US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Eustis, VA)

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Fort Eustis- O-D -Fort Eustis . L e f LIBERTY THEATER CMTC RECREATION HALL RECREATION HIGH SPOTS July 8-CMTC Recreation Hall open and ready for business. All Hostesses-Miss Marsh, Mrs. Roclcey, Mrs. Flavan, and Miss Rawson-on the job. Hall newly decorated and painted, and looking like a big league clubhouse. Plenty of Writing paper and stamps. New set of Wicker chairs. New assortment of candies and cigarettes. 'Welcome sign out early in the morning. Special library of over fifteen hundred volumes with qualified librarian in charge. Crowded house all day. Page 0715 Hundred Four ' NN.I.v.1N.!.vNNNN.V. . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . - - - 1

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Fort Eustis- O-D -Fort Eustis f JE they met them at the main gate and directed them to the refreshment tent where the Hostess, the ladies of the Post and members of the Girl Scouts were serving coffee, lemonade and sandwiches. ' A church parade was held every Sunday morning and was led by the CMT Camp Commander and his staff. In order to obviate the necessity of more than one parade all religious services were held at the same hour. The Protestant services were held in the Liberty Theater, the Catholic services in the Post Chapel and the Jewish services in the Catholic Sunday School Building. In addition services were held every Sunday and Wednesday evening for the Protestants, Confessions for the Catholics were heard Saturday evening and Sunday morning and an early Sunday Mass was said for those desiring to receive Holy Communion. In addition to the two Regular Army Chaplains fourteen Reserve Corps Chaplains served for a period 'of two weeks at different times during the camp. These Chaplains assisted the Regular Army Chaplains in all the services both of religious and welfare nature. At least one Chaplain was assigned to each company and was charged with the care and welfare of the men of that organization. He visited the men who went to hospital and maintained contact between them and their folks at home. July 30, Mother,s Day, brought a host of relatives to the camp. The chaplains met all incoming trains and furnished sufficient transportation to convey the visitors to the Post. The CMTC Recreation Hall was the headquarters for the visitors. There they met and visited with their sons or wards. Through the courtesy of the two Coast Artillery regiments at the Post sufficient transportation was at the disposal of the chaplains to meet all in-coming and out-going trains and boats both on Mother,s Day and the following day, for some relatives ar- rived late and many stayed at the Hostess House over night. Before we close, one word of sincere appreciation and thanks to the members of the regular garrison, both ladies and gentlemen, who so cheerfully contributed their time and talents to enhance and enrich the religious services. A SUNDAY MORNING Siskvrcn UNDER ri-nz Tnnizs Page 0715 Hundred Three . JJ-V. .1.vN.v.v.v.v.w'N.y.U.lN.1v.1.v.v.v.vN.' I ' Y.'NNN-1.!NN.14VN.VAWVN.Y-1-VNNNNNN-V.V.v4h -

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. .kg July 9-Another crowded house at the ClV1TC Recreation Hall all day and night. CMTC men have apparently not yet discovered the Liberty Theater, where the motion pictures are shown. July 10-Motion pictures discovered. Brown of Harvardf' a school picture, drew 908. 1 Fort Eustis- O-D -Fort Eustis uly 11-Special sightseeing trip in the afternoon to Yorktown, Vlfilliamsburg, and Jamestown. A vaudeville show at the Liberty Theatre in the evening. July 12-CMTC Recreation Hall has apparently become a Post OHice. Letters and stamps galoreg we may have to requisition more writing paper. July 14-The first' of the CMTC dances. Girls from Newport News, Hampton, Yorktown, and VVilliamsburg-in fact the entire Lower Peninsula was represented by lovely specimens of femininity. Dance closed at 10:30, but it was 11:00 before the last boy had been chased to quarters. July 15-Do the CMTC men like adventure and VX7estern stories? The attendance on this night at Jack HoXie's A Six Shooting Romancei' was 1089, thereby shattering all movie records for this post. July 17-Sightseeing trip to 'Williamsburg 400 men from the camp. Second CMTC Dance. Girls from the College of VVilliam and Mary. First time VVilliam and Mary girls have come to CMTC dances. 1Vonderful time enjoyed by all. Behind the Front at the Liberty Theater competed valiantly with the dance and managed to break the post's attendance record by running up a total of 1108. July 21-Sightseeing trip to Norfolk. Navy boat. Great time reported. CMTC dance-Girls from Lower Peninsula. 100 gallons of punch disappeared. July 22-Swimming Pool officially opened. Vaudeville show at the CMTC Recreation Hall. Naval YMCA put on show. July 24-Air Demonstration in morning. Many kinds of aircraft from Langley Field. Sightseeing trip to Jamestown in afternoon. July 26- Pandora of Lilac Time -too deep for most of us. July 28-CMTC Dance. Plenty of girls from nearby cities. July 29-Sightseeing trip to Nor- folk. Navy boat. First Battalion f 1 on this trip. f'Phantom of the Opera shatters all records at the Liberty Theater. 1124 admissions. August 1-Special feature picture Yorktown at the Liberty Theater. August 2-All CMTC men at York- town. Recreation Hall without a single patron and for the first time closed during the evening. August 4-Last dance of the camp. Girls from nearby cities. Japanese lanterns outside-punch bowl also. August 5-The last of the Chron- icles of America- Dixie -at the Liberty Theater. This great series of historical motion pictures started with the beginning of the camp and 1 closed with it. Many CMTC men enjoyed them. August 6-Everything back in the moth balls again-waiting for the CMT Camp next year. ' RECREATION OFFICER AND STAFF . Page 011: Uzuzdrfd Fiat' -1-. A .1 --4 -4 .. 1 , - .Y-:annum nbunann ' 1