BACK TO SCHOOL
EDITION
The Battalion
Section II
Number 15: Volume 55
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1955
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MAN’S BEST FRIEND—No. It’s Reveille II, the Aggie
mascot, and the canine who once brought forth a startling
quotation from a Battalion photographer. The quote:
“Look out for the d . . n dog; it bites.” Anyway, it’s been
vacationing in Borger during the summer and has now
returned.
Reveille's Back at A&M
It’s official now. School def
initely will be starting. It has to,
for Reveille has returned.
She smelled something awful
when she first made her appear
ance back at A&M last week —
but she looked fatter. Seems as
though the summer vacation she
spent with Clarence Kerns, senior
from Borger, was good for her.
She smells better now; she had a
bath.
Kerns’ kindness in keeping the
Aggie Mascot solved a problem
which has bothered last year’s
Student Senate. Rev’s regular
roommate, Sam Netterville fi’om
Beaumont, had to attend summer
ROTC camp, so Rev had no home.
The whole school owes Kerns a
favor. He took Rev away for the
summer.
Larry Brian Kennedy of Houston
has been appointed corps comman
der for the corps this year. He
is a senior business administration
major.
Appointments and assignments
to the corps staff approved by
President David H. Morgan include
John Whitmore Jenkins from Ama
rillo, deputy corps commander with
the rank of colonel; Byron Andrew
Parham, College Station, adjutant,
Lt. Col.; William D. Von Gonten,
Corsicana, intelligence .officer, Lt.
Col.; Ernest F. Biehunko, Moulton,
operations officer, Lt. Col.; Her
bert W. Whitney, Big Spring, in
spector general, Lt. Col.; W. Paul
Holladay Jr., Baytown, corps liai
son officer, Lt. Col.; Robert Harry
Scott, Amarillo, chaplain, Lt. Col.;
William M. Holloway, Dallas, ath
letic officer, Lt. Col.; t
Burton L. Young, Dalhart, schol
astic officer, Lt. Col.; Ralph B.
Cole, Muenster, PIO, Lt. Col.; Vic
tor Andrew Moseley, Nacogdoches,
commander consolidated band, Lt.
Col.; Leland Clay White,.La Feria,
signal officer, Lt. Col.; Harvey Lee
Richards Jr., Harlingen, day stu
dent liaison officer, Lt. Col.; Tom
my William Shoi’t, Big Lake, head
drum major, Maj.; Charles E. Sin-
claii - , Fort Worth, operations ser
geant, M. Sgt.; Leighlas E. Shep
pard, Crockett, supply sergeant, M.
Sgt.; Jack H. Lunsfor-d, Houston,
scholastic sergeant, M. Sgt.; Ted-
ford E. Harrod, Little Rock, Ark.,
athletic sergeant, M. Sgt.; Jerry
M. Betsill, Doole, intelligence ser
geant, M. Sgt.; Arva H. Menefee,
Center, communications sergeant,
M. Sgt.; and Walter Louis Ray
naud, Fort Worth, consolidated
band liaison officer, M. Sgt.
First Regiment
Donald Luther Burton of Waco
is commander of the first regiment
V" tFF —
with a rank of cadet colonel. His
executive officer is cadet Lt. Col.
Roy Brown Bertrand Jr. of Waco.
Adjutant is Jack W. Barbee of
Beaumont with a rank of major.
Another major is George Anthony
La Hood of San Antonio, PI and
scholastic officer. Other officers
are Richard D. Emerson, Lake
Jackson, operations, Lt. Col.; Phil
lip Darden Weinert, Sam Houston,
supply and safety, Maj.; Daniel P.
Ryan Ji\, Blanket, special services
officer, Capt.; Wendel Thad Hulse,
Dallas, communications, Maj.; Wil
liam Llewellyn Thomas, Lewisville,
regimental chaplain, Maj. Thomas
W. Adair III is sergeant major;
Gilbert Steile, intelligence ser
geant; Roy Leon Johnson, supply
sergeant; and John B. Glover, color
sergeant.
Headquarters First Battalion
First Regiment
Cadet Lt. Col. Cecil M. Crawford
of Athens is commanding officer.
Others are Charles Bremer Jr. of
Palestine, adjutant, Capt.; Bender
B. Rawls Jr., Fort Worth, PI and
scholastic, Capt.; Stanley P. Holz,
Waller, operations and safety,
Maj.; Philip H. McNemer, Beau
mont, supply, Capt. James T. Pat
terson is sergeant major. Other
sergeants are John L. Peeler, Mi
chael J. August and Dwayne S.
Bailey.
A Infantry
Commanding officer is cadet
Capt. John L. Lorms from San
Antonio. William W. Fink of
Houston is executive officer with
a rank of 1st Lt. Other lieuten
ants are Lee Licon Jr. of Houston;
John W. Petty, Waco; Harvey L.
Richards Jr.; Robert C. Bell; and
Thomas B. Shuttleworth, Hous
ton. First sergeant is Charles A.
Beever Jr. of Pearsall. Other ser
geants are John T. Marks, Ernest
;
B. Bugh Jr., Robert D. Blanchard,
Charles C. Martin, Joseph L. Mav
erick and Jack E. Gilpin.
B Infantry
Robert E. Good of Clarksville is
CO of this outfit. His executive
officer is Donald E. Wise of Fort
Worth with rank of 1st Lt. Other
lieutenants are Richard L. Perkins,
Canyon; John O. Kirkpatrick, San
Antonio; Curtis T. Liston Jr., Ter
rell; Javier H. Gonzales, Carrizo
Springs; Joe D. Hoffman, Tyler;
Bobby R. McCarn, Port Lavaca;
John M. Kessinger, Columbus, Ga.;
George B. Taack Jr., Wichita Falls;
and Roland L. Bomberger, Dallas.
Richard D. Hubbard from Houston
is first sergeant; other sergeants
are Walter J. Beaty, Larkin P.
Warren Jr., Robert L. McDaniel,
James R. Adams, Frank M. Bar
nett, Delma R. House, Jack T.
Lamkin, William Montgomery,
Sammie C. Turk and John B.
Tuggle.
C Infantry
Commanding Officer is Capt.
Margarito V. Reyes of Beeville.
Lieutenants are Richard E. Steel,
Texarkana; James T. Blankenship,
Gainesville; J. Paul Savage, Dal
las; and Jan Broderick, Curunou,
Canal Zone. George R. Crane of
Plano is first sergeant. Other ser
geants are John P. Aldridge Jr.,
Jess R. McLarry Jr., Myron S.
Gantt, Billy Joe Boyd, Robert L.
Patton Jr., James E. Christ, Luther
P. Dube, William T. Hayes, David
L. Brothers and George G. John
ston.
D Infantry
William K. Kuykendall, cadet
captain, is commanding officer.
He is from Longview. Harold T.
Wiedemann of Mission, first lieu
tenant, is executive officer. Other
lieutenants are Roland H. Reese,
Waco; Duane H. Gentz, San Beni
to; Hugh O. West, Woodsboro;
Thomas G. Roberts, San Benito-
Robert E. Burns, Taylor; Dame 1
B. Riemer, Hempstead. First ser
geant is Howard D. Butter of
Humble, and other sergeants are
Dannie E. George, Jacksonville-
Charles S. Ware, San Antonio;
Harold D. Henson, San Angelo-
Donald D. Phillips, Houston; Har
ry E. Hearn II, Temple; Don E
Smith, Grand Saline; and Eugene
L. Wismer.
Headquarters Second Battalion
First Regiment
Cadet Lt. Col. Raymond E. Lath
am of Houston is commanding offi
cer, and executive officer is Leroy
W. Campbell of Dallas, who holds
the rank of major. Adjutant is
Edward A. Goodwin of Dallas, PI
and Scholastic Officer is Fred C.
Gregory of Port Arthur, and Ron
ald H. Parker of Brownsville is in
charge of supply. AU three are
captains. Sergeants are James
'Lee Bryan of Taylor and Geoffrey
Wan of Dallas.
A Armor
Vincint J. Giardina, Captain, of
Beaumont is commanding officer,
and platoon leaders are Woodrow
A. Free of Brenham and Jimmy
D. Weeks of Silsbee, both lieuten
ants. Other lieutenants are Stuart
L. Watson, Houston; George H.
Akin, Bluegrove; Clyde R. Adams,
Tyler; Gerald E. Hord, Houston.
First sergeant is James G. Lewis
of Dallas, and Wilfred J. Klement,
Cecil K. Simmons and Billy F.
Douglass are also sergeants.
B Armor
Commanding officer is Captain
Lloyd Eaton Billingsley of Liberty,
and executive - officer is Lt. Mead
R. Bramlett of Karnack. Other
lieutenants are Ian John Kleinman,
San Antonio; Edward Fries, Ft.
Worth; William T. Muenter, Cuero;
Robert Alden Rand, Houston; and
William Few Booty, Dallas. Ser
vants are Albert March Loudon
and Eugene Edward Smith.
C Armor
Capt. Robert M. Moore of Pales
tine is commanding officer, and
executive officer is Lt. Lee N.
Blocker of San Antonio. Other
lieutenants are Robert L. Francis,
El Paso; Robert A. Luquette,
Houston; Edward Dardaganian,
Dallas; Thomas M. Wagner III,
Longview; and George W. Ernst
of Encino. Marvin E. Melson of
Eagle Pass is first sergeant, and
other sergeants are Dale Elmore,
Donald Edwin Mitcham and Rob
ert Wallace Copeland.
Headquarters Third Battalion
First Regiment
George L. Pitre Jr., of Thibo-
daux, La., is Lt. Colonel and com
manding officer, and executive of
ficer is Maj. Curtis N. Lancaster
of Agua Dulce. Maj. Thurman A.
Shaw of San Antonio is operations
and safety officer, and Capts.
Stanley H. Brand of San Antonio,
Roger S. Clark of Dallas and Ed
ward W. Reeder are, respectively,
adjutant, PI and scholastic officer,
and supply officer. Sergeants are
Johnny G. Basinger of Kilgore;
Sammy B. Edwards, Corpus Chris-
ti; Donald R. Huffman, Ft. Worth;
and Cecil R. Floyd, Dallas.
A Engineers
Commanding officer is Richard
O. Guthrie of Dallas with a cap
tain’s rank. John P. Daly of Cor
pus Christi is executive officer and
a lieutenant. Other leiutenants
are Kenneth M. Alder, San Anto
nio; Fred W. Heldenfels, Corpus
Christi; Charles C. Horgan, Costa
Rica; Frank J. Durda III, Laredo;
Dalton M. Estein, Waco; Ernest
H. Martin, Irving; William M.
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