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

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ff I I 4 THE IEFFERSONIAN LEFT TO RIGHT-Colonel Philip Fox, Commanding 3415K Infantry, Colonel. Nloor N. Falls, Commanding 6th Infantry, Major C. T. Smart, Senior Instructorg Major General wvlllliilil S. Graves, 6th Corps Area Commander. INSPECTION AND REVIEW Marching with the precision and snap of veterans, students of the CNITC were re- viewed Tuesday morning, july 27, by Major General Wlilliam S. Graves, Lf S. Army. commanding the Sixth Corps Area. Led by officers of the Sixth Infantry, the CRITC Hstrutted its stuffl' so well that the regiment was warmly praised by General Graves for its splendid showing. Brigadier General Michael Lenihan, commanding Fort Sheridan, accompanied General Graves on the tour of inspection. Escorted by Colonel Falls, the two distinguished visitors saw practically every phase of the students' life in camp. They visited the rifle range, witnessed a practical demonstration of the group control system used in training recruits, saw the preliminary rifle marksmanship practice, ate mess with the students at noon, and inspected tents in the company areas. In the afternoon General Graves and General Lenihan visited the post swimming pool to see the instruction of non-swimmers, and then went to the athletic field to watch the program of sports. i By motor, they journeyed down to DeSoto, Mo., to pay a brief visit to Battery C . then on the march toward Arcadia. Returning, they were guests that evening at a reception and dance in the Red Cross house and later at the CMTC Tuesday night dancing party. Colonel Falls escorted them to the train at 10:50 p. m., when the two visitors started the return trip for Chicago after a busy and eventful day in the CNITC camp at Jefferson Barracks. MILITARY RECORD OF COLONEL FALLS Colonel Moor Norton Falls entered the Army of the United States as a second lieu- tenant of Infantry in 1898 and was assigned to the Eighteenth Infantrv. He served in the Philippine insurrections from 1898 to 1901 as a first lieutenant withithe Twelfth In- fantry. After an absence of three years, he again returned to the Islands and also spent some some time on the island of Samoa. His next tour of duty took him to the Hawaiian Islands where he stayed from 1908 to 1911. He served with the Army of Occupation at Ycrzi Cruz, Mexico, as a captain of the Twenty-eighth Infantry. As a major and lieutenant-colonel he saw active service during the lYorld XVIII' with the Twenty-eighth Infantry of the first division. During the period following thc NYM he has served as colonel of the Sixty-Seventh Infantry of the Ninth Division :ind is now commanding the Sixth Infantry at jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Page Om' Ilundrfd Twenty-ciglzt .v.v.v.v.v.v.vmv.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v. A N.v.v.v.v.v.vN.vwwN.v.v.v.mvtvnwsmvww-vwwsn Q, , .

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