The third annual federal inspection of Company E, Concord’s infantry unit of the national guard, will be held at the armory tonight at 8 o’clock.
Lieut. Irwin Crompton, army instructor for South Carolina, will conduct the inspection. He will be accompanied by Maj. Kenneth Caldwell of Concord, inspector for North Carolina. The equipment and records of the company will give an exhibition of close and extended-order drill, bayonet work and military courtesy.
The company has made progress recently. The strength is now 60 men, Norman Alston is captain, Patterson Ritchie, first lieutenant, and William Miller, second lieutenant.
From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Feb. 28, 1925
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