Word: freshness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Friday afternoon, there will be an exercise at Fresh Pond under the direction of Lieutenant Morize, in which only cadets taking Military Science 2 will take part. It is expected that when Mr. Baker comes here, he will not only review the Corps in a formal parade, but will witness a maneuver at Fresh Pond similar to those held last year by the 1917 Corps...
targets. An elaborate course in bayonet work was also inaugurated as the officers had received little or no instruction in the manual now in general use on the Western Front. A system of trenches patterned after those at Fresh Pond was outlined and trench duties including the mechanism of relief's were explained fully. Much time was present, too, in the organization of French platoons and in drilling them in the various formations used in the regimental exercises at Barre...
...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...
...Bowen and also the regular non-commissioned officers were at this time ordered away from Cambridge by the War Department, but the French officers and Captain Shannon remained. During the month in barracks the time was taken up with maneuvers on Soldiers Field, military map sketching, trench construction at Fresh Pond, and combat exercises at Waverly and elsewhere. Section meetings in the mornings and afternoon were devoted to the study of the Infantry Drill Regulations, the Field Service Regulations, the Small Arms Firing Manual, Bjornstad's "Minor Problems for Infantry," and map sketching. Lectures by the French officers continued...
...quantity of barbed-wire for use in the construction of entanglements at the Fresh Pond trenches has been received, and will be put in position by the first two battalions next week. The schedule of training for all three battalions is printed elsewhere in today's CRIMSON...