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HomeMy WebLinkAboutpage-104br~grzcul#urzt[ nub ~Ptl~~tnir~t[ LUl1P~P of t?iP~:tts Q,'aIeubhir for Lmtintencentenl eeh 0 +MttLi 24, 28, 29, nail 30 1931 ANNUAL E. E. DANCE Exclusive SHIRO HOKE MAKES ALL-CONFERE T C U CROWNED CONFERENCE BASKETBALL C WV 0 s 0 * * * * * * * * . * * * - ~ IT C U Lands Tw New Coast Artillery Unit Assigned And Ai Equipment And Basic Course Students ALL-CONFERENCE College Again Gets SENIORS OF ORGANIZATION TAKEN FROM PRESENT High Military Rating FIELD ARTILLERY The Military department of the col lege again has a rating of "excellent' following an inspection made here re cently by army officers from eighth corps area headquarters in San An tonio. In addition to rating the military department as a whole, the inspector also rated each service branch individ ually. The Artillery, Cavalry, Engi neers, and Signal Corps units all re ceived ratings of "excellent," while the Infantry was given a rating o of "satisfactory." As a result of this rating, the col- lege will be permitted to designate five per cent of its second year ad- vanced military science course grad- uates as "Honor Graduates." As such the names of these men, soon to be designated, will appear on the com- mencement day program. J he honor graduates thus named also will be entitled to appointment in she regular army in time of a vacancy without the usually required mental Axamination, if they so desire. BAINQUET PRESENTED BY GAL A88 0,11 -:31 FEATURING F1,911 O1, '31, '32, '33 GOaIPANY H 51G7# AL CORPS I.'IAY 15. 1,931 Recent orders from the War De- partment indicate that the organiza- tion and establishment of the two Coast Artillery batteries here next September are well under way, and immediate work on the part of the department of military science has s virtually completed the enrollment of sophomore members which are being drafted voluntarily from the present - freshman members of the engineering and signal corps units. The first freshman to signify his in- tentions of joining the new unit was i Charles E. Friley, jr., son of Dean Friley of the, School of Arts and Sciences, it was learned from Major . Sloan this week. New equipment which will be sent here during the summer for instruc- tion in this branch of the army will have a valuation of over $50,000 and will necessitate the erection of a building for storage purposes. Tena- tive plans call for the building to be placed ajoining the armory. Aside from numerous types of com- puting devices, calculating instru- ments, and surveying instruments there will be sent the following heavy equipment: one 155 mm. gun, one 3-inch sea-coast gun, one 75 mm. an- ti-aircraft gun mounted on a truck, one 10-ton tractor, and one 3-ton truck. Aside from this the work in camp, which will be held at Fort Crockett at Galveston, will involve the' use of many new instruments that have been developed since the last war. The disciplinary control of the bat- , teries, until Seniors can be from within their own batteries, gill be composed of five seniors and five juniors from the six field Artillery batteries. These men will continue in 1 their field artillery work however, and will be in charge of the battery only for formations and while in barracks. i Army instruction in this work will be under the direction of two army "officers and an enlisted detachment which will arrive here during the sum- mer. The establishment of this unit comes following the war department's increasing its defense along the gulf coast and the likewise need for re- serve officers in this unit. Student requirements for signing up in the coast artillery at the be- ginning of school are that their class work include a course in Trignometry , Cecil Hoke, Shiro, captain a ter of the Aggie cage team H already been given all-Southwi ognition on the teams select Lloyd Gregody of the Housta Di~natch, Dusty Bogges, confer, ficial, of the Galveston News, Vinson, publicity director at and The Battalion.