Word: terrain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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According to the plan of the present course all the fundamental close order and extended order drill will be learned before the summer training begins. During July and August the entire time can be devoted to instruction in the problems of terrain and the command of troops in fighting formations. The advantage of men joining the unit now rather than later cannot be urged too strongly. Some comment has been made about Military Science 1 counting as a half-course. Since every half-course in College is theoretically supposed to require nine hours' work including lectures, there is no reason...
...Battery A and form the Plattsburg men who took the artillery course there. The purpose of the school is to train men for officers of artillery and to give them practice in fire control and the handling of battery. The instruction in the armory will be with a terrain board and blackboard, and when spring comes there will be supplementary outside work. Anyone who has found that joining Battery A would take too much of his time and who has had some military experience may become a member by reporting tonight to Captain Swaim...