Southern California Military Academy - Cadet Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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Em. - i A .!w? u 'l K S SE, DR. BROWN SPEAKS AT STATE INSPECTION ! left to right: Dr. Iohn E, Brown, Maj. Ioseph N. Raymond Adiutant Generals Department, Field Representative California Cadet Corpsg Cadet Capt, Timothy Stephens adjutantg Cadet Maj. Charles Warden, battalion commander. PASSING IN REVIEW swam Q M M vqs 3 is 3 sz '

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tiff COMMANDANTS OFFICE ZND LT. ANSON RAINEY MAlOR VICTOR E. TAYLOR 1ST LT. HARRY MUNGER Asst. Comdt, Commandant Asst. Comdt. The military department is dedicated to the task of instructing and controlling the activities of the corps of cadets in matters dealing with customs, courtesies, and military skills. By cooperation with the other academy departments, it aims to instill in the cadets, the obligations and duties of citizenship, the value of teamwork, the appreciation of rights of others, and the forming of proper habits of social behavior: the last includes honesty, trustworthiness, cleanliness, politeness, obedience to proper authority, and loyalty to God, to Country and to self. The cadet can develop qualities of leadership by accepting responsibilities and discharging duties as placed upon him throughout his career as a member of this corps of cadets. Members of the commandants staff have been proved capable by their experience and training, and to them goes the major portion of credit in conducting this departments activities. It is hoped that those cadets who are leaving the academy to go on in life and those who will be returning next year have acquired, with the academy's guidance, enough of those rudiments in training, that though they may never serve in the military forces of their country, the lessons learned can be converted into those channels of peace-time pursuits. ln these, integrity, cooperation, singleness of purpose, initiative and leadership are also the basic requirements for persons Who choose to attain a pla :e for themselves in the World. I' f 3' -.

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BAND 'Even though the Southern California Military Academy has lost the high school, we expect to build up a fine tillfiunior band next year, declared Capt, Cortland Gilmore, director of the S CM A. band For fifteen years in continuous service as head of the musical unit, Captain Gilmore has developed bands that have won outstanding honors. These include three sweepstakes, two grand prizes, four first prizes, one second prise, an competition up to 57 bands. Two honors of high rank have come to Captain Gilmore personally He was appointed head band master of the California Cadet Corps. He was also invited to join the American Band Directors and ludges Association. As State band master he will direct the combined bands of the California Cadet Corps at Camp Ord this coming summer. He anticipates a combined band of possibly BU pieces there During ordinary peace times the S.C.M,A. band is kept busy playing for a wide range of functions. lt plays for games, dress parades and festivals. The band is generous in contributing music for worthy causes. An example of its generosity recently was its appearance in a street broadcast given at Fourth and Pine in the heart of Long Beach for the March of Dimes drive. ln the AllfWestern Band Beview S.C.M.A. took second prize in its group, first prize going to Brown Military Academy of San Diego. A number of the former members of the band have become members of Army and Navy bands. Some have joined the ranks of professional musicians. Present strength of the band is 34 pieces. S,C.M.A BAND -- left to right row 6: Phillip I.,, Markley, W., row 5' Irwin, Lotz, Cross Gaddis, row 4 Moses La Bonte Wolf Swearinger, Hamilton, row 3: Severn, deAssulenaux, Ellis, VanRekorn, Maier, row 2 Shifflet Hilfiger Stullich Hammer, row l: Capt. Gilmore, Le Roux, Storu, Pajec Hawthorne Toscas Angle, Clisham