Word: plattsburgers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Eighth Regiment Machine Gun Company, gave to Union members last night an illustrated lecture and demonstration of the Benet Mercier automatic machine gun. Nothing could be more fascinating, declared Mr. Renwick, than this mechanism which weighs but 30 pounds, yet does the work of 150 rifles. Last summer at Plattsburg one of these guns fired no less than 480 shots in one minute, and at the end of this time the barrel was a dull, glowing red. To care for this emergency an extra barrel is provided, which may be thrust into position in a few seconds...
...dinner will be held in December at which General Leonard Wood '84 has promised to be present. All those who have attended summer military camps, similar to the one at Plattsburg, are requested to send their names and addresses to J. K. Olyphant, Randolph 16, before December...
...record will be kept of the class attendance and the names of those who have appeared regularly will be sent to the men who were interested in the Plattsburg Camp and to the War Department at Washington with the statement that they have completed the course and are fitted for recognition in time of need...
...such a military department were instituted in the University, there would still be lacking the means of teaching a man the fundamentals of a military training. A summer military camp such as those at Plattsburg would fit in well with the rest of the year's theorizing. Even a camp under the supervision of the University, but conducted by army officers, might be arranged. Whether this part of the program worked out successfully or not is of small consequence. The important fact is that a four years study of military history and modern warfare as a background, with concentration...
...requests for the course come mostly from former officers and privates of Battery A and form the Plattsburg men who took the artillery course there. The purpose of the school is to train men for officers of artillery and to give them practice in fire control and the handling of battery. The instruction in the armory will be with a terrain board and blackboard, and when spring comes there will be supplementary outside work. Anyone who has found that joining Battery A would take too much of his time and who has had some military experience may become a member...