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

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I -N -f C1924 DOUGlii6Y .N 'E' EM LINES OF ACTION OPEN TO US: 1. To get policed, limp painfully during school hours only, and on the strength of our ability to mislead the enemy, get excused from equitation. 2. To ride as per schedule. Consideration of Plan No. 1, advantages and disadvantages. Should We decide on Plan No. 1 we might deadbeat Equitation for several days, BUT-we would probably have to make up the lost time on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons and that would conflict with Infantry Association Meet- ings, Vaccination, Finger-printing, and other Holiday Sports. Consideration of Plan No. 2. Advantages and disadvantages. Should we decide on plan No. 2 we might learn how to mount a horse from the near side with the right foot in the stirrup-a decided advantage to a Doughboy Field Officer. The disadvantages are too numerous to mention. DECISION: To report at the Infantry Stables about ten minutes after assembly, as usual. Uniform, underwear, if any, or in the altogether. Uniform A under the right arm, uniform B under the left arm, and uniform C in the automobile. fm I , Q ifjl 91 L fl' ,ia 'W '59 1 FN 2 W 1. ' -2 Q 0 I 5 I . Y . ',,J ls, I' 3 J? 14 x I

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Ja- A ii ,f 1 3 'I 1' ' - JIM :fig 5 1924 oouansei WEATHER: Weather, rotten. TEMPERATURE: Temperature-either 10 degrees F or 80 degrees F, It never varies be- tween these extremes during winter. VISIBILITY: Visibility-Low, except from the Cripples' Bench. LINES OF ACTION OPEN TO THE ENEMY: 1. Call off the ride. 2. Have a lecture on Cavalry Gates. 3. Prescribe a Drag Hunt. 4. Equitate as per Schedule. PROBABLE INTENTIONS: One guess is as good as another provided you guess No. 4. OUR OWN FORCE. STRENGTH AND COMPOSITION: Strength-weak, and getting weaker week by week. Composition-One class divided into two groups. fab Those who cant ride. Qbj Those who know it. LOCATION AND' DISTRIBUTION: Location-Post Office address Fort Benning. Distribution-All over the place. High and Wide. SUPPORTING TROOPS: Absolutely none. PHYSICAL CONDITION-MORALE, ETC. Horrible. To judge from personal reports our force is composed of a bunch of decrepit, superannuated, physical wrecks, most of whom have been incapaciated for the past forty years. From 1:00 P. M. to 4:00 P. M. not one will admit being under 70 years of age, and each member of the class is either in the hands of a medical advisory board or trying to get there. The Osteopath in Columbus reports that business was never better. gb? '. 2 W '? -r we ' 'Q 4 ' we . I4 x Inx

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