Word: cordier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...early months of 1917 were occupied with a series of heated drives among the student body to fill the quota of men in ROTC demanded by the War Department. Under the direction of Captain Cordier, the new regiment had barely begun its intensified training when the war with Germany broke...
...Harvard regiment, open to any student, was formed to 1916 under the direction of Captain Constant Cordier, U. S. A., who was detailed to Cambridge at the urgent request of President Abbot Lawrence Lowell. He supervised the first R. O. T. C. courses given here, but most of the actual instruction was by regular Harvard professors, such as Professor Julian Lowell Cooldige '95, who retired a year ago as Master of Lowell House. These professors had received training during the previous summer at Plattsburg, and were considered qualified to give military instruction...
Back in 1916, Captain Constant Cordier, U. S. A., was detailed to Cambridge at the urgent request of President Lowell, and he supervised the first R. O. T. C. courses given here. Most of the actual instruction was by regular Harvard Faculty members, such as Professor Julian L. Coolidge '95, who last year retired as Master of Lowell House. These professors had received training during the previous summer at Platisburg, and were considered qualified to give military instruction...