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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...colors of the United States, France and the University. The two remaining battalions of the Corps bringing up the rear. The line of march lay along Federal and Milk streets to Postoffice square, thence along Congress, State, Washington and School streets, to the City Hall, where the parade was review by Mayor Curley, and from there along Beacon street to the State House, where Governor McCall reviewed the men. Turning down Dartmouth street the Corps marched along Commonwealth avenue to the Harvard Club, and after being there reviewed by the six French officers, returned to Cambridge...
...highest commendation. The Unit was organized but two months ago, and has been drilling under arms only a little over one month, yet in practically every movement the formations were executed with the snap and precision that usually comes of longer training. The only blot on an otherwise impressive review was the small army of obnoxious street urchins who persisted in making themselves conspicuously objectionable. Captain Cordier and his officers are to be congratulated, for the splendid showing made yesterday augurs well for the efficiency of the Unit after three months of intensive training...
...Reserve Officers Training Corps went through its first drill as a unit and its first regimental review on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon and showed by its excellent appearance and well executed manoeuvers that the time spent in drilling the last two months has been well spent. It is true that the company fronts were not as even as they might have been and occasionally a corporal or a platoon leader would so disarrange his unit as to cause a moment's confuson, but taken all in all the performance was most creditable for so early in the year...
...three majors took command of their battalions, and for the next half-hour the men were put through battalion maneuvers. At 5.30 the regiment formed across the field in line of battalions for retreat, and the impressive ceremony was performed without a hitch. Immediately afterwards the companies passed in review before Captains Cordier, Bowen, and Shannon, and then marched back to headquarters with the band...
There will be a regimental parade and review following the company and battalion drills...