Camden Military Academy - Excalibur Yearbook (Camden, SC)

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Bus drivers — Mike Coffey, Chris Sloan, Britt Ogden, Russell Allsbrook, Tamburrino — service a vintage vehicle. Ray Hudson, Cliff Carter, Emory Johnson, Donald McGinn, Paul IT’S THERE When You Need It Community service comes with a smile. City Laundry and Cleaners of Camden does the washing and cleaning, but Laundry Staff issues slips and super- vises collection and transport of mounds of dirty clothes. The group is on the spot to return those same bags full of clean clothing. Mobility is vital to the corps, for leave, intermural sports, church attendance, cultural events, medical appointments, etc. A select group of drivers wheel vans and buses from campus to town and be- yond, then back again. Merits and demerits require posting to individual records. Accuracy is essen- tial for the tally determines eligibility both for furloughs and for notice to serve confinements. Company clerks keep the books, their infallibility checked by any and every cadet who has full knowledge of his merit demerit debits and credits. Company clerks Robbie Vergnolle, Michael Myers, Brian Welborn, and afternoons at the office. Allen Butler work diligently posting merits and demerits to records. 13

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Laundry Staff members David Case, Slade Tripp, Mary Tindall Duyn, Adviser, returning laundry to Dwight Cauthen. (honorary), Guillermo Contreras, David White, and Capt Ysbrand Van Carlisle House staff members (below) Mike McCoy, Scott Reynolds, Jeff Morningstar prepare to supervise canteen activity. Lewis, Gary McElveen (Head), Henry Brandao, and Jonathan 12

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REVEILLE TO TAPS Moments after reveille. (Comdr John Feltham “quotes Cadet Davis as saying, “I comb my hair every morning with a brick.”) Capt William Funderburk (above) checks Cadet Davis’ math homework while Damon Edmondson ponders a problem solution. Craig Moyer (right) distributes mail as Richie Coulter checks the post. A CMA day, Individuals comprise the cadet corps and no one is typical. John W. Davis of Memphis, Tennessee, a seventh grader, howev- er, stands out. He’s the smallest boy in the school, his father attended CMA in 1970-71, and his great-grandfather graduated from Carlisle in 1925. Both of his parents are in the US Navy. About CMA Davis says, “I like it.” Days here at the academy are mostly routine. A bugle shat- ters the stillness at 0635. Groaning groggily, cadets quickly dress and move out for breakfast formation and a generous morning meal. Area, barracks, and room clean-up follow, pre- paratory to an 0815 facilities inspection while they’re in class. After a full morning of instruction, at 1145 cadets again move out for dinner formation, the noon meal, and afterwards an eagerly anticipated mail call. Afternoon classes follow, then drill practice on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or tutorials, periods for academic make-up or for individual help, on Tuesday and Thursday, Physical training and both intramural and inter- mural sports follow tutorials. Six is suppertime, preceded by a daily retreat ceremony. Afterwards cadets may relax in their rooms or at Carlisle House, the recreation center, before the bugle sounds recall for evening studyhall. Recall blows again at nine forty-five and at ten taps declares that day is done. Week- end routine is broken by leave periods, church on Sunday, and opportunity for parents and friends to visit. A photographer’s lens focused recently on Davis’ day and recorded these scenes, quite typical happenings in the life of every cadet. 14