Word: drilled
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...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...
With first call for spring drill set to blow April 5, the Military Science Department yesterday announced the appointment of James H. Reynolds, Jr. '43 as Cadet Colonel of the Harvard Regiment...
Reduced from four battalions to two as a result of the draft and graduation of former Mil Sci 4 students, the Regiment will continue activities in much the same form as last fall, with drill on one of two days a week for all men. Major change is the fusing of Mil Sci 4 and 4x (Class of '44), with the top posts in the unit going to the best men in either class...