Word: butting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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At the close of the S. A. T. C. Camp held at Plattsburg from July 18 to September 16, 59 University men were commissioned as second lieutenants. The majority received commissions in infantry, but a certain percentage secured appointments as field artillery officers. These latter will attend a two months...
The Plattsburg S. A. T. C. Camp was at first conducted with no idea of training directly for commissions, but was instituted for the purpose of furnishing non-commissioned instructors for college S. A. T. C.'s. Of the 3,000 odd who attended the camp, however, 1,500 were...
Athletics will unquestionably be a part of the S. A. T. C. program but just what form they will take is still in doubt. Inter-company teams in football, hockey and possibly rowing will probably be organized as the army has found they promote company spirit.
Lectures and recitations in all subjects will start tomorrow and Thursday. The Navy Department has approved a course of instruction which will require three years, but it may and probably will, withdraw men from the unit much earlier as the needs of the service require.
A man on being voluntarily inducted into the Naval Unit automatically becomes a seaman in the United States Navy and will be housed, fed and instructed at the expense of the Government. The term of enlistment is four years, but if peace is declared before the expiration of that time...