US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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Captain EVERETT M. YON Infantry Captain JOHN T. ZELLARS Infantry

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CLASS HISTORY BOUT the 'first of November, 1922, each train arriving at the Palatial Union Station of Columbus, Georgia, disgorged a goodly number of gentle- men wearing the uniform of the National Guard and Officers' Reserve Corps. On these uniforms could he observed the insignia of nearly every state in the Union. They came from Blaine and California, North Dakota and Texas and all points between, to learn how the army was being run and to do their part in the general schente of National defense. Even far off Porto Rico and Hawaii had their representatives there. Alircrst befr re they realized they were at the Infantry School, they had been equipped with all the tools of their trade, including rifles, belts, and bayonets, tin hats, pistols, sketching kits, clip boards, and last but far from least, two beautiful suits of unionalls, one dainty blue, and the other sober brown. It later developed that the blue was for rainy months, and the brown fo'r the wet. The sketching equipment was the first to get a workout, and the puzzled brains of the students were deluged with such terms as: 'fAlidade, protractor, grid lines, azimuth, contour, clinometer and co-ordinatesf' However, it was but a very short time before they were discussing these mysterious articles as though they had known them all their lives. Before Armistice Day rolled around, we were well acquainted with Posse Comitatus, the State vs. Peabody and Habeas Corpus, who grouped themselves under the heading, Uhlartial Law and Riot Duty. Then there was Estimate of the Situation with the Reds and the Blues at their everlasting war over the Upatoi, each battalion being commanded by Lt. Col. B. There probably is no one in the history of the world who has had more influence over the lives of any body of men than Lt. Col. B. has had over ours. Toward the end of November, we came to the parting of the ways. The machine gunners went one way and the riflemen the other, never to meet except for the first half hour each trorning. when they armed themselves with the rifle, belt and bayonet and went forth to do battle with the I. D. R. and pamphlet No. 420-SO. YVhen last heard from, the pamphlets were leading by a comfortable margin. The riflemen now donned the blue L1I1lfO1'1'D of the laborer and drew triangles and sque-e-ezed that trigger for a solid month, while the machine gunners struggled through the intricacies of direct and indirect fire, angles of departure, combined sights, T. O. G., Q. E. and points B, D, and A. At this time the riflemen seemed to have the edge, for numerous portly officers were seen totin' Cthat's Georgian languageb heavy tripods and water jackets hither and yon on the post. , Later, however, the order was reversed, for While the machine gunners were having it easy with such simple weapons as the 37 lXfTlX'I. and the Stokes Trench hffortar, the riflemen were developing sore arms throwing little empty grenades and double timing all over the reservation with bayonets fixed on rifles at the high port, jumping over, into and cut of trenches, over barbed Wire, climbing ten-foot walls, at the same time killing an army of imaginary foes. Some of the incidents of this period will be always remembered by the members of the class. For instance, there was the machine gunner that set his sights but