Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crimson practice yesterday was a replica of Thursday's work, with starts, live tackling, signal drill, and dummy scrimmaging. The kickers and backfield men reported early for the first time and went through a stiff kicking and receiving practice. A meeting of the coaches took place last night after the practice and another cut in the squad will be announced either today or Monday...
...remark of a thinking officer points out a condition, often overlooked by the editor of the local journal enthusiastic over the "native sons training at Camp X--". The C. M. T. C. training, valuable in itself, can only hope to develop men well versed in the fundamentals of elementary drill and physical development,--in a month nothing more is possible. Congressmen, who, having voted for a diminutive army, attempt to defend their action by pointing to the C. M. T. C. students as "our able defenders of the future," are not only deceiving their constituents, but themselves. In these days...
...first detachment of students arrived at Edgewood on June 18 but for the first few days the work was confined to elementary gun drill and conditioning exercises. By June 25 the rolls were nearly complete and the men were permanently organized into batteries and more intensive and practical work was begun...
...morning drill period was largely taken up in actual firing conducted by advanced students, while the afternoon periods were devoted mainly to battery drill, mounted, reconaissance and pistol practice. The period from 3.30 to 5.30 was set aside for athletic contests and regular interbattery contests were scheduled in baseball, tennis, golf, boxing, and wrestling...
...work this summer will probably follow very closely the curriculum which was used last year. In the first week the students will probably be sent through dismounted drill, consisting of the fundamentals of infantry exercises, and will also take up equitation and pistol practice. In addition there will be elementary drill in both the principles and practice of gunnery...