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Color Guard RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS R.O.T.C. OFFICERS During this period of unrest and unsettled world situations a large civilian reserve of well EARLL Lt. Col. trained officers is indispensable for the protec- tion of the United States. Because of R.O.T.C. ENGLE Mai· units like our own, many reserve officers were VERES Capt. ready to assume positions of command at the outbreak of hostilities in World War II. Had DAVIS Capt. it not been for these officers the war may have GRUBER Capt. lasted longer or even taken a different turn be- fore we could have prepared to defend or go MULLER Capt. on the offense. EGNER 1st Lt. With the celebration of the thirtieth anni- versary of an R.O.T.C. unit at W.M.C. many LEONARD 1st Lt. improvements in size and scope may be ob- QUELCH 1st Lt. served. In 1919 the unit numbered just about thirty men. At present there are one hundred REGAN 1st Lt. and sixty-two men in the unit under the com- SEEMER 1st Lt. petent leadership of Colonel Carleton Smith, assisted by Major Charles G. DuBose and an WINFREY 1st Lt. enlisted staff composed of M/Sgt. Rufus C. 148 J