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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ly f li JF TRIPS Fort Eustis- O-D -Fort Eustis Those YVednesday and Saturday half-holidays and the privilege of going out of camp after church Sundays afforded the CMTC candidate many opportunities of visiting the beaches and resorts in the vicinity of Fort Eustis, as Well as the famous historical shrines of the Lower Virginia Peninsula. Jamestown, VVilliamsburg and Yorktown saw CMTC men every Sunday. As soon as it was learned that William and Mary College was a co- educational institution, however, the CMTC transferred all of its affection to the campus and VVilliamsburg doubled its population every Sunday afternoon. 'While the policy of the Camp authorities was very liberal in permitting students to go on pass, they were required to be in quarters by eleven at night. No student could remain away from camp overnight who did not have proper written permission of parents or guardians. , Trips were organized for Jamestown and YVilliamsburg, every Wednesday and Sat- urday afternoons, the students making the journey both ways in army trucks at no ex- pense to themselves. The Peninsula Bus Corporation also organized two trips direct from the regimental area to Virginia and Buckroe Beaches. Undoubtedly the most interesting outings the CMTC men had were the two trips down the James River to Hampton Roads and up the Elizabeth River through the harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth to the Navy Yard at Portsmouth. The first of these was made july 21 by the Second Battalion and the second July 29 by the First Battalion. Three hundred men were taken on each occasion as the guests of the United States Navy. The Regimental Mess Officer provided lunches and lemonade for each trip and the candi- dates had an old-fashioned picnic on board ship. On arriving at the Mulberry Island Wharf the students were transferred in groups by tender to the U. S. S. Owl, a mine sweeper, and by nine all were aboard and on the trip down the historic James. By noon the mine sweeper had docked at the Navy Yard where the detail was met by Officers of thefNavy representing the Commandant of the Yard. After brief talks' by these officers the shops and power plants were visited and the groups taken aboard the battleship Texaf then undergoing repairs. The largest of the huge dry docks, which was first put in operation by Albert, King of the Belgians and his Queen on their visit to Portsmouth, was of particular interest to the men from the in- land, counties. In the granite dock, the first ever built by the United States, was con- structed the Confederate ironclad ME77'imdC CVirginiaj in 1862. OFF TO IAMESTOWN HSHIP A1-Iovll, Page Ninety-one .-- . 1 s-nn.--.A 1- sn 1 1. n W'-'NpYnYNaV