University of Washington Dept. of Military Science records 1900-2003 1960-1987

United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

University of Washington. Dept. of Military Science.

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Although the Washington Territorial Legislature mandated the creation of a military department at the University of Washington in 1862, it was not until 1882 that the department was established. In 1916 the responsibilities for military training were transferred to the federal government's newly created Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Two years of compulsory basic ROTC were required until 1962 (with a gap in the requirement between 1946 and 1948), when participation in military programs...

Greene, Corston A.

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University of Washington. Army ROTC

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University of Washington. Committee on Officer Education

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University of Washington. University Archives

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