Word: bayonets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...addition to the range practice at Camp Devens, instruction will be given in bayonet work by specially qualified instructors. Ample provision has also been made for recreation and amusement. Baseball diamonds and tennis courts are being put into shape, and teams will be organized from the various companies to compete in the different sports. Aquatic sports will also be held, as Hell Pond offers excellent bathing facilities...
...country from every able-bodied man without pay. Soldiers in the present national army of the United States receive one dollar a day as pay, in addition to being completely found by the government. Considering what the modern soldier has to do and bear in trench warfare, in bayonet and hand grenade assaults and in storming towns and cities from the air, the idea of a man's doing it for pay is absolutely revolting. No worthy soldier does it or would do it for pay. He does and endures the horrible things required of him from a sense...
There is an excelent sonnet "End", by Joseph Auslander '17; a short piece, "Billy Sunday in Boston," by S. F. Damon '14, which shows at least that Mr. Damon is a clever son of Gertrude Stein by Donald Evans; and a couple of sonnets on "Bayonet Drill" by Damon and Malcolm Cowley '19, which are interesting souvenirs...
...military authorities. The uniform is exactly the same as that worn by the regular S. A. T. C., except that the Junior Company wears the Harvard "Veritas" shield on the collar of the blouse. The work of the company is progressing rapidly, and the men are taking up bayonet-fighting with great interest and much enthusiasm. Through the courtesy of the Marine Section, the company has been able to borrow four U. S. army rifles, model 1917, and parry sticks for bayonet work are now on hand. As soon as a sufficient quantity of the Russian rifles arrive, the regular...
...University. The men have been given thorough training in the rudiments of military science, namely, close order drill, physical exercises, guard duty, and the elementary work in the Small Arms Firing Manual. Besides this they have also been instructed for a short period every morning in the new British bayonet-fighting system. A bayonet assault-course is in the process of construstion and parry-sticks have been ordered...