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...think that a certain number of people were surprised to see, yesterday, in the CRIMSON, on the same page, two articles about the R. O. T. C., one of them entitled "Regiment successful in exercises: work pleased Morize"--and the other: "Col. Applin criticizes discipline in the Corps." That impression must have been still stronger for the readers of the Boston papers, which reproduced those two articles in the same column, incompletely, and without any comment...
Thursday afternoon, we had a combat exercise at Fresh Pond. This exercise, in extended order, was worked out on a large field. The maneuver consisted in the carrying out of rather complicated orders. Colonel Applin did not attend that exercise: his remarks, therefore, cannot apply to it. President Lowell, the Board of Overseers, and several officers of the U. S. Army and Navy observed all the phases of the maneuver. They were impressed, as I was myself, by the precision and regularity of all the movements and deployments, by the flexibility of the formations. The exercise gave me entire satisfaction...
...will have as assistants the instructors of all branches of the service now working at Devens. As an added asset, the Military Office has asked for five West Point cadets to aid in the training and to teach the U. S. Army discipline as described by Colonel Applin...
...away with it, anyway." This time, however, we were caught red-handed. We have no excuse, we are inwardly glad. The cat is out of the bag and we have something to work for: our pride demands that we redeem ourselves not only in the eyes of Colonel Applin, but in our own. Today's exercise was the best example of unmilitary drill the Regiment has ever given, and at the supper tables the blame for the many confusions was passed from man to man; the captains told their companies that they did not do well and then, the unpleasant...
...have learned our lesson and it is bound to be with us forever: the day of indifference is over, at least as far as drill is concerned. Colonel Applin has done more for the R. O. T. C. than any other lecturer we can remember hearing; in return we hope that in a week or so he will honor us with another inspection to see a real, live Regiment showing the effects of his words...