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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lampoon comes out serene amidst alarms with a Vanity Fair number. Only by scattered references and the use of military terms in some of the passages which the reviewer is afraid to quote, do the punsters remind us of the military situation. It is just as well that, in these hideous times, we should be given something to take our minds off our studies. In fact, like the publication which it seeks to satirize, the present number of the Lampoon is calculated to take your mind off of anything. This is easy because it first convinces you that you have...
...connections with the Latin-American republics is the need for a careful observation of their long and sparsely populated coast lines. The difficulty of patrolling these shores with the modest naval equipment of many of these republics is quite obvious; and the danger which may be presented by the use of certain strategic points along the South Atlantic and Caribbean shores are of course of prime importance in any campaign against roving commerce raiders and submarines...
Arrangements have been completed whereby the Reserve Officers' Training Corps will have for use in a very short time a thousand Springfield rifles in place of the Krag-Jorgensens in use at present. The Corps is very fortunate to be able to secure these new guns at the present time, for there is a heavy demand for them from military organizations throughout the country, and in addition every available weapon will be needed for the new army which the Government will raise. It is expected that the rifles will be delivered by the time the R. O. T. C. goes...
This type of rifle is known officially as the United States magazine rifle, Model 1903. It differs in many features from the Krag-Jorgensens, the model of 1898, which were supplied by the Government for the use of the Regiment last year, and which the Corps is now using. The barrel is considerably shorter, a fact which changes to a certain extent the balance of the piece. The same bolt action is used in both types, but instead of the side feeding magazine of the Krag-Jorgensen, the clip used in the Springfield are shoved in from...
Arrangements are being made for the use of the Wakefield range for the Corps. On this range there are facilities for men to shoot at 200, 300, 500, 600 and longer ranges at the same time. It is probable that after sufficient practice each man will shoot his "record," by the result of which he will be classed as a marksman, a sharpshooter, or an expert rifleman...