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Under the new regime, instituted at the beginning of the first, spring term of the school, the men will receive all their academic instruction in the morning, leaving the afternoon clear for drill calisthenics, road marches, and field work in map reading and similar courses. Instruction for the morning hours will be concentrated in Semitic Museum and Sanders Theatre...
Before the shiftover, the daily schedule consisted of a 5:30 calisthenics drill, followed by breakfast and chapel at 8:00, with classes beginning at 8:20. After lunch, classes again began at 1:00 with 5:30 ending this type of instruction. The latter part of the day, beginning at 5:30 will be continued as usual, with lights still going...
...boredom and browning off and endless practice in weapons, drill and maneuver that we have endured, something worth-while is rising in England. A Great Army is here too, terrible in power, destined to fame unequaled in all the splendid story of our country. On a day before long there is going forth from this island the finest body of troops our nation ever raised . . . soon the trumpets will be sounding the advance. Afterwards must follow the mournful rolling of the muffled drum...
...Drill formation were often irksome--but General Quarters Drill will also require physical exertion and military precision. There weren't very many free evening--but we did manage to make a few liberties, and in Boston at least, the beet is cold and the files don't bite...
...George Finch starts out with a 34 year old chassis and a 106 aptitude rating and finds the Army rough sledding for the first weeks. He finally gets into the swing, imagines he is knifing the cook, the sergeant, and the company clerk during a bayonet drill and ends up cursing the three-striper himself and getting away with...