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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...wish to express my appreciation of the fine showing made by each of the three battalions in their inspections this week, not only in their neat, trim appearance, but also in the certainty and precision with which the men executed all their movements," said Major Flynn, after the inspection of the Second and Third Battalions yesterday. "Some of the military authorities at the University feared, after such a long period without practical drill, the Corps would be unable to make a creditable showing. I, however, held no such fear concerning the regiment, and was greatly pleased to see that...
Contrary to his expectations, Captain A. McC. McDonell, C. A. C., the Government's official inspecting officer for the University Corps, did not return to Cambridge yesterday for the review of the Second and Third Battalions. In his absence the inspection was conducted by Major Flynn, assisted by the battalion commanders; and the two organizations were afterwards reviewed separately by their commanding officers. In spite of the slippery condition of the turf, the companies held their lines remarkably straight while passing in review...
...completed pamphlets on Company Paper Work must be turned in as early as practicable, so that the grades may be given and reported to the College. WILLIAM F. FLYNN, Major, U. S. A., Commandant. March...
...first advice received by the University military authorities as to the proximity of the inspection came in the form of a telegram to Major Flynn ear- ly yesterday morning, when Captain McDonell wired that he would arrive on Monday, March 25, to inspect the records of the Corps; the men and the equipment. This accounts for the sudden announcement of the inspection by the Headquarters Office yesterday in order to allow the men of the First Battalion an opportunity to prepare their uniforms and other articles of equipment for the ceremony this afternoon...
Those who joined in making the gift are Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, who gave Soldiers Field to the University; President Lowell, Andrew Carnegie, Eben S. Draper, James J. Storrow '85, George P. Gardner '77, Charles A. Stone A. M. '14, Edwin S. Webster, Mrs. Thomas B. Gannett, A. H. Bristow Draper, Francis L. Higginson '00, and the estates of Nathaniel Thayer '71 and James Stillman...