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...work of the Signal Reserve Corps at the University will commence Monday when a meeting for all men interested in this branch of the service will be held in the Cruft Laboratory at 7.30 o'clock. Captain C. E. Russell of the United States Signal Corps, who has been detailed by the Eastern Department to recruit a reserve battalion of the Signal Corps, will speak and explain in full the plans made for the corps at the University. It is planned to have one course of classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights, especially for members of the University...
...training course in radio-telegraphy and other forms of signalling for men enrolled in the Naval Reserve opened at the Cruft Laboratory on Monday, April 16. The course is under the direction of officials of the navy and is conducted according to the naval regulations. A detachment of the Naval Reserve of about 50 men has been assigned to this station by the Boston District Communication Superintendent of the navy. Another detachment of about the same number of men will report for training soon...
...Kent, chief electrician, who is in charge of the training course at the Cruft Laboratory, has made the following statement in regard to it to a CRIMSON reporter...
...Thursday, April 12, the Harvard University authorities offered the Cruft High-Tension Laboratory for the use of the Navy Department in training the radio branch of the Coast Defence, class four, Naval Reserve Force. On the following day, Lieutenant Gawler, U. S. N. R. F., Gunner Dame, U. S. N., and I made an inspection of the premises with Professor G. W. Pierce '99 and found great opportunities here for this work. On the next Monday the class was started...
...enthusiastic meeting held last night in the Cruft Laboratory for men interested in signal corps work, Captain C. E. Russell, of the United States Signal Corps, emphasized the vital need for college men in this branch of the service. He spoke of the nature of the signal corps work and explained the details of the reserve battalion that he is now forming. Twenty-two members of the University enlisted last night, and with this number Captain Russell will form a nucleus for a signal corps class here. He will also detail an army officer to carry on the work. Professor...