Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...system of rotation among the non-commissioned officers has been established, and a complete change will probably be made every three weeks. This system is exceptionally beneficial in that it will give each man in the company a chance to exercise command...
Major Radcliffe Heermance, U. S. A., has assumed command of the Harvard S. A. T. C. unit relieving Colonel Williams, who at his own request has been transferred to more active service. Major Heermance was graduated from Williams College in 1904, and received the degree there in 1906, and later at Harvard in 1908, and Princeton in 1909. For the past ten years he has been a member of the faculty at the latter University, instructing in English and in Military Science and Tactics. After the establishment of the R. O. T. C. at Princeton he was an instructor...
...organization of the Naval Unit has been slightly changed since the beginning of the term. A. P. Becker, Chief Boatswain's Mate, has been appointed Regimental Commander; A. K. N. Jenson, Chief Quartermaster's Mate, has been put in command of the first plantoon; D. C. Clark, Chief Quartermaster's Mate in command of the second platoon; V. H. Ehler, Chief Quartermaster's Mate, is in command of the third platoon; J. Pokorny, Chief Gunner's Mate, is appointed commander of the fourth platoon...
...junior company of the S. A. T. C. has been organized for four weeks, and is under the command of Lieutenant J. E. Daniel, U. S. A. Uniforms and rifles were distributed the first week after organization, the company in this respect preceding the senior corps. The uniforms used by the R. O. T. C. last year were the ones issued, and were of course without charge to the men receiving them. Shoes, gloves, and overcoats, however, are bought by each member. The style of overcoat has not yet been decided upon. Hat cords, the same red, white, and blue...
Second Lieutenant J. E. Daniel, U. S. A. infantry, took command of the Junior Company of the S. A. T. C. last Wednesday. He relieves Captain W. R. Rand, M. S. G., who had charge of the preliminary organization of the company, and who requested that a new commander be appointed...