Windsor High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Windsor, IL)

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POW-WOW We're in the Army Now G11 September 3, 1934, thirty-seven of us enlisted for four years in the W.C.H.S. Army. Our commanding officers the first year were Davis and Sutter. We were taught to aim high, shoot straight and move forward. We were the last company of W.C.H.S. to have a sham battle, which was won by the Sophomores. We received our first furlough the last of May. Returning to duty September 3, 1935, we were placed under the command of Captain Lilly and advanced to the ranks of First Lieutenant. We gave a welcome party for the new recruits. After many hard fights and uphill battles against the Latin Army, we survived and received another leave in June, 1936. We did not return to camp until September 21, 1936, as the camp site was changed, and not ready as soon as expected. We put on a long drill and review, Page Asa Bunker , for the public and superior officers. Our captain for the drill was Lough. In the spring we gave a banquet at the U. S. Grant Hotel in Mattoon for the older mem- bers of the W.C.H.S. Army who were to receive their papers of Honorable Discharge in June. Our third furlough came June 11, 1937. Returning to duty September 1, there were only 23 of the original 37, five addition- al recruits from Gays and two former Junior officers who returned to service in our company. Soon after taking up our duties, we had one deserter, which left our num- ber at twenty-nine. We were under the general command of Captain Turner this final year of service. May 6, we put on our final drill and special review, Baby Steps Out , under the command of Captain Bennett. We shall receive our Honorable Discharge on May 27, 1938, having put in four years of good training. As we leave this training camp to venture further into the great unknown, we feel that we shall be more able to shoulder our guns and to march forward into Success. Historian. 1938s Nine