Western Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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The Faculty Major Frank N. Hkndhrson Commandant Western Military Academy, 1908-13: Assistant Commandant, Western Military Academy, 1913-16: Commandant of Cadets, Missouri Military Academy, 1916-24: Officers ' Training Camps. Fort Sheridan, 111.. 1918: Cap- tain and Adjutant 1st Battalion 1 28th Field Artillery. Missouri National Guard, 1924: Commandant of Cadets, Western Military Academy since 1926. First Lieut. Edmund B. Sebree Infantry. Professor of Military Science and Tactics Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry, Regular Army, November 1, 1918: promoted to 1st Lieutenant, January 11. 1920: Student Officer, West Point, from December, 1918, to June, 1919: A. E. F. Europe from June. 1919. to September 26, 1919; Camp Benning, Georgia. October. 1919, to July, 1920: assigned to and joined 21st Infantry, Ft. George Wright, Wash- ington: transferred to Ft. William H. Seward, Alaska, August, 1920: trans- ferred to 59th Infantry, January 1, 1922: transferred to Vancouver Barracks, Washington. July 27, 1922: transferred to 7th Infantry and served with that regiment at Vancouver Barracks, Washington, from September, 1922, to Aug- ust, 1926: detailed to Signal School, Ft. Monmouth. N. J.. from September. 1926, to June, 1927: transferred to 6th Infantry and stationed at Jefferson Barracks. Missouri, from June, 1927, to August, 1928. Graduate of United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. : the Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Georgia: the Signal School. Ft. Monmouth. N. J. Expert Rifleman. 1919- 21-22-23-24-25-26: Expert Pistol Shot. 1921-22-23-24-25-26-27: Expert Automatic Rifle, 1919; 1st Class Gunner 27mm and Stokes Mortar. 1927. P. M. S. K T., Western Military Academy since September, 1928. Captain Paui. Murray Leurig, A. B.. A. M. English A. M. (in English), University of Illinois, 1925: A. B., Illinois College, Jacksonville, 111., 1918: Assigned to special duty with Military Court U. S. A.: Commissioned Second Lieutenant of Infantry: Instructor I. C. O. T. S., Camp Pike, Ark.; Member of Officers ' Reserve Corps since December, 1918: Assigned to 343rd Infantry, 86th Div., O. R. C., 6th Corps Area, Jan., 1922: Graduate research in English University of Illinois S. S., 1920-24; Instructor in Rhetoric and Dramatics, Eureka, 1919-21; Instructor Western Military Academy since 1921. Ten

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Ma jor Wilkinson Major Garetson Major Eaton The Administration Major Robert Edgar Wilkinson. LL. B. Principal Mathematics LL. B.. Missouri State University. 1897 ; Warrensburg State Normal. 1 893: Assistant Principal DeSoto (Mo.) Public Schools, 1889-90: Superintendent Bethany (Mo.) Public Schools, 1891-92; Superintendent Sarcoxie (Mo.) Public Schools, 1 894-95 : Superintendent Ironton (Mo.) Public Schools, 1897- 1901 : Instructor Missouri Military Academy, 1901-03; Instructor and Assistant Principal Western Military Academy 1903-25: Principal since 1925: connected with the school twenty-eight years. Major Russell Samuel Eaton. A. B. Registrar Mathematics A. B., Harvard University, 1922; Washington University S. S. 1925; Graduate Western Military Academy, 1916: Attended Reserve Officers ' Training Corps Camp. Ft. Sheridan, 111., 1918: Commissioned Second Lieutenant. Infantry, U. S. Army. September 16th, 1918: Detailed with Student Army Training Corps, Western State Normal School. Kalamazoo. Mich., September 16th to December 19th, 1918; Commissioned Officer ' s Reserve Corps, September 1 1th, 1922. and assigned to 344th Infantry, 86th Div., O. R. C., 6th Corps Area: Instructor and Registrar Western Military Academy since 1922. Major Frank Albert Garetson Executive Officer Director of Activities University of Illinois Coaching School. 1923; Teller. Marine and American National Banks. San Diego. Calif., 1917-21; Registration Officer. U. S. Vet- erans’ Bureau, District No. 9, St. Louis, Mo., 1921-23; Commissioned Officers ' Reserve Corps, April 4th, 1924; Instructor and Executive Officer Western Military Academy since 1923. Nine

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Captain Jackson Captain Holmes Captain Buck The Faculty Captain Thomas Carl Jackson. A. B. Science A. B.. Westminster College, Pa., 1895; Pennsylvania State Normal, 1888: Instructor Public Schools. Pennsylvania, 1888-90: McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1 898 : Summer Courses University of Chicago. 1915, 1915 and 1921 ; Instructor Western Military Academy since 1898. Captain William J. H. Buck Latin and German Graduate Concordia Teachers ' College. River Forest. 111.. 1898: Special work in Education. University of Tennessee. 1910-11, and University of Missouri. 1915-17: Extension Work in University of Chicago: Instructor Public Schools. Illinois. 1898-1906: St. Louis. Mo.. 1906-09: Knoxville. Tennessee. 1909-1 1: Superintendent of Schools. Manito and San Jose. 111.. 1911-14: Principal of High Schools. Rolla, Mo.. 1914-16: Instructor University of Missouri. 1916-17; Instructor Western Military Academy since 1917. Captain Milan C. Hol.mf.s. Ph. B. History and Athletics Ph. B.. Upper Iowa University. 1902-03-17: Student DePauw University. Greencastle, Ind.. 1903-05: Athletic Director. Charles City College. Charles City, Iowa. 1905-06 and 1907-08: Fayette, Iowa. High School. 1906-07. 1914-15: Upper Iowa University, 1909-15: Athletic Director and Professor of History, Interlaken School for Boys. Rolling Prairie. Ind.. 1917-18: Served in U. S. Marine Corps. U. S. S. Florida: Summer Course University of Wisconsin. 1922: Instructor Western Military Academy since February, 1919. Eleven