Show KEEPING YOUR GUARD UP by pac harold haline omitted last week this week national guard meeting started with first mgt frank macknight call ing the first formation at 1925 hours during th the first formation the colors were posted in front of the entire company by the color collor guard composed of mgt tom dock ery pac harold Ilen line and pic wallace perry prior to vach each drill period the color guard la is selected from the entire company on the basis of the individuals sharp military appearance and bearing after posting the colors the unit had 15 minutes of drill and ceremonies during the first formation a few minutes was also taken to allow each squad sergeant to obtain the name and address of each squad members employer so that a letter could be sent to that employer informing him that the annual summer camp will be held september 6 0 through september 20 of this year this will give the employer employ and employee suf time to make the proper arrangements for the em aloyes vacation tithe time during those 19 15 days the instruction for this drill was a two ho hour ur class on reorganization from an engineer unit to an infantry unit conducted by lt stanley A anderson the class was very attentive as lt anderson ex the program that would be followed and the part each individual would take in the role as an infantry unit it was also explained the rare circumstances and reasons we would convert to an infantry unit during a battle and that th the e reorganization would lik likely e ly be for a very short time only since our prime mission and training is as an engineer unit the vernal unit was given its annual command maintenance inspection last week and all equipment of the unit was inspected to determine the up keep and serviceability ability of the equipment in our care during an inspection of this kind all the equipment is inspected from top to bottom on the overall inspection the company received a 96 3 which is a superior rating dividing the equipment into cata categories gories the weapons and equipment section received a the ordinance section received a 95 2 the signal section received a 94 7 quarter quartet master received a satisfactory outstanding remarks about the company were the small arms vault the shop the supply room and the engineer hand tools they were all exceptionally clean neat and serviceable servi cable apt nelson marshall praised the men ot of the vernal unit just returning home from six months active duty training were the following enlisted men pat E 3 2 brent anderson and pat E 2 doren it the weekly drill came to a close by the color guard retiring the colors and being dismissed by apt marshall at 2150 hours the next meeting will be held may 22 the uniform will be claw class C and the meeting I 1 will begin at 1925 1023 firs hr |