(taken from a 1938 yearbook owned by Hazel Gendron)
(Pictures at the bottom)
Names | History |
Akin, Clayton
Allen, Mayo E. Andrews, Grant Arrowood, Martin Atwell, George B. Barkley, Paul Beach, Everett C. Beard, Merritt E. Bell, Marshall Benifield, Tommie Blaylock, Arnold W. Bodenhamer, Ralph J. Bolton, Clifford Bookhart, Henry A. Braswell, Charles Brawley, Jay Brawley, Mark Brewer, Enouch Brown, Melvin R. Busbee, Hosea L. Bush, Woodrow W. Butts, Jonas P. Cadenhead, Parker A. Campbell, James M. Caughman, John S. Champion, Milford M. Chunn, William W. Clee, Robert E. Cobb, Huber Cole, Thomas L. Cone, William W. Connine, John D. Cook, Thomas H. Courtney, Edward D. Crosby, Randolph G. Currington, Robert W. Davis, Jimmie A. Davis, Edward J. Deaton, Talmadge B. Dunbrack, William F. Erickson, Hilmer F. Evans, Benjamin F. Fain, Hoyt Feagin, Oliver S. Fink, Henry D. Foxhall, Hans C. Franklin, J. R. Freeman, James H. Garland, James H. Garner, Joseph S. Gee, Charlie E. Gibson, George E. Graddy, James D. Green, Samuel C. Griffen, Earl Griffin, Leon H. Hall, John W. Hamrick, C. C. Hanner, G. M. Harcus, Mike M. Howard, John C. Human, Noah Hutchinson, Homer L. Ivey, Joseph Jacobs, James Jeffcoat, Sydney K. Jenkins, Fred W. Johnson, Charlie Johnson, Albert A. Keel, James P. Keene, Emit D. Keene, Woodrow W. Kennington, L. C. Kirkland, Johnie B. Knight, Harold J. Lang, August Larrimore, Thomas E. Lewis, Rufus C. Lewis, Garrett Lindsey, James D. Lippian, Charles J. Livingston, Earnest L. Logan, Jesse K. Long, C. J. Long, Hugh L. Luker, Edgar Manor, Thomas Mason, Cecil Mathias, Ray P. Messer, Jesse C. Messer, Russel G. Metcalf, Archie G. Mitchell, Jefferson B. Mitcheom, Julian Moore, Adrain A. Jr. Morrell, Alvin L. Naftel, Robert L. Nelson, John Nowell, L. P. Octon, G. A. Ott, William F. Padgett, Foy Parks, Hugh Patterson, Robert E. Quick, Benton L. Rainey, John H. Ramsey, Alfred B. Raulerson, Douglas Riley, Raymond C. Roberts, Bert Y. Robinson, Jack C. Rowe, Arthur W. Sanders, James M. Sapp, Leroy L. Scott, Clarence F. Slay, Willard M. Smith, J. D. Smith, Charles R. Sowell, Lorenzo L. Sparks, Curtis Spencer, Alvin R. Spikes, C. H. Taft, Rufus H. Taylor, Ray C. Thomas, Tyler R. Townsend, Clifford L. Travis, James P. Trippe, William H. Tucker, Ralph J. White, William A. Willis, Robert E. |
Company 5453, a Fourth Corps Company, now in the Ninth
Corps, was organized at Fort Benning, Georgia, May 13, 1936. Fourteen days
were spent in organization work. Eight experienced men were selected at
large, while the major portion of the company was made up of enrollees
from the State of Alabama. The officers of the original company were Captain
William W. Cone, CA-Res., and Lieut. John S. Caughman, Inf.-Res.
On May 27, 1936, the company entrained for the site of Camp ANF-2 at Kellettville, Penn. The trip was made in 36 hours. Lieut. Leo A. Hellman, Med.-Res., was then attached to the company, as well as Educational Adviser George A. Snell. Lieut. J. Schluger, Med.-Res, later took the place of Lieut. Hellman. In September, Lieut. Schluger was transferred to another company and was succeeded by Lieut. H. R. Mayer, Med.-Res., who had previously been on duty at another camp. On October 23, 1936, 84 enrollee replacements were received from
the state of Florida.
On October 12, 1937, 98 men under the leadership of Capt. William W. Cone, CA-Res., commanding, and Lieut. John S. Caughman, Inf.-Res., as Mess Officer, arrived at Rogue River, Oregon. State Forest Service trucks then took the men 11 more miles up Evans Creek to Camp Wimer, P-211, their new home. On October 21, 1937, 77 replacements arrived. Most of these men were from Florida. On December 15, 1937, 19 more men were added to the company from Camp Gunter. Campo Wimer is a State Forest Camp located on Pleasant Creek., 11 miles out of Rogue River, Oregon. The camp was first constructed in 1934. The first company to occupy the camp as an Oregon company, No. 964. They stayed until January 9, 1936, when they were replaced by Company 4742 from Missouri. This company stayed until October 15, 1937, when it was replaced by the present Company 5453. Work projects of the camp are: Truck trail construction and maintenance, telephone line construction and maintenance, lookout tower construction and maintenance, and fire hazard reduction. During the summer season fire fighting is the biggest problem. During the fire season of 1936 the men of Camp Wimer put in 7,266 man days of work on the fire line. Camp and community relations are excellent. Many local people attend camp activities, which include educational motion pictures, athletic contests, camp theatricals and a weekly talking motion picture show. The scenic beauty of surrounding country is a constant source of pleasure to everyone in camp. The chief local industries are farming, lumbering, and mining. The people of the community are mostly descendants of the old
pioneer stock who originally settled the country.
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All Southern Oregon and Nothern California Camps from
1938 yearbook
Ninth
District Camps and locations in 1938 and description