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...Conner. Major Clifford J. Heflin, Captain George Barker of the Navy, and Commander C.A. MacGowan, the ceremony began at 2:30 o'clock with a parade onto Andover Field. Led by the National Colors and the Coast Artillery Band, the new Student Chaplains, although lacking thorough drill in marching, reflected much credit on their superiors by their snappy performance in executing commands...
Feature of the new voluntary drill is special instruction in Fire Direction, Forward Observation, and other vital aspects of Gunnery. Men attending, learn not only theoretical functioning, but practical applications of all phases of the work, including the duties of Fire Direction Center operators such as H.C.O., V.C.O., and the computers...
...Horrified spectators watched the Commander grab a revolver, drill a hole in a ten-gallon can. He explained: "It's just water, but it's been hanging there nine days labeled 'dynamite' and nobody noticed...
Another item which Bob Henderson promises to tell us all about next week is the new athletic program. We know that "everyone will play softball" and drill once a week. And it 'pears as though we'll have an eight-car crew if enough men are interested. Incidentally, the Army is about to "dispense with" some thirty odd horses, residents of Soldiers Field Stables. We had hoped to get some free rides now and then, but in view of circumstances, all we can hope now is that the Army deals kindly with our equine friends...
...Army ROTC is a Field Artillery unit, headed by Colonel William S. Wood and under the same command as the QM ROTC. About 250 men are organized into two battalions which drill once a week each on Soldiers Field. Obstacle course, infantry drill, communications, and above all training with four new 105 mm. howitzers sharpen the abilities of these future artillerymen, for live ammunition...