Citizens Military Training Camp - Full Pack Yearbook (Fort Leavenworth, KS)

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A THE FULL PACK .COMPANY HISTORIES HISTORY OF HEADQUARTERS COMPANY ARDEN B. Cnowpxsn When we, an unorganized' crowd of men and boys of Texarkana 'from practically every-walk of life, ar- rived at Fort Leavenworth, little did we realize what an active and instructive month we had embarked upon. Some came for pleasure, others seeking adventure, somex even with the intention of learning something. All weretaught the. great fundamentals of good cit- izenship and immediately began to practice them. We proudly boasted the Star Athlete of the camp, Private Quillan of Texarkana, who won three cups, one for the best all around athlete in camp, another A for the championship in the junior lightweight boxing A A class and the third as one of the winning S80 yard relay. team. .The relay team, composed of Quillan, L. Hersh, Brown and Guthridge, took first place in the 880 yard relay in the track meet.. Each received an individual cup. - James easily won the championship cup in the middleweight class.. He has a wide reputation as a boxer, a gentleman, a sheik and afirst class hand- shaker. As a hand-shaker the company presented him with an aluminum pint-size cup. engraved suitablylfor the occasion. In 1924 he won the championship in the middleweight boxing class and first place for the best talk on citizenship. A man's success is as true as his aim. Kaesser of St. Louis won first place as the best pistol shot inwcamp. He was also a member of our ball team. Of the forty-eight men who fired on the range, twenty-nine qualified to shoot the record course and, out of twenty-nine, twenty-six qualified as experts. . ' The company ball team was a whang. It won every game that it played except three, and finished with an average of .500. But 'tis better to have played and failed than not to have tried at all. . O'Neal and Guthridge were ofiicially selected asarnembers of the all star team. , ' ' i ,, n . ' Kaesser was selected as the best Red Course student in the company and R: Palmer as the best White Course student. Sergeant James was selected to represent the com- pany as the most soldierly student in camp. Sergeant Crowder was selected to represent the company as the best all around Blue Course student in camp. Sergeants James 'and Crowder won third place in their respective contests. , 1-fi'.q,,.,h,, I The company was not without its unsolved mysteries. The questionfijff- ,ygio ,plotted the fire-cracker barrage the night of August 21,remains the most bafliing. il-Iowever, here is a secret. It's whispered about the camp that Sergeant Crowder knows all about it. Due to the efficient work of our officers, Captain Scudder, Lieutenant Conmy and Lieutenant Rall, we were able to turn out the best platoon in the camp. We sincerely appreciate the courtesy they showed us and the friendship that they extended to us all through the month. ' I ARDEN B. Cnowmzn i - A - Page F tfty-one f I A A I . I I 1 . . . I-Ynfnff -'uYuVpYnV.7nVoYA

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