Show f Bakersfield Gal Cal National Championship Drill Team Will Be In Ogden Parade I j la lam m HOM or mE RATIONAL 1 I I r I t i- i In the spring pring of 1921 1021 1921 a military drill team was organized a by br Bakersfield California Lodge No n B P 0 Elks and entered the national competition at the Los Angeles session of the Grand Lodge in July of that not year year not with the idea however Cr of achieving national honors but as a warning to all aU i r other competitors that thc they expected in time to become na- na national na e champions t- t The following year ear 1922 they competed against all Cali Call Calik Calle fornia k e fornia teams at the Elks State Association convention contention in Santa San San- Santa ta Monica being Leing n awarded alc ed first st place pi ee In 1923 and 1924 1921 92 1 they competed at t the state meetings in Eureka Santa Catalina Catalina Cata- Cata Catalina lina respectively emerging as victors in each instance By t reason of three successive e victories s they became the permanent 2 possessors of the State Association cup which now reposes among among numerous other trophies in the club lub rooms of th the lodge I In 1925 they ther entered the national competition at nt Portland where r-where where they were ere awarded a first place against the famous of Jackson 1 Michigan The achievements achie of the Purple Guard are due to their rea ready y response to the discipline of their capable commander Captain Leslie Robinson who has worked untiringly to make of his boys the National rational Elks champions Captain Rob Rob- Robinson inson is a veteran of the World war ar born and reared in Bakersfield pe lie He enlisted as a private in Troop A Cavalry when hen America entered the World war II in 1917 lie He was made a lieutenant in the Infantry being later transferred to the Twenty-sixth Twenty Army Division lie He participated in several major engagements s and was wounded at the battle of Saint Mihiel 1 in September 1918 Returning from overseas he joined with ith his father in establishing the Robinson Agency Agene engaging engaging I ing in real estate loans and assurance Although an extreme extreme- extremely ly y busy man he has sacrificed much valuable time to the up up- up t f building of his Purple Guard and has achieved distinction UP-I UP as one of the foremost drill masters of the United States many many- of the movements executed by his hia team having been originated originated origin- origin b by h himself and recognized zed by military authorities as en cn- cn practical and consistent with military drill prill a 11 Admiring the superb work of the team the authorities of West Ves Point have invited Captain Robinson t to bring the organization or- or organization 4 to the Academy to demonstrate their work before or-I or the cadets as an n extension of their trip to Chicago where they I will drill in the national competition at at the Elks convention j in July 1 W C Willis business manager of this championship team t is a retired business man of Bakersfield ld Calif lIe He had spared 1 no time or effort in ii taking care of the busin business ss end of the team The equipment of this team is second to none They have uniforms for all occasions Every detail is worked out to the the letter His Ilis untiring efforts the discipline and martial C r ability of Captain Robinson and the faithful efforts of the team make of them a wonderful organization 1 This team has never never been defeated in st state te national or parade competition Last year they won Yon the national cup at t Portland also the Pacific coast sweepstake cup and the parade cup P L Reading from right to left lert W C Willis business man man- ager color bearers Fletcher er Morris Myron II 11 T T i Brown Bro and Clair Marchino Dave Stilwell W Webster Frank Franl Simon W C 0 Taylor Les Dupen J IL II Kepler J C Morris 1 C G T Tilson Frank Ceska M I A Weatherwax W J Haber felde Don Brewster W A Bumgardner IL 11 II U Mur Mur- Murphy phy and Jack Lane Captain Leslie Robinson front |