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...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...
Information has just been received that Colonel Constant Cordier, first commandant of the University's R. O. T. C. Unit, has been decorated by the Belgian government. Colonel Cordier, who is on the general staff, has been given the Order of the Crown of Belgium...
...great value to the University. The few men who have come in touch with Colonel Goetz are already eagerly awaiting the time next fall when they shall be under the leadership of a man who appears to be of the same high calibre as Colonel Shannon and Colonel Cordier; but many others, it cannot be too strongly urged should sign up for the courses next fall if the military program is to be the success that the War Department desires...
Colonel Constant Cordier, commander of the University R. O. T. C. in the spring of 1917, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the United States Government, and the Decoration of the Legion of Honor by the Government of France. General Collardet, French Military Attache presented the latter Decoration, and Secretary Baker awarded the Distinguished Service Medal with the following citation: "While on duty as liaison officer between the War Department and the foreign military missions, he displayed the greatest discretion and ability and contributed materially to the successful conduct of military-diplomatic relations between the War Department...