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From the start, Private Hargrove (a former reporter on the Charlotte News) was something of a dud when it came to neatness, drill, getting up on time. He spent most of his early days on K.P. and ether punitive details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: This Is the Army | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

...Auxiliary Unit was fortunate last week in obtaining permission to use the Cambridge Fire Department's drill tower on Portland Street for one of its drills...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRE COMPANY ALWAYS ALERT | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

...present the apse of the Germanic Museum on Kirkland Street is being considered for the Catholics, while the Memorial Chapel will probably be used by the Protestants. In wet weather Memorial Hall will be utilized as a drill hall for the entire unit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Sends Second Class | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

...regular members of the Harvard Company are drilled once a month with other units of the Cambridge Auxiliary Police on the lawns around Memorial Hall or inside the Hall when the weather is bad. The new recruits have been drilled once a week for about a month and will all receive their arm bands as regular members after next week's drill. The Auxiliary Police are always on call. Forty-four out of the 48 appeared for the practice air raid that was held a short while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Auxiliary Police Force - 80 Strong, Protects College During Air Raids | 7/31/1942 | See Source »

...their drills, which are usually held in the evenings, the Auxiliary Police are trained in marching rife formations, the technique of making an arrest, and elementary first aid. Military drill instills the sense of cohesion in the unit and gives the police the same advantage in riots that a regiment of regulars has against untrained men in warfare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Auxiliary Police Force - 80 Strong, Protects College During Air Raids | 7/31/1942 | See Source »

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