Word: guns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...pieces will, be necessarily greasy, and all men are expected to bring rags with which to clean them. Arrangements have been made so that cadets may take their rifles to their rooms, but it will be possible for men living out of town to leave them in the gun-racks in Smith Hall...
...announced in yesterday's CRIMSON, rifles will be given out Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week. The supply department has been able to secure gun slings and sight covers which will be given out at the same time. The Military authorities have decided to allow members of the University to keep their rifles in their own rooms. A suitable arrangement for men living at home and others to keep rifles at the armory will be made...
Military drill is in general hard, unpleasant work. To carry a gun on the shoulder is not an exhilarating task. There is none of the glory of the gridiron. Yet even such labor becomes enjoyable when troops are well led,--when they have an inspiration. Lieutenant Morize was our ideal last year; we are confident that during this year he will once more lead us to battle on the marshes of Waverly and through the clay of Belmont...
Perhaps the most interesting feature of the recent British offensive near Ypres has been the defensive power of machine guns. Reports tell of a generally steady progress, but held up at times by concrete "nests" of automatic rifles. A number of such guns, echeloned in depth, form an essential part of the defense. If, then, such pits can be made strong enough to resist all but the heaviest shells, and can be well camoufied, the resisting power would be very formidable. That the Germans have not made them powerful enough to hold back the English is evident, but they...
...regiment in hand and began the instruction in French open order formations and tactics of defense and attack. There was begun the valuable series of lectures which extended through the course, treating in turn such various important phases of modern warfare as the grenade, the automatic rifle, the machine gun, field fortifications, trench routine, principles of infantry in modern combat, and the role of the high command...