THE DARTMOUTH BATTALION

The Dartmouth battalion completed the year with an enrollment of 218 men, in the various companies. In addition to the regular drill, a signal corps was organized with the assistance of Professor G. F. Hull, and a medical or Red Cross unit.

Owing to the late receipt of rifles for the drill, and the uncertainty attendant upon the status of the organization, the development of the battalion has not been as complete as at certain other colleges and universities in the east. With the recognition by the trustees to aid in the securing of rifles, and with a more varied program of drill for' next year, the enrollment in the unit should largely increase.

With a nucleus of the veterans of this year, who have learned the rudiments of the manual of arms, and of advance guard,- skirmish and outpost positions, the Dartmouth battalion will be aided in the fall by the number of men who attend Plattsburg this summer. Although no definite number is known, about fifty undergraduates will probably enroll there.