180 Men Expected To March In First Outdoor Military Review Wednesday

About 180 of the 211 future officers of the Harvard Military R. O. T. C. will stage the first outdoor review next Wednesday afternoon on the Rugby field. During the winter the Naval Scientists had a review indoors in Memorial Hall; other than this, all previous spectacles were regular drills under inspection.

Inspector for the Soldiers Field event will be Colonel Leroy Collins of the First Corps area, who has been appointed to watch both Harvard and Yale units in action. Honored visitors will be the Overseers' Visiting Committee on Military and Naval Science and Tactics and several College deans.

Regular Army Band?

Although the unit has been practicing with canned music, amplified from a phonograph, negotiations are pending for procuring a regular Army band for the occasion. There is a possibility that the services of the 13th Infantry Band may be obtained from Fort Devens.

Battalion Commander, in charge of the review, is Charles W. Kessler '37. Assisting him will be Battalion Adjutant F. Gorham Brigham Jr. '37. The four Battery Commanders are James J. Gaffney Jr. '37, Robert A. Williams '37, Edward T. Gignoux '37, and Francis A. Wendell '37.

Individual Drills

The show will start at 2:15 o'clock. After a half hour's review, the classes will split up for individual drills. Freshmen will engage service of the piece, equitation, and pistol practice, Sophomores in harnessing and communications, and Juniors in firing the Field Artillery Trainer gun and computing firing data.

Seniors running the individual drills will be: Gaffney, service of the piece, Wendell, equitation, Williams, harnessing, Clifton F. Kann, communications, Malcolm S. M. Watts Jr., pistol practice. Brigham, firing Trainer, and William F. Renner, computing firing data. Color Guards will be Richard M. Walsh Jr. '37 and Henry M. Adlis '37, while the Color Bearers will include Richard S. Lovering Jr. '37 and Renner.

Practices for the big show have been staged for two weeks, and a complete rehearsal is scheduled for Monday. One of the many difficulties uncovered has been teaching the Battalion and Battery officers to salute with sabres. So far, they have been kept a good 15 feet apart during this maneuver, and not without reason.