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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...announcement, made last Tuesday evening by Lieutenant Colonel Blake, to the effect that record target practice will be held on the Wakefield Range next May, was approved yesterday by the Headquarters Office of the University Training Corps. On account of the difficulty of obtaining ammunition, it has finally been decided that only men in Military Science 1 will shoot the course. Those who are enrolled in the advanced class will accompany their organizations to the range, where they will be detailed for duty as instructors and possibly as markers...
...Target practice, too, combines sport with experience, although the latter is its best feature. Sub-calibre rifles and short ranges cannot make anyone an expert, but they develop a true eye, a steady hand and a reliable trigger-squeeze. Shooting Boches requires more skill than can be acquired on Soldiers Field, yet beginners may learn the rudiments, and experienced marksmen may improve their aim. The student who practises with rifle or bayonet furthers his own military prospects, and, at the same time, obtains exercise and recreation...
...dedicated last June, and which contains a huge drill hall in which the artillery-men can practice with the battery of the famous 75 millimeter guns loaned them by the French Government. A miniature village of clay will be constructed in the Armory for use in sub calibre target practice. Horses have already been secured...
...first third of the year will be devoted to close-order drill and the selection of officers and non-commissioned officers; the second to class-room instruction; and the last to manoeuvres and target practice. At the close of the course, Major Abbot will recommend suitable men for examinations for commissions...
Today the second battalion of the University R. O. T. C. will return from the Wakefield range, and the third battalion will take their place on Monday morning for the week of target and combat practice. Communications from the four companies returning to Cambridge indicate that the six days which they spent in camp were most instructive; that the shooting was, on the whole, good, and that the quarters and food were adequate...