PLAN CENTRALIZATION OF COMMAND FOR CORPS

In order to secure the greatest possible efficiency in the conduct of the University Unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps during the summer and next year, certain changes in organization, contemplated for some time, will be made during the coming week. It is planned to centralize the administrative authority by abolishing the Tactical Staff, and giving the entire command to the Commandant, an assistant to the Commandant, and the Regimental Adjutant. The latter position is to be filled during the summer by Major C. C. Lane, long associated with the Corps and probably more familiar with its present needs than any other one man. Lieutenant Morize is expected to act in the capacity of Assistant to the Commandant, and will have direct charge of the field training of he regiment. Final details of the new organization will be announced in a special edition of the CRIMSON to be published next week.

New plans for the formation of the companies during the period of training this summer are also in the process of formation. It is the present intention of the military authorities to appoint cadet captains and lieutenants, but to designate to each of the proposed eight companies an inspector instructor who will act in an advisory capacity. For these latter positions the services of four former officers of the First Corps of Cadets, two former officers of the Massachusetts Coast Artillery and one of the Massachusetts Cavalry, and two West Point cadets, have been secured. Major Flynn will remain as Commandant of the Corps throughout the summer.

Physical Examination Necessary.

As was announced in the CRIMSON last Wednesday, physical examinations will be required for all cadets attending the summer camp. It had originally been thought that these would not be necessary, but the Government requirements for R. O. T. C. units compel that they be made. Inasmuch as these examinations will consume valuable time if they are taken after July first, all cadets are directed to report to the camp with their doctor's certificate of physical fitness. Blank forms have been mailed to all applicants, and may also be secured at the Military Office.