Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. R.O.T.C. ACTIVITIES AT CAMP CUSTER, MICHIGAN, JULY 17, 1925

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. R.O.T.C. ACTIVITIES AT CAMP CUSTER, MICHIGAN, JULY 17, 1925

1925

Gen. Benjamin A. Poore and Vice Pres. Dawes view R.O.T.C. demonstrations. The cadets stage a cavalry drill; build a pontoon bridge; set up a field radio; and fire Browning Automatic Rifles, machine guns, 37-mm guns, trench mortars and 75-mm guns. Dawes and Poore inspect and review the regiment. Also shows Dr. Robert Sidney Shaw, Pres. of Michigan State College, and Col. Furrand, Pres. of St. John's Military Academy.

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Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951

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Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929. For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925. Born in Marietta, Ohio, Dawes attended Cincinnati Law School before beginning a legal career in Lincoln, Nebraska. After serving as a gas plant executive, he managed William M...