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This type of rifle is known officially as the United States magazine rifle, Model 1903. It differs in many features from the Krag-Jorgensens, the model of 1898, which were supplied by the Government for the use of the Regiment last year, and which the Corps is now using. The barrel is considerably shorter, a fact which changes to a certain extent the balance of the piece. The same bolt action is used in both types, but instead of the side feeding magazine of the Krag-Jorgensen, the clip used in the Springfield are shoved in from...
Have just completed an inspection of the regiment under training here. One company of naval reserves was partly formed by students from the University. I congratulate you upon the excellent and military showing made by your men and the spirit which permits their performing active service at this time. R. Z. JOHNSON, Commander, U. S. N., Commanding...
Captain James A. Shannon, of the 11th Cavalry, U. S. A., has been detailed by the War Department as an instructor in Military Science and Tactics at the University. Captain Shannon has left his regiment, now stationed at Fort Bliss, Tex., and will report at Cambridge as soon as possible...
...Princeton relay team was the University's most formidable opponent, winning on two occasions and losing once. But at the Johns Hopkins Fifth Regiment games, at which the Tiger relay annexed the first victory, the University team ran on a flat track to which it was not at all accustomed, and at the I. C. A. A. A. A. carnival a week later, the team's defeat was largely attributed to the fact that it was fagged out, each man having already competed in several events before the start of the Tiger race. At the Meadowbrook games on the following...
...University has entered only two men in the big A. A. U. meet to be held in the 22d Regiment Armory, New York City, Saturday night. They are Captain E. A. Teschner '17 in the 50 and 300-yard events, and W. H. Meanix '19 in the hurdles and the 600-yard run. W. Willcox '17 will not enter the meet. In the A. A. U. games last year, W. H. Meanix '19, running for the B. A. A., took third place in the 300-yard race. Captain Teschner did not compete last year...