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Captain James A. Shannon has been made a major in his own regiment, the 11th Cavalry, but has been assigned to the 42nd, or "Rainbow," Division, at Camp Mills, Mineola, L. I. He is second in command of the divisional ammunition, sanitary, supply, and headquarters trains, and is in charge of the military police companies. There are three vacancies in those companies, which are later to see line service, and there is an opportunity for members of the R. O. T. C. to fill them. The Rainbow Division, which is composed of former national guard troops from 24 states, will...
...under the supervision of Captains Cordier, Shannon and Bowen, and Sergeants Bender, Boyd, Brown, Kennedy and Lynch of the regular army. Gradually the officers of the French Mission--Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Azan, Major de Reviers de Mauny, Captain Adolph Dupont, Lieutenant Andre Morize, and Lieutenant Jean Giraudoux--took the regiment in hand and began the instruction in French open order formations and tactics of defense and attack. There was begun the valuable series of lectures which extended through the course, treating in turn such various important phases of modern warfare as the grenade, the automatic rifle, the machine gun, field...
...instruction given by the French Mission, their interest and zeal in the work and their skill in conducting the exercises were responsible for the 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...
...higher, but five experts were produced from these four companies. Their scores were as follows: J. Perrin '20, 222; C. T. Prindeville '18, 216; J. Clark '18, 214; T. Nelson '18, 213; F. W. Hatch '19, 210. Perrin's score of 222 is the highest yet obtained in the Regiment...
Troop B, of the Massachusetts National Guard, Cavalry, has announced 20 vacancies which must be filled immediately. This troop is to form a part of the complete New England Cavalry Regiment under Major T. A. Roberts, Cavalry, U. S. A. Many University men are at present connected with the organization, and an attempt is being made to secure more. Those interested will find a non-commissioned officer at the Troop B quarters of the Commonwealth Armory...