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

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.le fi'--',f wx f 'xv - AIQZQ-D GHBOY QM musical comedies, etc., are presented frequently by the same companies mak- ing Atlanta and other large Southern cities. Columbus, with her 65,000 people within a radius of three miles of the court house, naturally has a good public school system and officers wishing to enter their children in the Columbus schools may do so. knowing that these schools have been praised for their efficiency by American and European educators. Increased enrollments in the past few years has resulted in several modern grammar schools being erected along the most approved lines. In addition to the public grammar and high schools, the latter numbering two, an industrial high school and one where the classical languages are taught, there are several private institutions, Chase's Conservatory of Music, a par- ochial school and Lorena Hall, a girls boarding school, having also resident students. There are churches of practically every denomination. The most modern Sunday school building in the south is now being erected on the famous historic Church Square, a spacious block in the heart of the city set aside 100 years ago by state engineers for church purposes and in addition to furnish- ing room for the big Sunday School building has ample room left for two of the cities largest churches and spacious shaded park area. More than 50 churches are to be found in Columbus while smaller denominations not own- ing church edifices hold regular services in halls. Columbus streets is one of several factors creating a favorable first impressionf' These streets, thanks to the same state engineers laying off the public squares, measure in width from 99 to 164 feet, giving play- ground right at the doors of hundreds of families. The wide parkways on each side of the driveways offer opportunity for young Americans to play baseball and other games. These youngsters frolic the year round in front of their homes for the climate is such that outdoor sports may be enjoyed the year round. The Infantry School has not lost a day from outside work due to weather con- ditions since it was founded. Quite a boost for Columbus' climate. . Supervised recreation may be had at the Y. M. C. A., a beautiful marble structure given to the city by George Foster Peabody and his brothers, the first, if not the only marble Y. M. C. A. building in the world. The Peabodys were Columbus citizens, so were Samuel Spencer, Southern Railway president. and the Straus brothers, as well as many other nationally known men and women. g - j ' W -6 W 5 S ,117 iv.. Imp

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If- K'-s f 9. L. -K, it lsz4,oouGHsq1D.3M COLUMBUS GEORGIA eerie HERE ARE COLUMBUS,' Columbias, Columbus Cities and some ' d f 11 d' f Am rica ,gig 50 places 1n these states name a ter t e iscoverer o e x G 1' J r Q 555 , 5 , but Columbus, Georgia, means more to the army officer than -me p any of the rest, unless it be that he is a resident of some of the VAL? other cities honoring the explorer. The reason for Columbus, Georgia, being of such importance to the thousands of Infantry officers, for that matter many officers of other branches of the service, is that they will eventually visit Columbus, Georgia, perhaps live here for nine months or longer while attending The Infantry School, only nine miles out from the city. A prospective citizen of a community desires information in advance about the city to which he is being sent and this article is to acquaint officers coming to Fort Benning with some of the things he would like to know about. The officers not intending to establish an industry or a retail store, the usual statistics on the greatness of Columbus' waterpower and the com- mercial importance will be avoided and social, recreational, educational and other advantages will be briefly described. Our army friends have been kind enough to say that no city near an army camp is as cordial as Columbus to her army friends. There are numer- ous clubs, the Country Club with its 18 hole golf course, the swimming pool at the foot of the beautiful knoll where stands the beautiful two story home, reached after a ride through romantic Lovers Lane, are already known to thousands of army people. The Muscogee, Elks and Harmony are some of the leading clubs in the downtown district. Warm Springs, a short ride from Columbus, is another mecca for the army people as here is located a resort hotel and a number of cottages. Dances and bathing in the famous warm springs furnish delightful mediums for pleasant week ends. Sports of every kind adaptable to the South are to be found in Columbus and Benning. The Georgia-Auburn classic is fought out on the gridiron at the Driving Park stadium early in each November and thousands of visitors flock to Columbus to witness the football game. Special reservations are made forthe army people. Boxing matches, baseball games and other sport events are played there in addition to Benning's pretentious program. There are numerous theaters, including a large one where the dramas, L Y ., 1 2 2 Q if 5 ' Y ae- , s g- '6 fy 1 5 W- S I V . 1,1 Ax. ,qw ,fu 1 A x IW

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Ja il -N ! o 5 1 i l' ' lin. gif-ffl I 5 1924 nouansov There are numerous points of interest in and near Columbus. The beautiful ante-bellum home, St. Elmo, where Augusta Evans Wilson, a Columbus woman, secured the scenes for the novel bearing that title yet stands and is one of Columbus' most beautiful suburban homes. The last battle of the Civil war was fought one week after General Lee's surrender at the Georgia side of the Fourteenth Street bridge and is now surrounded by mammoth cotton mills and the South's largest fixture plant. There is Oglethrope tablet, placed at the foot of Broad Street near the point General Oglethrope crossed the Chattahoochee river after conferring with the Creeks, the Indians having possession of the country in those days. Going down the shaded wide street to the tablet, the Confederate monument is seen in the center of the parkway. After seeing the points of interest in Columbus one may take the Chat- tahoochee river trip for it is at Columbus that navigation meets the power from the falls of the river. This delightful trip to Apalachicola, 360 miles away via water, carries one to the famous Dead Lake region where fishing and hunting as you have dreamed of for years are to be found. Comfortable river steamers make regular schedules through this picturesque country, passing through 10 varieties of scenery. The river transportation is a great asset to Columbus, a city having seven railroad lines extending in all directions. Good roads help you get to Columbus quickly and several highways pass through western Georgia's metropolis. Railroads and the river steamers carry much freight, Columbus goods being sent to all parts Qf the world for Columbus is one of the nations great cotton manufacturing cities, one cotton mill having 34 acres of space under one roof. There are 100 plants making 200 different articles and the industrial expansion necessitates the building of a 35,000,000 project some miles up the river and above Goat Rock Dam, now the fartherest-south great water- power development in the United States. The Goat Rock development is visited annually by hundreds of army people. While seeing all these interesting places and studying the city that is differentf' due to the great variety of interests, one must eat and sleep and six hotels await your arrival. Many tea rooms, cafes and dining rooms of the hotels, the majority serving Southern dishes prepared by the South's greatest chefs, the Southern mammy, will offer you some agreeable surprises in good things to eat. gh? 1, i 'i -if 5 W Y . '41 X' .s, ,i yi , - -- I