West Chester University - Serpentine Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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D -jH - M izzzI ' fffo h - -H The Students Army Training Corps SA. T. C. arc tour letters that do not mean much to us now, but when we look, back on the period of our life spent in the corps and when we think of the history made in that time we will recall with pleasure the fact that we offered our best to bring that history out in the right way. Our commanding officer, Lieut. William C. Briggs, arrived in West Chester about Oct. 1, and immediately started on the paper work of the organization. On Oct. 7 physical examinations under Dr. William Sharp- less were started, and immediate induction followed. Lieut. Briggs was a first lieutenant in the regular army, having been in the service since 1911. He was a graduate of Purdue University, which gave him the necessary fundamentals for army tactics. As first sergeant, Lieut. Briggs chose Charles L. An- drews of Ridley Park, Pa. Mr. Andrews had spent three years in Staunton Military Academy in Virginia. An- drews had the most military training of any fellow in the one-hundred-ten, and was therefore a wise choice from that point of view. As second sergeant, Edward Mackowit was chosen, as he had spent some time in a company of State Militia. As third sergeant, Eugene Huntzinger, who had served an enlistment period with the engineers and had served in the National Army. He tried the third time to do his duty to his country, ami received his third hon- orable discharge on Dec. 12, 1918. Three more sergeants were chosen, namely: Baden Page Eleven

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=@m Trffri Non Commissioned Officers Thomas, Harry Morton and Norman D. George. The duties of these sergeants were to keep order in the bar- racks and to carry out orders on the drill Held. The second and third floors ot the dormitory were given over to the boys in khaki; while those who wore the mufti were stationed on the first floor. Still those who had to wear the mufti were wholly willing to wear the khaki, and to do their bit in the great world struggle. The study period from seven o ' clock to ten o ' clock was carefully observed, as a sergeant in charge of quarters was under strict orders to inspect the quarters every half hour. The drill period was from four o ' clock to five o ' clock every evening, except Saturdav, and then we drilled from eight to twelve in the morning. The company was divided into three classes, accord- ing to age. Class I, those who were twenty years or over expected to leave for a higher training camp within three months. Class II, those between nineteen and twenty ex- l ' di i Thirteen