US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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INFANTRY TEAM ln 1922, as in 1921, Fort Benning contributed largely to the ln- fantry Team Five of the nine commissioned ritle men had been either instructors or students in 1922 and three others had graduated in former years. The National Matches and the N. R. A. hlatches have come to be post graduate schools in marksmanship. Accordingly, larger numbers have been sent to them than has been the case heretofore. The lnfantry al- lowance for the tryout has been raised from seventy-live to ninety-five and it is expected that twenty-eight, the number heretofore allowed for the matches. will be naturally increased. RIFLE TEAM New men are constantly being developed. In 1921 it Was difficult to obtain the required minimum number of five new team members for the National Match. But in 1922 there were six new shots to four former members of the team and the average score Was higher. In 1921, our team with regulation rilles and sights competing against teams With special rilies and telescopic sights beat the record in the Herrick Trophy lVIatch by four points with a score of 1738 out of 1800. In 1922, in addition to a regular team with regulation rifles, another team With special rifles and telescopic sights Was entered. This team made a com-