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...exercise was a fair example of the work of the regiment in simulated field maneuvers, and the faults criticized in another column by Colonel Applin were chiefly connected with the short drill and march home which followed...
...next exercise of importance will be held next Saturday afternoon and evening, May 18. The maneuver will take the place of the Field Day previously planned for that date. The regiment will form at 1 o'clock in the afternoon in the same place as for other field exercises and will then march to the Waverley combat grounds, where it will be divided into two forces for combat practice during the evening. Recall will sound at about 11 o'clock at night and the men will march home, as from Wakefield, in regular marching order...
...excuse, we are inwardly glad. The cat is out of the bag and we have something to work for: our pride demands that we redeem ourselves not only in the eyes of Colonel Applin, but in our own. Today's exercise was the best example of unmilitary drill the Regiment has ever given, and at the supper tables the blame for the many confusions was passed from man to man; the captains told their companies that they did not do well and then, the unpleasant scene being ended, ready for a leisurely hour, we drrifted into the New Lecture Hall...
...least as far as drill is concerned. Colonel Applin has done more for the R. O. T. C. than any other lecturer we can remember hearing; in return we hope that in a week or so he will honor us with another inspection to see a real, live Regiment showing the effects of his words...
...rifle range at Wakefield indicate that Company B, with an average score c 124, made the highest record. Company F took the second place and Company H the third, with scores of 122.8 and 122.5, respectively. The First Battalion contained the only two Experts of the Regiment in J. C. Burchard '21 of Company D, who led with a total of 174, and B. Schlack '21 of Company A, who made the second highest individual score of 170. Company B and Company K tied for highest places in the number of sharpshooters, each having five men who totalled more than...