9, July 1898 (+121)
To: The ladies and gentlemen of the GAF at large
Copies to: (Bvt.) Major General U. S. Scout (Ret.),
(Bvt.) Col. Drydock Chief of Staff,
(Bvt. ) Col. Dusty Tagalon Adjutant ,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have the honor to submit my report following the 2019 Grand Muster of the Grand Army of the Frontier
By Monday afternoon I had completed the mowing and most of my other preparations Tuesday Silver Creek Slim and Micah and I traveled to nearby Ord to retrieve the targets. By Afternoon most of the rest of the staff had arrived and we finished placing the targets. Wednesday was spent checking toilet paper, installing shade, placing benches and tables, ect. Thursday, Quickfire, Broken Nose Scotty, Lt. Col. Silver Creek Slim, Lt. Col. Ned Neiderlander, Col. Drydock Col. Sagebrush Burns, Dr. DeMentos, Hawkeye Hefner, Whiskey Double, and myself shot the main match stages to ensure that everything was set up correctly and so that we could RO the stages once the main match commenced.
Our mess consisted of 40 shooting participants excluding camp followers. This broke last year?s record participation.
Friday morning operations commenced with the Expansion Era Match and side matches.
The Main match used the same skirmish format as the Expansion Era Match did. All of the stages this year commemorated the struggle to retain control of the empires of the World. Rattlesnake jack wrote the documentation which was available to read in camp and can be found at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r9b7th1AVgy9mULHNXjBs9yCuOMY8Mzn?usp=sharingSaturday evening, we retired to The Comstock Lodge for the banquet. The Ladies and the men seemed to quite enjoy the facilities. While there, door prizes were awarded. While the match was still being shot, I totaled the scores so that the medals and certificates were awarded to the Ladies and the men following the banquet.
Sunday morning, following my family?s church attendance, my staff and members of my Council of War met to evaluate the Muster and discuss possible improvements in equipment, logistics and execution.
The Stu Kettle Memorial Gun Shoot Thingy Award was won by Col. Ned Niederlander for having the lowest total time.
Nebraska Won the Division Plate award for the Grand Muster Division Challenge.
Here I should thank a number of people: The Broken Bow Lions Club for sponsoring the insurance; Lt. Col. Ned Neiderlander, his efforts building camp equipage, Targets and props. Col. Drydock, Cpl Broken Nose Scotty, Ned Niederlander, Quickfire, Silver Creek Slim and Micah, Sagebrush Burns, Dr. Dementos, Hawkeye Hefner, Whiskey Double, and all of whom arrived early for arriving early and helped set up and shot the match on Thursday so that they could RO the match for participants. Ira Scott and Hakeye Hefner for donating the use of their UTVs for moving participants between the stages. And finally Capt. Delmonico.
Evaluation of the Muster is ongoing, but the consensus is that the format is optimal but improvements can and will yet be made.
I request that participants of this match place their report in this thread as well.
Scores can be found at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r9b7th1AVgy9mULHNXjBs9yCuOMY8Mzn?usp=sharing