Arlington High School - Indian Yearbook (Arlington, MA)

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28 THE AHUXGTON HIGH SCHOOF. CLARION J. Edwaiu) .McCarthy Battery A, 301st Light Field Artillery, Ayer, .Mass. K. .McLrtAN Battery . , 301st Light Field .Vrtillery, .' yer. Mass. Lieut. Fdward Mead 49th Regiment, .Syracuse, N. Y. Coiu’. Rai.i’h Philpott Coast . rtillery, Fort Revere. Roland Edwards 104th Infantry, . rnerican Expedition Forces. Joseph Zvvinge Battery 101st Field .Artillery. .American Expedition Forces. W. .Iardine Co. F, 101st Regiment Engineers, American Expedition Forces. Ci. .Iardine Co. F, 101st Regiment Engineers, .American Expedition Forces. Nils .Alsen Coast Artillery, Fort Revere. W. Merrican Battery A, 301st Light Field Artillery, Ayer, .Mass. NAA Y. C. .1. Adams LI. S. S. “Malay. Whytal Bennett Reserve. AA’illiam Baily U. .S. .S. “Kearsarge. .Arthir Clare Reserve. •Stanwood Cook U. .S. .S. “Inca.” Ellsworth Gamester Reserve. ,1. WiNTHROP Jewett Reserve. William Kirlin U. .S. .S. “ irginia.” Lawrence B. Marshall LI. .S. .S. “Marietta. George B. McCarty U. .S. .S. “Oklahoma.” Clinton Peabody LI. S. ,S. “Virginia.” Harold Peterson LI. S. S. “.Aztec.” Walter Hutchinson Radio School. Russell Cutter Radio .School. Stewart Goodwin LI. .S. S. “Gresham.” Fred Percy Reserve. MARINES Boyd Allen, H8 Marine Detachment, U. S. .S. “St. Louis.” IN FRANCE. 11. Dadmun Amhulance. Sergt. H. G. Lowe, Jr. Amhulance. .Arthur Dallin .Amhulance. tiEORGE LttWE Amhulance. 1.AWRENCE KtNG .Aviation. Hugh Berquist .Aviation. HOSPITAL UNITS. Thomas Percy 2nd Mass. Hos])ital Corps. o The following is a letter from Boyil Allen, ’lo, who is our only representative in Uncle Sam’s Marine Corps. He has been in the service since the earlier part of the summer, and is now a memher of the Marine Detachment on the L SS. St. Louis, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. “I am surelv glad to hear from you and through vou from the old town. Where are all the hoys? Odie, Steve, and all the rest? Have they all enlisted? What has become of Holde Baker? When you write me again send me all the ‘dope’ about them you can, to use patois. “About the Marines. Th e Marine Corps is peace time numbers 15,000 enlisted men, while at its full war strength it contains 30,000. “A marine recruit puts in from twelve to fifteen weeks of training as a regular infantry soldier, after which he can pick out his own line, for the marines have all

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THE ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLARION 27 MILITARY DEPARTMENT Uncle Sam’s Representatives From Arlington High “T ze literature sent to France must be current, that is, new, lively magazines and leading papers” — Gen. J. J. Pershing. “Yes! Let us send the Clarion to Ar- lington High’s soldier boys. We want them to he reminded each month that we are thinking of them with pride, gratitude and affection.” — Mr. George Minard. — o — • This department, which is new and prob- ably original among school papers, has been started for the purpose of showing our interest in the hoys who have answered the country’s call. We shall endeavor to keep in touch with them and send them the Clarion each month, that they may know what is going on in their old school. News from home will brighten many dark hours, and when they have spare time to write and tell us their doings and little personal adventures ( providing the censor will permit them), we will print them in the Clarion each month. This will give the pupils a broader idea of what our hoys’ work consists of. Above you will find two statements, one of approval from Mr. Minard, which gives you very good reasons why this should he carried out, and the other a statement of General Pershing, telling what kind of lit- erature should he sent across. The Clar- ion, we feel, meets these requirements, and if it doesn’t it can be made to do so by your co-operation. This month a partial Honor Roll will be found, and a letter of great interest. Regarding the Honor Roll, we wish to say that many names that were handed in were incomplete, and we trust that neces- sary corrections will be made for next issue. Letters or any news items received by pupils from our boys will be gladly printed if they are handed in, or a small note will receive same attention. In addition to our students, we must not forget that we have lost two of our teach- ers, Mr. George I. Cross, who is now cap- tain of Co. F, lOlst Regiment Engineers, in France, and Mr. Fred J. Long, now of Battery F, 3()lst Light Field Artillery. We wish t hem and our fellow students the best of luck and a safe return. Charles L. Kennedy, ’17. — o — HONOR ROLL. ARMY. William Barry Battery , 101st Field Artillery, .American Expedition Forces. CoRi . John Colbert Fort Etlian .Allen, Vt. Forest Cameron, ’18 Co. C, 102nd Macliine Gun Battalion, .American Expedition Forces. Charles Doughty Battery A, 101st Field Artillery, .American Expedition Forces. Raymond Diirlinc Coast Artillery, Fort Revere. .Minot R. Edwards Co. A, 101st Battalion, American Expedition Forces. Joseph Gahm Co. C, 102nd Machine Gun Battalion, .American Expedition Forces. L. W. Guibord Co. D, Fort Ethan .Allen, t. Wilfred Hurley Battery A, 101st Field .Artillery, .American Expedition Forces. John L. Kelly Co. .A, 14th Engineers, American Expedition Forces.

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THE AHEIXGTON HIGH SCHOOL CLAIHOX kinds of companies — machine gun, light and heavy artillery, signal, searchlight, mine laying, and even one of cavalry in Cuba. The marines also have their own aviation corps. “Every ship (that is, a battleship) in the navy is entitled to a complement of ma- rines, ranging from twenty-five men under a sergeant to 250 men under a cajitain; in a fleet the marines may he organized into a battalion under a major. “The marines aboard ship are used for guard duty and landing forces. They also man the three-inch guns and anti-aircraft guns, and on some ships they man the six- inch guns besides. Whatever gave you the impression that we had no hiking to do? Every other morning we do our little ten miles in heavy marching order. The other morning we have regular drill — that is, we have general inspection under arms, then regimental or battalion jiarade, and then drill. In the afternoon we sometimes have boat drill or signal drill, street riot drill, or the new British bayonet drill, or prac- tice in trench fighting. I like it fine down here. Our work lasts from seven A. M. until 3. .50 p. M., after which we scrub our dirty clothing, and then go down to town for the movies, or else drop in to the Y. M. to see what’s going on. o Arlington, Mass. Oct. 2.3, 1917. Dear Editor-. — You have asked me what I am doing at present towards becoming an aviator, and I regret to say that 1 am only one of hun- dreds of young men who have successfully passed the examinations and physical tests, and are now anxiously awaiting their turn to enter a “ground school.” I will try and give you an idea, however, of the duties of an airplane student. The physical examination determines by means of a whirling chair and various 2i) other devices whether a man has what is called a sixth sense, or a sense of balance so necessary to a flyer. Without this he cannot pass. Then after passing the men- tal examination, which discloses one’s knowledge and education, aiul being ac- cejiteil by the examining hoard, he is en- tered on a list of names of men available for ground school. He attends a ground school for eight weeks, studying such subjects as air cur- rents, astronomy, jrhotograjjhy, telegraphy, angles of incidence, fulminates, etc. Then comes another period of waiting until he can enter one of the flying schools. Here he perfects his knowledge of engines, and after sj)ending something like fifteen hours in the air with an instructor, is al- lowed to take the controls himself ff r short flights. Then he is given a test flight of sotne length to do alone, in which he has to visit certain j)laces shown him on a map, and, this accotn])lished, he receives a commission as first lieutenant in the Avia- tion Section Signal Corps. In a finishing school he learns to use a machine gun and to loop the loop, take nose dives, spirals, and all the fancy tricks useful in an aerial battle. Then he may he assigned to one of three branches of the air service: the homhing aeroj)lane, a big, unwieldy machine capalde of carrying great weights, hut slow in speed; the ob- servation aeroj)lane, a smaller, faster ma- chine for scouting purposes; or a fighting plane, the small, incredibly swift, high- jiowered machine, which forms the so- called “cavalry of the air” for the protec- tion of the first two types. In closing, I should like to rej eat that I am still among those who are waiting their turn, as many of my friends seem to take it for granted that I am already more at home in the air than on terra-firma. Sincerely yours, Lawrence G. King.