Word: missions
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Bayonet combat. 10.45-11.45, Platoon drill, close and extended order. 1.30-2.30, Minor tactics, Bjornstad, pp. 76-88. 2.45-3.15, Signalling, wig-wag code. 8.15-4.15, Squad drill, close and extended order. 4.15-5.30, Company drill, close and extended order. 7.45, Lecture by an Officer of the French Mission...
Friday: 8-9 (section rooms) I. D. R., pp. 148-158. 9.15-5.30, Practical work; field fortification under Officers of the French Mission. 7.45, Lecture by an Officer of the French Mission...
Monday: 8-9 (section rooms) Infantry Drill Regulations, revise to pp. 122. 9.15-5.30, Practical work, military topography. 7.45, Lecture by an Officer of the French Mission...
...Azan, Commandant of the French Military Mission at the University, has been promoted to the rank of Colonel by the French War Department. Although the promotion was made some time ago, Colonel Azan was not informed of this fact until just before the dinner given for Captain Cordier at the Harvard Club of Boston on last Wednesday evening...
...speech of Major Azan last evening was especially of interest at this time, when vague reports of disruption are being scattered. The assurance was given in that speech of the desire of the French mission to do its utmost in training American officers competent for the fierce efficiency of the fighting line. The assurance was given also that the mission feels especially eager to train those officers in so far as it may in the Harvard Corps...