Word: french
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...officers were formed into a French battalion of three companies consisting of 180 men each, and were assigned to barracks in Smith and Standish Halls. The Smith Halls dining and common rooms were used for the battalion mess. Company commanders, platoon leaders and non-commissioned officers were picked from the captains and first lieutenants, and Major Carlos Ames, U. S. R., was appointed battalion commander. Captains Wellstood White, Joseph W. Clegg, and Charles E. Greenough were in command of Companies A, B, and C respectively...
...charge of the training. He was assisted by Major de Reviers; Captain Dupont, and Lieutenant Morize who had been connected with the University R. O. T. C., and also be Captain H. Amann, Captain Loriot, Lieutenant Jean Jegou and Lieutenant Rene Bose who were detailed to Cambridge by the French military authorities at Washington. Lieutenant Giradoux, one of the original six officers of the French Military Mission, returned to France in the middle of August after a sickness brought on by his several wounds...
...first week was devoted principally to the mechanism of the French platoon in attack and the study of the various formations. The system of trenches at Fresh Pound was explained to the men, and the natural disposition of the forces therein was pointed out. During the second week relief problems in the trenches were executed; the study of attacking formations continued in the trenches were executed; the study of attacking formation continued in the more varied terrain around Fresh Pond and work at Waverly in the positions made by the R. O. T. C. began. These exercises became more numerous...
...Friday evening, September 7, the Battalion gave a large dinner to the French Officers at the City Club, on which occasion the large banquet hall, appropriately decorated, held over 500 diners. In addition to the Frenchmen President Lowell, Major Flynn, Captain Hamlin, Professor R. B. Merriman, Mr. Frederic Schenck and Mr. Robert D. Faller were guests of honor. Speeches and singing contributed to make a very enjoyable evening...
Eight officers of the University R. O. T. C. received appointments as assistant instructors to the Iron Battalion from Colonel Azan, and worked with the French Officers through the four weeks. The detail consisted of Captain Cases Canfield '19, Captain L. A. Wheeler '18, Captain G. A. Brownell '19, Lieutenant H. Whitney '20, Lieutenant C. J. Romieux '19, Lieutenant E. R. Gay '19, Lieutenant J. F. Balackman, and Lieutenant E. Mellen. Mr. R. D. Fuller, connected with the tactical staff of the University Corps, conducted a large part of the office work of the battalion administration...