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Furthermore, the Yale faculty has decided that all students who enter the college between now and the conclusion of the war must elect 18 hours a week of military work if they join the university R. O. T. C. These 18 hours may be sub-divided into six hours a week of classroom and six of practical work, three of military science, three of military history and three of French...
...Ward has consented to give two talks on the value of weather-knowledge a matter which has affected several important battles during the last two years. Professor Atwood will deal with the question of reading maps in such a way that the military importance of the terrain and its sub-strata can be recognized. In all the work, the metric system will be used...
Target practice, too, combines sport with experience, although the latter is its best feature. Sub-calibre rifles and short ranges cannot make anyone an expert, but they develop a true eye, a steady hand and a reliable trigger-squeeze. Shooting Boches requires more skill than can be acquired on Soldiers Field, yet beginners may learn the rudiments, and experienced marksmen may improve their aim. The student who practises with rifle or bayonet furthers his own military prospects, and, at the same time, obtains exercise and recreation...
Plans are being made under the auspices of the rifle team to put up several sub-calibre rifle ranges on Soldiers Field this spring for the use of members of the University, and especially of R. O. T. C. cadets. The rifles purchased by the Corps last year will be used for this purpose and charge will be made only for the ammunition expended. All the R. O. T. C. sub-calibre work last summer was done under the seats of the Stadium, and these spaces will undoubtedly be used again for the same purpose...
...provision of sub-paragraph (a) of Section 151, Selective Service Regulations means that any registrant may enlist in the navy or marine corps after December 15, 1917, upon presentation to a recruiting officer of a certificate showing that his order number is so low (whether he is in Class 1 or in a deferred Class),k that he is not within the current quota of his local board under a present and existing call. ORSON D. MUNN, lieutenant (JG), U.S. N. R. F., District Enrolling Officer...