Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...squads of the Harvard Rifles will drill together today and the company and platoon movements will be tried with the full quota of men. The hall in which the Rifles are now drilling is too small for the evolutions to be carried out very conveniently, and Lieutenant Robinson intends in a very few days, if the good weather continues, to get the men into the open air. They will probably drill on either Soldiers' Field or Longfellow Park on Brattle street. The outlook for the company is on the whole very promising. Much improvement is necessary however as there...
...competitive drill between Harvard and Technology will be held Saturday, May 11, instead...
...meeting held last Saturday, the officers of the Technology battalion, finding that Mechanics Hall will be occupied upon May 15, voted to hold the competitive drill with Harvard in the South Armory, where they are at present practising...
...drill yesterday each member of the Rifles was provided with a list of "Exercises for Competitive Drill," which will prove of much value in private practice...
...candidates yesterday went through the regular daily drill. Captain Whittemore watched the men for a few moments, then coached the freshmen for the rest of the afternoon, leaving the 'varsity squad in the hands of J. J. Hayes, Jr., '96. Today the number of candidates will be reduced and on Monday, if the weather is suitable the squad will practice out of doors...