and Navy ROTC recruiting a Patriots Day parade at Concord have caused considerable to some student members of the the commanders of the ROTC have denied many of the students' .

to the editors of the CRIMSON the commanders of the NROTC eatening with disciplinary action who would not march in the ." The letter claimed that the unit were being forcibly " and forced to forsake class time.

Charges were generally denied by ichard B. Redmayne, commander Harvard NROTC. Redmayne said that all members of the unit had been requested to attend, but that no disciplinary action would be taken against anyone who refused to march.

He did admit, however, that a written excuse was required from students who could not attend, and that the excuse "had to be legitimate." Redmayne said that a desire not to miss classes was a legitimate excuse.

Members of the Army ROTC unit also questioned the recruiting practices used to obtain the 60 cadets who will march at Concord. Students claimed that the commanders were unable to obtain enough volunteers and thus posted a list of unit members who would attend the exercises. The students claimed that anyone who did not march was threatened with ten demerits.

Capt. Paul S. Williams, Jr., assistant commander of the Army ROTC, said that about two-thirds of the marchers had volunteered