7, July 1899 (+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 2020 Grand Muster of the Grand Army of the Frontier
By Monday Morning I had completed the mowing and most of my other preparations Quickfire, Broken Nosed Scotty, 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. Tueesday was spent checking toilet paper, installing shade, placing benches and tables, ect. Thursday, Lt. Col.Quickfire, Major Broken Nose Scotty, Lt. Col. Silver Creek Slim, Lt. Col. Ned Neiderlander, Col. Drydock Hawkeye Hefner, Lt. Col. Good Troy, 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 32 shooting participants excluding camp followers. This was off a little from last year's record attendance; however, with the current pandemic this level of participation was considered a major victory!
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.
Saturday evening, we retired to The Sargent Community Center for the banquet which was catered by the Comstock Lodge. 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 had totaled the scores so that the medals and certificates were awarded to the Ladies and the men following the banquet.
Sunday morning, 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 Trinity for having the lowest total time.
Here I should thank a number of people: The Broken Bow Lions Club for sponsoring the insurance; Lt. Col. Ned Neiderlander, Col. Drydock, Major Broken Nose Scotty, Lt. Col.Good Troy, Lt. Col. Quickfire, Lt. Col. Silver Creek Slim and Micah, 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.
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.