Word: units
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...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 for thinking that the work...
...program of the Reserve Officers' Training Unit at Harvard as drawn up by Captain Cordier is comprehensive in every detail. Although many difficulties such as not interfering with the regular College curriculum had to be overcome, Captain Cordier has succeeded in rounding out a course of instruction which is far ahead of any similar scheme established at any other university. There is no doubt about the work in the training unit being serious. More time will be given to theoretical and practical instruction than was given to the Regiment last year, but undergraduates must realize that the country is under...
...until other officers' training schools, similar to the one established here, are formed by the War Department. The establishment of such schools necessarily would be delayed owing to the scarcity of available officers and necessary equipment. The citation of the advantages of the training to be given in the unit ought not to be necessary now. Harvard men know the perilous situation. Their response to the call for enrolment will be immediate...
...requirements for enrolment in a flying unit of the Signal Corps, United States Army, and the prospects for the organization of a flying unit composed of members of the University were outlined by Roger Amory, graduate chairman and organizer of last year's undergraduate flying corps to over 100 students in the Trophy Room of the Union last evening. Mr. Amory was introduced by H. Coolidge '19, who was active in the organization of the undergraduate corps last year...
...undersigned, the Executive Committee of the Student Council, heartily support and urge all members of the University to enter the Reserve Officers' Training Unit to be established here in accordance with the War Department Regulations...