Jefferson Barracks Citizens Military Camps - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Lemay, MO)

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JEFFERSONIAN 4. llttoxxi. all-.lJ.Xl. .xwxtaniin nv illllli XlII.I'I'.txI4v lIiXlNlNt. KAXIIN .XSSOLIATION UI' Tllli kNl'l'l'QlJ St xtts Iota iil'iXCl'l.I.liNCll.U RIGID CtJt'RSl'l Cfunpany X eUtto ll. Scliwalb, 3413 Osage Street. St. l.ouis, Nlissouri. Company liner lfdward C. Iitz, lfaucett, Xlissouri. Company Civ -'kiirgil If Rick. Ilermann, Xlissouri. Company HIJiI 'YIll'l1SIL'lI Peery. 2115 lfast 33rd Strett. liansas City, Xlissouri. Company Xlissouri. Company V1.2 rd Stteet. Company arkana. .Xrkansas. Company Xlissouri. lf fliyron lf. Ikilliains. lirooklield, lf -Klorris S. llai-less. 421 Ikvest Kansas City, Nlissouri. G -Nathaniel ll. Xkilliamson, Tex- lI flla1'old P. Owen, Orrick. Company lfifellurley ll Ikialker, Troy. Xlissouri. i Company Xl --Dean l.. Sauceman. Ikvestboro, Xlissouri. I XYlll'l'lC CUCRSIC Ist Battalionf-Kenneth XI. Gentry, 2008 Grand .Xvenue, Ioplin, Xlissouri. 2nd Battalion-Robert I3. .Xrmour, 34,33 Paseo Boulevard, Kansas City, Xlissouri. 3rd Battalion-blames li. Long, 2120 Ifast 58th Street. Kansas City, XIissouri. III the regiment -Robert B. .Xrmour, 3433 Paseo Boulevard, Kansas City. Xlissouri. 5. .Xwarded by Colonel X. T. Perkins, State Chairman for KIissouI'i, KIilitary Training Camps .Xssociation of the Cnited States: To the Company Commander of company winning company drill: .AX IQIDING CROP. To the Battalion Commander of battalion IW-lfrcd If. liurroughs, 4036 Company Olive Street. Ixansas City, Xltssourt. K --Ricliard I . Rowland, Tarkio. winning company competition: A RIDING CROP. To the Student awarded the regimental medal Company Xlissouri. for ltxcellence'l: .X IIIRAVELINC Casts. Historical Sketch of Jefferson Barracks The history of jefferson Barracks goes back to the old Cantonment of Bellefontaine. About the year ISO6 a small military camp was established on the banks of the Xlississippi a few miles above the present site of Saint Louis. There were a few trading posts and some scattered settlers on the river and it was largely for their protection that the camp was established. Bellefontaine, as it was named, did not prove to be a very fortunate selection for a camp. A new site was picked out just south of the trading post, Carondelet, now a part of Saint Louis, and to this place the troops were moved in I826, establishing what is now Jefferson Barracks, named in honor of President Thomas Jefferson. With the acquisition of new territory by the Louisiana Purchase and the constant pushing westward of our settlers, Jefferson Barracks became a very important post. Its primary purpose at that time was for the protection of the frontiersmen from the IndiaIIs and it served as a base from which many important operations were conducted against hostile tribes. The Black Hawk Ikar was probably the most important Indian uprising in this section. General Atkinson with four hundred regular troops taken from -Ielferson Bar- racks and a few river stations, and IIine hundred Illinois volunteers, met Black Hawk on the banks of the river on Aug. 2, 1932, in the final engagement of the war and there de- cisively defeated him. The Indians were dispersed and gave no further trouble. Black Hawk, the famous old lIIdiaII chieftain, was brought to the Barracks, a prisoner, by Second Lieutenant ,letferson Davis, who was afterward President of the Confederate States. l rom IHQQ to ISQN. Lieutenant Colonel Robert IL. Lee served at this post with the Sect-ntl Cavalry and many others who were destined to become famous during the Civil XX ar. Colonel IX. S. xloltnson. later General of the Confederate forces was in command. 'l'hert- were also Xlajor C leneral llardee of the Confederacy. General lfarl kan Dorn, General George Stoneman, General Theodore U'Hara and General George II. Thomas. liuring the Civil kkiar, -letIt-rson liiarracks was a very important point as a supply tlt-pot. Ii1'tJ111 wliiclt supplies and men were shipped out in large numbers. Likewise in the late World XX ar men were stationed and trained here for duty in foreign fields. The otlt Infantry is back again to its station after shifting from various parts of the tottntry lor tht first time since 1S2o, the year in which the famous regiment was or- uztnixctl. and in wliiclt it built this post. l'.t,g,' .S'1t,'y'-mit'

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l JEFFERSONIAN -1- August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August AAVINNINC Pi.ATooN, COMPANY UK , Coi1PE'r1'r1vu DRILL The Calendar IYWC arrive. HYoulll like it. 2-l'Struttin our Stullf' 3-Our lirst real work. 4-We receive our rifles. -Big C. Al. T. C. Dance. '40l1. boy what a fine time. MSunday, and we go to Church, then we go to town. - Oli gee! Oli goslil All we do is XVQRKIH -Our lirst 'cPassing Reviewfl 5 6 7 8 9-Big Dirigible aliglits on Parade Grounds. Alucli excitement IOgSpecial entertainment at the Post Hall. Ilxuljay Dayf' Long to be remembered. I2-Dur second C. Al. T. C. Dance. lje-Sunday and we all go to town. I4-AI1Otl1Cf day of TQRTURE. I5-Swimming Circus at the Post Pool. It'igA visitor today. HA RAINY' I7-gQnspcction. Eand Concert by tlie American Legion IQ-'Our first Hike. Tlien for the Dance. zofe--Sunday. liverybody needs tlie rest. RAIN! RAlNl B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l RAIN! Recruiting Officer arrives on the scene. 23 'TllC tirst of a series of liair raising Alovies. 24-aiig Radio Concert. A flllie same old 'LSeVcn and Sixf, Zoe-Sfiiial lnspection, tlicn tlie farewell Dance. Sunday. llvliere are tlic Boys??? Grand Review and Competition drills. A-Turning in of our equipment. Standing Rl'l'llRl'iAT for tlie QI -A liound lor lelonic. Oli Boy. H+- post of St. Louis. 21 22 25 27 28 zo last time. 30st hc-ptr-xnlicr I eeDo we get up at KQZQO a. mf Did youfif tfiroups of Aviation, Signal Corps and lfngineers on opposite pag CiORDON l.. HARIJIN. Co. 'elf' Pflyx' Sl.Xf3 f!ll'z'f' LJ