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...that knowledge into the recruits, that Surveyor George Washington was father of the Corps of Engineers, that Sylvanus Thayer and Lee and Goethals and MacArthur were members of the Corps. A few could recall the day in November 1918 when the famed Second Division lined up with its Engineer regiment in the honor position on the right of the line. The division cheered mightily when the ribbon of the Croix de Guerre was pinned on the Engineers' colors. That honor was for a day at Soissons when the red necks drove six miles into enemy territory, captured...
...Harvard Regiment was formed January 10, 1916. Harvard's first contribution, in a strictly military way, towards preparation for war, the Regiment was a revolutionary innovation. Membership was voluntary, no training was scheduled during examination periods and vacations and no summer work was required; but men were urged to attend camp at Plattsburg. The old Hemenway Gymnasium and the baseball cage were used as drilling grounds in the winter time. Rifles, bayonets, and belts, were furnished by the government, but that was all. The Regiment had no government connection, and carried no course credit toward a degree...
...same time as the organization of the Regiment, came the announcement from the University that a half-course in Military Science had been established, open only to Juniors and Seniors who attended one of the summer military camps or had completed one year in the Militia Members of the Regiment, however, were advised to audit the course...
During the summer of 1916, an act passed by Congress provided for a corps of trained officers to command reserve forces in time of war. Open to all students except Freshmen, the ROTC unit set up here was to be called Military Sceince and Tactics 1. The Regiment would continue to exist, but not on a voluntary basis since its members were to be drawn from Mil. Sci. The new courses were to have fixed weekly hours of instruction under an officer of the army...
Immediately upon the declaration of war, the Harvard Regiment was converted into a Reserve Officers' training camp. The Freshman dormitories were used a barracks, while administrative offices were lodged in the basement of University Hall. Dean Briggs stated on April 6, "Because of the declaration of war, the Harvard Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports has decided to give up all formal intercollegiate contests until further notice." The whole College was in an uproar, since no one knew exactly what was going to happen. By the end of May, enrollment in Harvard was down to 400, and dwindling fast...