Word: guns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spent the day near Fresh Pond, engaged in the outlining and construction of trenches. The Frenchmen have laid out a system of defences which include first and second line trenches, communication trenches and boyeaux, with bombproofs and dug-outs at intervals along the line. The plans also include machine gun positions and bombing posts. Two companies each day will devote their entire time to the study of these positions and the construction of a portion of the trenches, under the guidance and constant instruction of the officers...
Following up the discussion of the front line trenches, the communication and second and support lines were described, and the necessity for their strong fortification emphasized. Plans of a typical section of front were shown, and the various salients, machine gun and automatic rifle positions, and the relative position of the three lines of trenches with their necessary defences were described in detail...
...Weld, J. L. Co. M Co. B Williams, E. F. Co. M Co. B Shaughnessy, C. S. Co. L Co. B Watkins, O. M. Co. L Co. B Axe, E. W. Co. I Co. B Rogers, J. T. Co. I Co. B Austin, J. W. Mach. Gun...
...NAME FROM TOAbernethy, T. J. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CBelknap, W. P. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CBrehaut, E. J. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CBurke, W. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CChenoweth, C. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CCurrier, P. H. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CDailey, J. H. F. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CDerry, C. M. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CFishback, F. C. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CFoster, D. G. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CHeard, M. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CJohnson, R. B. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CJones, P. D. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CLuttrop, K. E. Mach. Gun Co. Co. CMcClean...
...half hours per day will be devoted to military instruction. The schedule is most comprehensive and the training will be thorough in every re- spect. It will include besides instruction in the School of the Soldier, Squad, Company, Battalion and Regiment, the actual construction of trenches, bomb proofs, machine gun positions, etc., similar to those actually used by the French Army on the western front; and also gallery and target practice, bayonet fencing, field exercises, practice marches and manoeuvres. A large corps of topographical instructors have been added to the military department, and each cadet will be taught...