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

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In r w I ,X I 3 , A -is , - f V --V THE INFANTRY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY CART OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF SECOND SECTION The Company Officers Class of 1923-24 completed Record Firing on the afternoon of November 6th. All previous records for a class of this kind were broken. Following are the results: HIGH SCORE-SCHOOL RECORD Capt. YV. McCormick Total 333 Capt. S. Jackson Total 332 PREVIOUS HIGH SCORE Lieur. A. D. Rothroek Total 328 Class of 1922-23 CLASS AVERAGE 1923-24 300.84 PREVIOUS HIGH AVERAGE 1922-23 291.77 OUALIFICATION EXPERT SHARPSHOOTER MARKSMAN 92 40 24 Company B. Average 301.12 Company C. Average 300.54- SOUAD STANDING No. 1-7th Squad Co. C 311.71 No. 11-9th Squad Co. 300.36 No. 2-4-th Squad Co. 13 311.6 No 12-Sth Squad C0 299.62 No. 3-2nd Squad Co. 13 309.37 No 13-10th Squad Co 299.37 No. 4-3rd Squad Co C 305 No 14--8th Squad 298.00 No 5-Sth Squad Co 13 304.25 No 15-lst Squad 296.62 No 6-7th Squad Co. 13 303.87 N0 16-3ICl Squad 295-62 No 7-6th Squad Co I3 303.1 No 17-8th Squad 290.88 No, 8-6th Squad Co C 303 ' No. 18-4th Squad 290.75 NO. 9-lst squad C818 301.87 P No 19-9th squad 289.28 No 10-2nd Squad Co. C, 301.37 ONE HUNDRED PER CENT OUALIFIED NOTE-Basie No. 1, West Point Class, 1920-21, devoted 214 hours to Rifle Marksman ship and made an average of 307.19. Total time for the class of 1923-24 was 96 hours.

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Ja V 'r f , ., I -t , 1924- no e:-mov CLASS HISTORY N Sunday and Monday, February 25th and 26th, 1924, National I Guard and Reserve Officers from all over the United States and i Porto Rico began pouring off trains in Columbus, to form, with gg,,,ix'!3 a few who had arrived earlier, what Was latter to be Borden's Gunnersi' and Scott's Uniformed Mob, otherwise known as Companies E and D at the Infantry School. The entire time until Wednesday morning was spent by the newly arrived officers in getting located in their new quarters and trying to make themselves comfortable, also disillusioning themselves of the belief that Georgia is always sunny as the Atlanta Sunday Journal would have persons in other parts of the globe believe. Floundering through mud and rain on Monday the new men began gathering their equipment together. Many Reserve and some National Guard Officers who arrived in civilian clothes made a raid on the Sales Quarter- master to complete their equipment. Next day, just when the Q. M. thought the rush was over, the whole bunch found that dress boots were regulation for all officers off duty and hearing that dress boots could be bought at the Q. M. for S18.00, another rush started. Then came the final assault on the store when E Company got orders to bloom out in coveralls. Immediately the Q. M. began keeping the store open only during school hours which greatly reduced his troubles, as there were only ten minute rests between classes and a three hour penalty for being late to one class. At once a spirit of good fellowship was noticeable among the regular Army officers on the post and through the medium of smokers and receptions the new class felt at home in a few days. The two most outstanding things in the minds of the officers were the extreme and sincere cordiality extended at General and Mrs. Wells' reception and the good fellowship displayed at the smoker given by the members of the Advanced and Company Officers Classes. 'if' '- 5 1 - . LJ ' N, :yi 5'-A I 4 s :vp