Pershing Rifles Scrapbook
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Title
Pershing Rifles Scrapbook
Description
A scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs compiled by the Queens College chapter of Pershing Rifles, which included cadets from Air Force ROTC. The Pershing Rifles are a drill-focused organization for college students training to become military officers. (Selections - full volume available from Queens College Archives)
Subject
Queens College (New York, N.Y.)
National Honorary Society of Pershing Rifles
Creator
National Honorary Society of Pershing Rifles
Source
AirForceROTCCollection.Box3
Publisher
Queens College Department of Special Collections and Archives (New York, N.Y.)
Date
c. 1955
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Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Queens College (New York, N.Y.)
Text
PERSHING RIFLES
Photographs
PERSHING RIFLES
M-8
Queens College
Honorary Rifle Company to Take in 25 ROTC'ers
In connection with the ROTC initiated program at Queens College this semester, a Pershing Rifle club is being formed here at Queens. There are at present 70 prospective candidates for membership for this National Honorary Military Society and Fraternity. Of the 70 approximately 25 men will be selected on the basis of their marks in the Air Science Course, their competence in drill, and character. Commanding the group is Cadet Capt. Stanley S. Lane; the Executive Officer is Cadet Capt. Otmar N. Hoffmann, the Adjutant is Cadet Capt. John P. Pless, and the First Sergeant is Hugh S. Saulman.
Last Friday, Oct. 19, CCNY's Pershing Rifles Company put on a Drill Exhibition for the candidates in front of E Annex.
Previous to the exhibition, Reg Silbey the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Headquarters at Fordham University gave a short speech to the candidates.
TRIP TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
COLUMBUS OHIO
OCT. 1952
-Captain Crozier and (right)
Captain Lutz, P.R. Advisor.
Photographs
PERSHING RIFLES
M-8
Queens College
Honorary Rifle Company to Take in 25 ROTC'ers
In connection with the ROTC initiated program at Queens College this semester, a Pershing Rifle club is being formed here at Queens. There are at present 70 prospective candidates for membership for this National Honorary Military Society and Fraternity. Of the 70 approximately 25 men will be selected on the basis of their marks in the Air Science Course, their competence in drill, and character. Commanding the group is Cadet Capt. Stanley S. Lane; the Executive Officer is Cadet Capt. Otmar N. Hoffmann, the Adjutant is Cadet Capt. John P. Pless, and the First Sergeant is Hugh S. Saulman.
Last Friday, Oct. 19, CCNY's Pershing Rifles Company put on a Drill Exhibition for the candidates in front of E Annex.
Previous to the exhibition, Reg Silbey the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Headquarters at Fordham University gave a short speech to the candidates.
TRIP TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
COLUMBUS OHIO
OCT. 1952
-Captain Crozier and (right)
Captain Lutz, P.R. Advisor.
Original Format
Paper
Scrapbook
11 x 15 inches (279 x 381 mm)
Collection
Citation
National Honorary Society of Pershing Rifles, “Pershing Rifles Scrapbook,” Queens College Archives and Special Collections, accessed January 17, 2019, https://archives.qc.cuny.edu/queenscollege/items/show/468.