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Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, September 21,1984
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Parsons' members are busy riders
Dan Godinich drills his company during Cavalry practice.
By JODI FELTON
Reporter
Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry plans
to participate in several parades and
conduct fund-raisers throughout the
year, Commanding Officer Danny
Godinich said Monday. “And that is
just the beginning of what we have
planned.”
“Besides riding in parades, the
Cavalry rides in all the home game
march-ins and attends two out-of-
town games,” Godinich said. “The
two games this year will be SMU and
t.u.”
This semester the Cavalry will at
tend a parade in Sugarland in Octo
ber and the Second Annual
Christmas Parade, Dec. 8 in San An
tonio.
Next semester includes trips to
Houston, Fort Worth and San Anto
nio for livestock shows, said David
Goldring, first platoon leader. “But
the big trip next spring will be to
Mardi Gras,” Goldring said.
“We’ll be going to the San Anto
nio Battle of Flowers Parade too,
which is the climax of Fiesta Week,”
said Danny Hill, executive officer.
Last year the Cavalry won the first
place ribbon for mounted groups in
that parade, Hill said. “We also took
the first place trophy and $100 prize
at the Beeville ‘Be Western’ Rodeo
Parade.”
The funding for the trips comes
from dues, donations and the Me
morial Student Center fund, said
David Wierschem, operations offi
cer.
“Dues are $160 per cadet per se
mester, which goes towards feed for
the horses,” he said. “But it costs
$996 a month for hay and $ 1,806 a
month for feed.” The Cavalry re
ceived $9,000 this year from the
MSC fund and about half the cost of
every trip is paid for through dona
tions.
But that doesn’t begin to cover the
costs, Wierschem said. “The rest of
the money is made up by cutting out
other expenses that we have,” he
said. “A lot of the money even comes
from our own pockets.”
The Cavalry began a sponsorship
program this year where former stu
dents sponsor a cadet in the Cavalry.
“But not all of the cadets have a
sponsor yet, so the money is being
pooled,” Wierschem said.
To raise money, the Cavalry will
sell figurines and Aggie patches af
ter the football games in the MSC,
said Hill. The figurines are lead sol
diers that look like the cadets on the
track during a football game. The
Figurines are two inches tall and will
sell for $7, he said.
The Aggie patches are the old
patches worn from 1925 until 1946.
They have a five point star and spell
out Aggie. They were worn on the
right shoulder of the cadets. Drill
and ceremonies cadets also wore the
patch on their left front coat pocket,
while comissioned cadets wore col
ored patches. The patches will sell
for $2, Hill said.
The Cavalry also will conduct it’s
Second Annual PMC Trail Ride next
semester to raise money, said Godi
nich. Last year the ride was from the
Bryan Civic Center to Kurten and
back. It took two days (Saturday and
Sunday) and there was a dance in
Kurten on Saturday night, he said.
“As of right now, we’re not sure yet
where the ride will go next semes
ter.”
“This will be the best year for the
Cavalry because we’re no longer in
the survival mode,” said Capt. Edwin
Kennedy, military advisor. “The
Cavalry now has some funding and
more time for proper training.
We’ve done major reorganization at
the stables and bought new equip
ment.”
A new training program has be
gun which standardizes the training
of the cadets and their horse-
menship, Kennedy said. “The old
advisors had never ridden before
and didn’t know what to tell the ca
dets,” he said.
The Cavalry is hoping it will be
asked to attend the President’s inau
gural parade in January, Kennedy
said. “We’ve made the necessary
contacts and written Senator Tower
requesting his assistance,” he said.
It would be great publicity for
Texas A&M and the state of Texas,
Kennedy said. “Our Cavalry is the
only college level ROTC Cavalry in
the whole United States.” All cavalry
units were disbanded in 1943, in
cluding the one at Texas A&M, he
said. It was reorganized here in
1973, and the cannon became active
again in 1982.
The cannon was found in 1974 on
a bonfire cutting site, said Andy
Ericson, half-section chief. It was ac
tually used at Texas A&M during
the 1930’s, he said. It was restored
with the help of John Gunter, Class
of‘79.
The cannon will be at every game
and will be fired, but the amount of
times it will be fired has not been de
cided yet, Ericson said. “We used to
load it ourselves with black powder,
but we’ll be using preloaded shells
from now on,” he said.
“The money used for mainte
nance, repairs and any other ex
penses on the cannon was donated
by L. F. Peterson, Class of‘36,” Eric
son said. Peterson donated $2,500
just for use on the cannon, he said.
“To be in the Cavalry, you must
be really dedicated," Godinich said.
“It takes up a lot of your time since
you must be at the Fiddler’s Green
from 4 to 6 p.m. everyday at least.”
The time is spent drilling, taking
care of the horses and repairing the
stable, he said.
“Most of the horses belong to peo
ple in the Cavalry, but it’s not re
quired to have a horse,” Godinich
said. Some of the 33 horses are do
nated for the year and about 12 of
them actually belong to the Cavalry.
People can donate their horse for
a cadet to ride and the Cavalry pays
for its feed. The cadet in charge of
the horse pays for all medicalo I
lenses, he said. The owner oflk
torse can ride it whenever theCav
airy is not using it. “We makes
agreement at the beginning oftkt
year that Cavalry has first priorit),
Godinich said.
Kisha White is one student wk
has donated her horse to the Cat
airy, he said. “I donated himforik
year and they take care of him
W'hite said. “I can see him ate
anytime 1 want, except when tk
Cavalry needs him. But it doesni
matter that much liecause my grade
won’t permit me to ride all the dm
anyway," the sophomore from b
less said. “At least he’s herewith®
and not at home getting fat.”
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