Word: guns
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...long been urged by the War Department in Washington. An opportunity open to college men for fitting themselves in an interesting as well as valuable branch of military service is now afforded by the ruling of the War Department allowing students to enlist in the newly established machine-gun corps. Whether or not the sentiment in this community is against the creation of a larger military reserve, this new branch of military service will interest a number of Harvard men. The meeting at the Cambridge Armory tomorrow evening promises to reveal some phases of military training worth knowing about...
Following the authorization by the United States War Department of the organization of a machine gun company in each regiment of the national guard, it is proposed to form this company of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry from undergraduates and graduate students of the University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The advantages afforded men by military training are unlimited, and to this training will be added practical and theoretical instruction in the use of the machine-gun...
...Franklin J. Burnham of the Regimental Commissary Department, will be aided by Lieutenant W. W. Austin in the command of the newly organized company, both men being commissioned offers in the U. S. Army, Lieutenant William Renwick, a graduate of the Law School, who presented the Benet-Mercier machine-gun to the State, and who has, in addition, given much of his time to the practical demonstration of this powerful offensive weapon, will teach the men the mechanical workings of the instrument...
...Freshman class has not shown sufficient interest in the Gun Club. More candidates must report at once if 1918 is to be represented by a team. Freshmen are eligible to compete for medals awarded on a handicap basis each week. A man fond of shooting in the field will find his score materially increased by practice at the traps...
...First practice for gun team on Soldiers Field...