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

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I Fort Eustis- O-D -Fort Eustis h X QQ9 , q F W ff PROCESSING FATF W To wan. Q Eustis and out again at the end of the month's training fe as ' Q The details of safely getting the CMTC into Fort fAlfi?fffjf5'03? ' Q 0 Q , Q - . . ss X O I A www, E X 'O Nexy 25555. o f y? were carefully arranged many months in advance. V Q Before dawn on July 8 the officers and non-commis- xv ,X ' Q Q-Elf sioned oHicers who were attached to the CMTC were K iff If f at their designated posts ready to receive the inhux 'W V 118 of youngsters. They came by boat and train and C: ow ,'-Ll :elonga- automobile, from near and far, and all promptly went ftsof f f .v,.:-Q through that same round of examinations and fitting f of uniforms that the military authorities call proces- Q fig! X R singw. At the main gate to the reservation they A Qjwff disembarked from the trains and trucks that had X Q! .SE-sijf brought them thus far. Here their orders for camp F get mm and other papers were inspected and they continued f on for an interview with the surgeons. Each man put his civilian clothes in a barracks bag and underwent a thorough physical examination. If successful in passing this examination, the candidates were turned over to the Supply Officer who comfortably fitted them with everything from shoes to hats and sent them on to their companies where they were assigned to their quarters. GRIST OF TI-IE MILL LESLIE C. 'WHEAT, Captain, 34th Infantry Omohundro, OiReilly, Paoli, Pennington, Petrovsky, Pomolianf, answered in as many brogues and inflections by a lusty I-Ierel It is not the roll call of the Foreign Legion but that of any Company, CMTC. From the mountain districts they come where Whose service is perfect freedom means what it says in more ways than one. For some, who come from the congested districts of great cities, this month in camp is Uncle Sam's Fresh Air Farm. Wfhat made them come to camp? W'hat do they expect to get out of it? They could not give you a decisively sensible answer on the day they arrive. Ask them the same question on the day they leave. Quickly and clearly come the answers-everyone different but any one of them good and sufficient. One came to carry off the prize as best Basic, another came to clean 'em up at riHe shooting, another came to finish up his fourth year toward a Reserve commission. Now, about that training. When we start our plans we must remember that a month's a month and when allowance is made for arrivals and departures there are just about three weeks left. Other factors that cannot be overlooked are differences in hardness and in the degree of military training of the men. For the Basic training we stick to the essential basic subjects that are best suited to carry out our purpose. We give them a lot of close order drill to teach them coordination between mind and body and the habit of prompt and unquestioning obedience to proper authority. Then we teach them to shoot. That's good training for hand and eye. It also makes them better able to carry out their obligations in time of great emergency. VVe discuss their problems of citizenship with them too, but we try chiefly to see that they acquire habits and traits of character that make them better citizens. For their moral health we offer them unlimited facilities for clean recreation. For their spiritual welfare we offer them ample facilities for worship, whatever their faith. Perhaps you did not have an opportunity to get to camp this year to see your son actually undergoing that transformation, in his spiritual make-up that so astounded you when he came back from Eustis. See him at work and at play next year with his comrades from every part of the Third Corps Area. 'We think we can make of you what we have made of your son, a valuable and valued friend, who, recognizing the quickening spirit of the CNITC in himself, seeks to spread the gospel of good citizenship. Pa vw Nizw! '-211.718 D x :V1'-Yn'.YnYnVnYAYnYnV4'.U-EYuv-VnYnVn'4Y-YnYnVnYaVn'nYJ U s 1 . A 1 n A q , n A 4 A I