Word: wadsworth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Colonel Doniat's stay at Harvard saw important changes and developments in the R. O. T. C. units, with the Mil Sci courses changing from slighted subjects to ones which loomed large for all students. His headquarters, and the field Artillery unit regimental quarter moved from old Wadsworth House to Shannon Hall on Boyslton Street, and the QM Corps also became more closely integrated with general war plans. As he departs, plans are being completed for the absorption of the units into the Army Specialized Training Program in a short time...
Coming to Harvard last year, Colonel Doniat has guided the Field Artillery unit through many developments and changes. It was his energy which promoted the weekly "Muzzle Blast" and other efforts to increase esprit de corps. During his stay the unit's headquarters were moved from old Wadsworth House to Shannon Hall, and as he leaves, the remnants of the unit face absorption into the Army Training Program...
...problem whether or not to plan in 1943 for the post-war world is now squarely before the new Congress. The Wadsworth bill providing for compulsory military service after the war, if passed, would be committing the United States in advance to a policy which it has never before followed. Shrewdly handled, it can become an important bulwark in preventing a too-rapid return to normalcy after the war, but it has the potential power of creating an armed camp which would not take the trouble to plan and cooperate in anything but the perpetuation of an armed peace...
...Wadsworth bill would compel all boys reaching the age of 18 to submit to one year of military training before they reach 20. The purpose of this legislation is to forestall the very strong instinct for disarmament after the war, which, if undertaken too soon or too suddenly would render the United States unable to back up its collective security with force if it is needed...
...these dangers are less than those that would result from a post-war isolationist reaction. This possibility cannot be permitted. The Wadsworth Bill should be passed as necessary insurance against any effort to retreat again from the responsibility of maintaining collective security. But with its passage must come the sober realization that its misrepresentation after the war could result in a completely undesirable over-emphasis of our armed forces, and those objectives which are accomplished through the use of armed force. Congress is playing with fire, and it must not be allowed to burn out of bounds...