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Camp Ratings Received
Reports of the War Department inspectors covering
the 1930 camp of field instruction have been received for
all components of the command. The Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, 41st Division were rated "Very
Satisfactory" and the following appeared under com··
mendations, "very efficient in the performance of command
and staff duties."
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82d
Brigade, received a "Very Satisfactory" rating and were
commended for discipline, esprit and morale and the excellent
method of entraining and detraining. The training
schedule and methods of instruction received special
mention also.
The 162d Infantry received a general rating of "Very
Satisfactory," with 13 units receiving that rating and the
balance "Satisfactory." Commendations were received on
the following: Training schedule and methods of instruction,
ceremonies, guard duty, entraining and detraining,
making and breaking camp, proficiency of field and staff
officers, military courtesy in camp, esprit and morale,
kitchens and mess halls. Machine gun work was
very satisfactory due to the excellent plan of uniform
instruction.
The 186th Infantry was rated "Satisfactory" with
seven units receiving a "Very Satisfactory" rating. The
organization was commended on discipline, morale and
esprit, care of uniforms and equipment and general police
of camp.
The 218th Field Artillery received a regimental rating
of "Sati:ofactory," and was commended on appearance,
care and maintenance of small arms, artillery materiel
and signal equipment, detraining and entraining motor
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materiel, driving and road discipline.
The 249th Coast Artillery, with a "Very Satisfactory"
rating received special mention for the manner of detraining,
entraining, guard duty, policing, discipline,
morale and esprit and for proficiency in duties during
service traget practice.
The State Staff and State Detachment were rated
"Very Satisfactory" as was the Hospital Company which
received commendations for discipline, appearance morale
and esprit. Captain Emil W. Howard was particularly
commended for the management of the Camp Hospital
and attention and care given patients.
LEWIS AND KUNI{E GRADUATE
Lieutenant Hubert DuBois Lewis, C. A. C. and Lieutenant
Emil F. Klinke, Corps of Engineers, who graduated
in June from the Military Academy at West Point are
visiting in their home state on a leave status. Both
Lewis and Klinke entered the Academy from the ranks of
the Oregon National Guard and both graduated with high
honors. Lieutenant Lewis will sail shortly for Honolulu
'where he has been assigned. He will specialize in antiaircraft
work. Lieutenant Klinke goes to Seattle for his
first assignment which will be in connection with rivers
and harbors.
'Hund:red Per Cent Awa:rds
By reference to General Orders No. 11, 1930, and with
the aid of the adding machine we find that 89 enlisted men
of the Oregon National Guard were awarded three years
Perfect Attendance Insignia, 81 the two-year insignia
and 236 the one-year insignia, a total of 406. This performance
on the part of so many members of the Guard
is a very noteworthy achievement, representing as it does
over 14 per cent of the enlisted strength of the state; an
appreciable increase over the two preceding years that
this insignia has been awarded. It is interesting to note
the preponderance of noncommissioned officers over the
other grades in this order and the question naturally
arises as to whether the noncoms gained their rank partly
as a result of perfect attendance or perfect attendance is
achieved by virtue of the rank. Whichever it is, a soldier
with good attendance, generally speaking, is more liable
to be promoted than one who has fewer drills to his credit.
A partial list of those awarded inSignia, arranged in unit
roster order, follows. Balance will
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be published in subsequent
issues of the Guardsman.
GENERA;r., ORDERS
No. 11
Headquarters, Oregon National Guard
Salen1, Ol'CgOll, June 5, 1930
1. The fol!owing- named enlisted men having qualified
under the provlsons of General Orders No.3, this headquarters,
1929, are authorized to wear until June 1 1931 the distinctive
insignia, with appropriate numeral, deno'ting l)erfect drill attendance
for the years indicated:
Headquarters Detachment, 41st Division
Two years-Mr. Sgt. Ted C. Devers, Mr. Sgt. Harold V. LeMon,
Mr. Sgt. Dram H. Messenger, Mr. Sgt. Roy C. Stone, Mr. Sgt. Reuben
E. Voss, Stf. Sgt. George C. Ellis, Sgt. Harold P. Angel.
One year-Mr. Sgt. George H. Bates, Stf. Sgt. William C. Carlson.
Headquarters Company, 82d Brigade
Two years-Corp, Reginald E. Linto.
One year-J\lr. Sgt. Samuel B. HUllttillg", 1\11'. Sgt. Floyd D. Snlith,
1st Sgt. Raymond W. Caldwell, Sgt. Earl R. Norgard, Sgt. Herman P.
Metz, Corg. James E. Klingensmith.
Headquarters Company, 162d Infantry
Tbree years-Mr. Sg!. Howard H. Hymes, Tech. Sgt. Leonm'd H.
Emerson, 1st Sgt. LeslIe A. Pickett, Sgt. Gerald S. Darling, Sgt.
Frank A. Turner, Sgt. William C. Webb, Jr.
Two years-Sgt. Oswald H. Reed, Corp. Gerald R. Martin.

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2 THE OREGON GUARDSMAN
THE OREGON GUARDSMAN
The official publication of the Oregon National Guard.
Published monthly by the
Headquarters Oregon National Guard at Salem, Oregon
MAJOR ELMER V. WOOTON ______________________________________________ Editor
DO YOU KNOW?
By Col. H. A. ALLEN, Inf. (DOL)
That: Etymologically, the word squad is derived, according
to the dictionary, from the French word escuade
which in turn came from the earlier form esquadre. This
early French' form is a combination of the Latin prefix
"ex" meaning from, of, or out of, and the Latin word
quadra, -"a square." Litterally, then, the word squad
means of or from a square. It is defined in the dictionary
as a small party of men grouped for drill, inspection or
other purposes and according to Training Regulations it
is a group of soldiers formed for the purpose of instruction,
discipline, control and order. Its size varies with the
branch of the service or the arm with which equipped.
When the word first came into use in its present
military significance is uncertain. Probably the first squad
organization of record in history is described upon the
tomb engraving of Sebek-Kha, an Egyptain soldier who
served in the army of Pharoh Sesostress III, about 1880
B. C. This soldier has recorded on his tomb the fact that
for distinguished service he was appointed an attendant
of the King (Body Guard), "and that His Majesty caused
that I should render service as a warrior behind and beside
his Majesty, with six men of the court." Later he
succeeded to the command of sixty men and finally to a
hundred.
Neither the armies of ancient Greece nor the Mace·­
donian Phalanx had any element resembling the squad.
The smallest element of the Roman legion was the de curio
(10 men), commanded by a decurion. This approximates
to the modern squad.
With the passing of the legion in the 5th century A. D.,
anything approaching- the infantry squad disappears. The
Dark and Middle ages were pre-eminently the day of
cavalry, and although infantry of a sort existed it generally
consisted of a disorganized mass of spear men which
were sometimes supported by archers.
In the 14th century infantry came out of the eclipse
when the Swiss pikemen put to rout the feudal
cavalry at Mortgarten and Sempach. But no squads as
such are recognizable. The organization of the Swiss and
Spanish pikemen was somewhat similar to the Macedonian
Phalanx. In the late '16th and early 17th centuries, there
appears in infantry organization an element known as a
squadron. Ward in his "Animadversions of War," published
in 1639 (London), in speaking of the duties of the corporal
states among other things that "the corporal is bound
once each day to teach his squadron their postures,
in the presence of his superior officers." The same author
in describing the duties of the captain states that, "if his
company be 200 strong he is to divide the company into
four equal parts, viz, 50 soldiers in a corporalship."
In time of peace and in garrison, one squadron mounted
guard at a time. In fact, the squardron existed as an
element of organization for the performance of guard
duty only. For battle or training the company was
grouped into divisions (alternate) of pikes and musquets.
Corporals were armed with the latter weapon.
It is possible, that in the course of time the final
:;;yllable of the word squadron was dropped and the infantry
squad under a corporal as we know it today came into
being. Eventually both squad and corporal were given
other duties than those of guard.
BREAJ{ THE NEWS GENTLY
Some young officers are prone to believe that they
know more than their seniors. Should you happen to be
one who so believes, take the friendly advice of an oldtimer
who was once a youngster, and be sure to break
the news to your seniors gently, very gently.- Moss
Manual.
CAPTAIN MASON COMMENDED
Members of the command will be interested in the
following letter from the War Department concerning a
device recently perfected by Captain Francis W. Mason,
Company H, 162d Infantry, Portland, for conducting subcaliber
machine gun practice:
"1. The description of the device for conducting sub-caliber
machine gun practice made by Captain Francis W. Mason,
CO. H, 162d, Infantry, Oregon National Guard, has been forwarded
to the Chief of Ordnance. for consideration.
"2. The method produced by Captain Mason for the development
of sub-caliber machine gun firing has been noted with
extreme interest * • *. The initiative taken by Captain
Mason to develop machine gun marksmanship is most commendable
and the Bureau will inform him officially at the
earliest date practicable of any decision made by the Chief of
Ordnance in this matter.
"3. It is requested that the contents of this letter be
brought to the attention of Captain Mason."
THINGS THAT MAIrE A COMPANY
The following pithy paragraphs were gleaned from the
columns of the Infantry Journal, which published them
under the above caption:
1. Corporals who are on the job and looking after
their squads.
2. Sergeants who appreciate their importance and are
real assistants to the company commander.
3. A supply sergeant who is looking after the individual
equipment of the men and the company property,
and has it always ready for active service.
4. A mess sergeant who is intent upon making his the
best mess in the outfit.
5. Cooks who know how to cook and are clean and
careful.
6. A first sergeant with force, pleasing personality
and good judgment.
7. Lieutenants who command their platoons and are
vested with some authority.
8. A captain who is father to his company.
CAMP CLATSOP AT DUSIi
'Twas an evening in June; my companion and I
Looked down on the camp, 'gainst a fast-purpling sky;
On the long lip.es of horses picketed there,
And the songs of the horse wranglers sweetened the air.
As we looked, the tents lighted, grew yellow and bright,
With great shadows on them, like giants of night.
And we saw, too, the bull-birds, whose cries told of sights
To be found in the broom stretched away to our right.
Till up from the lair rose the great white moon,
And the bugle, far off, called "To Quarters," too soon.
-Sgt. John A. Robinson.
Battery B, 218th Field Artillery.
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We Wonder how many people ever consider the National
Guard as a vital industry. During the months of June
and July, Guard Headquarters disbursed a total of $123,-
387.26 of Federal funds covering co.sts of the annual
camps of field instruction, 1930. Pay of officers and
enlisted men amounted to $86,000 and subsistence accounted
for $22,190. The balance was for other camp
expenses. The total expended did not include cost of
transporting personnel and equipment by railroad for
which the amount of $39,782 was authorized. By adding
over $200,000, the amount of armory drill pay received
annually, some realization of what the Guard means to
Oregon from a financial viewpoint may be gained.
It has been noted in press reports that National Guard
units throughout the Northwest cooperated with officials
of the recent air tour by furnishing details for guard and
police duty. This is another illustration of community
service rendered by the Guard.
Captain Glen A. Webster, 218th Field Artillery, has been
selected to attend the winter term of the Field Artillery
Battery Officers' Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

THE OREGON GUARDSMAN 3
THE GUARD ENCAMPS
The annual encampment of the Oregon National Guard
is one of the really worth while enterprises of this state.
Here boys from all over Oregon assemble in camp, learn
military tactics, discipline and prepare them for better
self control. They are the citizens army of this country,
a strong arm of our national defense. The maneuvers
were well executed and decidely interesting. Camp Clatsop
is an i d eal spot for this purpose. We doubt if there is a
better one in the United States and the government and
the state is exceedingly fortunate in having it. The climate
is hard to beat. The long sand dunes covered with vegetation
offer fine amphitheaters for the maneuvers both for
the soldiers and spectators. The National Guard is an
organization that should be encouraged and if you have
a boy old enough who wants to join the local company,
do not hesitate to let him do so. General George A. White
is maintaining high standards for the Guardsmen, not
only in military discipline but in morals and character
and patriotism. It is an organization entitled to every
assistance the citizens can give it. When war threatens,
then we are all for the National Guard. Our appreciation
would be more genuine if we showed some of it when we
are on a peace-time footing.-Corvallis Gazette-Times.
Now that the Permanent Pass cards for soldiers who
have had perfect attendance during the Armory Training
period have come to stay it would seem appropriate to
refresh our minds on the matter as to how this reward for
perfect attendance is gained, to the end that next year's
order announcing the names of the fortunate ones may
require more pages.
Boiled down, G. O. No. 3, Headquarters, Oregon
National Guard, dated J,l'ebruary 8, 1929, provides in effect,
that any enlisted man who has been a member of the
National Guard of this state prior to or from the first
drill of June of the preceding year and has attendd all
drills and formations of the unit of which he has been a
member, including the Annual Camp of Field Instruction,
and down to and including the last formation in May,
shall be entitled to the Perfect Attendance Insignia and
the privileges that it may bring. A soldier absent from home
station and whose attendance with another unit is properly
certified to or who is attending a service school or is
on some active duty under competent orders will be entitled
to drill credit the same as if there had been no such
absence.
The reorganization of Battery E, 249th Coast Artillery,
Cottage Grove, has progressed to the point where a live
up and at 'em organization in that city seems assured.
LaSells D. Stewart, an overseas veteran of the World War
during which he held a commission as captain of engineers,
has been selected to head the unit. Herbert W. Lombard
has been appointed first lieutenant in the battery, succeeding
Samuel G. Swartz who resigned recently to accept
a position in Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Lombard first
entered the service during the World War serving as a
NCO and officer of the Ordnance Department and Field
Artillery. Following the war he was for two years a
lieutenant in the Cottage Grove unit, then Company D,
186th Infantry. One officer and a number of NCO's and
men were eliminated for various reasons and their places
promptly filled by former members of the battery.
Captain Austin, Company K, 186th Infantry, St. Helens,
has installed flood lights on the school grounds adjacent
to the armory which enables the company to drill outdoors
during clement weather. Possibly this company is
more favorably situated than others which have to depend
on city streets for outdoor drill; however if other
communities have suitable available- ground space near
armories, the cost of installing lights is amply repaid by
being able to drill outdoors during summer months.
Captain Robert B. Miller, Commanding Officer of
Hospital Company No. 167, has been detailed to attend
Medical School at Carlisle, Pa., for a six weeks' course
commencing September 1.
BIVOUAC OF Co. B, 186TH INFANTRY
On a recent Saturday and Sunday, three officers and 35
enlisted men of Company B, 186th Infantry, Portland, held
an overnight bivouac at the Clackamas Rifle Range in
connection with rifle practice.
Camp was made in the grove near the mess hall and
the afternoon and evening was spent in sports and entertainment.
Outdoor boxing was held in the grove and
swimming in the Clackamas river. Sergeant Shirley Yale
and Private First Class Richard Shoemaker fought a
three-round draw. Cook Brummet prepared one of his
famous dinners and after this was disposed of the tables
were moved aside and Private First Class McMillan and
Private Priest put on some very fine entertainment consisting
of dancing and singing.
Taps sounded at 10 p. m. and the next call was
reveille at 5 :30 Sunday morning. After breakfast firing
began; all fired the instruction course and upon arrival
of the regular detail the record course was fired and
18 qualified as marksmen or better, after the noon meal
camp was broken, grounds were policed and the return
movement to the home station was made.
The new rifle range at Camp Clatsop which is rapidly
nearing completion will be the best equipped in the State.
Some of the features included in the pit construction are
lavatory facilities, target storage room and running water.
The pit walls and floor are of concrete construction and
telephone connections with the firing line are in underground
conduit. Benches are provided at the firing points
for scorekeepers and in the pit for markers. The pits are
constructed on an obtuse angle which will permit of
simultaneous firing from the 200 and 300 yard firing
points. The new combination sliding 6 x 6 and 6 x 10 target
frames will be installed and will provide for 28 double
targets. With this addition it will be possible to include
range work in the field training program and should
result in additional rifle qualifications.
Orders covering schools for' the armory training period
are being prepared and will be announced in the near
future. Several important changes are contemplated which
it is believed will prove of material benefit. Under the
new scheme a progressive school for officers is envisaged.
The schools will be divided into four classes, basic for
lieutenants, company officers for unit commanders, regimental
field and staff officers and division staff officers.
After completion of one course, officers showing suitable
proficiency therein will be advanced to the next higher
course.
The much cussed and discussed subject involving the
various steps in a formal guardmount will hold no further
mysteries at future camps. In the near future a set of
blue prints showing in diagramatic form the detailed steps
will soon be issued by Guard Headquarters. The plates,
which were prepared by Colonel H. A. Allen, show in
detail every step from the time the unit falls in for guard
duty in the company street until it formally relieves the
old guard at the guard tent.
Work is progressing rapidly on the alterations to the
building to be used as an armory for the Field Artillery
regiment, and it is expected that the building will be
ready for occupancy next week. The new armory, located
at First and Couch, Portland, was leased by Multnomah
county as a temporary measure to relieve the congestion
in the present armory and is adequate in size to house the
entire regiment.
Few members of our service realize that as a result of
the conversion of the 218 Field Artillery to the heavier
caliber guns, a half million dollars of equipment has been
received at the State Arsenal since camp.
Now is the time for eligible guardsmen to start preparing
for the West Point examination which is held anually
during the month of November.

4 THE OREGON GUARDSMAN
THE SCOUT
Company C, 186th Infantry, Grants Pass, still holds
the General's Cup, for the Southern Oregon competition
in rifle marksmanship. Captain White says "we are waiting
for a challenge from the 100 per cent Company to
take it away from C Company."
Master Sergeant George Ross of Service Company,
186th Infantry, has completed the basic course for officers
and is now taking advanced training.
Private "Dubbs" Mulkey of Company L, 162d Infantry,
Dallas, is trying to figure out a scheme which will enable
automobiles to come and go at will at Camp Clatsop
next year.
First Sergeant Robert Renner of Battery B, 218th
Field Artillery, Portland, who served overseas with the
Engineers is now a confirmed artilleryman.
Multnomah county may become air-minded, not in
the sense of air ships or sea planes but arrangements are
under way to have a National Guard band concert on the
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air once a month the coming winter.
Private Bill Brown of Company B, 186th Infantry,
Portland, is the largest and most popular M. P. in the
Oregon National Guard.
Private Gerrard Blackman formerly a member of the
5th Company, Oregon Coast Artillery, Albany, and who
went overseas with Battery B, 65th Coast Artillery, has
enlisted in Service Company, 186th Infantry.
Private Ruzzi, who is an expert on the French horn,
formerly a member of the Royal Italian Band of Rome,
Italy, has reenlisted in the 186th Infantry Band.
Sergeant Shotnakoff, Sergeant Clyde Standing Bear,
Corporal Charbonneau, Private First Class Henry Begs
His Own, Privates John Bear Cub, Frank Charging Dog,
Joseph Muskrat, Ambrose Running Bear, William Red
Fox, Ralph Walking Eagle are some of the names taken
at random from the roster of Company B, 163d Infantry,
of Popular, Montana, from the souvenil> program of their
1930 Field Training Camp. The personnel of this company
are all native sons and believe in National defense.
Warrant officer George E. Payson, leader of the 249th
Coast Artillery Band has returned from leave of absence
spent in Indiana.
TEAM TRYOUT
The final tryout for the National Team, announced in
last month's issue of the Guardsman, started yesterday.
Two score selected riflemen, representing units from every
section of the state except Eastern Oregon, are competing
for a place on the team. Old timers and tyros are equally
represented and if scores on home ranges can be used as
a basis for prophesy it will be anybody's match until the
final stage is fired. The team will be selected after firing
has been completed on the 16th, and the team personnel
will remain at Clackamas for team practice until the
evening of the 19th, leaving the following day for Camp
Perry. Lt. Col. Fred M. West, 162d Infantry, veteran
team captain, will again lead Oregon's shooters and
Captain Langdon H. Spooner, 186th Infantry, will be team
Coach. Captain Leland A. Austin, 186th Infantry, will
accompany the team as range officer.
Included in the personnel of the civilian rifle team are
three former guardsmen, the Pearson brothers, Steve and
Hugh, and James H. Wolford, former members of the
Roseburg unit, and in pre-war days, shooting members
of the Oregon National Guard rifle team. Other members
of this years civilian team are: Lloyd W. Ellis, captain,
Harry Frazer; Anson L. Long, Merton L. Sauers, John
McNurlin, Lee, A. Swem, Hugh F. McDonald, Wilbur S.
Holcomb, Fred P. Frederickson, and Fred 'L. Painter.
Sergeant George H. Bates, Headquarters Detachment,
41st Division, has been assigned to duty at Headquarters
of the Oregon National Guard. Sergeant Bates has a
record of military service extending over a quarter century
and is well known in the Guard having served for many
years as a sergeant instructor.
HUNDRED PER CENT AWARDS
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Company A, 162d Infantry
Three years-1st Sgt. Ernest 'r. Robertson, Sgt. Cyril D. Henderson.
Two years-Corp. Clarence A. Hawman.
One year-Corp. Alva C. Goodrich, Corp. William L. McQueen.
Company B, 162d Infantry
Three years-1st Sgt. John D. George.
Two years-Corp. Robert L,. Skewis. ,
One year-Sgt. Joe R. Fallin, Sgt. Harry Plant, Corp. Chades M.
Wheeler. Corp. Will A. Delzell, Corp. Thornton E. Coffey, Corp.
Gerald H. Ames, Pvt 1st c1. Robert W. Carpenter.
Company C, 162d Infantry
Three years-1st Sgt. John Jensen, Sgt. Ernest J. Evans.
Two y'ears-Sgt. Ernest W. Bray, Sgt. Delmar J. Newman.
One year-Sgt. Alfred W. Cobb, Corp. Arthur H. Delmore, Corp.
Alvin E. Patton, Pvt. James C. Cauthorn.
Company D, 162d Infantry
Three years--Sgt. Orville Lindsey.
Two years-Corp. Charles E. Coates.
One year"--Pvt. 1st ,,1. William E. Long.
Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 162d Infantry
Three years-Corp. Paul C. Harms.
One year-Stf. Sgt. Neil E. Stangel.
Company E, 162d Infantry
rrhree yea:l's-Sgt. John B. Mathison.
One year-Sgt. John Somerville, Corp. Victor Keller, Pvt. Frank
Sawyer.
Company F, 162d Infantry
Three years-1st Sgt. Frank Burrell.
Two years-Sgt. Don Rolfing.
Company G. 162