New York Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Cornwall on Hudson, NY)

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1 . i TSC i' shooting Tournament at Travers Island, N. Y. Alfred Murphy, '40, won the event with a score of 191 x 200 and Kenneth Cashin, '39, was runner-up with 189 x 200. The outstanding feature of the Parents' Day program, however, was the military review for three veterans of Troop D-Caesar, Cora, and Apache-in honor of their retirement from active duty. The three horses stood with the officers on the reviewing line while the entire corps passed by at salute. Following the review Troop D drew up before the line and its officers dismounted and re- moved saddles and bridles from the veterans. Thus re- leased, the horses trotted to the head of the column and led their comrades back to the stables. The following orders were published during the re- view: HEADQUARTERS, CORPS OF CADETS NEW YORK MILITARY ACADEMY CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. General Orders No, 2 May 8, 1937. The retirement of the following members of Troop D is announced: CAESAR . . . . . .Age 34 years CORA ......... .... A ge 30 years APACHE ............,.... Age 25 years CAESAR was at all time equal to the important, re- sponsible duty in which he was placed during his twenty years of service as a member of Troop D. A superior animal in every way, he will continue to hold the respect and admiration of all who knew him. His broad understanding and patience has been of inestim- able value to Troop D and N.Y.M.A. CORA's service in Troop D has been one of high attainment and marked achievement, as this faithful animal performed duties of ever-increasing responsibility. During her entire active service she has at all time displayed the Finest qualifications for a troop horse, loyalty and devotion to her duties, which has won the commendation of all those with whom she served. APACHE was presented to Troop D by General Davis, and for over 15 years was the Troop Captain's horse, leading all parades, drills, and formations. In addition to being an outstanding troop horse, Apache was a jumper of outstanding ability. During the past few years Apache has been used for a spare mount due to injuries. In appreciation of the loyal and faithful service of the above Troopers it is directed that they be retired to pasture for the duration of their lives, never again to he required to perform duty of any kind. By Command of General Davis Official: Frank A. Pattillo, Capt. U.S.A. CRet'dJ, Superintendent Commencement of 1937 was marked by a new depar- ture. Recognizing that certain former cadets, who had not been graduated from the Academy, had since carried on in their own lives the traditions of the school, it was de- cided to present honorary diplomas to five men for dis- tinguished service in military and business life . The five so honored were John G. Shattuck, '05, B. Winthrop Pizzini, '16, Robert H. R. Loughborough, '14, Bradford M. Manning, '07, and Harry S. Clark, '05. The 1957 football team, captained by johnny Bath, '58, had visions of immortality until they were blasted in the very last game of the season. The Academy players swept through their first five games, not only undefeated but un- scored upon and came upon the annual classic against Admiral Farragut Academy with high hopes for comple- tion of the greatest season in more than thirty years. The Little Army-Navy Game was staged in Munici- pal Stadium, Philadelphia, before 40,000 spectators, but N.Y.M.A. was defeated, the score being 51-0. Basketball was revived during the following winter as a varsity sport and the team made a fair showing in view of its inexperience in interscholastic competition. It won four games and tied one in an eight-game schedule. Bill Nelson reigned as captain. A group of cadets became picture-minded during the year with the result that a new organization found a place on the campus. George Gregg, instructor in mathematics, took charge of the Camera Club activities. A pall was cast over late spring activities in 1938 by the death of General Davis on May 51. He had been associated with the Academy, first as superintendent and then as president, since 1909. General Davis had the interests of the Academy always at heart and was respected and loved by hundreds of alumni as well as the cadets and faculty. General Davis' civic contributions and honors were many. He was Vice-President and Director of the Corn- wall National Bank, member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, President of the Hudson Val- ley Federated Chamber of Commerce, President of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States, Vice-President of the Orange County So- ciety of New York, National Counselor of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Fellow of the Na- tional Geographical Society, member of the Army-Navy Clubs of Washington and New York, member of the Camp Fire Club of America, the Explorers' Club, the Ends of the Earth Club, The Players, Lambs', Companion Foreign Wars, and Companion Society of Indian Wars. Inclement weather on Commencement Day made it im- possible to present commissions and warrants under the Guardian Maple, as had been the custom for many years, and this part of the program was transferred to the Davis Memorial Chapel. The largest crowd in history attended both this and the actual commencement ceremonies in the gymnasium, however, and heard John G. Shattuck, '05, de- liver a stirring address to the graduating class. Pu ge Thirty-eight

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'lift W5 9' ,U . -- .,,,4,f:--- ,, .., A - - V- -1.-1-. - GROUP OF ENTHUSIASTIC ALUMNI WHO MET jUST BEFORE 1959 COMMENCEMENT Back row Cleft to rightl- Spen Driggs '06g Hen Clark 'OSQ Brad Manning '07, 1938 President of Alumni Asso- ciation: jack Shattuck 'USL john Brewer V041 Elwyn Leslie '06g Lang Leslie '09. Middle row-Stuart Reed '03g Mike Aschoff '00g Zack Walttmn '99, Secretary of Alumni Association: Lloyd Brooks '99g lien jones '99g Burns Magruder '98g Ted Harding '23, newly elected President of Alumni Association. Front row--Frank Zittell '92g Pa Lord '97g Art Simonson '95g Buck Dewey 'UOQ joe Taylor '90g Pat Flaherty '953 Fliot Moore '00. many a cadet's dress coat far too tight for comfortable breathing. During the summer of 1936 General Davis became president of the Academy after serving as superintendent for almost fourteen years. On August 15 of that year it was announced that Colonel Frank A. Pattillo had been appointed superintendent. Colonel Pattillo became associated with N.Y.M.A. in 1926 as commandant and professor of military science. He was appointed assistant superintendent in 1933. Born in Forsyth, Georgia, on May 30, 1892, Colonel Pattilo was graduated from Wentworth Military Academy in 1910, and from Emory University in 1914 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. When the United States entered the World War he enrolled in the 38th Infantry and was appointed a second and then a first lieutenant in August, 1917. He was at the Artny Service School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, during the latter part of that year, and with the 38th Infantry at Camp Greene, North Carolina, until March, 1918, when his regiment was ordered to France. Colonel Pattillo served continuously with the 38th and was appointed captain on june 22, 1918. His command participated in six major engagements, and he was wounded on three different occasions-the Aisne-Marne of- fensive, july Zlg occupation of the Vesle Defensive Sector, August 6, and the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offens- ive, October 11, 1918. On june 6, 1939, Governor E. D. Rivers, of Georgia, appointed him to the Governor's Staff in the capacity of lieutenant colonel. Numerous new cadet activities were introduced by Colonel Pattillo in the school year of 1936-37. Two bowl- ing alleys were constructed and became a central gathering place at once. The popularity of the new game was appar- ent from the beginning, not only among the boys but for members of the faculty as well. Although rifle shooting had been an important sport at the Academy for many years fthe rifie team took first and second places in the Hearst Trophy Match in 1937j, trapshooting was something entirely new when the trap house and shooting stands were opened for the first time on March 1, 1937. Allan Gillette, instructor in English, was placed in charge of the sport, and found a group of about forty boys ready to give it a try. Few of the boys had had any experience in this type of shooting, but Gillette worked diligently with them for the remainder of the year. In the spring of 1938 a team was entered in Class E of the American Amateur Trap- 1:','4.:'.-:L---.rpw..q.-eq-1-u-afralr -- - ,W 1 Y- HW, ,-,TWV Y, Page Tbirly-se1'en

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PM Xl l z 5 YW' In July, 1938, the Academy embarked upon another ex- tensive building program-construction of eleven houses as residences for married members of the faculty. The brick apartment building on the campus had been used for this purpose for many years, but had become over-crowded and out-moded. It was therefore decided to erect modern indi- vidual houses fronting on Route 9W, west of the main buildings. The entire project was completed in May, 1939, at a total cost of about 35100,000. The cosmopolitan character and far-flung prestige of the Academy was demonstrated by the large enrollment of 356 cadets when the school term began in September, 1938. This registration was six more than the supposed maximum capacity. There was cadet representation from twenty-six states of this country as well as from Belgium, France, Philippine Islands, South America and China. An important development, during the past year, in the courses of military instruction offered was the establish- ment of a field artillery unit at the Academy. Four 3-inch guns were obtained from the government and Battery E was formed under the direction of Captain George B. Barth. Nineteen cadets were assigned to the battery and William A. Nelson, of New York, was appointed Cadet Captain. It is planned to increase the size of the artillery unit until it is on a par with the three existing infantry com- panies and the cavalry troop. Elementary instruction will be given in this branch of the service, thus providing a well-rounded military training for all cadets. The present equipment is supposed to be horse-drawn but four special trucks have been acquired so that the battery is motorized in keeping with the general trend in regular army tactics. Since 1939 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the found- ing of New York Military Academy, comprehensive plans were made and carried through for the proper observance of the occasion. School authorities staged a number of special events during the year and at the commencement exercises, which were attended by a record number of alumni and parents of cadets. Highly active and cooperative in this observance of half a century of progress was the Alumni Association. The Association not only sponsored and aided materially in the compilation of this Golden Jubilee Book but worked hard to bring together the Old Boys . Thus, the largest encampment of alumni in the history of the school re- visited their old haunts when the class of 1939 was gradu- ated. The future of New York Military Academy will unfold under the guidance of Colonel Pattillo. Although he has served only three years as active head of the school, cer- tain broad phases of his educational philosophy have al- ready begun to appear. Without sacrificing the military discipline upon which the life of the Academy is founded, he has attempted to place more emphasis upon the educa- tion of the individual boy. He seeks not only to add new courses to the regular curriculum but to add to the already numerous extra-curricular activities. His object is to de- velop every boy along the lines most suited to his inherent characteristics and personal inclination. Frequent meetings between cadets and faculty members on a social, as well as scholastic, basis have been his aim. Keenly aware of the responsibility which is his, Colonel Pattillo is planning always for the future. He has seen the completion, in three short years, of many projects close to his heart, which are of infinite value to the Academy and the cadets. He is quietly confident of effecting further improvements and forsees a future for New York Military Academy as brilliant as its progress has been over the past fifty years. The fifty-year history of New York Military Academy is the history of fifty years of progress-progress parallel- ing that of the country in which the school has helped to prepare more than 4,000 young men for citizenship. In its physical aspects New York Military Academy has grown from an abandoned wooden hotel on thirty acres of ground to a completely modern plant set in almost 400 acres of the most beautiful countryside in the world. Enrollment has increased by more than five times the origi- nal registration, there were more cadets in the graduating class of 1939 than there were in the entire school in 1889. The faculty and administrative staff has increased from a handful to fifty men and women. Nor has the growth been physical only. Behind the name of the Academy there lie those more intangible as- sets of rich tradition, high prestige and unfailing loyalty, which are the soul of any institution. There is an esprit de corps which, instilled into the youngest cadet soon after his arrival at Cornwall, pervades the ranks of the cadet bat- talion and the thousands of alumni in all parts of the world. A part of youth given to only a select few to know, there are a handful of men who in their hearts can para- phrase the poet: lf there be a place for me When life is blown away I want it to be N.Y.M.A. On a sun-filled, june-clad day. Page Thirty-nine