Word: units
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...time now seems at hand for us to swing back again to a normally balanced viewpoint on the subject. In other colleges the tide is already turning toward a renewed preparedness for possible war. At Princeton men are already signing up, though slowly at first, for the Field Artillery Unit to be formed there this summer. Columbia has established a form of military department, in which Government instructors will give courses designed to fit men for eventual commissions in the Infantry, Artillery, and Signal Service, College authorities all over the country are accepting one or the other of these alternate...
...Association was confronted with changed conditions and new needs. The officers and members of Executive Cabinet of the Association were largely absent in service; and in place of the usual Freshman class the newly organized S. A. T. C. occupied the Freshman Dormitories--the Marine Section and Naval Unit occupied other University dormitories. Accordingly, a special War Cabinet under the presidency of R. H. Howe '19 was constituted to carry on the activities of the Association. H. M. Thurston '16 was appointed Graduate Secretary, October 25. It was necessary to procure a place for recreation, hospitality, entertainment and opportunity...
...year's Red Book, for the complete service record of every member of the class will be printed in addition to his college activities. A large portion of the book will be devoted to the military department, including accounts of the work of the S. A. T. C., Naval Unit, and Marine Unit, at the University...
...Commander Weaver of the Radio School in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday, "but we are making all preparations to leave shortly after the middle of the month. By that time, the school will be greatly decreased in size, and will probably be easily incorporated into the Training Unit at Great Lakes...
...discussing the establishment of a Field Artillery Training Unit at the University next year, General Edwards said. "In addition to the artillery and infantry units. I would favor aviation, heavy artillery, and chemical warfare units." This statement raises a very interesting and difficult problem in connection with military training at colleges and universities. It is obvious that each university cannot reasonably be expected to maintain R. O. T. C. units in all branches of the service; and on the other hand, all colleges cannot seize upon the same branch of service to the exclusion of fancied less desirable ones. Heterogeneous...