St Georges High School - Lance Yearbook (Middletown, RI)

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Q , ., .. - ,A s. .,,. . . -, ,.... ,F T the start of the great liuropean XVar in 1914, there wc,-C few people in the United States who realized the real and immediate danger which confronted the world in the Cierman invasion of Belgium and in her aggression against the greater part of lfurope. Among there few were several St. C.ieorge's boys who managed to in- terest the Headmaster and the boys of the school so much in their plan for military drill that a small battalion was immediately formed and drill at St. George's commenced. An oflicer from Fort Adams was obtained as our instructor, and underihis supervision drill progressed excellently during IQI4-I5 and '16. ln 1917 the situation which confronted the schools of the country was quite Llli'iCl'Cl1f from that of 1914. lt was then apparent to all that the 'United States must be drawn into the great struggle in liurope and that she would have a great and important part to play in it when she went in. Men would soon be needed, so everyone thought, to fight o11 the battlefields of France. and those boys who were then in the preparatory schools of the nation would be called upon to be oflicers, non-commissioned oflicers and privates in our army. The battalion at St. Georgels increased in size so as to include practically everybody in school, and drilling was taken up with renewed vigor. ln the Spring Term, shortly after the declaration of war, the older boys of the school were so enthusiastic that they decided to give up the greater part of their baseball schedule and to drill live times a week for a period of two hours each day. Inten- sive training was taken up in many branches of military work and a great deal was accomplished by those boys who went in for it. Last year the country was still at war and drill went on as successfully as ever before. Several new branches of drill were taken up and the battalion paraded in Newport on two occasions. This year the conditions under which .drill is held have again changed. VVith the signing of the armistice many schools in the United States gave up all the military training which they had been carrying on during the war and returned to their pre-war basis. Some boys at St. Georges seemed to want to discontinue drill here at school, but for many reasons Mr. Cabot decided that it should be kept up at least for the remainder of the school year. Several important innovations were instituted this year in the military training. All the boys who had never had drill before-were drilled intensively for two weeks before the rest of the battalion even began. This was done in order that these boys might know the principles of drill before drilling with the more experienced men, and thus, as in former years, might not hold them back because of their lack of knowledge. VVhen the battalion was permanently formed in the early part of December, it was formed into three companies instead of two as formerly. The third company was formed entirely of the smaller boys and throughout the year has drilled quite apart from the other companies. This division of the battalion has many advantages. ln the past years, the younger boys have found great diliiculty in keeping up with i i 103