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

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15, NN Fort Eustis- O-D -Fort Eustis JOHN H. SMITH 1 HISTORY OF ooMPANY Hof' The Pennsylvania boys carried with them an indomitable spirit when they entered the gates of Fort Eustis, Virginia, on July 8, 1926. Our company commander, Captain James V.VVare, made a lasting impression upon every member of our company as he inspired us to maintain the high morale set by former company C CIVITC students That he embodied that never-say-die spirit in the heart of every man is plainly shown by Candidate Smith E. Hopkins, flat refusal to leave ranks until he fell unconscious. It is menlof this type that will become our future leaders. 'We were organized into three platoons with Captain B. J. Holt, Jr., as first platoon leader, Captain YV. H. Mchflenamin, our popular citizenship instructor, as leader of the second platoon and our diminutive Captain R. H. Stevenson, leader of the third platoon. We are indebted to Lieutenant Godwin Ordway for the perfect functioning of the com- pany administration and the midnight parade of the second platoon. Our top kick, Ser- geant Howard L. Bechtel, will be remembered for his loud whistle, which always blew at inopportune moments, and his ability at bawling out, which came from his desire for C's betterment. That never-say-die spirit won for us the first battalion parade. It prevailed on the riiie range, the' baseball diamond, in the speedball games, the boxing matches and all other activities. VVe had the honor of winning the regimental parade reviewed by Major General Helmick, the Inspector General, who awarded us the blue ribbon in person. Our own third platoon commanded by Captain Stevenson won the honor of being the crack platoon of the entire regiment. i The members of our company will always remember Candidate Adriano Kimayong, an advanced Blue student from the Providence of Luzon in the Philippines. He is pre- paring himself to be an instructor in the public schools. May success be with him through- out his career. The whole company takes pride in the rifle scores of the following men: best Basic, George VVade, who scored 71 out of a possible 755 best Red, Charles K. Smith, 93 out of 100, rapid fire, John C. Golden, 49 out of 50, automatic riiie, Lester Seibert, 84 out of 100, pistol, Adriano Kimayong, 186 out of 200. In closing we want to say to Captains Vxfare, Holt, lVIclVIenamin, Stevenson, and Sergeant Bechtel, that we thoroughly enjoyed being with you and having you as instructors. SOME SENSE AND NONSENSE GEORGE W. SWARTZ Captain 'Ware- 1Vhy are you riding out of column? Private Heilman- lim an odd man, Sir. Captain 'Ware-H1 know it. So are most of the rest of them. Sister Qvisiting brother and dining in the mess hallj-'4George, what is that fel- low's name? - George Cheavily laden with 'slumj- What fellow?i' Sister-L'That one who seems so popular with the rest of them. Pve been noticing that everybody calls him by his initials. George-'41 don't know yet who you mean. Sister-J'lV1y, but you are dumb. Can't you hear everybody yelling at him. His initials are K. PY' Rookie meets Captain Ware on camp street, fails to salute and then turns around and yells at the Captain, Don't you know enough to salute when you pass me by?H Captain Ware immediately- salutes. Page Forty-11 ine .GX D

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