History of 601st
Civilian Conservation Corps Company
From Sparta
Civilian Conservation Corps District, Sixth Corps Area, 1937 Annual
History:
Company
601, the pioneer company of the Sixth Corps Area, was organized at
Captain
Goldman was the first Company Commander, and remained with the company for
approximately eight months. The work program at this time was under the
supervision of the State Conservation Department, and consisted wholly of gully
erosion control, by the construction of permanent structures.
In
November, 1933, Lieutenant Moore took command, and the company moved to
Lake
in the spring of 1934, another camp was established in the present area, being
located about three miles southwest of West Salem on the then existing U.S.
Highway No. 16 and about three miles southwest of the present camp location.
The Commanding Officer at this time was Lieutenant Bruce, who was later
succeeded by Lieutenant (now Captain( Hofto. The work program was again under the supervision of
the State Conservation Department, and the major portion of the work program
again emphasized gully control, but improved agricultural practices were
encouraged to some degree. Woodland improvement work also was introduced during
this period.
In
October, 1934, the company moved back to
While
at this location, Company 601 became the Fourth Sub-District Headquarters.
Major McMorris was the first Commander of this
Sub-District and was succeeded by Major Bowman who continued in this capacity
until the Sub-District Headquarters was moved to
A
permanent camp was built two miles west of
Since
the work program of this company has come under the supervision of the Soil
Conservation Service, agreements have been made with forty-three cooperators
for complete erosion control work to include in the work program conservation
surveys, forestry, wild-life conservation, sheet erosion control, agricultural
line and limestone, gully control and stream bank control. A new project
recently undertaken by this company is the beautification of the new U.S.
Highway No. 16 which passes directly by the camp.
Capt.
C.D. Keith, the newly appointed Inspector of the Fourth Inspection Area, has
established his headquarters at Camp West Salem.
Company
601 is now under the command of Lieut. Clinton H. Sigel, USNR, and he has as
his staff, Lieut. Harold G. Van Schaick, Junior
Officer; Lieut. James C. Fox,
The
present
Members
of Company 601 are proud of its accomplishment. Under a
competent Army personnel, it has maintained its high standards for efficiency
and constant improvement, and its educational program has received outstanding
ratings from the Corps Area Headquarters. The work projects have been carried
on efficiently, and over 200 days have passed since a lost-time accident.
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