Word: guns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Meeting of Machine Gun Company in Cambridge Armory...
...third meeting of the Machine Gun Company, 8th Infantry, will be held at the Cambridge Armory this evening at 8 o'clock. Officers of the company will speak and the first instructions will be given out. All men in the University who are interested may attend and those men who have signified their intention of joining should make a point of being present...
...GUN CLUB...
...aroused much local interest. With the same earnestness that the CRIMSON several days ago suggested this open meeting, it now advocates an enthusiastic participation by Harvard men. Intemperate harangue and "yellow" sensationalism will, of course, be out of order, but a scholarly debate among the men for whom machine gun companies and summer military camps are organized should be timely and beneficial...
This movement to form a machine gun company has had remarkable success. At the first meeting over 60 men reported, many of whom have signified their intention of joining. The War Department originally intended to have the companies the same size as a platoon--25 men--but has since decided to make them separate and of the strength of infantry companies. This order will probably go into effect shortly. The Governor of Massachusetts and other state officials have taken considerable interest in the project and special privileges have been granted...