[Old and Reliable]

You, Sir, are correct. I went from memory on the Col.s question as to whom was with with Capt. Curtis and TNB back in 1928, at least I got the rank correct-had plenty of opportunity to salute both the "Light" and the "Full Bird" gentleman of that 0-5 and 0-6 stature in my years in the USMC.

Sort of recalls the words of wisdom from Casey "Stinky" Stengel, former manager of the Yankees, later the Mets: "You can always look it up in the book". I had loaned my copy of the GBE "The Best of Nash Buckingham" (there was never anything but the BEST from that fine Southern Gent'man) to a friend, who just returned it. Nash had class, and first-rate manners afield, respect for ladies and was a story teller from who laid the rail.

I have heard stories about Elt Warner at Field and Stream, believe he preceeded Ray P. Holland, another one of my legendary gunning heroes. Have also read stories about the "tree huggers" and "Green Peacers" trying to close down the storied Philadelphia Gun Club, and I hope you can prevail against their ill-founded attempts to close your Club.

One of my married sisters lives near Valley Forge, we were there recently after a 3 day visit at Gettysburg, then on to Ocean City, MD. to visit another sister.

\Valley Forge looks a bit different now than it did in 1954 with the Boy Scout Trip, great country, so close to Philadelphia, yet so remote. Toured the Eisenhower Farm; Ike had a skeet field there, and except for one shotgun in a glass case (an Italian mfg. autoloader perhaps) all his Winchester 42 .410's and his doubles, except for his Winchester M21 20 bore which apparently resides in The Olde Dominion, also his Granger fly rods, are on display at his Museum in Abeline Kansas, according to the Curator present to whom I posed this series of sporting equipment related question.