University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Action THIRD YEAR CADETS take a course in advanced riding as one phase of their training as cavalry officers. They find that the drills learned as students of basic mili- tary, become somewhat more complicated when they are executed on horseback. In the face of increasing mechanization of all branches of service, the importance of the cavalry would seem to be decreasing. However, for use in rough terrain, the horse is still indispensable. Advanced . r cavalry cadets will never forget cross- 2 country desert rides without stirrups. TI-IIS YEARS CLASS, both first and second year, of the Reserve Ofhcer's Training Corps is composed of 127 men. Of this number 62 seniors will report to oHicer's service schools. Wm.. - . 3 g or sm 521520 4, S A MILITARY RIDING is an important part of every basic and advanced military student's training in the cavalry. DICK CONNELL, Park Parker and lim Bush Find that a sol- dier's gun is his best friend. It proves more valuable with knowledge. Page 9

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Page 8 ln ROTC. IN R.O.T.C. the Hrst thing is military discipline and courtesy. Students are taught, throughout all their military serv- ice, to obey and respect their superior offi- cers. Students of basic military have two hours of lecture on general military pro- cedure and two hours of drill each week. Third year students find as a new pre- requisite their enlistment in a branch of the reserves. These men study advanced cavalry and concentrate on mounted drill. Iuniors study military tactics and tech- niques of cavalry maneuver, and seniors add military law. - TWO MORNINGS of the week the Women's Held is turned into the military drill Held. Over its spacious lawns march the student soldiers of the University of Arizona, led by the mem- bers of the advanced military department, and instructed by army personnel. INSTRUCTING TECHNICAL and tactical niilitary courses to the members of the aclvancccl military is thc job of Capt. I. M. Yarborough. Such studizw as map reading are a part of the regular curriculum these future cavalry ofiicers participate in. ' - V ---- - - - rags:-1 1- - 1.1 are n

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. xl -+.,,. 1 ii. i '-wegski - i it it S315 ' it .V A , A wiiiviieeiii IACK OGG saddles up as university riders assemble at thc stables for their participation in Tucson's Armistice Day parade. ond Advanced THE COLLEGE ON HORSEBACIC' had to give up its noted polo team, and the R.O.T.C. cavalry devoted almost its entire time to mounted military maneuvers. One diversion from the routine was its partici- pation in Tucson,s Armistice Day parade, in conjunction with basic R.O.T.C. and the surrounding army posts. GATHERED in front of the R.O.T.C. stables, they wait for instructions and last minute check-ups before . . . , 'FORMING their single line and leaving a trail of dust as they start to town. Page 10