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Show UTAH ARTlLLERYMErJ IK SCORfS- Target Practice Develops Efficiency Among Boys at Camp Kearny. JOINS FLYING CORPS Sergeant Thomas Kearns Receives Orders to Report Re-port to Berkeley. By FLOYD A. TIMMEEMAN, Staff Correspondent. CAMP KEARNY, March 6. While Utah's big guns roared In the distance today the crack of small arms came from a near-by canyon as the artillerymen rushed their pistol practice and completed com-pleted their tests. All units, with the exception of C and D batteries, who j working the big guns, hied to the p'stoV range and throughout the entire day pumped away at small targets, known as "boches," and graduated Into the ranks of experienced pistoliers. The finishing-up finishing-up test called upon the men for their best marksmanship and tonight there are hundreds hun-dreds of men in the command who have won the "perfect score" honor. During the weeks of pracilce with the small arms the men have been called upon to fire at stationary targets and careful records have been kept of the result of each man. As soon as he qualified In the slow fire he was graduated to the rapid-fire rapid-fire class, where quickness plays a large part in the scores. Today the artillerymen rose to the point where they were given work with the disappearing dis-appearing targets and the polishing-off process. With their pistols in their holsters the men stood at readiness while the targets appeared from an underground pit Marksmen Show Skill. As soon as the target rose Into full view the, artillerymen drew forth their arms and began their rapid fire eight shots in .ten seconds and the target quickly disappeared from view. Quickness Quick-ness of the men was necessary, for their ! score was lowered by shots they failed 1 to fire in the required time. The av-! av-! erage results, however, were reported as exceptionally good. Lieutenant Marcus S. Johnson was in charge of the range work. Junior officers continued their firing of the big gtms, with Major W. E. Kneass supervising the work. Gunners of C and D batteries were on the guns, with C batterymen doing the work in the morning morn-ing and D batterymen in the afternoon. Tomorrow Major Alex R. Thomas, commanding com-manding the Third battalion, will resume the range work and will assign men of E and F batteries to the pieces. One ton of Utah candy arrived in camp this morning and caused joy among the artillerymen. The sweets were ser-t by Joseph Decker, chairman of the citi. committee on mess funds, and was cv"!V. signed to Major Alex R. Thomas. Shortly Short-ly before noon a huge barrel of the candy was placed in each first sergeant's tent ' and a few minutes later the men lined up with their tin cups to receive tlieir saarf Joins Flying Corps. S-ergeant Thomas Kearns of E battery, i son of former United States Senator Thomas Kearns, will big good-by to h:3 I comrades tomorrow morning and will proceed to the ground school of the flying fly-ing corps at Berkeley for training. His orders arrived today and stipulated that he report at once. After completing hli ground course at Berkeley, Sergeant Kearns probably will be returned to Rockwell Rock-well field-at North island for his air instruction. in-struction. Sergeant Wallace B. Kelly, also of B battery, received orders to report at tVe school, but he decided today that la with the battery was too perfect to leave at present: He notified the school that he would not attend, but would remain with the regiment instead. Four Utah men who were transferred to the jiivislonal field bakery when the regiment began training here were returned re-turned to the command for duty. Following Fol-lowing their release from the bakery a few days ago they were assigned to the loTth infantry, but made requests that they be returned to the Utah command. The requests were granted today for Private Pri-vate Lewis I. Fox, Private Alfred Y". Hansen and Private Lawrence J. Barratt. Lieutenant Guy Wan Scoyoc of the sanitary sani-tary detachment, also bade farew-ell to the regiment today and reported to the 144th machine guii battalion for permanent perma-nent duty. Lieutenant Elmo P. Cobura also was detached and joined the 143rd artillery regiment and in future will supervise all the veterinary work or tie Eighty-fifth brigade. Other Changes Ordered. The following men were transferred to the veterinary" corps of the division for permanent duty: Private He'cer C. Russell, Rus-sell, rrivate Charles E. Perry and Private Pri-vate Edward J. Burns, all of the sanitary detachment- A discharge from the service, due to physical defects, was given today to Wagoner K. W. Hessions of E battery .J and he re-entrained for his home ln Utah. i Utah men have now completed tV" course in gas defense training at th. ui-visionnl ui-visionnl gas school and were recommended as "gas non-commissioned officers" ter their respective batteries. The assijrn-ment assijrn-ment carries a rank as sergeant ami the men will confine tlieir work to tho teaching teach-ing of gas training In their units. These who completed the course are: A battery. Privates William H. Wolfe and Nicholas H. Crawford; B battery. bat-tery. Private Alma F- Wright and VMS-oner VMS-oner Newton J. Dills: C battery, Privates Pri-vates John K. O'Doimell and Garianrt H. Woodward; ' D batterv. Privates Kimer Bosen and Chester p'ooltttle; E battery. Privates Henry Young and Hugh Pun-bar; Pun-bar; F battery. Privates Edgar -M. l.ivsen and David Nixon; headquarters compaa'. Privates William H. Varley and Clarence A. Peterson: supply company. Privates Kmest W. Christenson and Benjamin P. llow ells. |
