Oklahoma Military Academy - Vendette Yearbook (Claremore, OK)

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The Regimental Staff Organizing a regiment of cadets, half of whom are entirely strange to the system at the very outset of school is no small task to put in the lap of a college youth of Sophomore standing, but such is the responsibility of the cadet colonel each September. In the case of the present corps, it fell to the lot of Cadet Colonel Iohn I. Uackj McCaFferty. With no intent to detract from the laurels of previous regimental commanders, the statement may rightly be made that MISS MARY FRANVES FORNETT lit-gilm-litall Sponsor Colonel McCafferty has made one of the most efficient leaders ever to di- rect the cadet regiment. In the person of Lieutenant Colonel Kyle E. Ball he had a plans and training officer who put plenty of push on the wheel Another valuable cog in the machine was Lieutenant Colonel Emory Buddy' Hickman, Executive Officer. Other members of the regimental stall were: Captain Robert H. Richarz, Adjutant Captain William B. Lanning, Supply Officer Warrant Officer Robert Lawrence Stall Sergeant Proctor E. Phillips Stall Sergeant Stanley I. Schiff JL., . .t J Color Sergeants Seifenteen

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I F and L S T LIEUT. HENRY C. CLARKE MR. JOHN H. BEVIS Aviation Mechanics Accountant I IFUT IVIORTON A SHOOK IIFUT WILBUR WARD LIEUT. CHARLES ALTON A 1. . . 1 A . ' ' -' ' ' Tactical Officer Sixteen Tactlcal OHICGI' Tactlcal Offlcel Staif Sergeant Staff Sergeant FREDERICK C. CROVVELL FREDERICK H. FUNK Cavalry, U. S. Army Cavalry. U. S. Army X

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-f--W - - ...,.m.,., 'WqgqLij5w5.:gr'..g ,fb H V 5, M The First Squadron A hard riding, spectacular little redskin representing the Osage Nation worked his way up from the bottom of the ladder until he had reached that enviable rank of Cadet Major, commanding the First Squadron of O. M. A. Cavalry. As a mere slip of a lad of fourteen summers, he was enrolled in the sophomore year of high school five years ago. Having that native love for horses, he chose the cavalry unit for his military affiliation at a time when the infantry was MISS BONNIE BIRRYHILL Sl 1 S1 1' also available for training of youth. That Cadet Major Iames R. Spurrier should have attained that rank by dint of his adapt- ability is no surprise to those who know this genial son of the Redskins. Strange as the combination might seem, an original Infantryman in the person of First Lieutenant Iohn M. Uackj Kates is the efficient Adjutant of this dashing squadron of troopers, which may account for some of the soldiering. The size of the personnel in the two troops was an outstanding feature of the organization, for all the husky athletes belonged to Troops A and B. Thus it was necessary that efficiency on the part of the officers be a factor offsetting physical proportions. If the troopers of this squadron stand out in later life as they have during this school year, a rosy future is ahead of them. I r--- -- v ..-.-.. , w Eighteen if silt 1 , 'fe j .- 5 4 l 3 L .. . Y g't3'i'gi