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PLATOON AIDS ARMY WELCOME

Crack Corps of State Troops Will Join in Ceremonies

Aiding the Committee of One Hundred in its welcome to the West Point Cadets in their visit to Cambridge Saturday morning, will be a crack platoon of the Massachusetts forces, it was announced, last night by C. M. Underhill '30, Chairman in charge of the reception to the Cadets.

Through the offer of Lieutenant-Colonel H. Z. Landon, the undergraduate committee will be assisted in its tender of hospitality by the Prize Drill Platoon, First Corps of Cadets (211th. Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft) of Massachusetts. Forty men clad in striking uniforms of white jackets with light blue facings and light blue trousers will compose the troop which will first act in the capacity of official escort to the Governor in the morning program. Following the review upon the Common, the platoon will be dismissed at the Armory, and will reassemble in the Yard in time to assist the Reception Committee in Cambridge.

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