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

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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

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rv j-ifc H— — -4 fj , fTh ' f | | Lieut. Briggs pected to leave in six months, and those between eighteen and nineteen were to stay the whole nine months. Whether or not they expected to enter an officers ' training camp depended entirely upon their ability in classes and on the drill field. There were four avenues open to each one. First and best was the opportunity to go to an officers training school. Second, the opportunity to go to a non- commissioned officers ' training school. Third, the op- portunity to attend a vocational training school; and fourth, those who did not prove themselves worthy of any of the first three were to be sent into the ranks as privates. The two big attractions about the army life which lasted for two months only, were the kitchen details and the inspection of rifles; ask the boys. Page Fourteen