In order to give all students opportunity for training in leadership the duties of non-commissioned officers and officers were rotated among all those in attendance at camp. All men performed the duties of corporal and sergeant, about one-half were privileged to be platoon leaders. The Harvard battery commanders were Edwin R. Clarke '39; Allen E. Puckett '39; Charles C. Snyder '39; Donald L. Daughters '39, Kenneth Booth '39 and Frank E. Southard '39 Law.
The Harvard men who filled the hard job of 1st Sergeant, he who roused the men at 6:00 A.M., lined them up for roll calls, turned them out for parades, were as follows: Raymond G. Jones '39; Cleveland Amory '39; I. Tucker Burr '39; Frank S. White '39 and Frank L. Southard '39 Law.
"Visitors' Day" Big Success"
The "Visitors' Day" program, which was arranged by the students, was voted the best of recent years by officers who had been to previous camps. At the final retreat parade, medals and awards were made for excellence in the various phases of camp aitivities.
Two Harvard men William R. C. Greene '37 and Frederick D. Wright '38 were awarded comimssions at the end of the Camp, having completed all required work prior to going to Camp. Other members of the Camp return to college for their final year of work.
Little has been said of the excellent athletic program carried on in the Camp. Soft ball was the predominant sport, volley ball was a close second, while the barnyard game of horse-shoes took the "spare" time of many enthosiasts. "It's a ringer" was heard many an afternoon between close of drill and retreat. The final game of the soft ball league, played on Visitors' Day, was a thriller, such as one reads about in the sports magaiznes.
The close if camp on August 6th found the following Harvard men at Fort Ethan Allen:
Cleveland Amory '39, Kenneth L. Booth '39, Arthur R. Borden '39, William L. Calfee '39, Robert H. Calusdian '39. Edwin R. Clarke, '39, Arthur L. Derby Jr. '39, Francis J. Donavan '39, William H. Felmeth '39 William R. C. Greene '37, Frank P.Harnden '39, Nathaniel Heard '40, Robert G. Hoye '39, John A. Humphry '39, James Humphrey III, '39, Eric H. Jager '39, Howard A. Johnson Jr. '39 Raymond G. Jones '39; Walter Kaitz '39, Bernard Kalman '39, Walter S. Kerr '39, William A. McFadden '39, Philip E. Morin '39. Allen R. Puckett '39, Arthur Quincy '39, John E. Reagan Jr. '39, Charles C. Snyder '39 Law, Oscar Swartz '39 Mathew Tabeck '39, Paul R. Wentworth '39, Frank S. White Jr. '39 Frederick D. Wright '38.
On 20 June Harvard students of the Naval R. O. T. C. Unit embarked on the battleship "Arkansas" and the destroyer "Roper" at the Boston Navy Yard.
The "Arkansas" and "Roper" has been detailed by the Navy Department to make a three weeks training cruise for the Naval R. O. T. C. units at Harvard, Yale, Northwestern and Georgia Tech.
Stopping first at New Haven, Conn., to pick up the Yale students making the cruise the ships then proceeded direct to Havana, Cuba for a three day visit. On the tip down all students carried out a detailed schedule of daily training, witnessed fueling a destroyer at sea, search-light demonstrations and the running of a man-of-war in its entirely including engineering, navigation and communications. They were able to put into practice many of the things learned in the classrooms here and in addition were able to get a first hand picture of life aboard a man-of-war.
Sight Seeing in Havana
The three days in Havana with organized sight seeing trips and parties were very enjoyable. All students had plenty of time ashore to see the city thoroughly. On each of these yearly cruises a foreign port is visited which is an added incentive to carry on the practical work and duties the students perform at sea. Two years ago the ships visited Panama while last year the ports of call were Kingston, Jamaica and San Juan, P. R.
Upon leaving Havana intensive training was given in preparation for the actual firing of the four and five inch guns which was to be done by the students themselves under regular officer supervision and target practice conditions. Harvard students acquitted themselves very well in their firing.
Sight Seeing in Annapolis
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