Governor Saltonstall Spectator At Review of University ROTC

Though the customary honors due to Governor, Saltonstall a cannon salute of 19 shots, had to be foregone because there were no available blank gun shells, the review of the Harvard R.O.T.C. on Wednesday before a board of government inspectors and sundry military and civilian officials in the Stadium was considered a first-rate exhibition, pending, of course, the little, War Department rating which will come back some time soon as "Excellent, satisfactory, or unsatisfactory."

The three battalions of Q.M. Corps and two battalions of undergraduate Field Artillery cadets who participated in the review, assembled in front of Widener Library at 1400, formed their respective units, and marched under the command of Cadet Colonel James H. Reynolds, Jr. '43 of the F. A. along Boylston Street to the time of an allmilitary band, a la First Service Command. Arrival time was 1450.

At 1500 the reviewing party entered. After they had inspected the ranks drawn up on the football field, Major, General Sherman Miles, commandant of the First Service Command, presented swards to eight deserving ROTC men and watched the battalions pass on in review from the reviewing stand on the east side of the Stadium.

Though the center of attraction for a number of fans, including any number of officers' gals and two WAACs, was the review, this only began the program of the afternoon and the duties of the reviewing party.

1530 marked the starting time for a series of practical and theoretical tests and demonstrations by select units of the R.O.T.C. The Field Artillery demonstrated gun drill with four 105 hewitzer guns; the science of managing artillery battalions at field headquarters; motorized drill with a battery of 75a, infantry foot drill, and Army calisthenics.

Units of the QM Corps at the same time gave another version of how calisthenics should be inflicted upon men, and showed a number of onlookers who had had enough inside the Stadium the very interesting and colorful ceremony of changing the military guard detail for the day.

In charge of the latter demonstration were the new and retiring Officers of the Day, endots Thomas C. Palmer and Charles L. Tillery, and guard-commanders Andrew Fisher and Allen T. Webb Also in executive capacity was S. L. Kapaid, Sergeant of the Guard

Climax of the afternoon's events was the retreat ceremony. where all the battalions massed in a grassy area adjacent to and on the south side of Dillon Field House, saluted the lowering flag, and passed in review for a second time. The reviewing party and the WAACs did not attend.

Holding the red pencil for the United States Government was Colonel Dean Hudnutt, commander of all military forces at Yale, inspecting officer for the First Service Command. Harvard ROTC chief, Colonel William S. Wood, will inspect the military units at Yale next week.

While Colonel Hudnutt confirmed opinions about gross ignorance among F.A. ranks and demonstrations, Lt. Colonel Edgerton Merrill performed the same duties among the Q.M. units, making notes in a little black book. Colonel Merrill is ranking Q.M. officer in the First Service Command.

Other distinguished officers were Major General Sherman Miles, commanding general of the First Service Command and General Shorburne. Likewise present was Colonel Morton Smith, chief of Specialized Training in New England.

Representing Service Schools at the University were Chaplain (Colonel) William D. Cloary of the Chaplain School, Commander Charles A. Macgowan of the Naval Training School, Captain Kenneth C. Melntosh of the Naval Supply Corps School, and Major John F. Heilin of the Army Air Force Statistical School.

The University sent Dean Paul H. Buck, Dean Chester A. Hanford, Dean George H. Chase, and Dean Cecil E. Fraser, as well as half a dozen members of the Board of Overseers.

When the reviewing party came into the Stadium before the assembled troops, Colonel Wood took the position on the right of Governor Saltonstall. For troop inspection the position of honor went to Cadet Colonel Reynolds.

Of the eight men receiving citations, two were from the QM corps. For excellence in first year work, the first medal went to Clinton S. Banks, and for second year proficiency a similar award was presented to Norman Racusin.

In the Field Artillery, James R. Reynolds, Jr. '43, of Winthrop House and Lowell, Cadet Colonel, received the award for excellece in Mil Sci 4, while William P. Schlichter '44 of Leverett House and Cambridge was awarded a similar prize for the work in Mil Sci 3.

Noison Wins Praise

The two awards given by the Sons of the American Revolution for Mil Sci 2 and Mil Sci 1 were presented to Querdon H. Nelson '45 of Lowell House and New Brunswick, New Jersey and William W. Dunn '46 of Winthrop House and New York respectively.

Thomas M. Stanton '44 of Eliot House and Cincinnati, Ohio, was presented the prize for the most interest in military affairs, while that for excellence in gunnery went to Richard Lehman '44, of Adams House and University, Virginia