Culver Military Academy - Roll Call Yearbook (Culver, IN)

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- l C2 reef 4 atgufuerl .gzrgeanf Wajorh .gyunclag orning , , , HNO, Ma,am, I'm not a general, Pm only a sergeant- major. Won't you please take this seat here? I'm sure you,ll get an excellent View of the parade. You say your son is in the Black Horse Troop? Yes, Ma'am, they all go past your seat . . . Please sit down and make yourself comfortable. Now this is the Regimental Staff. The man at its head is the highest ranking cadet in school, the senior captain. No, Ma,am, they never hurt themselves on those sabers. Over there is Colonel Gregory . . . Oh! you say you've already spoken to him about Jimmy's grades. He,s the Superintendent, of course. Now the adjutant is posting the order of the day, in just a second the regimental commander will give 'Pass in Review' and Jimmy will ride by. Ah, there, he's given it. Here comes the Infantry, Mafam, with A, B, C, and D companies in that order. But first, the cadet band, one of the finest prep-school bands in the country. No, lwI3.,21lIl, I don,t see how that drum-major Inanages to keep from dropping the baton, either .... it's amazing, isn't it? Yes'm, it is hard to keep step. KFirst of the mounted units is the famous Black Horse Troop, which started with a mere sixteen horses a long time ago, no, Ma'am, they aren't the same ones. f'Which platoon is Jimmy in, Ma'am? . . . Oh, a pla- toon is one of those lines. No, Jimmy couldn't be one of those boys out in front, they're the cadet officers. Oh, so that's Jimmy, eh? The one whose horse won't stay in line. Yes, Ma'am, probably a green horse. I'm sure Jimmy is a fine rider. aYes, Ma'am, those are real cannon. They don't put people on all the horses because, well, just because I guess the Army says not to. Yes, Ma'am, I guess they are heavy. There are four guns to a battery, and two batteries. That second one is motorized, no, they're the same size. IVe just call cannon guns around here, some- times. The tune? That's the Field Artillery song. No, Ma'am, I can't sing it for you, you wouldn7t like my singing. No, it,s not a military secret. Really, Iim not hiding a thing from you. NAM! . a, Q

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Yes, Ma'am, you do hear right, that tune is The Old Gray Jlare. It,s for the hlotorized Infantry. No, BIIIIHIII, I don't know why they play a tune about horses for infantry 1 probably the band is jealous because those fellows get to ride and don,t have to walk. No, Pm sure there really isn't any hard feeling about it. 'fYes, BIa'a1n, it is impressive. But we donat ever see it. Only the sergeant-majors and the sick squad. The sick squad? That's that group playing tag over on the football field. IVhy are they . . .? Yvell, I guess some of them just got out of the inf'irmary and haven,t had time to rest up yet. Oh, sure I forgot that the graduating class falls out and reviews the final parade. No, Ma,am, 'fall-out' is just an expression .... Yes, Ma,am, you can go to the stables for Jimmy. Not at all, Ma'am. Good-bye. Troopers on parade. As the caissons go rolling along . . .