Word: major
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...following letter has been received from Major B. T. Tilton '90, U. S. Medical Corps, now stationed at the front at Evacuation Hospital No. 10. During his college career Major Tilton rowed on the University crew, and also played on the University crew, and also played on the football team. In his Senior year he was elected captain of the crew, but later declined the position...
...Major Tilton lived in New York City until last April, when he went abroad with the Medical Corps. October...
...autumn of 1917 Major Heermance entered the second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Myer, Virginia, from which he was commissioned captain of infantry in November. His first assignment was as instructor at the third Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee, Virginia. At the close of this camp in May, 1918, he was transferred to the training detachment at the Georgia School of Technology at Atlanta, Georgia, as commanding officer of that unit. In October, when the S. A. T. C. was established there, he was made commandant of that organization in addition to other duties, and held that position until...
...Major Heermance was born in Rhinebeck, New York...
Conditions at Yale University, as everywhere else, have been completely altered by the war-time requirements. Here, as in almost every college in the United States, an S. A. T. C. and a Naval Unit have been established; the Yale S. A. T. C. is commanded by Major S. A. Welldon, F. A., U. S. A., and the Naval Unit is commanded by Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, U. S. N., retired. Of the 1600 students enrolled in the university, almost half are in the artillery school; a large per cent of the rest are in the Naval Unit...