Citizens Military Training Camp - Sentinel Yearbook (Fort Sheridan, IL)

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THE SENTINEL f B I I!! Tm-1 Rm: Cnoss BUILDING ' touch with the men than do the priests and pastors in their home towns. This is not surprising, since the young men are barely in the second stage of adolescence and often feel the need of comfort or guidance. The influence of the chaplains, curiously seconded by even the hardest-boiled top sergeant, is pOtCl1t in helping to maintain a sound morale and habit of life and conversation in tent and company street throughout each hour of every day. The religious life of a CMT Camp is not confined to the weekly services. It appears in many occasions of the month in training. lt is felt in the daily parade or in the evening retreat, and above all, in the solemn ceremony of the Oath of Allegiance . This is al- ways a picturesque event. The national colors and regimental standards are massed on a great parade ground with the regimental band. To its music march in company, troop and battery. The colors are placed on the platform and after an invocation by the Camp Chaplain the Camp Commander makes a brief address and reads the simple pledge of fealty which is repeated, paragraph after paragraph, by the men themselves. Then comes the stirring ceremony of Retreat , after which the candidates march back to their own quarters, filled with a new sense of obligation to the country and to the flag. Cl lsr Luzur. M. F. CoLr.roN, Chap-Res. Carr. A. Ymron Smom, USA, P .t-Cl . 1 L 1 G3 A C - - I:-rr Lu-:u1'. Cn.-ws. I.. l'mw:n, Chap-Res. CAPT, EHNI-:i-11' Intex, Clinp-lli-s. mp affix-i1'lll,iJiii11'1'.lll7.' Oi CMTC CIIAPLAINS UF 1928 Page N1'm'ly-jicfe ' I .v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.- 1 1 ,-,,,',,,-,-,-,-,NNNI'NumW,-'mv.'.'mvm'.'m

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f ff THE SENTINEL t I W Amd kbepiv tDoYlL The duties of chaplains at Citizens' lVIilitary Training Camps are varied. ln the morning they make their rounds to the orderly tents to learn if any men are homesick or otherwise alllicted with ailments. Following these calls, they visit the sick in the hos- pitzll. A certain responsibility attaches to chaplains in the matter of recreation. Recog- nizing this, the Post Chaplain, the Camp Hostess and the Red Cross representatives work closely with the Post Recreation Officer in making the chaplain's tent a social gath- ering place for all CMTC men. Here are to be found interesting games, a chance for correspondence, and reading matter, so that everyone may choose his own form of diversion. On days of worship chaplains conduct services for the various faiths. Assignments are made by the Post Chaplain, who coordinates the dillerent branches of service. Catholic. Protestant, jewish and non-religious meetings are held simultaneously. Immediately on hearing the church call by the bugle, each company forms into the foregoing groups, which are marched to their appointed places, no one being excused unless of mature age, or minors on petition from their parents. No one can imagine, unless familiar with the CMT Camps, how many functions the chaplains perform in them. They are first to greet the incoming candidates: they are always available for personal conferences and for many reasons often come into closer N Fu-:Ln Mus Pngr iYim'ly-four NNN.1.1.1.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.U.v-1-v.v.v.1.v.v.1.v.v.v.v.v.' U ' l.v.v-1-WUN.v.v.Vqv-vuwv.V.V-UN.v.vw.!.v.v.v-v.v-mv. I

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THE SENTINEL f f I THE RED CROSS AT CAMP The American Red Cross has served the Army, the CMTC students and the parents of students since the Camps have been conducted in this Corps Area. The personnel at this camp consisted of Miss Suzanne Bolan, Post Director of Red Cross, and Mr. Ralph Dean, Assistant Field Director, in- structing in Life Saving Methods. The Red Cross furnished all stationery needed for the Hostess House, the Chaplain's Tent and the CIVITC Ward in the Station Hospital. Judging from the amount of stationery, ink, pens and pencils used, there was no occasion for any of the home folks to worry about the students. Various games were furnished to help pass away the leisure hours. Each day the hospital ward was visited and the Camp Bulletin distributed, so that students confined there would know what was happening in the Camp. Magazines, cig- arettes and matches were supplied once a week. Toilet articles were furnished to patients who had exhausted their supply. Personal problems, such as mailing letters, etc., were taken care of for the patients. Svzxxxn l!o1,AN I'0.vI I,l'l'l'!'fllI' Fort Shcriclnn RED CROSS LIFE SAVING ' Due to excellent weather conditions and wonderful co- operation the Red Cross Life Saving Course at Camp this year was very successful. Mr. Dean, the Life Saving Instructor, stressed quality rather than quantity. More were qualified as Senior Life Savers than ever before. This was possible because the men were reported by companies at the beach and worked both on land and in the water with great earnest- - IICSS. Two hundred men reported to take thc course, and of this number seventy successfully passed their tests. These 'R' results are very gratifying. Students who did not pass may come back next year and try again, for they will be older, iv -vw stronger and better swimmers. The assistance given by students who had been qualified in previous years was a very valuable service, The men who acted as assistants to the instructor were: Charles Almeyda, Company BN, Arnold Carlson, Company D , Raymond Farlow, Company D , YVilliam VVeaver, Company DH, and Keith Taber, Company HG . Pagr Nim'ly-.v1.v .RALPH DEAN .-lsslslant l 1'1'lrl Dirvrtnr Anmrimin Red Cross .v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v v.v.v.v.v-v.1.v.v.1.v.v.v. . .v.v.' 0 ' I.v.v.v.v.VN-!.v.v.v.vN.v.v.v.l.v.v.v.v.v.v.v v.v. v. a