Grove City College - Ouija Yearbook (Grove City, PA)

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iii L.-..-lll I liii 1 4 1 Ar' ...v ' ' lr il, af R. O. T. C. BATTALION Reserve Oflicers' Training- Corps Although military training in various forms has been a feature ofthe college life at Grove City College at various times in years past, the Reserve Officers Training Corps is a comparatively new institution. lt was organized in the College in the spring of 1919. During the fall term it had scarcely gotten under way until Colonel W. A. Castle, who was the Professor of Military Science and Tactics, was called away on an important mission in the far East. The work was suspended until the winter term, when Captain Erank B. Edwards arrived to take charge of the unit. During the winter term, the unit was organized and considerable progress was made. During the latter part of the term, inspection was made by Colonel Hixon of the Eastern Department, U. S. A. The general object of the plan is to train a body of college men in military science and practice who will constitute a reserve force from which ofiicers of the United States Army can be drawn in times of emergency. It offers to the students not only an opportunity to become a member of the Reserve Ohicers Corps, but also the general advantages of military training and certain advantages in the way of free uniforms and commutation. On April 19th, Captain Edwards received orders t oreport at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., where he is to take charge of the Cavalry School. For this reason it became necessary to discontinue the work of the local R. O. T. C. unit for the remainder of the spring term. 108

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