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Show Must Become Proficient in Small Arms Work, Are the Latest Orders. NAME GAS DETAILS Captain Glen A. Jensen Is On Way East to Attend Fort Sill School. By ST AFT CORRESPONDED. CAMP KEAEN'Y, Jan. 4. Pistol practice for the Utah artillerymen was begun today on the range which has been provided a mile south of the cantonment can-tonment and a detail consisting of twenty men from each battery underwent under-went their first firing tests. These "f4-tails, "f4-tails, consisting of new men daily, will fire each day beginning today aoid will continue until every man in the regiment regi-ment has become proficient in the use of the small arms. Firing at fixed tar-gete tar-gete is the instruction given until the men find their firing eyes and then they are transferred for work with the disappearing targets which call for quick firing of ten shots in a certain length of time. The artillerymen who underwent instruction today made high 6Cores and are eager to be graduated to the quick firing department. Actual preparations also began In earnest today for the gas instruction which is scheduled to begin Monday at the gas houses which have been constructed con-structed near the Utah camp. The commanding com-manding officers and two sergeants from each organization will first undergo under-go the instruction and then will teach the mysteries of the masks and their use. The gas defense school will be held- each afternoon beginning at 1 o'clock with the exception of Wednesdays Wednes-days and Saturdays, whan morning periods will be arranged. Gas Details Named. The gas details follow: Lieutenant Colonel William C. Webh, Major Wil-lard Wil-lard Cliristdpherson; headquarters company, com-pany, Captain Fred Kammerman, Corporal Cor-poral Royal A. Henrie, Corporal Rueben C. Savage. Supply company, Captain Wesley B. King, Sergeant Edwin G. Chamberlain; A battery, Captain T. DeWitt Fo6ter, Sergeant William D. Core, Sergeant Albert Al-bert Baldwin. B battery, Lieutenant A. E. Wilfong, Sergeant Herbert. B. Yerrington, Sergeant Ser-geant Milton D. Boyle. C battery, Captain Edwin G. Wooller, Sergeant David Theurer, Corporal Rob- ert A. Gurcll. jf D battery, Captain Elmer .Tohnson, Sergeant William A. Martin, Sergeanty" Claude T. Wilkes. E battery, Captain Albert A. Meyers, Sergeant Arnold Richins, Sergeant Lawrence Law-rence Timpson. F battery, Captain Charles R. Mabey, Sergeant Hoy C. Motcalf, Corporal Bert A. Madsen. Sergeant Lysle Morning today assumed as-sumed his duties of first sergeant of V battery to succeed Sergeant Karl Boshard, who tomorrow morning will enter the third officers' training camp for instruction. Captain Jensen Goes East. Captain Glen A. Jensen left this afternoon aft-ernoon for Fort Sill, Okla., to attend the artillery school of firo. Mrs. Jensen will accompany him as for as Mauli, Utah, where the captain will visit for two days before resuming his journey eastward. Lieutenant James Carter has succeeded Captain Jensen as cantonment officer. Corporal Russell P. Morris was today transferred to E battery from headquarters headquar-ters company. Mr. anil Mrs. O. TJ. Romney of Salt Lake, parents of Melbourne' Romney, who is now on duty in the regimental canteen, aro visiting the cantonment and are staying at tbo Coronado hotel. Mrs. !. M. Openshaw and .Mrs. Alex-ander Alex-ander lledquest of Provo have also arrived ar-rived in Sa.n Diego and have registered at the St. James. ' Lieutenant Theodore Peterson, Lieutenant Lieu-tenant K. 11. Knighton and a detail of sixty artillerymen arrived at. the camp this evening bringing Ihe mounts of the regiment from Salt Lake. Tho horses were tai:en to the quarrantirn station at. Fort Cajon. The soldiers have reported to regiment for duty. - Major E. LeHoy Bourne, commander of tho first, battalion, also arrived affer' 4 three months' duty al. Fort Sill, Okla. |