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...announcement has been made by the United States Government of the plans for the organization of Coast Artillery Units of the R. O. T. C. which will be established in about fourteen colleges and universities of the country that as yet have not been selected. This information is of double interest as it is the first expansion of the government's R. O. T. C. policy to other branches of the service than the Field Artillery, and as an important step in the re-organization of the whole system of the coast defenses of the United States...
...recent interview with a CRIMSON reporter, General Edwards said that he favored aero, coast artillery, and infantry units, as well as field artillery units at colleges. The formulation of plans for a coast artillery R. O. T. C. may be an indication of further extension of the scope of the units by the government. According to the descriptive circular, the coast artillery was chosen as the second form of training to be put in colleges because of the important part it played in the world war, and because of its adaptability to the regular college curricula with a minimum...
...branches of the American service are represented. Infantry has the highest number, 81, followed by Air Service with 41. The others are: Field Artillery 17, Medical Corps 12, Machine Gun Corps 8, Engineers 8, Coast Artillery Corps 5, Cavalry 4, Quarter Master Corps 4. Intelligence Service 3, S. A. T. C. 3, Ordnance Corps 2, Ambulance Corps 2, Dental Corps 2, Signal Corps 1, and Inspector General's Department...
...battery of eight inch howitzers of the latest model and of the type used by the American heavy artillery regiments on the western front will be installed. Trench mortars, anti-aircraft guns, and a complete set of range-finding instruments and plotting boards such as those used by the Coast Artillery Corps will also be included in the equipment. The Infantry Reserve Officers' Training Corps which is in operation at present will be enlarged next all by the addition of a machine gun company...
William Fenimore Merrill '13, private, 10th Coast Artillery, died of pneumonia February 2, at Coblenz...