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

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Fort Eustis- O-D -Fort Eustis i , swf VISITORS ji, t The men of the Fort Eustis CINITC were honored this year by the visits of three Generals. On july 22, Major General Douglas lVIacArthur, commanding the Third Corps Area, accompanied by lVIrs. lVIacArthur, inspected the camp. Immediately after the review which was offered the General, Mrs. MacArthur visited the regimental area and with her own hands tied the ribbons to the guidons of the winning companies. The next day, Brigadier General LaRoy S. Upton reviewed the regiment. Major General Eli A. I-Ielmick, Inspector General ofthe Army, made his inspection ofthe CIVITC on NIother,s Day, july 30, and reviewed the command that evening. Col. J. Fulrner Bright, IS3rd Virginia Infantry, Mayor of Richmond, and Major Robert T. Barton, 116th Virginia Infantry, came to Eustis from the National Guard camp at Virginia Beach and talked to the men at the Liberty Theater on july 14. Gther visitors at various times from Headquarters Third Corps Area were Colonel Hayne, Adjutant General, Major Stewart, Oflicer .in Charge of CMTC Affairs, Major Preston, G-4, and Lieutenant Colonel Knox, G-I. Colonel S. Field Dallam, Chief of Stan' of the 80th Division, came down from Richmond and spent several days here. Gtis Schuyler Bland, representative from this district, delivered the inspiring address on Allegiance Day. State Senator I. Sinclair Brown of Salem, Virginia, who had a son in Company EU, was our guest on August 4. The beautiful military ceremony of the Escort to the Color brought many comely young ladies from the neighboring communities to Eustis this summer. On these oc- casions the regimental colors were brought cased to the parade by a non-commissioned ofhcer who handed them to the young lady selected for the honor of presentation. The band took its position on the right Hank of the honor company and played To the Colorsu as the commander of the honor platoon and the color guard received the Hag. The honor company then escorted the colors to the proper place in the regimental line and To the Colorsl' was sounded again as Old Glory was received by the regiment. Mother's Day brought a host of those dear ladies for whom the day had been set apart. The Escort to the Color was unique that evening in that the honor student of the week, Allen G. Rosenkrans of Company HG , the best Blue of the regiment, received the Hag from the hands of his own mother. MAJOR GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR REVIEYVS THE REGIMENT Page Eighty-zzivzf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y v. v . . .v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.

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yifffw-K7 1317 932251 Allllllllllll LAALLAAIIAAAA all N .QVTI ALLEGIANCE DAY, JULY 12, 1926 Without a doubt the most important ceremony in which a student at a Citizens' Military Training Camp takes part is the Gath of Allegiance. The Oath is given to the students of each camp at the beginning of their thirty days, period of training. This ceremony of enrollment took place at Fort Eustis at the post stadium on the afternoon of July 12, this year. The boxes and grandstand were filled with an interesting and distinguished audience, among which were many parents and friends of the candidates themselves. The boxes were occupied by town and county officials from the neighboring communities and by officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps from posts near Fort Eustis. In the speaker's box were Colonel George H. McManus, Post Commander, Colonel Duncan K. Major, Jr., command- ing the Citizens' Military Training Camp, Colonel Charles E. Lester of the Reserve Ohficers' Association, Com- mander Miles, of the Yorktown Navy Mine Depot, the Honorable Schuyler Otis Bland, member of Congress from the First Virginia District, and Chaplain Gliver F. Crawford, 395th Infantry. Chaplain Crawford delivered an inspiring invocation in which he sought the blessing of Providence on the Nation and the youth before him. After several selections by the massed bands of the 34th Infantry and the 52nd Coast Artillery, Colonel McManus made an address of welcome in which he expressed the hope that the young men would be happy and contented and would profit by their instruction during the month of training. He then intro- duced the Honorable Mr. Bland who reminded the young men before him that they stood on historic soil and it was their privilege and duty to carry on the work so well begun by the forefathers of the nation. After other selections by the regimental bands, Colonel Major administered the Gath of Good Citizenship to the citizen soldiers and the Fort Eustis CMTC of 1926 was formally begun. 6 Q a n I

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