Word: camp
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recreational end of camp was well taken care of by Major T. I. I. Christian of Cornell, who arranged a comprehensive program of entertainment which included moving pictures, boxing and wrestling matches, and weekly dances...
...University detachment was assigned to "C" Battery, under the command of Major E. C. Hanford of Ohio State University, together with the Units from Virginia Military Institute, Ames College, Iowa, and Culver. Upon reporting at camp the men were issued complete equipment and assigned to quarters by sections. A battery organization was soon arranged and on the Monday following the students' arrival drill began...
...lasted only two hours and a half in only two hours and a half in order to allow time for athletics. At the end of the season, all-regimental teams were made up in base-ball, track, and tennis to play teams representing the Infantry R. O. T. C. Camp whose area was about a mile away. R. L. Conrod '21 was the only University man to qualify for one of the teams. He, however, won the camp pole-vault championship in the inter-battery track meet...
...conducted the problems. The first problems were simple and designed to bring out the fundamental principles of artillery work, but as time went on, the range practice became more difficult and complicated, ending with a barrage, in which 48 guns (two regiments) participated. Brigadier General Lassiter, commander of Camp Knox, stated that this barrage was as accurately fired as many he had seen in the past...
...through the last four weeks of the course. The horses and equipment of the 81st Field Artillery were used in this work, and, although the mounts were not as good as those belonging to the University Unity, they served the purpose of instruction. During the last week of the camp, a two-day mounted hike was taken by each of the two battalions...