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

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THE SE,N,TINEL The old-timers watched the processing at the CMT Camps for eight years with I fl g f gl THE FIRST DAY AT CAMP a great deal of interest, because it is almost exactly the same as will be necessary in case unfortunate circumstances ever again require the mobilization of Americans for military purposes. Season after season, methods are perfected so that now, as we all saw on July ' cc as , 27th, 1928, the small force of experienced oflicers and men can process two thousand new-eomers in a single day. Q ort Sheridan earlv on the morning of 1'r1day, the 27th, we were guided As we reached I , ' from the railway station to Camp Holliday by numerous LIVITC signs with arrows point- ing in the proper direction. We were not the hrst on the scene, however, because some boys had come in during Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. As we were directed toward the registration tent we were joined by a group of these early-birdsw, who told us that they had been assigned to tents and issued necessary bedding and mess equip- ment and had been fed well during their short preliminary stay in the camp. While wait- ing our turn at the registration tables we were served sandwiches. Itdid not take long to get the first details over and receive the mileage pay from the 1'll1ZlI1CC OHicer to cover our expenses in reaching Camp Holliday. l As we passed thru the tent we received our assignments to companies, and as soon ' CC 79 as a group of ten or twelve men had gathered at each company signboard, a runner - a Regular soldier acting as guide-took us across the bridge to our respective company streets in Camp Holliday. Here we deposited our luggage under guard and, if we desired, turned over any small valuables to be locked in a steel strong-box. Then we were issued tags and sent to a dispatching station where we rested until our turn came to go to the hospital for physical examination. This examination was fun for the old-timers but a sort of a mysterious procedure to new-comers. We were sent in groups to a disrobing station and from here a constant stream of candidates was kept entering the medical examineris station. We were issued a barracks bag into which we put our civilian clothing, which was tagged with our number and taken away from us. Then we were shot thru under the eyes of a number of doctors, who made records of our appearance, height and weight, examined our muscles, eyes, ears, nose, throat, teeth, lungs-everything but our brains-and finally shot out onto another porch where someone shoved pencils into our hands and we signed for about 520.00 worth of leggings and other uniform equipment. After dressing in this new clothing, we were given our barracks bags with our civilian clothing and sent to the Quartermaster Checking Station to make sure that we had all the articles charged against us. We were then sent to the dressing station, where Regular Army Non-Coms saw that we dressed ourselves properly. Not only were we inspected by the Quartermaster detail, but when we again reached the jurisdiction of our respective companies, we passed another inspection. If anyone has any curiosity as to how much clothing and equipment we used or how much we ate, let him read the stories further along in this book about the quartermaster sup- plies and the CMTC men. To sum it all up, we arrived Friday, were all set and slept hard Friday night, began to have visitors from home Saturday, and by the time parade was formed Sunday morning at nine o'clock we began to think we were regular Camp Hollidayites. lhzcmvtuo l'lQUIl'MHN'l' Pngr .Yizlrly-.ffrffll - NN- - - - -V - - - -V-'W' - - - - N- -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 o

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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

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