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...members of last year's Regiment Band now in College are making plans for organizing again this year. A. C. Dean '19, in charge of the arrangements, should be communicated with by members of the Band and others who play band instruments at Box 1, Cambridge...
...course on Military Science and Tactics. The number of officers detailed to the University by the War Department will depend entirely upon the size of the enrollment in this course. To those members of the Senior Class who have attended one summer camp and who were members of the Regiment last year, attendance in this course will make them eligible for the rank of second lieutenant in the reserve army. Seniors who served in the Regiment last year and who satisfactorily complete this course will be entitled to the same rank in the reserve army after they have attended...
Still fresh in the minds of many is the inspiring picture of the Harvard Regiment as it passed in review before Major-General Leonard Wood on Memorial Day last spring. Many were pleasantly surprised at that time to see a proof of the serious spirit of patriotism which actually existed among the members of the University. Some had doubted if the enthusiasm for the drill would last a month, and scoffed at the possibility of establishing regular military drill as part of the curriculum...
...many reasons the work of the Regiment reflected great credit on its members but particularly because the entire plan was originated and developed without any voluntary aid on the part of the War Department. This year the tables are turned and the War Department has offered to establish one or more units of the reserve officers' training 'corps' at Harvard. Therefore a different character of responsibility rests upon the students, it is to recognize the value of the War Department's move and convince the military authorities by a large enrolment in the new course that the undergraduates desire military...
...will depend upon the number enrolled in the course. A small number will mean only one officer, whereas, if six or seven hundred signify their intention of taking the course, the appointment of two special officers will be certain. The spirit of service and patriotism which created the Harvard Regiment is still strong among Harvard undergraduates, and will unquestionably support the establishment of an officers' training corps unit at Harvard...