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About Regimental mirror. (Fort Benning, Ga.) 1943-194? | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1944)
VOL II Reunion At The Columbus Railroad Station £REAT WAS THE JOY AT THE COLUMBUS RAILROAD STATION LAST FRl day afternoon when most of the 13 Mother’s Day guests arrived for a weekend stay at Fort Benning. PFC Helen Berman, of WAC Detachment One (left) was first to greet her mother, Mrs. Esther Berman, of Providence, R. I. Also present to welcome Mrs. Berman were Mrs. Ethel Marquardt (second from right), who had arrived the day before, and her son. C'pl. Richard Marquardt, of B Company. The Academic Regiment was the only outfit to “win” two mothers for the celebration. (Official U. S. Army Photo—The Infantry School.) Regiment Enjoys Mothers' Visit As Reminder Os Home A lot of morale shows have come to Fort Benning since Hit ler and Tojo made it necessary for thousands of us to live and work here. There have been personal appearances by stars of screen and radio, super-duper sports shows by champs of sock and grunt, real jive-and-leg en tertainment by troupes of sing ers and musicians. But the great est morale show of all was the visit to the post this week of thirteen mothers of young uni formed America. What happened in the Aca demic Regiment of The Infantry School happened in all the ma jor units represented in the con tingent of visitors. To be tech nical, Mrs. Ethel Marquardt is the mother of Cpl. Richard G. Marquardt, of B Company. And Mrs. Esther Berman is the moth er of PFC Helen Berman, of WAC Detachment One, TIS. But actually every member of the Academic Regiment felt that his mother was directly represent ed. The reception given the "folks from home” and the in terest that followed them all ov er the post was the sentiment of soldiers who felt a strong re minder of home and family and . OOF GA libraries . WITHDRAWN ^JUWfWRJUTIATITI rtf’ fjHT*^** A/ nc M I JIRO ItW 11 f \ IJ liked it. Those who could not take di rect part in the welcome follow ed the newspaper accounts with unbelievable personal interest. The general reaction was one of pride. Everybody, whether he was just a “passing soldier” or actually one of the demonstra tors, wanted to show off and did. We were proud of our work as civilian-soldiers and we wanted “our” mothers to be proud of their children, to whom has been entrusted the destruction of the enemies of democracy. Plans for the gala Mother’s Day celebration were drawn up three weeks ago. Drawings were held in each major unit to select mothers for the visit. The Aca demic Regiment, in addition to drawing Mrs. Marquardt was lucky to win a second mother, Mrs. Berman, when an extra post-wide lottery was held to se lect an additional mother-at large. Last Thursday the first Fort Benning mother arrived—Mrs. Marquardt stepped from a train in Columbus after a four-and half day trip from Seattle, Wash. (Continued on Page 5) FORT BENNING GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944 Guest Mother Visits Regimental Commander THE FIRST MOTHER’S DAY GUEST TO ARRIVE AT FORT BENNING LAST week was Mrs. Ethel Marquardt (second from left) who came all the way from Seattle, Wash., to visit the Academic Regiment. As soon as she had been greeted by her son, Cpl. Richard Marquardt, of B Company (left) and her daughter-in-law, Beth (right), Mrs. Marquardt dropped in to see Col. E. P. Passailaigue (second from right) at regimental headquarters. She expressed great interest in the colonel’s picture of General MacArth ur, under whom the colonel served during the last'war. (Official U. S. Army Photo—The Infantry School.) 4 More Contest Prizes Announced For Infantry Day! New developments in Bennings plans for the ob servance of Infantry Day came thick and fast this morning after Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson officially desig nated .him- 15th as the date for the nation-wide celebration of the role of the Infantryman in the present war. GI artists and writers, already hard at work for the prizes to be awarded on Infan try Day for the best literary art works submitted <xn the theme of the Infantryman, were told this morning by Maj Gen. C. H. Bonesteel that four more prizes have been offered, bring ing the total of bond prizes up to six. In the post-wide contest the prizes now stack up as fol lows: In the field of literature (any suitable form): SIOO, SSO, and $25 bond prizes, to be awarded for the first, second and third best entries by enlisted men and women stationed at Benning. In the field of art (any suit able form): SIOO, SSO and $25 bond prizes, to be awarded for the first, second and third best entries by enlisted men or wom en stationed at Benning. The offer of an additional SSO bond prize by the Academic Reg iment for the best entry in any form or medium by any member of this regiment brings the total list of prizes open to Academics to seven bonds, or S4OO worth of prizes. General Bonesteel further heightened interest in the post wide contest by announcing a distinguished board of judges who will pass on all entries that are submitted to the Public Re lations Office, The Infantry School, by midnight. May 31st. Tiie board will be headed by Brig. Gen. George H. Weems, assistant commandant of The In. fantry School, and consists of: Mr Bryan Collier, editor, Co lumbus Ledger - Enquirer; Mr. W C Tucker, editor, Columbus Enquirer; Col. Clifford Kersch aw, Chief of Tactical Section, TIS; Col Alfred E. McKenney. Chief of General Section, TIS; Col. Janies F Strain, Chief of Weapons Section, TIS; and Maj. William Cook. General Section, TIS. Simultaneously General Bone (Continued on Page 5) No. 35.
