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Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Shannon, former commandant of the R. O. T. C. has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism. The citation is for his bravery in action near Chatel-Chehery, France, Oct. 5 and 6, 1918, when he led an officers' patrol to a depth of three kilometres within the enemy lines...
...Shannon, then captain, was commandant of the University R. O. T. C. during the spring and summer of 1917. Later he was transferred to overseas duty on General Pershing's staff. He is now reported killed in the casualty list of October...
Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Shannon, member of General Pershing's staff, and formerly military commander of the R. O. T. C. at the University, is mentioned in the casuality lists of last Monday as killed in action. During the spring and summer of 1917 Colonel Shannon, then major, was in charge of the military program here, and was a member of the Faculty. It will be remembered that when he was transferred to an overseas division, the University regiment marched in a body to his home on Mercer Circle and presented him with several gifts, among which were a saddle...
...severe blow. The organization and preliminary training had, indeed, been ably accomplished, Colonel Azan and his distinguished associates were ready to begin their instruction; but arrangements for the Barre Camp which was to be the culmination of three months' intensive training had to be carried through Captain James A. Shannon, 11th Cavalry, U. S. A., took up the work as commanding officer and carried the difficult task to a most successful conclusion. The problem was not a simple one, even for an efficient army officer. The men were not enlisted, but were voluntarily present for instruction. Discipline depended largely...
...always essential; beyond a doubt their absence has menaced the strength of our military organization this year. Equally certain, however, is the fact that the new order will re-establish that discipline, respect for authority, and esprit de corps that will always be connected with the names of Azan, Shannon and Cordier...