Word: drilled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Yesterday's football practice, though it was a very long workout, was not particularly hard. Team A had a light scrimmage when it was lined up against the second team for about ten minutes, and was then given a long signal drill, when team B was put in its place. During team A's scrimmage one touchdown was scored, E. L. Casey '19 carrying the ball over the goal line for the regulars early in the practice. The second team was able to prevent a score by team B, and succeeded in making a touchdown on a forward pass...
PRINCETION, N. J., Nov 6, 1916,--The Princeton regulars were given a rest in today's practice but the substitutes were worked until dark. The practice consisted principally of a long signal drill. Plays to be used against Yale and Harvard were rehearsed, and many of these new formations were of a spectacular nature, and are expected to surprise even Princeton followers when tried on Saturday...
...present the total reaches slightly over 450. If the 500 mark is reached the United States government will send two non-commissioned officers to the university to assist the major now in charge in forming a battalion. The course as outlined, will begin about the middle of November. The drills will be held outside whenever the weather permits. During inclement and cold weather the nearly armory will be used. The first two years of the course will be given towards the work required for reserve officers. The course requires for reserve officers. The course requires two hours a week...
Captain Bjornstad is an expert on infantry conditions and it was his study and knowledge of the methods used by the Boers that caused the revision of the United States infantry drill regulations a few years...
...should know it is properly executed, and should be able to show his men how it should be executed; he can only do this after being properly instructed himself. Therefore I say that a good part of the allotted time should be devoted to practical instruction. I mean drill. All-other reason and a vital one is, that an officer should be capable of estimating intelligently the physical capabilities of his men. If he has stood in the ranks himself at a constrained position until nearly overcome, he will remember it when instructing, others; if he has ever been required...