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Portrait of a Staff Sergeant: Saul Seigle, vociferous, likable, positive, argumentative, good humored son of Brooklyn... Student commander of the unit during the second week of its operation here, he says he learned more during that week from Capt. Bernard A. Merriam, commander, than he had in a long time...
...Platoon received the highest rating on spruce quarters from Capt. Bernard A. Merriam, company commander, with the 3d, 2d and 1st trailing in that order...
...equal importance to the topnotch morale of the unit was the happy statement of Capt. Bernard A. Merriam, company commander, after drill and inspection on Saturday: "An officer of the inspector general's department has looked this outfit over, and given a rating of excellent. You can't expect any better word than that. A great deal of credit goes to the cadre, but I wanted you all to know the verdict...
Others in the party include, in addition to the Governor and General Miles, Dean Buck and Dean Chase, Capt. George N. Barker, head of the Naval Training Schools, Col. William S. Wood, commander of all Army Schools here, and Col. Hudnutt...
...Capt. Merriam enlisted in the Mass. National Guard in 1915, was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the infantry O.R.C. May 15, 1917, attending the first Plattsburg officers' camp from May 15 to August 15, 1917, and was then commissioned as a captain of infantry. He served at Fort Devens for the duration of the war with the rank of Captain...