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ARTILLERY UNIT ORGAN-1 | CArTAm “ WA *° «> h^ k ,h 3
IZED AT A. & H. COLLEGE
The Expansion of the A. and
M. College Into Different
Military Unite.
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April 2, 1919, witnessed the Ant
formation of Battery “A” Taaaa A.
and 1C. CoUage, R. O. T. C. That
day marked the Ant step in the ex
pansion of the Military education of
A. and M. College of Texaa.
T^c Itield Artillery authorities of
the War Department ill Washingtor,
D. C., chose A. and M. College among
the 1st, three colleges of the United
States, due to the ihost excellent
standing of the institution with ths
War Department and the Country at
large, not only for the remarkable
record of A. and M. students in the
World War, but for the proAciency
shown by A. and M. students in sll
peaceful occupations during the
yean proceeding the declaration of
War.
Heretofore the student at the col
lege has been trained >n the Infan
try arm alone, and that, like diAerent
oerupations or professions In civil
- j life, is not suited for all men. The
lj new policy is to allow the student of
A. and M. College to express a pre-
. ference, and train for the branch of
the service which moat appeals to
him. 1, ; ] »
There are many people, I feel sure,
will appreciate a short description of
the Artillery branch in training and
in action,' and for them the follow-'
.1 ing is submitted:
Artillery dates back to the dark
ages when all mankind gloried in
combat, and mans work was that of
warrior and the woman that of 'the
slave of the home. Wars were con
ducted without the knowledge of Are
arms. Arrows, spears, clubs, knives,
i etc., were used, and hence the com
bats were held in the open, man io
man. a great source for individual
glory. Soon man began to devise
( means of defending himself from
the sudden and unexpeit*| attacks
of his many enemies; these defenses
took the form of walls snd moats.
This dpearture in mode of warfare
in turn called upon the attacker to
And some means of getting the wall
out of the way in order to reach his
foe with the A re leas weapon. Hence
CAPT. WINTHROP W. LEACH. LIEI
number a
1 ANT-COLON EL LOUIS R.
DOUGHF RTY.
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|From Austin. Texas, comes one of
the best little officers the A. and M.
Cadet Corps has ever known, k pas’
a source of some worry to Colonel
Dougherty to And a man that .couid
take command of the artillery fnit
that was to be oftfhnized at col^Bg.*
this springjk Everyone knew that a
man was needed that was a live wire,
a man that could put ththg over.
Organizing a battery |of artillery
from a bunch of fellows’that did hoi
know caisaon from a Wbeelbarroiy
required a man that was all an effi-
cer and half a goo. ‘ But Hop di4 it.
Not only did be teach the “number
ones" and the “number twos*’ their
position in ranks, hut he trained a
hundred me nto be the best organ
isation on the campua. He instilled
the spirit of West Point Academy tin-
to them to the degree that the United
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Captain Win thro p W. Leach was
bora in Newtonville, Mssa., June 24,
1891, and graduated from the Uni
versity of Colorado in 1918. At the
outbreak of the European War he
was employed as Chief Chemist at
the Globe Smelter, American Smelt
ing and Refining Company, Denver,
Colorado. He received a commission
as Provisional 2nd. Lieutenant of
Field Artillery at the Ant officers
training camp at Fort Riloy, Kansas,
and was assigned to the 20th. Cav
alry (later the '78th. Field Artillery)
at Fort Riley, Kansas, August IS,
1917. , On December 10th 1917 h»-
was transferred to the 10th F. A. at
Douglas, Arizona and was promoted
to the grade of 1st Lieutenant Feb
ruary 20, 191-8. The 10th F. A. wns
ordered overseas late in April 19 IS,
snd arrived at Bordeaux, France.
May 7, 1918. After a *h<>rt period
of quarantine at this Port the regi
ment left for the Artillery training
area at Coetquidan in the northwest
ern part of France and remained
there until the early part of Jutf,
1918. During this period Captain
Leach was detailed on special duty
with the S8th Army Corpe, 8th
French Army in the Toul sector fsr
special training "in the Artillery In
formation Service, and numerous op
portunities were offered to visit the
French troops in the trenches. |
He rejoined the regiment early in
July and oil the 9th of the month the
3rd Divisioh, «£ which the 10th F.
was a part, was ordered 'onto the
line and took up a position on the
south bank of the Marne River about
6 miles south of Chateau Thierry.
On August; 16th. the regiment was
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Dougherty was born in
Jsnhsry -14,j 1884,
i California.
commissioned 2nd Lieu-
Field Artillery, flaptsuiliir
ng assigned i to the 2nd
in Artillery) stationed'-
A. Russel!, Wyoming, Oc-
>08. Was ordered to thg
Islands via the Suet Can-
1, 190fe. Sailed from
January 9, 1909, stopping
, Madera; Gibraltar; Tan-
rrocco; Valetta, Malta;
bia; Alexandria, Cario,
id Sues, Kgypt; Colombo,
ingapore, Malay Peasinsu-
ing at Manila, P. I.,
1909. Upon arrival regi-
' ordered to take station at
'I
nsferred to the 6th Field
(light artillary) and sailed
' ited States for station at
o, San Francisco, Califor-
82, 1910. - >1
talion was ordered to Ft.
oma. for dqty as instruc-
■#4 at the School of Fire
rry, July 4, 1911. Was
1st Lieutenant, Field Ar-
22,1912. Was de-^
tailed t||the Signal Corps in chance
of the
Big Be
her 3,
signed
Fort
Transt
station
ef communication in the
District of Texas, Decem-
iI2, to May 29. 1913. As-
the 6th Field Artillery at
ing. Minn., May 29. 1913
d to the 3rd F. A. with
Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
September 6, 1913. Ordered to her
der duty-, at Laredo. Texdi, fligitUbl
ber 7, lBl8j|t<> September 20, 1914.
* to the School of Fire Ft-