Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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men who were placed in the coast artillery were sent to Fortress Ion- roe, A ' irginia, to complete their training. Besides the regular drilling that the men were given, military tactics were also studied, requiring nnich time to be spent with text books. In spite of the amount of work, the men enjoyed the life. Never a week went bv without several company dances being given in Indianapolis. The three professors of I. U. who were in the first camp recei •ed commissions as captains, Professors Seavey and Campbell in the in- fantry and Prof. Joseph Wright in the coast artillery. Practically every part of the State was represented by Indiana Uni- versity students and alumni in the first camp. Among the more promi- nent students who received commissions are the following: IN Page Twenty-One = 2 19i»

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r- .. . ' ' .ui 9 .h jih 4 M I. U. Men in First Tkai. ].m, Cami ' . I-uki Hakkisu.n The camp was to have opened on the eighth of May. but owing ' in the laro-e number of applicants it was delayed until the fifteenth of May. and lasted till August fifteenth. Oil. lulwin V. Glenn, wlm Cdunnandcd the tn t])s on the Mexican border a ear ago, was ])laced in command. The cam]) at l irt 1 larri- son was used for the men of the R. f X T. C. from Indiana. ( )Iii(i .and Kentucky. There were five thousand men from these . ' states. The rei|uirements for admission were strict — only men o er twenU ' years and nine months of age, who ])assed a very rigid ])hysical and mental exann ' nation. being ;idmilted. A ery large ])ercentage ot the Indiana I ' nixersily students ])assed these exaniin;itions. The first month of the camp all men received the same instruction, such as .s(|uad and company movements. At the end of the month they were divided iiUo five br.anches i the service, giving them sjiecial tr.aining in tlu--e diffei-eiU (le] ;irtments. The five de])artment-; were the inf;intr ' . c;i alr -. field .artillerv. engineers and coast artillery. The I ' ugi TwL ' nly 1918

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u f Cajnains — William I), i ' .cck-r, Clark Springer, I ' aiil I 1. Wciland and Travis Williams. First Lieutenants — Archie 0. Krehart, Eniil W. Mcdiy. Allen T ' . -Maxwell and William Ochiltree. Second Lieutenants — C. S. lUishman. Eug ' ene J. Cadue. 1 Inward Clark, Frank R. FJliolt, Otto En ;iehart, X ' edder Card, Ral])]i C. Hast- ings, E. E. Lindlev, Everett P. AlcC )y. I- ' real MchUosh, Louis 1 . Mur- chic, Spencer C. I ' ope, Xoel C. Ruddell, Xorman Sclilemnier, Wavne Schmidt, Clem J. Steis.;mever, William .M. Strack, Chester K. Wiley and Ivan Zarin.; . . tter a lew weeks ' inlerxal the second l eser e ( )t ' ficers ' Trainiu ' (am]) was uprned, in die latter i)art of Au,i; ' iv-l, and continued until alioui TlianksLiLiuL; . The oi)enin;4 of this cam]) found ninel ' men from Indiana L ' niversity who had successfully passed the examinations and were acce])led. Ai?ain the faculty was re])reseiited hv three of its members, viz.. Profs. Paul ' . McXult and C. W . Snow ,ind Instructor V 1 ' ii K ' T wen I y - T wo 1918