The P.M.C. News, April 1917
"Corps First on Guard at Scene of Munition Disaster at Eddystone – Cadets Control Great Crowds, Permitting Rescue Work in Terrible Catastrophe"
133 munition workers killed on April 10, 1917; cadets and faculty assisted at the site of the disaster. Captain Lewis S. Morey, Captain Herbert J. Wild, Major Thomas F. Meehan, Captain Frank K. Hyatt, and Colonel Charles E. Hyatt led the efforts.
"P.M.C. Men to Colors, Trained and Ready in Nation's Hour of Need"
List of names of those already commissioned and asking to be commissioned in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the United States Army. Graduates: John W. Aitken, Jr., Allio F. Amodio, Jerome Apt, James S. Arnold, John P. Barr, I. Jacob Brodsky, Doyle Campbell, Major Albert G. Chase, Frederick de L. Comfort, Alfred Cramp, Allard A. Dederer, Henry V. de Hority, Tryon P. Edwards, Frank M. English, Neal Farnham, Harry C. Fry, William C. Godfrey, Ellis E. Haring, Jesse Hause, James C. Hobart, Jr., Rukard Hurd, Edward J. Kennedy, F. Cavarre Lloyd, John W. Loveland, Jr., George A. Lowry, Richard Madeley, Jr., Amherst R. Macartney, Donald C. McRae, Robert G. Mead, Gabriel R. Mead, Knapp Milburn, Edwin Miles, I. Sigmund Millner, Joseph A. Minturn, Clarence G. Paige, James W. Passmore, Rudolph R. Pollak, D. H. Lare Powers, Hyman G. Rosenbloom, Howard McP. Roydhouse, Don C. Sharp, A. Leon Sickles, Captain Marcus A. Smith, Clarence T. Starr, Howard L. Stillwell, J. Wilson Stoever, Frank B. Smith, Jr., Frank Sutton, Robert T. Tumbelston, W. Kenneth Waterall, Frank R. Weiner, Herbert J. Wild, Ray D. Wells, Earl C. White, Stanley E. Williams. Ex-cadets: Harry Wills Barkley, Paul B. Berry, George C. Bingham, Barnett Binswanger, Alexander P. Brown, Lehman S. Browning, Robert Coane, Gray H. Creager, Robert F. Crowell, John M. Ellis, Jr., Oscar T. Fleisher, Jr., Frank G. Farrell, Thomas S. Gay, Jr., Charles G. Hequembourg, F. Frazer Hinton, Jr., Carroll R. Jarden, Norman C. Lyne, Herbert Mallison, R.B. McKee, Samuel G. Mendel, John G. Monrose, Beirne M. Prager, Arthur P. Schock, Herbert Smedley, George H. Smith, William H. Stanage, William L. Tillotson, H.G. Von Myers, Samuel W. Williamson, Henry E. Wise.
"College Does Its bit as U.S. Enters War – Free Training for Citizens and High School Boys – More than 600 Men and Youths Under Instruction of Military Staff. Campus Sounds to Tread of Companies Drilling at Night"
The Pennsylvania Military College Citizens' Training Corps began on April 5, 1917.
"Graduates Drill Hundreds – Chester-Trained Men, in Many Cities, Prepare Others For Service"
Alumni creating corps in their hometowns: Major John Winthrop Loveland, Lieutenant Robert A. Young, George Mosser, F. Frayser Hinton, and Lawrence York.
"Simpson, '87, Develops Marksmen on New Range Built at Roselle, N.J."
Alumnus William J. Simpson will instruct those wishing to learn how to use service rifles at the Roselle, N.J. range.
Second Class "Hop" to be held on May 11, 1917.
The tennis team will play its first match on May 26, 1917 against the University of Pennsylvania.
"High Praise for College – 'Not Even West Point Enjoys More Enviable Reputations,' Says Paper"
Details of an article the appeared in the March 31, 1917 edition of the _Philadelphia Evening Ledger_.
"Promotions in Cadet Corps"
Walter H. Roll, Jr. promoted to Cadet Captain and appointed Cadet Aid on the Staff of the Commandant. Lucius L. Moore, Oscar T. Winneberger, C. Royden Hoyt promoted to lieutenants. Albert E. Ardussi promoted to Sergeant Major. William R. Simpson and Richard V. Huebner promoted to First Sergeant. Dabid Giles promoted to Corporal. Cadets Backes, Chuidian, Davis, Harris, Harvey, Irvin, J. Pool, Sowinski, Swift promoted to Lance Corporals.
List of those to whom the Athletic Board awarded letters: Captain Winneberger, Peters, Pool, Harvey, Campuzano, Whitaker, Manager Leet of basketball team. Captain Roll, Albert Ardussi, Charles Ardussi, Backes, Chuidian, Lowenberg, Persiani, and Manager Frisbee from "gym" team.
"Generals in Civil and Spanish Wars Who Once Wore the P.M.C. Gray"
Civil War: Brigadier General David Vickers,
Spanish-American War: Brigadier General James Rush Lincoln, Major General Carroll A. Devol.
Alumnus Brigadier General George H. Burton led an impressive military career, becoming Inspector General.
Other notable graduates mentioned: Brigadier General Albert J. Logan, Brigadier General Lewis T. Bryant, Brigadier General Cecil A. Lyon, Brigadier General Albert F. Pray.
"Peters and Ardussi Captains"
J. Dewey Peters, captain, and Charles F. Felin, manager, of next season's basketball team. Albert E. Ardussi, captain, and William C. Seaton, captain, manager, of the "gym" basketball team.
"Enrollments for September Must be in at an Early Date"
Cadets returning to the college and preparatory school are enrolling for the next school year earlier than in the past.
"Mask and Mitt Men Round into Form for Big Games with Swarthmore and St. John's"
P.M.C. lost to Philadelphia Art & Textile 13-4. PMC beat Goldey College 13-7. Delaware beat PMC 8-4.
"'Handled Situation Like Veterans,' Press Comment on Corps' Efficient Work"
Newspaper accounts from Philadelphia and New York newspapers praising the work of PMC in responding to the Eddystone munition disaster.
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