June-July 2007

Next Meeting

(To be announced) August 2007

7:30 PM

Whitehall Court, Buffalo Grove, Ill

The next scheduled meeting will be in August at the Home of Adjutant Brown. Please mark your calendars.

Fourth of July Parades

The Battery will be marching in two Independence Day Parades this July 4^th. The first being the Arlington Heights parade and the second being the Mount Prospect parade. We ask that all those that can attend please do so. Wear your “Dress” uniform. Dress Uniform being your best and cleanest looking uniform. Please wear your Kepies. The long term weather report is for temperatures in the 90’s. Bring plenty of water. If temperatures get too high we will strip down to vests or just shirts. There will be a gap between parades for us to rest.

ARLINGTON PARADE: Also known as the Frontier Days Festival. The theme is “Read a Good Book Lately”. Set up time is 8:30 with the step off time at 10AM sharp. Be warned that roads in the area will start to be closed around 8:45. There will be plenty of parking in the St Peter’s Church lot on Olive west of Arlington Heights road. The Battery was given number 47. Park in the church lot and walk to our location.

MOUNT PROSPECT: Their theme is “ Mount Prospect…Celebrating 90 years and still growing strong.” This is a longer parade distance wise. Set up will be 12:15 in the area of Mount Prospect and Council. If you march in the Arlington Heights parade, you can jump on the trailer and ride to the start up location. You will then be able to get a lift back to the St Peter’s church and your car. The Battery will be Number 82 in this parade.

Remember this is the main source of income in which the battery uses for upkeep of the club owned equipment and some of the registration fees. So if you participate in one, you should try to participate in the other.

Long Range Match

The 17^th Long Range Match will be held July 28 and 29^th at range number 35 of the National Guard Range in Grayling Michigan. Presently the Battery is planning on entering one rifled cannon and 2 Coehorn Mortars. All the shooting for these two events is on Saturday with the mortar match at 9 AM. The cannon matches start at 10:15. The mortars will be fired at a target at 250 yards. The cannon will be fired at 1000 yards. The Battery will need to make its own projectiles. It is too late to order them and the cost of ordering them would deplete our treasury. For the Battery to make projectiles we will need to make a projectile mold. This will have to be done because of the new liner. The old liner was 2.9 inch and the new one is 3.0 inch. Dick will try to make the new mold but needs help setting up the machinery. Presently the Battery is trying to get this done. If you need directions and a map for the artillery match, please contact the Commander.

Please note that the weekend of the artillery match is the same weekend of the “Big canoe Race”. Hotels and such may fill up quickly. So if you are planning on staying in a hotel, call now and reserve a room. Camping is allowed on range 35. There will not be access to a shower building as in the past. Water will be provided by tankers.

Fall Nationals

The Battery received the invite for the 116^th National at Fort Shenandoah, which will be held October 5, 6, and 7^th. It seems the Battery will have a good number of people who are interested in participating. The present invite may contain an error and it is said that a new invite will be sent. More information will be forth coming on this event.

LaGrange Pet Parade

The battery participated in the 61^st LaGrange Pet Parade. The theme was Honor Our Flag and we marched with the 2^nd USSS. This is Dan Davis’s new group. The weather was good and the Battery had some good numbers show up. Thanks for all who showed up. The battery earned $400 which they shared with the 2^nd USSS who matched the Battery numbers of members who showed up. The hope is that the Battery will be invited back next year and we can ask for a larger fee for both of the units.

4^th Matuszek Memorial Skirmish

The Skirmish Director was happy that all the preparation paid off. Nine members of the Battery showed up one or more days to help. Everything ran smooth and the battery received complements from most of the participants. The news would be better if the weather was better but for those who were not there, it started to rain on Friday night and did not stop until mid morning. This was enough to scare would be individual shooters away. This year there were only 23 people who shot individual targets compared to last years 40. The weather also cut down the number of teams the whole weekend. In short, there was poor attendance that cut down on the cost but also the profit. A final report will be given at the next meeting.

A special thanks should and will be given to the 2^nd US Sharpshooters who stepped up and helped with many of the unpleasant tasks. They had the frames put together by noon Friday. They set up the poles for the barriers. They helped us safety during the individual matches. At the end of the shoot, they transported the trash to the dumpster. They helped stow away the target frames and other things. Their help made the weekend easier for the Battery. In honor of all their help, the Battery will be throwing a thank you dinner at our campsite on Saturday at the 116^th National. They will be inspected as a new team and willing to celebrate their officially becoming a team in the N-SSA. Right now they are considered a probationary team.

Rumors Confirmed

It was last reported that there were rumors that the Battery will be asked to help run the 118th National Skirmish in the year 2008. This rumor has been confirmed. Dan Gibson is the Skirmish Director and was made aware of the good job we did on the Latrine duty. The Battery got many great compliments on the job we did. For those of us that did it last time know that this job is considered the most requested job out of all the jobs. So rumors have it that we were requested to again clean the latrines The Battery’s commander offered his services as Latrine Officer and it was reported that is what he got. There will be more information to follow on this subject.

2007 Events

July 4^th Arlington Heights Parade

Mount Prospect Parade

July 28-29 Long-Range Grayling Match

Aug 18-19 Springfield 114^th

Sept 15-16 Bristol 6^th

Oct 4 - 7 Fall Nationals

Oct 14^th Kane County gun show

Dec 9^th Kane County gun show

Sick Call Report

The Commander is glad to report that Jack Hubbell has improved. Jack is no longer at the White Hall Rehab Center and his daughters continue to report his improvement. It is very doubtful that you will see Jack on the firing line this year but he said he will try to attend the July 4^th parades and be as active as possible. Both Bob and Dick are also improving. At this time the Commander wishes that no other member get sick or injured until all others are healthy.

Recruitment Opportunities.

Practice Shoot and Muster.

Battery H will be scheduling another practice at the Kenosha Conservation Club in Bristol Wis. This will also act as a Recruiting Muster for possible new members. Letters will be sent out informing past interested individuals that we will welcome them out to the range to try out the different weaponry. The Battery will again request that they RSVP prior to showing up at the primitive range. Due to the busy Battery H schedule, this may not be scheduled until later this year.