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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1944)
VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1944 NUMBER 13 Cadet Officers Dine In Sbisa Wed. Night New Cadet Officers Appointed In a general order issued by the Commandant’s Office dated July 17, 1944, a number of cadet promotions are announced. These men were promoted in order to fill vacancies left by men leaving school, or to fill positions which are still open from the original order. This order is published in the Official Notices column, and all the names are listed there. New cadet commissioned officers are: Frederick C. Hardy, Captain; and Earl W. Grogan, Harold Phil lips, William R. Strieber, Rudolf E. Schiefelbein, Jack B. Buie and Walter E. Pate, First Lieutenants. There were a number of men transferred from “A” Company to the Band to fill non-commission ed officer vacancies, and also, more non-commissioned oficers were ap pointed to various companies. AIEEleeiig To Be Held Wednesday On Wednesday night, July 19, at 7:15 p.m. a meeting of the AIEE will be held in the Electrical En gineering Building. The meeting will immediately adjourn to the basement of the E. E. Building for a high voltage demonstration to be given by L. M. Haupt, E. E. pro fessor. No Class Balls During Summer Term At a meeting of the Committee on Student Student Activities Mon day night it was decided that no class dances be held during the summer except a Junior - Senior Dance. The Corps Balls and Regi mental Balls will be sponsored as announced by the committee. The committee agreed that class dances should be held during the fall semester. Dances for the summer are well planned in order that all boys will be given an opportunity to have more than one enjoyable weekend. OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT A. & M. College College • Station, Texas 11 July, 1944 MEMORANDUM: 1. The following is the assignment to buildings of ROTC UNITS and the Tactical Officers with telephone numbers and orderly room numbers: Dormitory Orderly Rm. No. Tele. No. Tactical Officer Dormitory No. 9 228 No. 9 (First Battalion A & B Companies 1st Regiment) 4-1157 Maj. J. E. Breland Dormitory No. 7 228 No. 7 (Second Battalion C & D Companies 1st Regiment E Company inactivated July 8, 1944 4-9664 Capt. Jack C. Kimbrough Dormitory No. 5 226 No. 5 (Second Battalion D & E Companies 2nd Regiment) 4-4074 Lt. M. H. Beams Dormitory No. 11 208 No. 11 (Third Battalion F & G Companies 2nd Regiment) 4-9834 Maj. L. F. Benson Dormitory No. 3 117 No. 3 (Third Battalion F & G Companies 1st Regiment) 4-4544 Capt. Ross F. Snider Hart Hall 1st Floor (First Battalion B Ramp A, B, & C Companies Hart Hall 2nd Regiment) 4-8804 Capt. W. J. Faulk Bizzell Hall 156 Bizzell (1st and 2nd Companies Band) 4-8114 Maj. C. J. Hutson Walton Hall Rm. A-l, Walton 4-4579 Ramps A, B, & C Non-Military HEADQUARTERS Maj. C. J. Hutson Commandant’s Office—Day 4-5294, Night 4-5414 Executive Officer—Senior Tactical Officer—Col. A. J. Bennett 4-6634 2. Officers Office and Home Telephone Numbers: Office Home Welty, Maurice D., Col. Inf 4-5294 4-1123 Bennett, Adam J., Lt. Col. C. A. C 4-0634 4-5829 Hutson, Clarence J., Maj. C. A. C 4-7264 4-9809 Benson, Louis F., Maj. F. A 4-7264 4-4739 Breland,, James E., Maj. C. A. C. ...! .4-7264 4-8304 Faulk, Walter J., Capt. F. A 4-7264 4-6909 Kimbrough, Jack C., Capt. Inf 4-7124 4-4804 Snider, Ross F., Capt. S. C 4-9604 4-5304 Beams, Melville H., 1st Lt. Cav 4-4104 4-7764 This list of names and telephone numbers will be posted and remain near the telephone in each dormitory for immediate use of charge of quarters. By order of Colonel WELTY: A. J. BENNETT Lieutenant Colonel, C. A. C. Senior Tactical Officer A. & M. Cadet Officers, Commandant, To Discuss Affairs Of The School All commissioned cadet officers will be guests at a din ner to be given Wednesday evening at 7:00 o’clock in the Sbisa Banquet room. The cadet officers will assemble in the Banquet room immediately after marching their companies Student Activities Releases Semester Dance Schedule L. M. Collins, head of the Stu dent Activities Office, has an nounced the plans made by the Dance Committee of the Corps. There are to be two Corps Balls and two Regimental Balls held in Sbisa, and four All-Service Dances in the Grove during the remainder of this semester. The members of the Committee who planned this program are Bob Butchofsky, chair man; Bill Griffin, Charles Haen- isch, Dan Hightower, and Tom Alley. The schedule of dances is as fol lows: July 28, Junior-Senior Ball; July 29, All-Service Dances; Aug. 11, 1st Regimental Ball; Aug. 12, All Service Dance; August 25, Sec ond Regimental Ball; August 26, All Service Dance; Sept., 15, Corps Dance; Sept., 16, All Service Dance. All men on the Campus are in- (See DANCE, Page 3) to mess, announced Lt. Colonel A. J. Bennett. The purpose of the dinner is to serve as an informal get together between the cadet officers and military officials who will be on hand for the occasion. Colonel Maurice D. Welty, commandant, and Lt. Colonel Bennett will be present to answer any questions the cadet officers might wish to ask. Plans call for similar dinners to be given once a month during the semester to discuss current matters. Aggieland Inn Reopens Terrace Announcement has been made that the terrace of the Aggieland Inn has been reopened for the use of the college. J. C. Kelly is to be the new manager, and it is planned to keep the terrace open as long as there are enough cus tomers to make it a paying prop osition. Lunch is to be served from 11:30 to 1:30, and supper from 5:30 to 7:30. Aggie Hobbyist Has Unique Collection Division Insignia A Battalion Feature Few persons know the number of divisions in the United States army and even fewer persons real ize that each division wears a col orful and distinctive shoulder in signia, but Frank Floyd, a fresh man at A. & M., from Paris, Tex as, believes that his collection of over 200 shoulder patches is one of the most complete in existence.; Floyd began his collection in the summer of 1943 with an 8th serv- : ice command patch and 102nd di- j vision patch. From this small be ginning he has increased the col lection until it lacks only the in signia of the 5th, 6th, and 7th corps and the patches of the 43rd, 69th, and 83rd divisions. The youth-1 | ful collector said that he expects | to have these patches within the next few weeks. Among the patches in the col lection are rare patches that are almost impossible to value because the organizations they represented have ceased to exist. Perhaps the bloodiest patch of the entire col lection is one worn by an officer of the 9th infantry which fought in the North African campaign. Dear to the hearts of Texans is a patch worn by the battle scarred 36th division which was the first U. S. division to land on European soil during the present conflict. The 36th spearheaded the vast ma- (See AGGIE, Page 3)