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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...company consists chiefly in drills which are held either on Friday night at the Armory on Massachusetts avenue or manoeuvres, which are held frequently on Saturday afternoons at Weston. At these manoeuvres practical problems, such as selecting positions favorable for defense or offense, will be treated, as well as target practice. There will be no summer work, except during the latter part of June or the first part of July, when the company will be at the State Camp for about eight days...
...tactics, expert, instruction will be given in the use of the Benet-Mercier machine gun which Lieutenant William Renwick presented to the State. Commissioned officers will be in direct charge of the new organization and they will be assisted by the officers whom they select from among the ranks. Target practice with the machine-gun on the various rifle ranges in the vicinity, regular military drills, and a session in summer camp constitute a large part of the work required...
...instruction and military exercises will be confined as far as is practicable to the morning, taking on the average about four hours a day. This will be real military work including camping, marching, instruction in military policy, and shooting practice on a target range. The afternoons and evenings will generally be at the students' disposal...
...will be held in the Hemenway Gymnasium on Friday afternoons from 5.30 to 6.30. Three men and one substitute will be chosen on the basis of total results throughout the trials. The rules of the Intercollegiate Fencing Association will be used. Under latest rulings, the target is bounded by lines around the collar, waist and arms. Members of the squad will please take their lessons early...
...score made by the University rifle team in a competition with Louisiana State University was 927 out of a possible 1000 shots. This score was made at the Federal rifle range, in Boston, last Wednesday and Thursday evenings, each man shooting one target standing and one target prone...