Miami Military Institute - Bayonet Yearbook (Germantown, OH)

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is -Q THE BAYONET A .QQ position for the medals of the Na- tional Riile Association. Due to the foresight of Colonel Catrow, the work in camp was greatly lightened and it is useless to say that we surely appreciated the interest he took in our wellfare. It might be Well to mention that the Colonel made a record of 318 out of a possible 320 at 15 yards with a 45 caliber pistol. The oiiicers club had its usual list of attractive visitors: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Crane, of Middletowng Mr. and Mrs. Cushman, of Sylvania: Noterman, of Covington, Ky.g and Mrs. Voges and Miss Vogesfirif Canton: Mr. and Missy Specht ,f,f - 765' Clevelandg Mrs. Herr, of Springlieldi Mrs. Darling, of Ann Arbor, and many others. E A fi: The lake was exceptionally :calm and in spite of the late springfthe water was warm and the fellows were in bathing most of the time during recreation hours. ' 'A A 9 r v.:,,,q5,-Q-gg: .-3-avvx. Fl., A, K , YN, WY ALPHA CHI SIGMA FRATERNITY 5-ng

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.n V ..j THE BAYONET 17 aiQlllmr.lQx2a'fl'f y-, f 1 , NM? 1 ' ZW' , - - w H' ' , 4 In reviewing the military depart- ment for IQI 1-'12, the most striking thing is the successful use of the merit system. This system has been in use in many of the large military schools of the East andhas been very successful wherever used. In M M. I. it has certainly been an unquali- fied success and ,Major Street deserves great credit for its successful applica- tion in 'this school. A - Another branch of work heretofore unpursued here is the Field Problemg These problems put into practical ap- plication in the theoretical studies of the school and lecture room. We have had several of these problems assigned to the various officers, and the fact that the inspector was satis- Eed with our Field Problem, proved the excellent manner in which they have been performed. Colonel Brown purchased a fine stereoptican, which haslbeen widely used in the military lectures. These lectures have been -on various sub- jects and have shown us in a forcible way the more important principles of LH? Held work and target practice. Altogether the year for the military department has been a most successful one and we hope that next year will be even more successful. Camp Weybrecht. The cadetcorps, under command of Major Crane, left the barracks on Fri- day morning, May 31 at 8:40. 'The day was perfect and the trip from Germantown to Camp Perry was made in record time. On the arrival at Camp Perry much to our surprise, we found all the wall tents pitched and the conical tents were left to the cadets. In alittle more than half an hour the camp was ship-shape. The eots, blankets, etc., were given out by Captain Derick, acting quartermaster, and the beds were made up for the night. A number of good scores were made on the two hundred yard range and the general average was far above .that of last year. Quite a number of the cadets have qualified in the prone

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.- '1'HE BAYONh5'fi i9 THE: INSPECTION. p i' of military service, hospital, artillery, signal 'corps, engineering, etc., and they were all satisfactorily, if not ex- cellently, performed. After these drills was a short platoon, company and battalion drill, in both close and extended order. Dinner and a short rest followed this, and then we were ready for more. ' The afternoon was entirely occupied by military field problems, three in number, namely: Advance guard,' rear guard and outpost. All of the oiiicers taking part in this were thor- oughly, questioned concerning the work, and the way that most of the questions were answered was a credit to the cadetfand to'the'schdol. As it was necessary for Captain Hall to leave at 3:10 'p.V m., our drills were cut short, but every one went down town 'until' 5 'o'clock,.rejoicing that he had passed the test. ., At the request of the few surviving members of 'the Grand Army of the Republic stationed in Germantown, the cadet corps acted as escort in their annual Memorial Day services. The band, of course, went along and showed up well in comparison with the professional band present. The bat- talion wasin' command of 'Major Crane ' andithepvolley firingwhich 'was done as partiiof 'the services, was fine. i With practically no drill' at -all with blanks, the corps did very fwell and deserves to be complimented on its 1 egccellent showing.