DOUGHBOY memorial stadium
Down at the Infantry School, located at Port Penning, Georgia,
a large stadium is being erected by the Infantry, to commemorate
the Doughboys who made the supreme sacrifice for their country
during the World Wase0
The school is the most important of its kind in the world.
Here officers of the Regular Amy, National Guard and Reserve
Corps take courses each year in military subjects which fit them
for more efficient command during war. The school is the “show
place” of the Infantry and it is but natural that the memorial
mantioned above should be built there.
The idea of the stadium was conceived by General Briant H.
Wells, who has pushed it to conclusion against odds* The con
struction of such a thing as a steel and concrete stadium requires
lots of money, Ac times it seemed doubtful if sufficient funds
could be raised for the$ purpose, Everybody admitted that it was
a good thing but when it came to actually donating enthusiasm
was sometimes at low tide. Persistent effort, however won out,
and the stadium will be completed in time to play football games
therein this fall.,
When complete! the Doughboy Stadium will be one of the best in
the South. It is estimated that it will seat approximately II,
000 people. Funds ^or the erection cf the stadium have come from
various sources. Regiments of Infantry of the Regular Arm:/, nat
ional Guard and Organized Reserves have contributed by purchasing
bays for their respective regiments* Individuals have done like
wise and in at least one case, a box was purchased for a deceased
soldier, a man who lost his life at the Infantry School while
giving instructions in one of the weapon courses.
It is proper that the Infantry should erect a memorial for thos
infantrymen who ga^e their lives in the World War, For years the
lowly foot troops were locked upon with tolerance by other
branches of the service. At that time the only qualifications
for being in the Infantry was to have strong backs. The exper
iences of the World. War taught that the Infantryman alone could
capture and hold enemy territory and that he required certain
equipment and weapons with which to do this. As a result he must
know machine guns, tanks, the rifle, use of gas, rifle and hand
grenades. light artillery and be weil versed in tactics* This has
all contributed toward making infantry the most important branch
of the service, having among its officers the best military
minds in the world..
And it is by these men, in memory of others of their branch,
that the Doughboy homorial stadium has been built and will re
main as a permanent reminder to "chose v/hc follow after of the
feats of valor that made the Infantry "supreme in battle,”
'he 7th, Infantry has pledged
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