Word: danford
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Princeton and Cornell have organized Field Artillery units. Brigadier-General Robert M. Danford adds: "During the coming week Colonel R. C. F. Goetz will go to Cambridge to organize a Harvard battery, . . . . It is hoped and expected that about twelve or fifteen of our largest universities will accept the invitation to undertake Field Artillery courses...
...General Danford speaks of a combined summer camp in which there may be a "spirit of healthy rivalry in developing esprit, skill, and efficiency," and anticipates keen competition among Harvard, Princeton, and Yale when firing records are being kept...
That there at present exists a decided collegiate reaction against all things military hardly touches on the case. General Danford himself admits it but advocates "a furlough for the rest of the year" and "a real start in the fall...
...plan has received the personal attention of General Danford, Field Artillery Chief, who has placed Colonel Beard in command. As in past years the Government provides uniforms, and all other equipment, together with free riding facilities for the men. Provision will be made for work this summer at one of the army firing centres, but summer work will not be compulsory this year...
Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Danford will be the commanding officer at Camp Jackson. The Colonel is the man to whose efforts the existence of the present high standing in the Yale unit is due, and will be one of the leading factors in the success of the Yale R. O. T. C. this summer...