Hosken;
Sharpshooter, Sgt. John Welch, Cpl.
Harry Britton; Marksmen Pvts. Ar
nett, Gray, W., Gallery NJ; Cpls. Abel,
Gray r. Manning, Sgts. Lamphere,
Reynolds, and 1t. w. H. Lanberton.
a1st. Sergeant Collins arrived too
late to fire the record course or we
would have had another expert.
"This year Co. l. is out for the
biggest thing in the shooting game
that we have ever gone after. To-
morrow morning we compete against
the other teams of the regiment for
regimental championship. Our whole
team spent today (Sunday) working
like beavers in preparation, while the
rest Of the company was out on leave.
We feel sure that we Will win out IN
the regiment If we do, our COM
pany team will go to Lake City, Mimi.
Aug. 7th and 9Th to compete against
the winning teams from the other
regiments in the state for the Adj
jutant Generals Trophy, which if
we win will become our permanent
property. This trophy is valued at
$780, 1t is big aim but we believe
that we have the stuff to do it with.
And if hard work will do it we will
win. The members of our team are
the following: Team Capt. Capt. W..
A. Fraser; Team Coach. 1t. w. H.
Hosken; 1t. Lamberton, Sgt. Collins,
Sgt. Lamphere, Sgt. WEIGH and CPL
Britton, Alternates are Cpl. Manning
and Pvt. Arnett.
'In our practice firing done today
we came within one point of equalling
the score made by the 3rd Inf. U. S.
A. team in a competition meet last
W60h. we nave uICONSICQ LWO ICW
shots in the company and they are to
be highly complimented in the manner
in which they have applied themselves
to the shooting game, Sgt. WEIGH and
Cpl. Britton. In about another year
they will be making some Of the older
heads jump to keep ahead Of them.
"Now regarding our food. l think
that our mess this year is far beyond
anything we ever had before. A new
system is being started this year
whereby we have a greater variety
Of food and a greater quantity. The
men are we'll satisfied. We are mess
ing with Co. M. of Crookston and the
arrangement is working out very sa-
tisfactorily. We are blessed with
the best of cooks and mess sergeants.
The fight for the Dahl Trophy, which
was awarded for the first time last
year and which was won by Co. L.,
is in full swing. 1t is awarded to the
outfit that gets the highest grading
for tho CLEANLINESS Of Kitchen hath