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

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THE FULL PACK HISTORY OF COMPANY M O . 6 JF HERMAN A. CARTY a Company MW, one of the two machine gun outfits of the 1927 encampment, was composed of some of the best men from Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. The majority of the Company was from Arkansas, there being but a few stray ones, so that after all it was considered an Arkansas company. The first few days were spent in breaking in the new recruits. This was a good job, but by the end of the first week they were considered first-class machine gunners., and real soldiers. Company M was composed of three platoons, or approximately one hundred and fifty men, with V Captain Connett commanding, ably assisted by Lieutenants Richmond and Lane, platoon 'commanders of the First and Second Platoons, and Captain Har- rison commander of the Third Platoon. Under their ' HERMAN A. CARTY 3 leadership Company MH forged to the front. - By the end of the first week we took reveille and drill as a matter of coursej ..,, 7 As a matter of fact, drill put an edge on many appetites and turned shieks into real soldiers. The Arkansasians got a lead in athletics and seta dazzling pace during camapw. The baseball team was organized the first week of camp under the direction of Lieuten- ant Vance Richmond, the Company athletic director. The first game was played with Company K with a score of 9 to 2 in favor of the machine gunners. This was duplicated The best game ever played at Troop. This was a I4 inning game The indoor baseball and volleyo in the first few games. 7 As a whole the Company's atn in a game with L Company with any CMT Camp was between M Company and the a I5 to 7 score. ending with the Troop leading with a 7 to 5 score. all teams were not so successful as they were eliminated letic record was up to the standard. 'V' V 1 A lVlACHINE GUN, SQUAD Page, Seventy-one ,,,,,,,, ,yy vvvv v vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv I '.'..'.A.'..,y.'N -1 1 ' lpn.-nV.oV4o4nuonnnn oaanaa.VuV.YA . I

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PROVISIONAL BATTALION CAVALRY OFFICERS STANDING-Ist Lieutenant Paul C. Febiger, 2nd Cav.5 Captain Louis L. Martin, 2nd CaV.g Major James C. R. Schwenck, CaV.g Lieutenant John R. Andie, Cav-Res. ARTILLERY GFFICERS KNEELING-2nd Lieut- enant John L. Graves, 9th FA.g Captain Hugh B. Hester, FA.g Captain George D. Wahl, 9th FA.g Ist Lieutenant James M. Callicutt, 9th FA A . 1 l w 1 l'i' liifi ii n F i HA V A I . 1 Y X . i I t 1 1 5 A 4 1 i J W 4 i 4, ll '1 1 w w 1.