Virginia Polytechnic Institute - Bugle Yearbook (Blacksburg, VA)

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MAJGR ICH C. SKUSE ,l'RlNti tht' two yt-:trs in which Xl 11111 Nl A ' A' 1 1' ' -'WSL' has hecr. slatiniied at Virp,'inia Polytechnic k Institute, in 0111111-t'tlt111 with the Nlilitary lltputmtnt lit h.1 1' ' . ' 's wnn the ztdlniration, the respect, ' V :mil ll -' l'4 l5l l' l l'l '3' Wim in lllk' VUFIIS, :mil nf everyone else with whom he has been :ls one who gut-s his ln-sl to the task in hanil :tml dumanils nn inure of others than he is l assot-1:1tt-tl. :1 s-ildicr. :is :1 man :iinung men, :is at trui- friend of stilinwlinate aml superior, uh l .pall ' ici many :1 Ulitll will si-ck lu Cllltlllllt' as lung as he lives. There have been incidents 100 1 in llllllwlli Wlllitlil ltr t1lU'. the Major has fiirnisln-d ns with :in t-xantplp uf the true gentleman , 11111m:i-uns In mt-11111111 here, lll which that spirit of kindliness itll-l unsclfishness which pl'ctl0I11ill1lleS i11 lln- 1'l1a1':nt:1' nf Nlaijnr Skuse has unine ln the fore' and in the il-Onhlous times which visited nur llllllfl lll1tlt'l -lining thc presciit year, many :1 fzttht-r :mil niotlier returned liorne after expressing thc firm c-n1t'it'tiu1i lhat thc wclfziri- of their Intvs could not he entrusted to better l1ftIltlS'lllU sint't'rcst lriluitc which :my man can ever lmpt- 111 1'cvcivL'. .lt'l ' l'l'5 'l'5 Slum' lub l ' ill l'iil tl . X. ll.. i11 1NSn. llc 1't-vciveul his early education in the public sclmols ul' l :1ri11t and- ljllltllll. Klinn.. and was grmlmttt-il from thi' llnlnth Center llilgh School in 1805. llc i't-ccivcd his first nnlitary traiinng :is :1 incinlscr i-f the NlIIll'lCSltl1t National Gum-il in Y which he sv.-1've1l duriiiig' the Fllltlllxll'.Xllltfl'lt'1Ill XY:1r. ln the fall tif IXOO, he bt-cztine a freshman in Lafztyetle t'ollt-et-, in l,t'llllFj'lVitlll1l, from which scluinl lm ,-w,,it-wt the degree of lingineer of Mines four years later. .-Xflrr gr:11I11:1ti1n1. Skusv. :is :1 y-1111114 minintf cngint-er. XYl'lll to tht- Pacific Coast, and during the sticcewlixit: years the lll'ill'l.ll'l' uf his p1'1tft'ssi1-11 czirrit--l him from the frozen Iiarrens of Alaska and Xtll'lllXt'L'SlL'l'lI llltllftllil tv the tr'-pi-' lands nf Klcsii-.1 and t'1-ntral ,xllll'l'lt'lt. A dt-scriptioii of his experiences during those times would read like :1 ri-111:111s't-. :XI the outbreak of the liiiropt-1111 Xl':1r, he was lnrzttcd in Nevada, and still following his earlier military inclinations held :1 tmiiiiiiissinii i11 the Nt'X'Illlll National tiuard, but seeing a greater opportunity for giving valuable service i11 tht- new Nzttiunal Army. hc resigned his commission, and entered an Officers' Trzxining lqltllllh Un the eighth wif Xort-1nl.e1', IQIT. he was commissioned a captain of Infantry, and assigned to the Xinclyslfirst llivision. tht-11 slzttinncil :1l fi1tI111J Lewis. NVasliington, where he was placed in coimnand uf lle:11l1l11z11'tt-1's tkiiiipaiiy, 'lihree ll1m1lrt-tl Sixty-'l'hir1l Infantry. The efficient manner in which hc lizmrllcil thc recruits assigned lu his Ctnnpziny having been brought to the attention of his commznnling officer, Llitllllllll Skusv w:1s iippniiiietl rccrnit officer for the regiment, and served in that capacity iinlil Slay, IQIS, when he was o1'1l1:rc1l tu Virginia to assume command of the training ilgiaglmiqntg whigh were ln lit- si:1tin11c1l at Yirginiai l'nlytcchnic lnstiltitc, during the summer months. Between june 1 and Uctuln-r, llltlttlllll Skusc hail charge of over five hundred drafted men from Ohio and the District of t'nluml1i:1, :tml during tl1:1t time, or in the month of August, the XVar Department showed its apprcsiatiori uf his ability by prmnnting him to the rank of major. Upon the departure of the training detachments, Major Skuse was placed in Cfjllllllftllfl of the newly organized S. A. T. C., and when this was finally deinitbilizcd, hc l'CIlI?tlllt'tl as llttllltllttlltlitlll of Cadets in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps which followed. As a soldier and officer, because of his just and impartial treatment of those under his command, and his prompt aml efficient method of handling every problem that arose, Major Skuse never failed to hold the admiration and good will of everyone, and it was with a feeling of the greatest pleasure that we learned he was to return to us this year, as head of the Infantry unit, under Colonel Carson, for we felt that here were two men whom we knew as our alma mater has recovered from the confusion of a a bigger and a better college in every way, and one our country and government, we shall never cease! to man who had most to do with helping place her there. Tohru C., as individuals we may not always l old and true friends of V. P. I. And now that great war, and is back in her old status again, whose name is forever fixed in the history of think of Major ,lohn Charles Skuse as the one iave had the opportunity of expressing to you our deep and sincere appreciation of the many things you have done for us, hut as a body we hope that you understand this, and when the time comes for you to leave Techland, as we are now leaving, you will go forth from dear old V. much the loss of always know that knowing that no man--either student P. I. whose absence caused a deeper or faculty member, or both-has ever gone out feeling of regret, or Zl fuller realization of how a man and a sincere friend can mean. Wherever you may go from here, you will when the men who have known you li ere are living these years over again in memory, you will still continue to occupy a bright spot in that picture, and they will never cease to wish you well. -W. R. 5. ............i......... 11 1 - I

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