Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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Cadet Maior Houck and Colonel Oliver look over Hue corps. IHHIIJRPS MARCHES A l 0 N B ! The obiecfive of Hwe four-year program is a com- mission as a Second Lieufenanf in +he Officers' Rea serve Corps. Uni'red Sfafes Army. Infanfry Branch. Formerly reserve commissions could also be ob- +ained in +he Medical Reserve Corps or Quarfer- masfer Corps, buf Hue governmemL has since re- sfricfed all R. O. T. C. graduafes f0 +he infanfry di- vision. Before Hue accelera+ed program was in- sfalled in+o colleges, Hue advanced course cadefs spenf a summer in camp. and received +heir com- missions upon graduafion. Now th Hue speeded- up insfrucfion, R. O. T. C. summer fraining camps have been eliminafed, and senior corps graduafes are senf +0 Officers' Candidafe School. In addi- fion, fhe mosf ou+s+anding Senior Cadef officer has fine opporfunify +0 win an appoinfmenf +0 5 reqular army commission as a Second Lieufenant and se- lec+ions of +hese s+uden+s are made from +he besf oHicer ma+erial of senior R. O. T. C. sfandoufs in +he Third Corps Area. lnsfrucfion of Hue Cadef Corps durina +he pasf vear was under +he hand of Colonel Edward J. Oliver. U. S. A. Serving on his shaht were Capfain John C. Hollinqer, Infanfry Reserve. U. S. A.. Lieu- fenanf Arlo W. Mi+chell, lnfan+rv Reserve, U. S. A.. and Sergeanf Raymond Sfrohm, D. E. M. L.- R. O. T. C. Capfain Hollinger and Lieu+enan+ Mifchell were acfive in direcfing baHalion drills And Cadef classwork. Sergeanf Sfrohm +rained +he freshman sfudenfs In rifle marksmanship. coached +he R. O. T. C. rifle feam. composed of H16 besf shofs in Hue corps, and handled sfaH rou+ine work Cadef Maior of H16 R. O. T. C. baHalion was David C. Houck, small buf migh+y commander. Serving as his Adiufanf was Edward MacBean, while Eugene Haas kepf aHendance as Cade+ Sergeanf Major. Sfaff Sergeanfs Paul Dress and Frank Herdie. plus Execufive Officer Wallace Kane com- plefed H16 sfaff. I221

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As +he bell in GlaffeHer fower peals +he dole- ful hour of 7:45, +he campus awakens, quicken- ing +0 +he commanding caH of H18 R. O. T. C. bugler as he blows reveille and Jrhen assem- bly. Sleepy-eyed Cadefs in khaki can be seen scampering +0 fall info formafion on Hue Nixon drill field. Each company clicks sharply +0 affen- Hon, and aHendance is rapidly checked. From fhe walk in fronf of Hue Eddie Plank Gym. +he Cadef Adjufanf prepares +he baHalion br Hue Cadef Major, who barks ouf +he orders for Hue day in sfaccafo-like fones. and +he drill is on. The local R. O. T. C. Unif was formed on +he GeHysburg College campus in l9l6. Tha+ year. Congress passed a ruling providing for +he +rain- ing of men in colleges eroughouf +he counfry for pofenfial army officers in case of +he emer- gency 01s war. Sfudents were +0 be +rained in milifary science and facfics under Unifed Sfafes Army supervision. Subiecfs faughf under fhis new program were +0 be divided info fwo courseseHwe basic and advanced. The basic division was open +0 all college sfudenfs, and consis+ed of fwo years' ine sfrucfion in fundamenfal milifary principles. The advanced course, however, included only +hose men who had excelled under +he basic fufelage and passed a rigid physical examinafion, and embraced an addiHonal +wo year's work in more involved milifary sfraiegy. 8H IIP- Sergeanf Rosse'di frowns at cameraman-if's foo early in Hue morning.

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Four companies formed fhe baHalion Hwis year. Commanding Officers of each secfor were CadewL Capfain Herman Cronra+h of Company A. Cadef Capfain Paul Rider of Company B, Cadef Capfain Roberf Richards of Company C, and Cade1L Capfain Alfred Harf of Company D. Company spirH was de- veloped in drill sessions. and compefifion among +he four ouffifs snapped up He march- mg. Each spring fhe baHalion presenfs a re- view before +he inspecfing officers from +he Third Corps Area Headquarfers. and lasf year! once again, Hue corps won +he Class A rafing +he highesf disfincfion a R. O. T. C. unif can affain. Bo+h close and exfended or- der drills are performed by +he cade+s, and baHalion, company, pla+oon, and squad ma- neuvers are execufed. Awards are made f0 +he oufsfanding sfudenfs in each of +he bur Classes of R. O. T. C. Cadefs, Freshman. Sophomore. Junior and Senior. As Hwe presen- +a+ions are made, +he enfire baHalion parades pasf +he honored Cadefs in +ribu+e. Top: Dress H up. gang! BoHom: Bafflefield maneuvers. 7411 0a t!