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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Drill, October 15, 16.--Manual of Arms, I. D. R., Sections 74-100, excepting...
targets. An elaborate course in bayonet work was also inaugurated as the officers had received little or no instruction in the manual now in general use on the Western Front. A system of trenches patterned after those at Fresh Pond was outlined and trench duties including the mechanism of relief's were explained fully. Much time was present, too, in the organization of French platoons and in drilling them in the various formations used in the regimental exercises at Barre...
...open to all members of every department of the University who are reasonably physically fit. It will consist of three parts, namely, sections, lectures, and drill. There will be one section meeting a week in which the Infantry Drill Regulations, and later the Field service Regulations, Small Arms Firing Manual, etc., will be studied. This section meeting will be arranged at times most consistent with the other work of students, as is done in other college courses. There will be two lectures a week on a large variety of subjects, the lectures coming early enough in the evening...
...time was taken up with maneuvers on Soldiers Field, military map sketching, trench construction at Fresh Pond, and combat exercises at Waverly and elsewhere. Section meetings in the 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...
...blankets, or 2 blankets and 1 comforter; 1 undershirt; 2 prs. socks; 1 shaving outfit; 1 face towel; 1 bath towel; 1 Small Arms Firing Manual; 1 Manual of Interior Guard Duty; 1 tooth brush; 1 cake soap; 1 comb; 1 pr. shoe laces (extra) 1 pr. shoes; 1 rain coat (optional). No other articles will be taken. These articles will be securery tied by each man in as compact a bundle as possible, and each man will attach to his-bundle a linen tag giving name and company. The bundles will be placed on the ground under the supervision...