2622nd Company, Drummond, WI: F-101

MEMBERS

Reading from left to right:

FIRST ROW: Homer A. ERICKSON, Emery D. RUSSELL, Frank J. GARBACZ, Charles L. PALLAS, Earl L. CARRUTHERS, Paul E. SANDBERG, Ervin C. MARKUSON, George J. GRANT, Ernest S. FARRAR, Paul C. JOHNSON.

SECOND ROW: Raymond J. RICHARDS, Kenneth E. OLSEN, Adolph SCHLUB, Clarence SWOVERLAND, Willard F. COOPMAN, Carl L. WELLS, Berard J. LeBLANC, Albert R. POWELL, Joseph F. BALTRUS, Orville C. BRIGGS, Thor C. SANDE, Edwin J. WYRO, Stanley L. MUSZYNSKI.

THIRD ROW: Quentin O. QUIPP, Ralph P. ANDERSON, Marion P. SPENCER, Clarence W. ADAMS, Berard JACOBSON, Rolland J. VALESH, Frank J. ZARZYCKI, Robert V. DuBOIS, Herbert L. KISLING, Theodore J. ARSENAU, Frank F. MOEHRKE, Felix A. SOBOTKA, Hiram H. SCHOFIELD.

FOURTH ROW: Ralph SITAR, Walter SZMRAJ, Theodore L. MELLEN, Allen F. SPAULDING, Rogert W. FREDERICKS, Leonard L. WOLD, Edward WIITANEN, Arnt FOLSTAD, LaClare SLOAN, Peter P. LECICJEWSKI, Edward A. BEDNARICK, Lawrence W. McDONALD, Arthur W. KIVI, Andrew T. MOTIL, Jr.

OFFICERS

Capt. Ralph O. GILBERTSON, FA-Res. - Commanding Officer
First Lt. Harry A. TRELEVEN, CW-Res. - Executive Officer
First Lt. Norman L. BAKER, Med-Res. - Camp Surgeon
Burl E. BANKS - Educational Adviser

TECHNICAL PERSONNEL

F. K. GREEN - Project Superintendent
W. W. BARTON, Arthur MOORE, Richard COSHWAY, Gordon B. SORENSON, George MITCHELL, Glenn JAMISON, Grant MILLER

MEMBERS

Reading from left to right:

FIRST ROW: Myron C. ANDERSON, Benjamin A. SMITH, Stanley BRANDIS, Norman R. DILLEY, Howard E. MILLER, Robert H. CHWALA, charles KODITEK, Emmer P. McQUILLAN, Frederick M. SEMMELHACK, Lawrence J. LaMOUNTAIN, John L. GUTHERIDGE, Edward W. HOOTEN.

SECOND ROW: Michael E. GEIST, Russell H. KOHL, Steve MUTH, Robert A. QUIMBY, Lloyd C. HAUSE, John R. O'DONNEL, Raymond G. CLEMMENS, John CELMER, Elmer B. JORGENSON, Conrad JOHNSON, Leslie T. Van DOMELEN, James W. HANLEY, Paul M. GIBSON, Arnold FOLLIEN, Lawrence A. GILBERTS, Harold M. ELIASON.

THIRD ROW: Richard E. PAULSON, Leon A. JARVIS, Carroll E. LARSON, William M. ARMBRUSTER, Dawson L. LOWE, Orval D. WALHOVD, Fred FLUKE, William T. MATYAS, Roy M. SMITH, Rank V. SONCZALLA, Frank S. BOLKA, Robert J. HURLBUT, George KADLECEK, Andrew J. VACHO, Lewis FORIS.

FOURTH ROW: Paul FINK, Donald F. ROACH, tony J. JELLICH, Raymond J. VLASNIK, Forrest L. BUCKMASTER, Clareance F. BATHKE, Emil S. MAINGUTH, Lester H. GUTHERIDGE, Robert C. WHITE, Melvin L. JOHNSON, Emil W. HAVIAR, Austin C. HAMLAND, Wilbert D. LUND, Tom REGORRAH, Edward G. BALTRUS, Roy G. MILLER.

MEMBERS NOT IN PICTURE

Frank MOCZARNEY, Karl WOLFE, Raymond A. BLOCKOWITZ, Edward P. SCHNEEBERGER, Beryl H. BROWNING, George BALTRUS.

HISTORY

Company 2622 CCC was organized on July 21, 1934, at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. On September 8, 1934, orders were received for an advance detail to proceed to the camp site at Delta, Wisconsin, and there prepare the camp for the balance of the Company. This detail was under the command of Capt. Eldon C. Grafton, Eng. Res., with Second Lieut. Gilbert M. Schucht, Q.M. Res., as Junior Officer. The balance of the Company arrived on September 13, 1934. Clearance of the camp site and the contruction of buildings was begun immediately and by the middle of November all men were housed in permanent buildings.

On January 13, 1935, Second Lieut. Raymond B. Steiner, Cav. Res., assumed the duties of Junior Officer.

July 1, 1935, found the Company being split, with Captain Grafton commanding the group that was being sent to Twin Lakes. Lieut. (jg) John S. Kapuscinski, D-V (G) USNR assumed the command of Company 2622 with Lieut. Steiner remaining as Junior Officer.

Command of the Company was taken over by Capt. Ralph O. Gilbertson, F.A. Res., on January 20, 1937.

On May 25, 1937, Lieut. Steiner received orders for his transfer to Camp Loretta and so completed twenty-seven and one-half months continuous service in this camp.

Camp Delta is located in the Chequamegon National Forest and its major work has been in the improvement of the recreational facilities of the area. The projects have included the improvement of the present timber stand; the suppression and control of fire; and projects of the recreational nature, which includes lake and stream improvement and survey, stocking streams and lakes with fish, building dams, control of insects and rodents, preservation of wild life and the building of camp sites for those who wish to use the forest for outings.

Among the noteworthy events happening during the time Camp Delta has been established have been the making of honor awards of medals to members of the Company as symbol of their loyalty, character and service to the camp. These members have been commended for their excellent work: Senior Leader John F. Selman, Leader Gordon B. Sorenson, Assistant Leader Harley S. Samuelson and Enrollee Frank Moczarney.

On January 18, 1937, twenty-one members of Company 2622 were placed on detached service with various companies in the Sparta CCC District to serve in the flood area. These men returned to the Company on February 18, 1937.

During the summer of 1935 the men in camp constructed a 110-foot fire tower. This tower is now in use as one of the major fire protection units in this area.

Enrollees of this camp cooperated with the Rangers in the Mocqua District during the winter of 1936 in the construction of a model camp and buildings and equipment used in their daily work. This model camp is to be used for display purposes to give those who are unable to visit CCC camps and Forest Service projects a chance to see what the physical set-up of an organization such as this is like.