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

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Q THE JEFFERSONIAN L if CHOW TIME Chow time -and what memories! First, the great gray stone building into which three times each day poured the long lines of hungry youth, a building so large and so commodious that all of the one thousand five hundred boys could be seated at one time. And what a sight it was at mess time! Row after row of freshly polished tables, cups, plates, pitchers, and all the other tableware in orderly array, lined up in true soldierly fashion, dressed in ranks and covered in file . Approximately 135,000 meals were served in that spacious dining hall during the CMT Camp,and served so rapidly and efficiently that it seemed no task at all. This meant the planning, preparing and serving of some 4,500 meals each day-seven days a week- and only those familiar with such an undertaking can realize what an enormous job it was. Eight big ranges, six huge triple-section warming ovens, a 200-pound dough machine for rolls, a potato-peeling machine, and a battery of refrigerators and big coffee urns con- stituted only part of the equipment required of the kitchen, which was in charge of two chefs aided by twelve assistant cooks. You remember, fellows, how we were seated: thirty boys at each table, with four tables for Battery CH, four for each of the advanced companies- A , HE , and I , and six tables for each of the Basic companies with 250 men. There was one waiter for each thirty boys, and you recall what a busy young chap he was trying to keep us all supplied with chow. ' You recall, too, how we used to march into the big mess hall and take our places at the tables, awaiting the word which opened the general offensive on the steaming stacks of food. And boy, weren't we ready for the command to be seated! Every dish, every knife, fork and spoon every pot and pan used in that huge culinary plant was washed and sterlized without being touched by human hands. The dishes wecrledpilegl in stacks and placed in a sterlizing machine, fromiwhich they emerged washed an rie . rFHE Mnss GANG Page Om' Hundred Twenty ' ' vvvmmmvvwvmvsvvnvivvnnngqgywmy sfo 'svn' vovtvuvc A A o nv 'V B . . . . . A A A Q A O 0

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1 X9 f l CMTC STUDENT HEADED FOR WEST POINT if THE JFEFFERSONIAN O From CMTC to West Point! training camp season tolls around 0 .When the 1927 it will find DeLoss H Miller of Com an UI 7 . ' n 7 p Y , CII- fOllCCif?i1a cadet IH the Un1ted.States NIilitary Academy. , d1h?f, Whose home is in Bloomington, Ill., re- Slve 13 3Pl201f1fII1entC from United States Senator 19312iCi1fEiX2tEncJ2luvIKll.l enter The Point with the class of This .Fall he started his sophomore year at YVent- WOfQh M1l1t3fY AC21ClCmy, Lexington, Mo. In this Year s camp at Jefferson Barracks he was enrolled as 3 Blue course student, and his work with Company I demonstrated to the regular arm ofhcers of that . . Y outfit .that he-has the qualifications to fit him for a commission. I 'During the World War, his father, F. A. Miller . g qvvv I- was general divisional superintendent of the Y. M. C. Ai in Paris. Miller is a sandy-haired, clear-eyed young- DELoss H. MILLER , ster, keenly interested in military work and he has M j C ' . chosen the army for his life's career. 7 Yes, I ll be doing it' at West Point a year from now he admitted modestl when he was questioned about his plans for entering the United7States Military Acadeiiiy. He is now 19 years old. ' p CMTC FATHER LAUDS CAMP Followinga visit to his son,David H. Snell, Ir., of Washington, IQl., Mr. David H. Snell wrote the following letter tothe Editor of the Washington Reporter. ' In a letter to Colonel Falls he extended his thanks to the ofhcers of the CMTC for the courtesies which he received upon his visit to the camp. He added that he was also writing his congressman to commend the work of the camp. ' Editor Reporter, Dear Sir: A Last week I made a trip to see ourWashington boys at the CIWTC for this dis- trict,and if any of the folks think our national training system is not efficient a trip to Jefferson Barracks will surely change their mind. The dining or mess hall handles about 3ooo boys in thirty minutes. and they all come away satisfied. I I expect every mother of a growing boy realizes what that means. These kitchens are as clean as any home-could be kept, all food is cooked under high' pressure steam, and a boy who does not come away from the camp a better prospective American citizen is surely a hopeless case. We found the oflicers courteous and willing to explain any of our questions and the patience they show in training our boys is a revelation to anyone who has heard of the hard boiled regular army officer. ' . l The idea of these camps is not so much toward the military. goose stepuas to create a conscientious body of better American citizens with the' rudiments of military tactics, in order to have a starting point for good military organizations in case of war. ' The boys are allowed to go to St. Louis for algood time. when off duty, but. the places they can go are restricted and there are hlilitary Police at all danger points, physical or moral, to see that these restrictions are observed, in fact, the average boy is far better guarded in all respects than. he could be at home. v If you folks could just see the workings of these camps run byUncle Sam,places in them would be at a premium. You would want your boy to get this training, physical and mental, for which many of our wealthy people pay tuition and board in private camps and get a whole lot less in every way, but to the boys who can gp to these I camps, maintainence, medical attention, uniform and transportation are ree. l The nucleus of an army is not a threat of War but the best insurance against War, we do not want a war, any more than we want a fire but we carry hre insurance. Respectfully, DAVID H. SNELL, SR. Page Om' Hzuzdred N1'm'tfw1 vvvv' Yv 'V v i I 'han:0.10.44ooA44annunAasanuVnVoYA ovnvavavfovpvuvtvovsvivnVHa'A'nva'a'o'u'Avh'Avnvovavl'b! . . . U

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THE JEFFERSONIAN T Tr f'K.P. 'PHE' MOST X WVALTER WV. FRICK Po ,N N MAN W CMT l ,gifjain 4' K. P. VVhat a load of importance those two letters carry. VVhat a train of memories J-fx :X X co ' and thoughts they start in our minds! ij 0 ff? .29 ij? K. P. plays an important role in every P anjf f y E, 1: 4 CMT Camp.. It is the corner-stone of.the ' f' . . plain for stelrying ltlheh stlaudents at meal tame. ' ,4-,- I is some in w ' J A i f ' P that he startsgon eciracstlgwtsheosiifrizeypliaiieelas ffl' .5 , X' . . .MY A A ,9 1750'- every other student. It is a most valuable aid in teaching and enforcing discipline. No one is apt to disobey orders or neglect duty when he knows he is liable to get extra K.P. Every student is required to do K. P. at least one day during camp. Students are chosen alphabetically and in regular order. Student non-coms and those on athletic teams are excused from K. P. duty after their first day of K. P. Students may be assigned to do extra K. P. for misdemeanors or neglectof duty. Students on K. P. are excused from exercise and drills on the day on which they are on K. P., but their tents and equipment must stand inspection. K. P's. are called out and marched to the mess hall about half an hour before break- fast. Some of them are detailed to work in the kitchen, wash dishes, peel potatoes, and so forth. The rest are divided, two to a table, to serve as waiters on the tables. There are about fifty tables. Each table seats thirty students and'one officer. The K. P's. carry the food from the kitchen in orderly fashion and see that their tables are supplied with food. ' After each meal the K. Pfs wash the dishes, scrub the tables, and mop the floor. After a student has been on K. P. duty he appreciates the value of keeping the mess hall clean. Each student is issued a suit of fatigue clothes,along with his other clothes, which he wears on K. P. duty, on the rifle range, and when he wishes to keep his uniform clean. After the dishes have been washed in the big steam washer they are ,carried to the tables and the tables are set for the next meal. The dishes are placed in a straight line on the tables from one end of the mess hall to the other. A line, similar to a chalk line, is used to help get the dishes placed in a straight line. After the mess hall has been put in order the K. P's. are excused until the next meal. ni -9 . l . .., - , ,I VVHERE NVE EAT- AND Hou' Pagc Om' Hzuzdrxd Twwzfy-one YQUu'uVs'n'n7n'4'a'4Vo'oVsV.Y.Ya'mV-YAYAVIUQYQQYAYNQV Y V V V V nV.VcYsVaVAV.'.V-YuYaV-'AV V V V V ' Y I O