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...Harvard Regiment welcomed this morning its opportunity to present arms to the Secretary of War. Organization and reorganization this corps has undergone, each time that a way has partly opened for those who were its members to enter the nation's regular services. Appearing first in the winter of 1915 as the spontaneous full-sweeping effort of Harvard undergraduates to get what training they could at a time when official opportunities for military instruction were at a minimum, the regiment at Cambridge early became a rallying point for the spirit of national service in colleges throughout the East. Improving...
...this the parent stock of the Har- vard Regiment has contributed to the nation's service, and still it remains a hardy growth. In bringing each of its contributions to their maturity, it has gained, for its future direction and work, a corresponding sum of experience. The element of preserved continuity proved its value again this autumn when the officers in charge of the regiment faced a fresh task, after many of their "veterans" had been called to the colors, and when hundreds of entering freshmen had come up for training. The work of organization and training advanced with despatch...
...Baker will leave Cambridge a little after 9.30 o'clock, arriving at Fresh Pond in time to inspect the regiment as soon as it is drawn up in line of masses. He will then witness the maneuvres on the open ground and in the trenches. The most important part of this exercise will be the debouchement from the first-line trenches. Lieutenant Morize, who has drilled Military Science 2 in the new formations, will direct all the work. A whole company of the new American size of 250 men and with the new formations of the platoons will be formed...
...must appear in the regiment on this occasion except in uniform. WILLIAM F. FLYNN, Major, U. S. A., Retired...
...regiment will reassemble and at command will break into a column of squads from the right and march past the Secretary at some point to be selected on the return route, officers and the regimental color saluting...