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...three weeks training under Lieutenant Colonel Azan and the other members of the French Military Mission at the University. The men were selected from the various training camps of the East, and consisted for the most part of first and second lieutenants, although the number included also six majors and 98 captains. Unfortunately, Captain Shannon was ordered to Washington before the men reported, but the administration of the battalion was carried on by Captain E. W. Hamlin, U. S. R., and later by Major W. F. Flynn, U. S. A., who was detailed to take Captain Shannon's place...
...battalion of three companies consisting of 180 men each, and were assigned to barracks in Smith and Standish Halls. The Smith Halls dining and common rooms were used for the battalion mess. Company commanders, platoon leaders and non-commissioned officers were picked from the captains and first lieutenants, and Major Carlos Ames, U. S. R., was appointed battalion commander. Captains Wellstood White, Joseph W. Clegg, and Charles E. Greenough were in command of Companies A, B, and C respectively...
Lieutenant Colonel Azan was in charge of the training. He was assisted by Major de Reviers; Captain Dupont, and Lieutenant Morize who had been connected with the University R. O. T. C., and also be Captain H. Amann, Captain Loriot, Lieutenant Jean Jegou and Lieutenant Rene Bose who were detailed to Cambridge by the French military authorities at Washington. Lieutenant Giradoux, one of the original six officers of the French Military Mission, returned to France in the middle of August after a sickness brought on by his several wounds...
...mornings and afternoon were devoted to the study of the Infantry Drill Regulations, the Field Service Regulations, the Small Arms Firing Manual, Bjornstad's "Minor Problems for Infantry," and map sketching. Lectures by the French officers continued; in addition Dr. E. A. Darling '90 lectures on first aid and Major Eugene Wambaugh '76 on military...
...great success of the R. O. T. C., no less credit is due to Captain James A. Shannon, who was in charge of the regiment for the greater part of the three months. Less known to the University at large, but hardly less deserving, was the part played by Major Theodore Lyman '93 in handling the finances of the Corps. Had it not been for his work at several critical periods in the earlier part of the year it is doubtful if the training could have been carried through the summer. In the end, however, the credit for the results...