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...Azan, Commandant of the French Military Mission at the University, has been promoted to the rank of Colonel by the French War Department. Although the promotion was made some time ago, Colonel Azan was not informed of this fact until just before the dinner given for Captain Cordier at the Harvard Club of Boston on last Wednesday evening...
...speech of Major Azan last evening was especially of interest at this time, when vague reports of disruption are being scattered. The assurance was given in that speech of the desire of the French mission to do its utmost in training American officers competent for the fierce efficiency of the fighting line. The assurance was given also that the mission feels especially eager to train those officers in so far as it may in the Harvard Corps...
...Major Azan, assisted by Professor Merriman, delivered the regular lecture to the Corps last night on the subject of the conduct of reliefs, a subject of much more importance and of greater difficulty than may be generally supposed. A badly conducted relief will endanger the lives not only of the men taking over the trench, but also of those leaving its this would, moreover, happen at a calamitous time. The method of the advance of the relief party to the 'trenches to be relieved, the necessary inter-communication between the new and old occupants of the position, and the principles...
Following up the practical instruction in trench construction which has been given at Fresh Pond by the French officers during the week, Major Azan, assisted by Professor Merriman, lectured to the Corps last night on "Practical Application of the Principles of Trench Construction." The general theory of support and communication trenches was taken up, and certain problems of construction were dealt with in detail...
...evening Major Azan, of the French Mission, assisted by Professor Merriman, delivered a lecture on the parts played by the various arms of the service and the importance of co-operation between the different branches. Infantry, artillery, engineering, cavalry, and the aviation corps were treated successively, emphasis being laid on the first two as being the most fundamental departments of the service. The part which each division fills in the entire system, and the manner in which they work together, were carefully explained. Until further notice lectures by the French officers will be given on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday...