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NORWICH UNIVERSITY • CADET HANDBOOK • 2013
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY
The Military College of Vermont
Founded 1819
I WILL TRY
CADET HANDBOOK
NORWICH UNIVERSITY
CADET HANDBOOK
A GUIDE FOR CADETS
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Published by
The Office of the Commandant
Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont
2013
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Vision Statement
Norwich University will be a learning community, American in character yet
global in perspective, engaged in personal and intellectual transformation and
dedicated to knowledge, mutual respect, creativity and service.
Mission Statement, 1843 Catalogue
To give our youth an education that shall be American in its character to
enable them to act as well as to think to execute as well as to conceive “to
tolerate all opinions when reason is left free to combat them” to make moral,
patriotic, efficient, and useful citizens, and to qualify them for all those high
responsibilities resting upon a citizen of this free republic.
Statement Of Guiding Values
Norwich University was founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge,
U.S. Army, and is the oldest private military college in the country. Norwich
University is a diversified academic institution that educates traditional age
students in a Corps of Cadets or as civilians, and adult students. Norwich
identifies the following as our guiding values.
1. We are men and women of Honor and Integrity. We shall not tolerate those who lie, cheat, or steal.
2. We are dedicated to learning, emphasizing teamwork, leadership, creativity, and critical thinking.
3. We respect the right to diverse points of view as a cornerstone
of our democracy.
4. We encourage service to nation and others before self.
5. We stress being physically fit and drug-free.
6. To live the Norwich motto, - “I will try!” - meaning perseverance
in the face of adversity.
7. We stress self-discipline, personal responsibility, and respect for law.
8. We hold in highest esteem our people and reputation.
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THE CADET OATH
I ....., will henceforth strive to live by the Norwich Creed.
As a member of the Norwich Corps of Cadets I promise to accept and apply the
principles of the Honor Code; to abide by the Norwich Rules and Regulations:
to obey the legal orders of Norwich officials and my seniors in the Corps of
Cadets; to foster the Norwich spirit; and to uphold the traditions of my Alma
Mater. In all my endeavors from this day forth I will reflect the spirit of the
Norwich motto
“I will try”
CADET LEADERS OATH
I am a Cadet leader.
I will assist each individual in their efforts to be highly motivated,
well disciplined, and physically and mentally fit Cadet.
I will instill pride in all I lead. Pride in self, in the Corps, in Norwich University,
and in our Country.
I will insist that each Cadet meets and maintains the standards of military
bearing and courtesy, consistent with the highest traditions of Norwich
University and our Guiding Values.
I will lead by example, never requiring a Cadet to attempt any task I would
not do myself.
But first, last, and always, I am a Norwich University Cadet, sworn to uphold
the Norwich University Rules and Regulations and Standards.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Statement of Guiding Values....................................................................................ii
Cadet Oath................................................................................................................iii
Cadet Leaders Oath..................................................................................................iii
Forward.....................................................................................................................vii
NORWICH LEADERSHIP
University President..................................................................................................1
Vice President for Enrollment Management
and Student Affairs.............................................................................................5
Commandant of Cadets............................................................................................7
Norwich Seal..............................................................................................................9
University Motto..................................................................................................... 10
HONOR
Honor Code............................................................................................................ 12
COMMANDANTS OFFICE
Responsibilities....................................................................................................... 22
Corps of Cadets Organization Chart................................................................... 24
Cadet Shoulder Insignia........................................................................................ 25
ACADEMICS
Academics............................................................................................................... 27
Advisors................................................................................................................... 29
Academic Honors and Awards............................................................................. 31
CORPS OF CADETS
Membership............................................................................................................ 33
Leadership Progression......................................................................................... 33
Uniforms and Code Flags...................................................................................... 35
Specialty Units........................................................................................................ 37
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Unit Excellence Awards ........................................................................................ 39
NU Interior Guard ................................................................................................ 42
Military Traditions ................................................................................................ 43
Customs of the Corps of Cadets .......................................................................... 51
Military Courtesy .................................................................................................. 53
Saluting ................................................................................................................... 56
Flag Precedence ..................................................................................................... 63
Courtesies to the National Flag ........................................................................... 64
How to Display the National Flag ....................................................................... 66
MILITARY INFORMATION
Army Leadership ................................................................................................... 69
U.S. Armed Forces Rank Insignia ....................................................................... 71
Code of Conduct ................................................................................................... 73
Phonetic Alphabet ................................................................................................. 74
Military Time ......................................................................................................... 74
ROOK TRAINING
Pointers for Freshman ........................................................................................... 76
Freshman Orientation Period .............................................................................. 78
Rook Training ........................................................................................................ 79
Rook Requirements, Restrictions, and Recognition ......................................... 81
Advice ..................................................................................................................... 89
NORWICH HISTORY
Brief History Of Norwich ..................................................................................... 91
Norwich History, Chronology ............................................................................. 98
Presidents of NU ................................................................................................. 103
Founding Father .................................................................................................. 104
Commandants of NUCC .................................................................................... 109
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
Upper Parade Ground ........................................................................................ 112
Religion ................................................................................................................. 115
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Academic Buildings ............................................................................................ 118
Athletic Facilities ................................................................................................. 120
Administrative and Support Buildings ............................................................. 123
MEMORIALS
Alden Partridge Statue ........................................................................................ 125
Centennial Gateways .......................................................................................... 126
Centennial Stairs ................................................................................................. 127
“Uncle Jim” Evans ................................................................................................ 128
Harmon Statue ..................................................................................................... 129
William H. Earle Murals ..................................................................................... 131
ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................................... 137
NU HERITAGE, LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS
Norwich Bugler ................................................................................................... 143
Bugle Calls ............................................................................................................ 143
Norwich Medal of Honor Recipients ................................................................ 147
First Graduates ..................................................................................................... 151
Norwich and the State of Vermont ................................................................... 153
Norwich Flag ........................................................................................................ 157
Norwich Cadet’s Creed 1908 .............................................................................. 158
Norwich Dress Uniform ..................................................................................... 159
Cavalry at Norwich University .......................................................................... 161
Norwich Class Ring ............................................................................................. 163
Norwich Shoulder Patch ..................................................................................... 165
Norwich Cover Device ....................................................................................... 166
Appreciations ....................................................................................................... 167
NORWICH SONGS, SLANG & ETTIQUETTE
Corps Songs ......................................................................................................... 169
Corps Slang .......................................................................................................... 172
Social Standards ................................................................................................... 175
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FORWARD
This Cadet Handbook describes the history and traditions of the Norwich
University Corps of Cadets. The Norwich University mission statement and
guiding values combined with the enclosed leadership tenets serve as the
doctrine for the Corps of Cadets. Honor is the keystone that our values and
tenets are dependent upon. Success hinges on all members of the Corps fully
understanding and abiding by the honor code.
This handbook provides each cadet minimal essential attributes that each
cadet is responsible to be, know, and do. It is not enough simply to know the
“right thing,” it is imperative that each cadet inculcate these values as their own
and live every day of his/her life to the enclosed standards of excellence.
The Commandant’s Office is the proponent of this publication.
Send comments and recommendations for improving this manual to
Norwich University, ATTN: Office of the Commandant, 158 Harmon
Drive, Northfield, VT 05663-1035.
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MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD W. SCHNEIDER, VSM
23rd PRESIDENT
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A MESSAGE FROM THE 23RD PRESIDENT
Welcome to Norwich University, the Nation’s oldest private military
college and the birthplace of ROTC.
You have embarked on what will be the most intense, rewarding four years
of your life. Our purpose is to help you develop as a leader of character with
impeccable integrity. We are committed to fostering your growth intellectually,
physically, morally and ethically.
The cornerstone of our value-based system is the Honor Code. The
Honor Code is simple and is the minimum standard of ethical behavior for all
cadets - a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do. The Norwich
University Honor Code was developed by the NU class of ’52 and implemented
by the NU class of ’53. I expect you to live this Honor Code every day.
You are marching across the same fields, walking the same foot-steps and
in some cases studying the same academic courses of Norwich graduates who
have led this great Republic for more than 190 years. Norwich graduates have
served in every conflict beginning with the Mexican War of 1846, earned seven
Medals of Honor, led the nation’s Army at the highest position, become CEO’s
of business and industry – you are now preparing to take your place in our
nation as a leader.
Read this book carefully and review it routinely throughout your four
years at Norwich. Take this book with you and when you are troubled or facing
difficult times, reread this book. It will provide the right moral compass.
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RICHARD W. SCHNEIDER, Ph.D.
23rd PRESIDENT OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY
One of the longest seated college presidents in New England, Dr. Richard
W. Schneider proudly carries on the tradition Norwich University founder
Alden Partridge began over 194 years ago of developing “citizen soldiers.”
Through his experience in the military and academia, as well as his service in
the U.S. Coast Guard, Dr. Schneider epitomizes Norwich’s special and unique
traditions.
A native of Queens, New York, Dr. Schneider is a 1968 graduate of the
U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He was commissioned as an ensign in the Coast
Guard and served eight years of active duty, including a tour of Vietnam. Dr.
Schneider retired from the Coast Guard Reserve as a Rear Admiral.
In July 1992, Dr. Schneider became the 23rd President of Norwich
University. Since then, he has championed Norwich’s charge to distinguish the
University in the marketplace of higher education institutions.
Dr. Schneider has worked with Norwich’s Board of Trustees to create
a comprehensive strategic plan for the University entitled NU2019. This
document articulates the course Norwich will take in its quest for excellence
in academia, student life, improved national brand, and improved financial
security by the year 2019, as the University starts the third century of fulfilling
its mission of service to its students and the nation.
During Dr. Schneider’s tenure Norwich University has seen major
improvements on multiple fronts. Academically, four undergraduate colleges
now offer 30 different majors. Seventy percent of Norwich students graduated
in the top half of their high school class. Under his tutelage the acceptance
rate to the university has dropped to 56% and an Honors Program has been
instituted.
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In an effort to internationalize the campus various programs at Norwich
are now offered to give students the opportunity to study abroad, and to study
with others who come to Norwich from overseas.
In addition to Norwich’s undergraduate programs, the Norwich University
College of Graduate and Continuing Studies, which began as the modest
Military Graduate program in 1997, has grown to 1,100 students enrolled in
ten different programs.
The Corps of Cadets currently stands at approximately 1,500 members;
and the University commissions into all military services. Norwich’s Army
ROTC program, the University’s largest, regularly falls behind only West Point
in the number of fresh lieutenants who head out to various stations across the
world each spring.
Three separate capital campaigns under Dr. Schneider have raised over
$125 million to date. These funds have been used to enhance academic
programs and scholarships, as well as to add brick and mortar improvements
to the campus. Since 1992 Norwich has seen the construction of the Kreitzberg
Library, the Kreitzberg Arena, the Engineering, Math and Science Complex,
the Sullivan Museum & History Center, the Wise Campus Center, the South
Hall civilian dormitory and the Doyle Hall athletic complex connector.
With Dr. Schneider’s guidance and direction, Norwich University
continues to produce our nation’s leaders who excel in fields of battle as well as
in corporate boardrooms.
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DR. FRANK VANECEK
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT AND
STUDENT AFFAIRS
PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Arriving at Norwich University in 1976, Dr. Vanecek is beginning his
37th year of service. Prior to his recent appointment as Vice President for
Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Dr. Vanecek served for two
years as the University’s Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from
2008 to 2010.
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Dr. Vanecek served as Dean of the School of Business and Management
from 1987-2008 and 2010-2012. His primary responsibility during that 22
year period was the creation, coordination and growth of degree programs in
Management, Accounting, Engineering Management, Computer Science and
Computer Security/Information Assurance. Dr. Vanecek has taught courses
in the following academic areas: accounting, finance, management, data
structures, database management, computer forensics, computing ethics, web
design and multi-media applications.
While on sabbatical in 1986/87, Dr. Vanecek served as Chairman of the
Information Systems Department at the University of Guam. On Guam,
he developed the groundwork for the implementation of a computerized
accounting system for the governments of Palau, Truk, and Guam. This project
was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Dr. Vanecek
was then awarded a Norwich University Dana research grant to develop a
computerized, preference driven model of the Guam Economy and later
received a Category I Dana Award for excellence in research and teaching.
Subsequently, Dr. Vanecek was awarded a “Malone Fellowship” by the National
Council on U.S./Arab Relations to participate in a three month research/
lecture program in Tunisia.
During a second sabbatical from 1995-1998, Dr. Vanecek held the position
of Chairman of the Information Systems Department at the Sultan Qaboos
University in Muscat, Oman, where he implemented an information systems
degree for the College of Commerce and Economics.
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COLONEL RUSSELL J. HOLDEN
54th COMMANDANT
NORWICH UNIVERSITY CORP OF CADETS
Colonel Russ Holden is a native of Hyde Park, Vermont. He graduated
from Norwich University in 1973 and began his career as a rifle and mortar
platoon leader with the 3-60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. Subsequent
to these assignments COL Holden spent two years assigned to the 114th
Aviation Company, 210th Combat Aviation Battalion in Panama where he
flew in support of the 193rd Infantry Brigade, Southern Command and the
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Organization of American States. In 1979, COL Holden was assigned to the
US Army Aviation Center, where he commanded Company C (Pathfinder/
Airborne) 509th Infantry during Operation Honey Badger. Upon departing
the US Army Aviation Center, COL Holden was assigned to Company B, 229th
Attack Helicopter Battalion, and Task Force 160th. Following the activation
of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Battalion on 16 October 1981, he
commanded Company B, 160th Special Operations Aviation Battalion until
March 1983. His next assignment took COL Holden to the Army Mountain
Warfare School where he was both Chief of Instruction and Commandant.
From 1990 to 1994 COL Holden served as the Counter Drug Coordinator for
the State of Vermont. COL Holden was then assigned to the US Army Infantry
Center’s Dismounted Battle Space Battle Lab as Chief of the Dismounted
Forces Division. From February 1996 to April 1997, COL Holden served as
a Special Assistant to the Commanding General. COL Holden joined the staff
of his alma mater in 2001 as an Assistant Commandant. He then served as the
Deputy Commandant of Cadets from 2006 to 2012. On June 1, 2012, COL
Holden assumed command of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets as its
54th Commandant.
COL Holden’s military education and training includes the Airborne and
Ranger Schools, Infantry Mortar Leaders Course, Infantry Officer Basic and
Advanced Courses, UH-1H, OH-6 and AH-6 Aircraft Qualification Courses,
Austrian Army High Alpinist – Winter, Rock and Ice Courses and the U.S.
Army Command and General Staff College.
COL Holden’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the
Meritorious Service Medal (2-OLC), the Air Medal, the Army Commendation
Medal (1-OLC) and the Humanitarian Service Medal. He is authorized to wear
the Senior Army Aviator Badge, Ranger Tab, Parachutist Badge and Austrian
Military High Alpinist Badge.
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NORWICH SEAL
The exact origin of the Norwich Seal is lost to history. Norwich University
was originally chartered on 6 Nov, 1834, by the Vermont State Legislature. In
the charter, the University was authorized by the state to “…have a common
seal, to serve and use for all causes, matters, and affairs of theirs and their
successors, and the same may alter, or make anew as they see fit.”
The earliest document held by the Norwich archives with the seal is a
diploma from 1839. The earliest surviving flag has a similar design with the
motto “I’ll try” at the top of the field, instead of below it as in the seal. In
1845, Captain James H. Murdock, Lieutenant George Moulton and Porter
B. Southgate, officers of the Woodstock Light Infantry Co., Vermont State
Militia, presented a seal to the University in gratitude for two weeks of military
training provided to them at no cost. The seal was used at the University until
August 1, 1866.
The Norwich seal features a cannon and a theodolite in the foreground.
The cannon indicates our focus on military education and the theodolite our
focus on scientific education, particularly the school’s focus on engineering. In
the background are mountains, symbolic of the Green Mountains, where the
school has been located during most of our existence. The sun rising over the
mountains is indicative of the cadet’s acquisition of knowledge. Our motto,
“I will try” signifies our willingness to persevere in the face of adversity and
recalls the proud heritage of citizen-soldiers and their success as leaders.
The earliest design of the eagle is similar to those used on militia and federal
officer’s chapeaus between the War of 1812 and 1820. It has changed over time
to the current design of an eagle facing west.
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UNIVERSITY MOTTO
The Norwich University motto, “I will try,” was inspired by one of the most
significant victories by the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Throughout the
war U.S. forces had limited success against the British forces, and in particular
British Regulars. At the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, July 25th, 1814, Colonel
James Miller, commander of the U.S. 21st Infantry Regiment, was directed by
Brigadier General Jacob Brown to make a difficult night-time frontal assault
against a British artillery battery positioned on a hill near the Niagara River
in Canada. Even more daunting, the position was held by the British 89th
Regiment, victors at Chrysler’s Farm less than a year earlier against several
U.S. Regiments. Col Miller’s response was “I’ll try, sir.”
After two unsuccessful attempts, Miller rallied the remnants of his
regiment and was finally successful in a fierce assault that brought the muskets
of the opposing forces so close that they were fighting muzzle- to-muzzle. The
British were forced to abandon their artillery, wagons, and munitions. Thus,
Col Miller immortalized himself through his actions and his words.
Significantly, BG Brown and Col Miller had been senior officers in
the militia who were given commissions in the U.S. Army and should be
considered role models for future citizen-soldiers.
More recently confusion and misunderstanding has arisen about the
source of the Norwich motto. One erroneous tradition is that Truman Bishop
Ransom, the second president of Norwich University, coined the motto, “I
will try” on September 12th, 1847, while leading his regiment at the Battle
of Chapultepec during the Mexican War. A variant of the tradition is that
Ransom during the same battle in which he lost his life used the expression
“Essayons” (French for “Let’s Try”), the official motto of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers. There is no evidence to support either of these traditions.
It is clear, however, that the Norwich University motto, “I will try,” was
established and in use well before the Mexican War. In fact, it was incorporated
into the University seal as early as 1839. The oldest flag of the University,
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now in the Norwich Museum, is embroidered on one side with the words
“Presented by the Young Ladies of Norwich [Vermont] to the Cadets of
Norwich University, August, A.D. 1844.” The other side of the flag displays a
version of the University seal emblazoned with the motto “I’ll try.”
“I will try. This means holding firm to timeless values. This means
doing the right thing, not when it’s easy, but especially when it is
hard. It means citizen soldiers, selflessly serving America in peace
and war. Selfless service to the nation and to each other - that is
success. That is the essence of Norwich”
– General Gordon R. Sullivan, NU ‘59, USA (Ret.)
1992 Commencement Address
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HONOR CODE
In the fall of 1951 a Honor System was formally established at Norwich
University under the guidance of General Harmon. The Norwich University
Honor Code is maintained and administered by the Corps Honor Committee,
under the supervision of the Commandant of Cadets and the Vice President of
Enrollment Management and Student Affairs.
The Norwich Honor Code provides the foundation for a way of life, and
for the development of fundamental attributes of good character. Honor is a
virtue which impels personal courage and duty, truthfulness and self-respect,
justice and generosity. Its underlying principle is truth. This code does not
involve a complicated system of ethics. It does, however, require honest dealing
and clear thinking. The Code is a minimum standard of ethical behavior for
cadets, and is to be embraced by each cadet – an internal self-enforcement
mechanism. Cadets are expected to live by the Code’s standard both at and
away from Norwich, in their professional, military and personal lives.
The application of the principles of the Honor Code to the problems
of daily life may sometimes be difficult. If there is a question in your mind
concerning the Honor Code stop and think before you say or write anything.
Ask yourself the question, “Am I being completely honest and forthright
in this matter?” In your personal efforts to find the truth do not try to evade
unpleasant facts. We admire and respect a cadet who is straightforward
and honest; even though you may receive punishment as a result of telling
the truth, you gain a fine reputation which will follow you the rest of your
life. Therefore, it is better to tell the truth and accept the consequences of
your actions.
“He who permits himself to tell a lie once finds it much easier to do it
a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells a
lie without attending to it, and truths without the world believing it.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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The Honor Code applies to all cadets from the day that they first enroll
at Norwich until the day that they graduate, and it follows them, both at the
University and away. Those cadets who find that they cannot abide by the
high principles of the Honor Code may be separated from the University as
provided in the Regulations. For the vast majority of the Corps, however, the
Honor Code is a source of great pride, and the very basis of a complete and
honest education.
PRINCIPLES OF THE HONOR CODE
The Honor Code of Norwich University is based on the principles that a
cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate such actions on the part of another
cadet. Stated in even simpler terms, the Honor Code requires that every cadet
conduct himself or herself at all times in a completely honest and forthright
manner. The fundamental nature of these principles precludes the necessity
for legislating detailed regulations to govern conduct in matters of honor, for
in the interpretation of the foregoing principles the spirit is always sought,
quibbling or evasiveness is never tolerated.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONOR CODE
The ultimate responsibility for the success or failure of the Honor Code
rests upon the Corps of Cadets, for without the support and cooperation of
the Corps the principles of honor at Norwich would become a collection of
meaningless words.
Each year the upperclass members of the Corps elect from their ranks
those cadets who are deemed most trustworthy and responsible, and who have
the high principles and moral courage necessary to administer, enforce, and
perpetuate the Honor Code. The members of the Corps Honor Committee
are elected from the Senior Class, and it is their responsibility to maintain the
spirit and traditions of the Honor Code within the Corps; to indoctrinate new
cadets in the principles of honor, to insure understanding and appreciation
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of the principles and interpretation of the Honor Code, and to administer
the Code within the Corps. The Junior and Sophomore honor committees
participate by supporting investigative processes and administrative functions.
The indoctrination in honor is designed to facilitate the adjustment of new
cadets to the high standards of honor required at Norwich and to illustrate for
them the proper application of the principles of honor in cadet life.
VIOLATION OF THE HONOR CODE
A violation of the Honor Code is defined as any act of lying, cheating,
stealing or tolerating those who do. Any action which is dishonest or evasive
is a violation of both the spirit and the principles of honor. The degree of
seriousness of a violation may not be taken into consideration, for honor
knows no limits – a cadet is either honest or he or she is not!
Lying is defined as “deliberately deceiving another by stating an untruth or by
any direct form of communication, oral or written, including the telling of partial
truths, the use of vague or ambiguous language, or use of information with the
intent to deceive or mislead.” Lying, evasiveness, and deceit are closely related
violations of the Honor Code for all three are predicated upon dishonest action
which is designed to prevent the whole truth from being known.
All cadets are expected to be completely honest and forthright at all times,
and any cadet who is unable to live up to the spirit of this requirement is unfit
for membership in the Corps. Half truths, evasive answers, verbal subterfuge,
chicanery, or deceit cannot and will not be tolerated.
The word or signature of a cadet is accepted as his or her bond, and as such
his or her honesty or integrity is not questioned unless circumstances indicate
that he or she has violated his or her honor. For example, when a cadet replies
“All present or accounted for” at reveille formation he or she indicates that all
cadets assigned are either present or accounted for by way of an authorized
absence. A cadet’s signature on a paper indicates that what he or she has
written or reported is accurate, honest, and complete, to the best of his or her
knowledge.
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Learning to live with the Honor Code requires conscious effort and
adjustment on the part of some individuals, while for many others the fact
of being completely honest is so deeply ingrained that it has become second
nature. One must realize that it is far better to face facts, unpleasant though
they sometimes may be, than it is to try to evade the truth. A cadet who makes
a mistake or who violates the Regulations must never lie or use deceit in an
attempt to “cover-up.” A cadet who accepts his or her punishment like a man
or woman can build a fine reputation, while one who uses evasions or deceit
compromises one’s integrity and jeopardizes their standing at Norwich.
Cheating is defined as “stealing one’s ideas or words”. Acts of academic
dishonesty, including intentional plagiarism, are offenses against established
standards of the academic community and the University’s Honor Code.
Cheating includes giving or receiving unauthorized aid or information on a
recitation, quiz, examination, or other academic assignment. A cadet violates
the Honor Code by cheating if he or she wrongfully acts out of self-interest,
does work or obtains results, or assists another to do so, with the intent to
gain or to give unfair advantage or with the intent to (or assist another to)
deceive or mislead. Cheating includes such acts as plagiarism (presenting
someone else’s ideas, words, data or work as one’s own), misrepresentation
(failing to document the assistance of another in the preparation, revision or
proofreading of an assignment), and using unauthorized notes.
Plagiarism is a form of theft. The plagiarist appropriates the words, ideas,
concepts, or work of someone else and puts them to a specific use without
proper acknowledgment. In this way he or she gains credit for the work which
belongs originally to another.
Students frequently ask, “But aren’t we in college to absorb ideas from
textbooks and lectures in order to apply them in our own pursuits?” Yes, of
course. All of us in our daily lives use information originally unearthed by
others and conveyed to us in a variety of ways. But such information we have
made our own. We have absorbed and digested it. We have sifted ideas. We
have refocused or expanded them. We have modified opinions and altered
language and marked our work with our individual stamp. Those responsible
for our education and upbringing have intentionally given us information.
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They have wanted us to use it, and they are happy when we do so.
Plagiarism occurs when, anxious for credit, the writer seizes material he or
she has not digested and uses it intentionally as if it were his or her own.
The most flagrant form consists of direct, verbatim copying. Another
form consists of paraphrase or summary of opinions or ideas. Both are easily
detectable. One appropriates both language and ideas; the other, in an action
perhaps even more culpable, misuses the work of others and by changing
original language seeks to conceal the misdeed.
Since plagiarism is intentional and the result of conscious action, it is easy
to avoid. Make your writing your own. Digest opinions and ideas before you
attempt to use them. If you must borrow, for instance, in writing a research
paper, document your sources correctly. Use footnotes or other acceptable
form of citation both for direct quotations and for passages of paraphrase.
Include in a bibliography every source in any way connected with your paper.
Being aware of and observing the rules for proper citation of sources is a
proven way to protect yourself from an allegation of plagiarism. Seek out your
faculty member, academic advisor, or the Academic Achievement Center with
questions, concerns, or for guidance.
Stealing is defined as “taking, obtaining or withholding, by any means,
personal monies, property, articles, or service of value of any kind from an
establishment or another person without the explicit permission of the person or
establishment who owns the item.” A cadet violates the Honor Code by stealing
if he or she wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds, by any means, from the
possession of the owner or another person money, personal property, articles
or services or value of any kind, with intent deprive or defraud another person
of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to either their own use
or the use of any person other than the owner. In the determination of guilt
the actual or intrinsic value of the object stolen is of no consequence, for the
important fact to be considered is that all cadets must respect the property
of others.
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Toleration is defined as “failing to act on and to report potential violations
of the Honor Code.” A Cadet violates the Honor Code by tolerating if he or
she fails to report an unresolved incident with honor implications to proper
authority within a reasonable length of time. “Proper authority” is customarily
a member of the honor committee, but may also be a cadet commander at any
level, a battalion commandant or members of the University staff and faculty. A
“reasonable length of time” is the time it takes to approach the cadet suspected
of the honor violation and clarify whether the incident was a misunderstanding
or actually a possible violation of the Honor Code. A reasonable length of time
is usually considered not to exceed 48 hours. Withholding information is also
considered toleration, subject to violation of the Honor Code. Here, cadets
should keep in mind that speedy resolution of the issue is in the best interest
of all concerned. In the event that a cadet witnesses what he or she knows to
be a questionable act in his or her presence, a “reasonable length of time” may
be much shorter. One should seek to clarify a questionable act made in one’s
presence immediately.
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REPORTING HONOR VIOLATIONS
Each member of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets is a guardian
of the Honor Code, and thus must accept the responsibility for reporting
all known or suspected violations of the Honor Code to the Corps Honor
Committee. Allegiance to the Honor Code supersedes all personal friendships
and loyalty. Whenever a cadet violates the Honor Code he gives himself or
herself a dishonest advantage over every other member of the Corps, and in so
doing compromises not only his or her honor, but also the honor and integrity
of the Corps.
No individual may assume authority for disregarding an honor violation. All
violations which occur must be promptly reported, investigated, and heard, so
that justice may be served. A cadet who is innocent of violating the Code has
nothing to fear in an investigation or hearing, a cadet who is guilty of violating
the Code does not deserve to have his or her actions overlooked so that he or
she may continue to disgrace the Corps of Cadets and the University.
INVESTIGATIONS OF ALLEGED HONOR VIOLATIONS
Honor Violations which are reported are promptly investigated by
members of the Corps Honor Committee. The purpose of such investigation is
to gather facts and evidence surrounding an alleged violation. Investigations are
conducted in a strictly confidential manner so that unfounded incriminations
may not hurt innocent persons.
CONCLUSION
The foregoing explanation of the Honor Code may tend to give the
impression that matters of honor are treated in a cold, dispassionate manner
at Norwich. Nothing could be further from the truth. Each honor case is
investigated and heard with great care—and the decision which affects final
disposition is based solely on the facts of the surrounding that case.
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However, the purpose of this section of the handbook is to adequately
explain the Honor Code so that violations will not occur. It is of vital
importance that all cadets understand that the Honor Code is designed to
protect them in their daily living, to give greater value to their degrees, and to
instill in them the principles of honesty and integrity which are so essential to
a full and rewarding life.
“A man has integrity if his interest in the good of the service is at
all times greater than his own personal pride, and when he holds
himself to the same line of duty when unobserved, as he would if his
superiors were present.”
– BG S.L.A. Marshall
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CORPS HONOR COMMITTEE
JUNIOR HONOR COMMITTEE
SOPHOMORE HONOR COMMITTEE
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COMMANDANTS OFFICE RESPONSIBILITIES
To work directly with the Cadet Regimental Commander, Executive
Officer and Sergeant Major, as a leader and mentor and to execute with the
cadet leadership, the overall training, supervision, control, evaluation, esprit,
discipline, and general welfare of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets.
Directly supporting the Commandant, but reporting to the Vice President
for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs are the following members
of his staff:
Adjutant/Housing Officer (S1) – responsible for mentoring the Corps
Adjutant. Advises the Commandant on all promotion, awards and housing
issues. Serves as Housing Officer for every student at the University.
Special Assistant for Judicial Affairs and Discipline (S2) – responsible
for assisting in the mentoring the Regimental Security Officer. Advises the
Commandant on all major discipline cases and the Honor System.
Director of Training (S3) – responsible for mentoring both the Regimental
Plans Officer and the members of the Headquarters Company. Advises the
Commandant on all training and Corps events.
The Commandant of Cadets is also responsible for the daily operations and
control of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets. The Corps is comprised of
one regiment, divided into five battalions, each with three companies. Each
cadet battalion is mentored and trained by a leadership team consisting of an
Assistant Commandant and a Battalion Command Sergeant Major. They are
directly responsible for assisting the cadet leaders in achieving high standards
of leadership development, training, and discipline.
The cadet chain of command mirrors an active duty regiment’s
organization. The Cadet Colonel, the senior ranking cadet, commands the
regimental-sized Corps of Cadets. Members of the Regimental Staff are the
Executive Officer, Adjutant, Security Officer, Operations Officer, Supply
Officer, Activities, Communications Officer, Corps Athletics and Community
Outreach Officer, Corps Academic Mentoring Officer, and Regimental
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Sergeant Major. Additionally the Cadet Colonel has three personal staff
members, the Corps Honor Chair, Inspector General, and Public Affairs
Officer, who all report and advise him on their respective responsibilities. Each
battalion, commanded by a Cadet Lieutenant Colonel, is organized in a like
manner, without the personal staff. Cadet companies are organized into three
platoons with at least two squads. An executive officer, first sergeant and staff
officers assist the company commander. Cadet Lieutenants lead platoons and
cadet sergeant lead the squads.
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S4
S6
Regimental
PAO
Honor
Committee
S5
Regimental
IG
CAM Support
Section
S2
S3
S1
Headquarters
Company
Echo
Company
Foxtrot
Company
Charlie
Company
Delta
Company
2nd Battalion
Bravo
Company
Alpha
Company
1st Battalion
Regimental
XO
“YR”-3rd
“YR”-2nd
“YR”-1st
3rd Battalion
Regimental
CSM
Regimental
Commander
“YR”-6th
“YR”-5th
“YR”-4th
4th Battalion
Cavalry
Company
Drill
Company
Band
Company
Provisional
Battalion
CORPS OF CADETS ORGANIZATION CHART
NUCC
Enlisted Ranks
CADET
SHOULDER
INSIGNIA
Cadet Private
Cadet Corporal
Cadet Sergeant
Cadet Staff Sergeant
Cadet Sergeant First Class
Cadet Master Sergeant
Cadet First Sergeant
Cadet Sergeant Major
Cadet Command Sergeant
Major
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CADET SHOULDER INSIGNIA
NUCC Officer Ranks
Cadet Second Lieutenant
Cadet First Lieutenant
Cadet Captain
Cadet Major
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel
Cadet Colonel
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ACADEMICS
acadeMics
Norwich has a rich variety of majors for cadets to choose from. BG Guiyou
Norwich has a rich variety of majors for cadets to choose from.
Huang is the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and is the head of the
General Guiyou Huang is the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
five colleges at the University. Four of these colleges provide undergraduate
and is that
the head
ofwill
the take.
five colleges at the University. Four of these colleges
courses
cadets
provide undergraduate courses that cadets will take.
The College of National Services is home to the Army, Air Force, and
The College of National Services is home to the Army, Air Force, and
Navy and Marine Corps ROTC programs. Each cadet is required to take a
Navy andof Marine
Corps
programs.
Each
is required
to
minimum
six semesters
of ROTC
ROTC classes,
but can
takecadet
up to eight
semesters.
a minimum
of will
six semesters
classes,
but
canintake
to
Astake
a result,
every cadet
participateof
in ROTC
one of the
ROTC
units
this up
school
eight
semesters.
a result,
cadet will
participate
one of
for
at least
their firstAsthree
years every
at Norwich.
A portion
of theinCorps
willthe
be
in this school
forgraduation
at least their
Norwich.
A
onROTC
track units
to commission
upon
in first
one three
of theyears
four at
branches
of the
portion of the Corps will be on track to commission upon graduation in
services.
one of the four branches of the services.
The College of Professional Schools is home to four different schools that
Theeducation
College ofnecessary
Professional
Schools
is home to degree
four different
schoolsin
provide
to meet
the professional
requirements
thatfield.
provide
education
necessary
meet the offers
professional
degree
that
The David
Crawford
School oftoEngineering
degree programs
in that
field. The David
CrawfordEngineering.
School of Engineering
inrequirements
Civil, Electrical
and Computer,
and Mechanical
The School
ofoffers
Architecture
and Art offers
a bachelor
degree
in Architectural
Studies and
degree programs
in Civil,
Electrical
and Computer,
and Mechanical
a Engineering.
Master of Architecture.
The
School of Business
and Management
offers
The School of
Architecture
and Art offers
a bachelor degree
in Architectural Studies and a Master of Architecture. The School of
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degrees in Accounting, Computer Science, Computer Security & Information
Assurance, Engineering Management and Management. The School of
Nursing offers a BSN degree in Nursing.
The College of the Liberal Arts is the home to five departments and ten
different majors. Bachelor’s degrees are offered in Communications, Criminal
Justice, English, History, International Studies, Political Science, Psychology,
Spanish, Studies in War & Peace, and Education. The college also offers minors
in Chinese, French, German and Sociology.
The College of Science and Mathematics is the home to five department
and ten different majors. Bachelor’s degrees are offered in Athletic Training,
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology,
Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics and Sports Medicine.
HONORS PROGRAM
The Honors Program was created at Norwich in 2011. This prestigious
program is offered to only 25 cadets or civilian students each class year. The
four year curriculum is designed to support motivated students who have
demonstrated high academic potential, and strong interests in research,
service, and leadership. The capstone of the program is a senior thesis project
that will lead to the distinction of Honors upon successful completion of the
student’s degree.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER
The primary goal of every cadet should be academic success. The AAC,
located on the 4th floor of Kreitzberg Library, provides a vital asset for each
cadet to help improve their academic performance. Their primary resources
are the Professional Senior Tutors and Peer Tutors that are available to help
any student develop improved study skillsand assistance developing learning
strategies. For international cadets and those who are not native English
speakers, the English as a Second Language Services will assist in development
of your mastery of the English language. For those cadets who require it,
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Services for Students with Disabilities will ensure appropriate accommodations
are made to ensure equal academic opportunities as other students. For cadets
who do not achieve good standing criteria for their GPA, the Academic
Probation program will help improve your study skills, provide you with new
study skills and regularly monitor your academic progress. If a cadet has been
dismissed for academic reasons they will automatically participate in the ReAdmittance Mentoring program.
Recognizing the importance of each cadet’s primary mission, the
University instituted the Corporal Academic Mentoring (CAM) program
to provide Rooks with an academic success training program delivered by
sophomore cadet’s who were successful academically during their Rook year.
The goal of the program is to match Rooks with mentors by major, but at least
by discipline.
YOU AND YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR
As a student, you are responsible for your own academic progress at
Norwich. You are expected to know the graduation requirements that apply to
you and take the courses necessary to meet them. You have to keep an eye on
your own GPA and decide when to add or drop a course or change your major.
If you receive a bad GPA your first semester, it may take several semesters to
significantly improve your cumulative GPA. In other words, you have to make
some tough decisions that will have a big impact on your life at the University
and after you graduate. Don’t try to make those decisions by yourself - they’re
too important. Get some help from the best source available, your academic
advisor. Your advisor is responsible for helping you understand University
policies, procedures, and requirements. He or she can help you assess your
academic problems and make the best decision about how to overcome them.
Most important, your advisor can help you get the most out of your college
education. But there’s a catch – you have to ask for your advisor’s help. It’s your
job to get the advising you need.
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How to get the most out of your advisor:
1. See your advisor regularly throughout the semester, not just when
you want to register for courses.
2. Make appointments with your advisor at a time convenient
for both of you.
3. Discuss with your advisor your educational and professional goals.
Be honest about any learning issues you may have. Don’t withhold
information or assume that your advisor knows everything about you.
4. Be assertive. Ask questions. Don’t assume that your advisor will
automatically know what you need.
5. Review the Academic Regulations and your academic record at the
start of each semester. If you spot a problem, point it out to your
advisor immediately.
6. Request another advisor if you’re not getting the help you need.
7.
Your advisor wants to help you succeed in college, use him/her.
Good academic advising can make a big difference in your college career.
But remember: a successful working relationship with your advisor
depends on both of you. Without your initiative, your advisor can’t help.
If you want to change your advisor or discuss a problem you have with your
advisor, see your department chair or contact your Assistant Commandant.
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ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS
Recognition as a University Scholar for the current academic year is given
to those full-time undergraduate students who for both the fall and spring
semesters of the previous academic year have earned not only placement
on the Dean’s List but also a current cumulative grade point average of no
less than 3.50 to 4.00. Cadets who are recognized as University Scholars are
presented and entitled to wear the gold star on the uniform.
DEAN’S LIST
At the end of each semester the Office of the Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs publishes a list of students who have passed all subjects and
attained a quality point average of 3.0 or higher.
GOLD AND SILVER STARS
A cadet with either a grade-point average (GPA) for the previous semester
or a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher is entitled to wear the gold star on the
center of the right breast of Class B shirt above one’s nametag. A cadet with
either a GPA for the previous semester or a cumulative GPA of 3.0 to 3.49
inclusive is entitled to wear the silver star on uniforms as specified above.
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CORPS OF CADETS
Circa 1950
corPs oF cadets
Circa
1950Norwich University,
“We in the military know
about
we
know
themilitary
caliber ofknow
leaders
andNorwich
the type ofUniversity,
people thatwe
come
“We
in the
about
know
from this institution. . . the best military academy in the land.”
the caliber of leaders and the type of people that come from this
. . the
bestCommandant
military academy
the land.
” Corps
A.M. Gray,institution.
General (Ret)
Former
UnitedinStates
Marine
A.M. Gray, General (Ret) Former Commandant United States Marine Corps
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MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORPS OF CADETS
Individuals are members of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets from
the moment they take the Cadet Oath until they graduate. Therefore, the
Norwich Rules and Regulations, our Guiding Values and Honor Code apply
to cadets during the summer season, university breaks, holidays, vacations,
through suspensions and leaves. Cadets must understand they represent
Norwich University and the Corps of Cadets at all times, even when they are
off campus.
To be successful each member of the NUCC needs to understand and
adhere to our key traditions, customs and basic corps and military knowledge.
The following pages will provide a reference for every member of the Corps.
LEADERSHIP PROGRESSION
The Norwich University Corps of Cadets has a long tradition of developing
citizen-soldiers for our nation. The basis of our leadership progression is
continuous training, development and experiential learning. Although
each cadet has the opportunity to actively participate as a leader, a student’s
individual performance is a key criteria in the selection process. Cadets will be
evaluated on their physical, academic and Corps performance each semester.
Corps performance consists of evaluations by the chain of command and
their conduct. Each cadet will be offered positions commensurate with their
performance, with considerations for their desires.
The foundation of the program is the Rook Year, or First Class Year,
(detailed guidance appears at the end of this section) where each cadet learns
followership, is introduced to the basics of leadership in the Corps and receives
academic mentoring. Upon recognition they will be trained on the Corporal
Academic Mentoring (CAM) program.
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Every cadet has had to face the rigors of “Rookdom” successfully in order
to become a private in the Corps of Cadets.
During the Sophomore, or Second Class Year, a cadet has the opportunity
to compete for corporal rank in the NUCC either as a guidon bearer, runner,
staff section assistant or Corporal Academic Mentor (CAM). The first three
positions are within specific units of the Corps of Cadets and provide an active
role in the success of the unit and will require additional effort and time,
but will provide the opportunity to interact closely with the unit leadership
and observe different leadership styles. CAM is open to cadets with above
a 2.75 to develop their skills as a coach and mentor to several Rooks. Every
sophomore is expected to participate and complete the Sophomore Training
Program. This program is designed to develop and practice the skills necessary
to actively assume a leadership role their junior year and further develop their
foundations as a leader.
During Junior, or Third Class Year, a cadet has an opportunity to compete
for one of the many non-commissioned officer (NCO) billets in the Corps.
Each will provide challenging opportunities to train and lead their peers in an
upperclass battalion or to develop Rooks in a cadet training battalion.
During Senior, or Fourth Class Year, a cadet has an opportunity to compete
for one of the cadet officer billets in the Corps. This is the capstone year of a
cadet’s leadership progression. The NUCC has a long tradition of providing
the leadership for the Corps and essentially running the entire regiment with
guidance from the Commandant’s Office. It is a unique challenge that provides
an outstanding opportunity to develop a cadet’s leadership style.
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UNIFORMS
The Norwich University Corps of Cadets has a long tradition of wearing
our uniforms with pride. Each cadet is expected to uphold the uniform
standards and wear their uniform with pride. The uniform code flags serve as
the guide to the uniform required at morning quarters formation every day.
UNIFORM CODE FLAGS & STREAMERS
1. Uniform code flags will be displayed on the uniform code flag mast
(Upper Parade side) to denote the uniform of the day. The uniform of the
day is mandatory for all cadets in normal duty status.
Maroon
Orange
Green
Orange & White
Green & White
Brown
Purple
Purple & White
Blue & White
NU PT shirt & shorts
Class B - Summer
Class B - Winter
Super Class B – Summer
Super Class B – Winter
ACU
Gray Tunic w/gray trousers
Gray Tunic w/white trousers
Dress Blues w/white trousers
2. Uniform code flags will be displayed on the uniform code flag mast
(Dewey Hall side) to denote the outer garments to be worn. The wearing of
outer garments is mandatory for all cadets in normal duty status.
Maroon & White
Green
Black
Blue
NU PT running suit
Summer cadet jacket
ACU camouflage jacket
Black Gortex jacket
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3.
The following streamers, when displayed with the uniform of the
3. Theday
following
streamers, when displayed with the uniform of the
flag denotes:
day flag denotes:
red
Red
black
Black
white
White
orange
Orange
Yellow
yellow
Blue
blue
ABU, ACU,
abU, acU,
MARPAT, NWU
MarPat, NwU
White Cotton Gloves
White Cotton Gloves
Black Leather Gloves
Black Leather Gloves
BlackFleece
Knit/Fleece
Green
Cap Cap
GrayService
Service
Cover
Gray
Cover
White
Service
Cover
White
Service
Cover
Under Arms
Under Arms
Appropriate ROTC uniform/TAT
Appropriate ROTC uniform/TAT
4. TheThe
followingcode
codeflags,
flags, displayed
uniform
codecode
mastmast
4.
following
displayed on
onthe
the
uniform
(Dewey
special
significance:
(Dewey
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side),side),
have have
special
significance:
red
Red
Yellow
&&
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yellow
white
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yellow
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Visitor
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OnOn
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Religious Service In Chapel
white w/ blue cross Religious Service In Chapel
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sPeciaLty UNits
UNITS
The Norwich UniversitySPECIALTY
Corps of Cadets
has several specialty units all
Provisional
The Norwich Battalion.
University Corps
Cadets
has and
several
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all in of
in the
Eachofhas
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distinguished
the Provisional
Battalion.
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has a long and
distinguished
of service
service
to the Corps
and the
Any
cadet canrecord
participate
in the
to the Corps and the University. Any cadet can participate in the training for
training
for completion
and upon join
completion
join
any of these units.
and upon
any of these
units.
Norwich UNiversity reGiMeNtaL baNd, circa 1888
NORWICH UNIVERSITY REGIMENTAL BAND, circa 1888
Music
Norwich has
a significant
part of part
the curriculum
since its
Music
at atNorwich
hasbeen
been
a significant
of the curriculum
founding
in 1819. With
the arrival
of thethe
firstarrival
Professor
Instrumental
Music, of
since
its founding
in 1819.
With
ofofthe
first Professor
William W. Bailey in 1823, the Regimental Band became an all brass band and
Instrumental
Music, William W. Bailey in 1823, the Regimental Band
integral part of the daily life of the cadets. The band continues its significant
became
an allbybrass
band and
integral
of the
lifeparades.
of the cadets.
role today
performing
in support
of part
reviews
anddaily
special
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band continues
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for the
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several United
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Obama
with
of reviews
special
parades.
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Regimental
hasalong
performed
and concerts throughout
New England.
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oldest
for parades
the inauguration
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collegiate band in the United States, the Regimental Band carries on a long
Kennedy,
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andacademically,
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with
parades and concerts
traditionNixon,
of excellence
musically,
militarily.
throughout Vermont and New England. As the oldest collegiate band
United
Since theStates,
1920’s,the
band
members have
been
known
Zoobies.
In its of
in the
Regimental
Band
carries
onasa long
tradition
early days, the band was housed in the lower floors of old Jackman Hall. It is
excellence
and militarily.
generally musically,
believed thatacademically,
“the Zoo” came about
because of the bars placed on the
windows for security. Today the band’s motto “Semper Zoobelis,” or “always
Since
1920’s,with
band
members
the
Zoo,the
” is spoken
great
pride. have been known as Zoobies. In its
early days, the band was housed in the lower floors of old Jackman Hall.
It is generally believed that “the Zoo”
came about because of the bars
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placed on the windows for security. Today the band’s motto “Semper
THENU
NUdriLL
DRILL COMPANY
the
coMPaNy
The Regimental Drill Company was formed in 1937 under the name of
The Regimental
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Company
was Platoon.
formedInitially
in 1937“Norwich’s
under the
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”
personal
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because they served as escorts to distinguished guests and visiting teams. As
than
any
line
platoon.
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to
this
crack
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was
to
be
on
the Drill Team they would accompany the Glee Club and orchestra on tour
a competitive
as escorts
distinguished
throughout thebasis,
state ”tobecause
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they
citizens
who
enjoy the
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Army,
but would
do not accompany
often have
opportunity
to witness
it. The
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was proclaimed
thetheGlee
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Today
the high
standards Color
still exist
in Drill
as they
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andfor
trick
firing party
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of Vermont”
by Governor
Thomas
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guard at of
Norwich
and the region. They are responsible for
in person
1975 incolor
recognition
their excellence.
training the Corps in drill and ceremony and assessing them. Our competitive
Today
theare
high
standards
still exist
Company
as they
drill
teams
recognized
nationally
andin
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rightfully
as a show
pieceperform
of the
school. and trick drill, provide firing party details, arc of swords, and
precision
ten person color guard at Norwich and the region. They are responsible
for training the Corps in drill and 38
ceremony and assessing them. Our
competitive drill teams are recognized nationally and are rightfully as a
NU cavaLry trooP
NU CAVALRY TROOP
The first cavalry troop was formed in 1906, with the arrival of CPT
The first cavalry troop was formed in 1906, with the arrival of CPT
A. I. Chapman. Norwich’s first cavalry officer helped create a bond that
L. A. I. Chapman. Norwich’s first cavalry officer helped create a bond that
foreverlinked
linked
institution
the cavalry.
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1916 through
forever
ourour
institution
withwith
the cavalry.
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1950 was
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Corps wasas organized
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heritage
andwith
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our heritage
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Dean Mcintire Cup awarded to the company whose freshmen have
attained the highest GPA for the previous semester.
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the highest GPA for the previous semester.
Juckett Cup awarded to that company retaining the highest percentage of
its incoming freshmen.
The Regimental Commander also has to award individual companies and
cadets within the Corps:
Company of Distinction: Awarded to any company that exceeds the
standard of performance in the following areas: NU physical fitness test; Rook
or Sophomore training; room standards; and uniform standards.
Freshman Platoon of the Semester: Awarded to the platoon which
demonstrates the best overall performance in academics, physical training and
Rook training.
Freshman/Upperclass Company of the Semester: Awarded to the
company which demonstrates the best performance in academics, discipline,
drill, inspections and physical training.
Rook of the Semester: Awarded to the Rook who has the highest
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performance as a Rook.
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY INTERIOR GUARD
The Norwich University Corps of Cadets has incorporated in its structure
a Cadet Guard as a separate and individually functioning entity. The Cadet
Guard represents the University President, the Commandant and the
Regimental Commander in matters of safety, security, and discipline in the
Corps during the school year. The performance of guard duty is a position of
trust, dedication, and responsibility which each cadet may be assigned. All
persons regardless of rank, are required to respect members of the Guard in
performance of their duties. This duty is the most important routine duty
a cadet performs, for the safety and good order of the entire Cadet Corps
depend upon those who perform this vital duty. The Cadet Guard maintains
communications, carries on routine administration, enforces regulations,
reports any breach thereof, and carries out any orders of duly constituted
authority. The Norwich University Student Rules and Regulations (NUSRR)
for uniformed and non-uniformed students and the Guard Regulations and
Instructions govern the operation of the guard.
All Norwich Cadets are required to memorize, understand and comply
with the following general orders:
• Number 1 – I will guard everything within the limits of my post and
quit my post only when properly relieved.
• Number 2 – I will obey my special orders and perform all my duties
in a military manner.
• Number 3 – I will report any violations of my special orders,
emergencies, and anything not covered in my instructions, to the
commander of the relief.
When a Guard or Cadet is asked by an inspecting officer, “What are your
orders?” The proper answer is: “Sir/Ma’am, my orders are of two classes,
general and special. My general orders are: Number One: I will guard
everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly
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relieved. Number Two: …”, and he or she continues to recite his general orders.
He or she should be able to answer any question (s) pertaining to special orders
concerning his or her post.
MILITARY TRADITIONS
There are traditions of military service that have guided corps members
throughout all the years of our national existence and form the standard on
which personal conduct and performance of duty at Norwich are based. These
traditions set the tone for a way of life that many honorable, dedicated men
and women have chosen - the Norwich way of life.
Tradition of Achieving The Mission. Accomplishment of mission is
recognized as the primary requirement of the cadet leader and indeed of all
members of the Corps of Cadets. First and foremost, this means academic
excellence. The pursuit of higher education must never be subordinated. Cadets
may also expect many opportunities to command, to train others, to guide and
mentor, to lead and set the appropriate example. A cadet must expect to serve,
and execute ably the assigned mission. You will be “in charge” of something
for which you are responsible. You will have a mission. Some missions dictate
that big things must get done. Instructional programs must be planned and
effectively executed so that all cadets are properly trained. Administrative and
logistical responsibilities must be completed at the required high standard.
It means doing the little things correctly, too, as a matter of routine. Cadets
must be in the right place and at the right time and must wear the prescribed
uniform in the proper manner with pride. The “cadet way” of undertaking
a mission is to display enthusiasm, boldness, and aggressiveness in getting
any job done. Whether the task is tremendous in its scope and important or a
routine requirement, a cadet is expected to undertake it with a positive attitude
and complete it up to standard, and on time. In these tasks he or she must
accept many inconveniences and hardships of service. This is the important
military tradition that the mission must be accomplished.
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“In the final measure, nothing speaks like deeds.”
Gen. John A. Wickham, Jr.”
Tradition of Leadership. The cadet is trained to lead. From your earliest
day as a Rook this tradition will be emphasized. Each cadet will become
accustomed to receiving and executing missions; such as planning work,
assigning missions to others, and seeing that their work is done skillfully and in
cooperation with others. Leaders have a special responsibility to subordinates.
Leaders uphold a strong respect for the rule of law, human dignity, and
individual rights. They return their subordinate’s trust with the greatest care
for their well-being, while aggressively pursuing the accomplishment of
the mission. Leaders imbue subordinates with a sense of honor, share their
hardships, and acknowledge their accomplishments. Leadership requires the
ability to develop teamwork and at the same time to be part of the team.
“Leadership has two essential elements: Competence and Character
if you must give up one, make that competence.
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf
Tradition of Loyalty. Loyalty is an essential requirement of leadership
but not subordinate to honor. It extends throughout the chain of command to
the President, the Commander-in-Chief. It extends to subordinates to include
the newest member of the Corps of Cadets. All members of the Corp of
Cadets have a common mission - that of living by and enforcing the Norwich
University Corps of Cadets Rules and Regulations and exemplifying the
Honor Code which requires the coordinated efforts of each individual. Even
the suspicion of disloyalty would destroy the usefulness of any leader, for no
one would trust him or her to live by rules and regulations or to fairly enforce
them. It must include the supervisor, whom you may dislike; your peers with
whom in a sense you are in competition; and each of your subordinates. Think
about it deeply. Once trust is forfeited it may never be regained. The loyalty
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of cadets to the nation, to their seniors, their juniors, their peers, has been
traditional at Norwich since its very beginning.
Understand- Loyalty is an important value. Each student should be loyal to
our institution, our guiding values and to each other but never at the expense
of personal honor and integrity. The use of phrases such as “loyalty above all”
and/or “my loyalty is my honor” potentially places loyalty above personal
honor and integrity. Norwich students should not accept, condone, approve,
tolerate, support or defend the use of phrases such as these. Misplaced loyalty
has no place at Norwich University.
“He that cannot obey, cannot command.”
Ben Franklin
The Tradition That Your Word is Your Bond. A cadet’s statement of
fact, opinion, or recommendation must conform fully with his or her belief.
You must take adequate care that when you make a statement as to facts you
can provide the evidence to support it. If you render an opinion or make a
recommendation, you must have given sufficient thought to the subject to
enable you to reach a reasoned conclusion. All this must be true whether
the statements are oral, or in writing, or are just your initials extending a
concurrence. There can be no room for misleading information, manipulating
the meaning of words, quibbling, half-truths or falsehoods. The added
statement “I certify” must not be interpreted as meaning “something extra” as
to the truth. Your word is your bond.
Tradition of Discipline. Discipline begins with trained leaders whose
personal example, standard of conduct, concern for soldiers and loyalty to
subordinates create well-disciplined units. In order to develop discipline
within an organization, the leader must set the example of discipline. No
organization that is undisciplined is worth a nickel of the taxpayer’s dollar.
An undisciplined organization would be worse than useless, for it would
constitute a public menace in itself. The tradition of discipline is as deeply
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ingrained into the mind and heart of the successful leader as the tradition of
leadership. To this end, the Corps of Cadets develops disciplined officers and
noncommissioned officers who teach cadets to do the right thing even during
the absence of their leaders. They can be counted on to do what is right even
when no one is watching.
Tradition of Readiness. One of the most striking qualities required of a
leader is that he or she be in a position of readiness to meet whatever task
arise. As a cadet, you must be prepared to accept and execute effectively new
requirements of your mission. The tradition of readiness includes flexibility of
mind and mental processes; a willingness to reach out for new ideas; an everbroadening capacity to undertake and do new things. The principle applies
with equal force to the routines of duty and the smaller things. You must be
ready for an unexpected change in plans and you should always be thinking
about contingencies and follow-up requirements. Your leadership capability
and command efficiency are measured by your organizations readiness.
Tradition of Taking Good Care of Your People. This means that members
of an organization must receive thorough training for their duties and that they
have the proper supplies and equipment in their possession. It means many
other things, such as making sure your people have the opportunity to attend
religious activities, athletic and recreation programs, that they get advice and
counseling for personal problems and that struggling students receive tutoring
from their classmates and that they are encouraged to go to their professors
and the Academic Achievement Center. It means enforcing study hours and
creating an atmosphere conducive to academic excellence. Students who
are continually filled with apprehension and anxiety are unable to learn and
unlikely to succeed. This tradition means providing a safe, orderly, civil and
positive leaning environment that is free of harassment, hazing and bullying.
It includes sound discipline, with proper use of rewards and punishment. It
involves fairness and justice in all things, including spreading the work load
and unpleasant details among all eligible individuals; one standard for all;
complete absence of favoritism; promotions to be made on merit - Taking care
of your people is all these things and more.
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“Second only to accomplishing his mission, the officer’s
duty is to improve the moral, physical, and intellectual
quality of his men....The Army is the service which by
the nature of its requirements, attaches the greatest
importance to human values. It recognizes man as the
basic element of military strength. . . . It creates for them
an environment of decent, clean living, intolerant of
vice, dissipation, or flabbiness.”
Gen. Maxwell Taylor
Tradition of Cooperation. Cooperation is the art of working with other
people to attain a common goal. It is essential for any society to flourish,
especially a democratic republic. This is a daily expectancy of military life,
and it is traditional that cooperation be willing and wholehearted. Neither a
commander nor a staff officer, no matter how senior, can “go it alone.” A leader
must cooperate with others, and others must cooperate with him or her. In any
staff or command the problems for solution are likely to involve two or more
staff agencies , or a reconciliation of views between the unit commanders who
execute a plan and those who plan it. It takes coordination and cooperation to
accomplish a mission. The cadet who neglects to cooperate with others invites
failure.
“You do not lead by hitting people over the head.
That’s assault - not leadership.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Tradition of Being a Lady or Gentleman. It is part of the code and
tradition that leaders are expected to be ladies or gentlemen, at all times.
This must be manifested in their moral standards, their conduct, appearance,
behavior, manners, and mannerisms, as well as the professional standards they
establish in the performance of duty. It must be displayed in the things they
avoid doing. They avoid vulgarity, lewd, lascivious and predatory behavior.
They do not drink to excess. Communication on paper, electronic (emails,
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.) as well as the spoken word, is free of insults,
inappropriate and rude language, sarcasm and “put downs.” They do not avoid
payment of just bills, nor do they tender bad checks. The general good of the
Corps of Cadets demands that all individuals display the qualities of ladies or
gentlemen. Great prestige attaches to our Nation’s military leaders because as
a group they are generally held in high regard. They are respected because of
their commission. Their credit rating is high. Their word is accepted in and out
of the service. Their opinions bear weight. As a group they have the confidence
and trust of the people. The officers themselves must guard and cherish this
standing, and they must realize that the unfit among them reflect upon and
damage the standing of all.
Tradition of Candor in Making Recommendations. It is a normal
experience of cadets of all grades and degrees of experience to be asked by
the President of the University, the Commandant, the Dean, faculty and staff
members or Cadet Commanders, for their opinion or recommendation.
Such missions are the daily experience of staff officers, for it is always the
commander who makes the decision. How far should the cadet go in advancing
their considered views? What is their duty if their views should be challenged?
What is their duty if the decision goes contrary to their convictions and their
recommendations? Here is a guide. In his first meeting with the Army Staff,
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, former Chief of Staff of the Army, had this to say
about this vital subject:
“The point I wish to make here, and to repeat it for
emphasis, is that the professional military man has three
primary responsibilities:
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The Place of Honor. The place of honor is on the right. Accordingly, when
a junior walks, rides or sits with a senior, he or she takes position abreast and
to the left of the senior. The deference that a young person should pay to his or
her elders pertains to this relationship. The junior should walk in step with the
senior, step back and allow the senior to be the first to enter a door, and render
similar acts of consideration and courtesy.
Use of the Word “Sir” and “Ma’am.” The word “Sir” or “Ma’am” is
used in polite conversation by the junior in addressing a senior. Rooks call
upperclassmen “Sir” or “Ma’am.” It precedes a report and a query; it follows
the answer to a question. For example: “Sir, do you wish to see Cadet Brown.”
“Thank you, Ma’am.”
Avoid Having People Guess Your Name. Do not assume that an officer
whom you have not seen or heard from for a considerable period will know
your name when a contact is renewed. Tell him or her at once who you are, and
then renew the acquaintance.
The Open-Door Policy. The cadet’s right to speak to the company
commander is echoed by each commander at a higher level. It is the “opendoor” policy that permits each person in a military environment, regardless
of rank, to appeal to the next higher commander. Indeed, this right is checked
and enforced by the Inspector General. Cadets should first try to discuss and
resolve concerns within the chain of command.
Proffer No Excuses. Never volunteer excuses or explain a shortcoming
unless an explanation is required. Norwich demands results. More damage
than good is done by proffering unsought excuses. In short, the proof of ability
is results, not excuses for the lack of same.
Avoid “Going Over a Senior’s Head.” The jumping of an echelon of
command is called “Jumping the Chain of Command.” Proper procedure is
to follow the chain of command. For further explanation, refer to the NUCC
Standing Operating Procedures (SOP) Manual.
Harsh Remarks are to be Avoided. The conveying of gossip, slander,
harsh criticism and fault finding are impolite practices.
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Avoid Vulgarity and Profanity. Foul and vulgar language is repulsive to
all self-respecting people. Its use by leaders is reprehensible. The traditional
term “officer and gentleman,” if defined, would exclude foulness, repulsiveness,
profanity and vulgarity if respect is to be earned, and no officer can lead others
unless he or she has their respect.
Never Lean on a Senior Officer’s Desk. It is resented by most officers and
is sloppy. Stand erect unless invited to be seated. Don’t lean.
Never Keep Anyone Waiting. Report at once when notified to do so.
Never keep anyone waiting unnecessarily. If the person you need to report to
is not available, be sure to leave a message. Keep trying to see the person until
you do so.
MILITARY COURTESY
Courtesy is the expression of consideration of others. It pays the largest
return for the least effort of anything one can do. Where individuals are
required to live and work together and where cooperative effort is allimportant, courtesy is of vital importance in promoting coordination and
developing a proper esprit de corps. Courtesy is shown to all - to subordinates
as well as superiors. The courtesy shown a superior is a recognition of the
basic principles of organization. It is the respect shown to every leader or
commander and the acknowledgment of the responsibility and authority of
his position. Courtesy shown a subordinate acknowledges the essential part
he plays as a member of the team. The methods of expressing courtesy are
distinctive and precise. Slovenly, grudging or perfunctory observance of these
methods is discourteous.
Courtesy is an important part of cadet training and will be duly emphasized
at all times. The most important of all military courtesies is the salute. It will be
required both on and off the campus in all official greetings in line of duty, for
ceremonial occasions, and when the National Anthem is played or the colors
pass by. The salute is rendered at the appropriate time even when an individual
is with a member of his family or his date.
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There are two popular versions concerning the origin of the salute. One
is that in early days there were so many assassinations that a junior, coming
into the presence of a superior was required to raise his hands to show that he
did not carry a dagger. The other version is that when two knights met, they
raised the visors of their helmets so that they could more easily recognize each
other. There is still a third version favored by those of a more romantic turn of
mind: “In the days of jousts and tournaments, after the crowning of the Queen
of Love and Beauty, the knights passed in review before her throne. Each, as
he drew near, raised his mailed right hand to shade his eyes,” a chivalric way
of intimation that he would be dazzled by her beauty. This knightly homage
passed on down the ages to become the military salute.
It has been the custom from time immemorial for subordinates to uncover
before superiors, and equals have always acknowledged each other ’s presence
by some courtesy. However, this has finally been conventionalized into the
movement of the hand to the visor as if the hat were going to be removed.
The salute is a military person’s deference to a superior; it is not a mark
of inferiority. It is rendered to all officers of the United States Armed Forces,
Vermont State Militia, and to foreign officers. A military person is judged
by appearance. Nothing detracts more from a person’s general appearance
than sloppiness and untidiness. Remember this when saluting: A crisp salute
reflects pride and professionalism.
Cadets will salute all commissioned members of the faculty and staff,
officers of the Armed Forces of the United States, and Cadet Officers. The right
hand/arm must be left free of books, bundles, etc., so that saluting may be
properly executed.
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SALUTING
General. The smartness with which an officer or cadet gives a salute is
held to indicate the degree of pride the member has in his or her military
responsibilities. A careless or half-hearted salute is discourteous and
disrespectful.
Note: Cadets will salute and render honors in accordance with customs
and traditions of the U.S. Army as prescribed in FM 3-21.5-5, Drill and
Ceremonies. Note: link to FM3-21.5 http:// www.adtdl.army. mil Further
discussion can be found in the Army Officer ’s Guide.
WHEN TO SALUTE
Cadets in uniform are required to salute when they meet and recognize
persons entitled (by grade) to a salute except when it is inappropriate or
impractical (in public conveyances such as planes and buses, in public places
such as inside theaters, or when driving a vehicle.) A salute is also rendered:
1. When the United States National Anthem, “To the Color,”
“Hail to the Chief,” or foreign national anthems are played.
2. To uncased National Color outdoors.
3. At reveille and retreat ceremonies, during the raising or
lowering of the flag.
4. During the sounding of honors.
5. When pledging allegiance to the US flag outdoors.
6. When turning over control of formations.
7. When rendering reports.
8. To officers of friendly foreign countries.
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SALUTES ARE NOT REQUIRED WHEN:
1.Indoors, except when reporting to an officer or when on duty
as a guard.
2.A prisoner.
3.Saluting is obviously inappropriate. (Example: a person
carrying articles with both hands.)
SPECIAL CASES
The following rules will serve to govern a cadet’s conduct in special cases:
1.The junior always salutes first in passing a senior officer.
2.A greeting of the day should always accompany a salute. If an officer
is accompanied by a civilian lady or gentleman, it is proper courtesy to render appropriate greetings and acknowledge all persons present,
not just the officer.
3.If eye contact is made with an officer passing several paces away,
do not fail to salute because you are not “within six paces.”
4.When an officer or instructor enters a room occupied by a group of
cadets, the first cadet who perceives him/her will command
“Attention,” then all will rise and stand at attention until the officer
either leaves the room or indicates otherwise.
5.In general, when a conversation takes place between a cadet and
an officer, the following procedure is correct: Salutes are exchanged;
the conversation is completed; salutes are again exchanged.
Exceptions: A cadet in ranks comes to attention and does not salute.
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OTHER SALUTES
In formation. Individuals in formation do not salute or return salutes
except at the command, “Present arms.” The individual in charge salutes and
acknowledges salutes for the entire formation. Commanders of organizations
or detachments that are not part of a larger formation salute officers of higher
grade by bringing the group to attention before saluting. An individual in
formation, at ease or at rest, comes to attention when addressed by an officer.
Cadets marching tours will neither salute nor greet officers who pass the area
formation.
Not in formation. On the approach of an officer, a group of individuals
not in formation is called to “Attention” by the first person noticing the officer,
and all come sharply to attention and salute. Individuals participating in
games, and members of work details do not salute. The individual in charge of
a work detail, if not actively engaged, salutes and acknowledges salutes for the
entire detail.
Outdoors. Whenever and wherever the United States National Anthem,
“To the Color,” “Reveille,” or “Hail to the Chief ” is played, at the first note, all
dismounted personnel in uniform and not in formation face the flag (or the
music if the flag is not in view), stand at attention, and render the prescribed
salute. The position of salute is held until the last note of the music is sounded.
Cadets not in uniform will stand at attention (remove headdress, if any, with
the right hand) and place the right hand over the heart.
Indoors. When the National Anthem is played indoors, cadets stand at
attention and face the music, or the flag if one is present.
Saluting Colors. National and organizational flags, which are mounted on
flagstaffs equipped with finials are called Colors. Cadets passing an uncased
National Color salute at six steps distance and hold the salute until they have
passed six steps beyond it. Similarly, when uncased Color passes by; cadet
salute when it is six steps away and holds the salute until it has passed six steps
beyond them.
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RUNNING AND JOGGING OR SPORTS.
a. Not in formation. Cadets running or jogging on the Upper Parade
Ground will come to a quick time, salute, exchange greetings, then return to a
double time. Cadets actively engaged in an organized game, such as basketball,
need not stop playing to salute an officer. Cadets running outside of the Upper
Parade Ground, for example on the fire roads, or in the community, will render
an appropriate verbal greeting when passing an officer. Hand salutes are not
required inside of Sabine Field during competitions if it is impractical, due to
the numbers and close proximity of officers.
b. In formation. When moving a unit at double time, the cadet in charge
will render an appropriate verbal greeting as the formation passes an officer.
When leading a formation engaged in a conditioning run, the cadet in charge
will render an appropriate verbal greeting as the formation passes an officer.
Verbal Greetings. A verbal greeting is professional courtesy and respect
to both the senior and subordinate. A greeting of “Good morning,” Sir/Ma’am
should always accompany a hand salute. Many military units have a unit motto
as a sign of esprit and pride such as “First to Fire, Sir!” which is also appropriate.
Saluting without a verbal greeting or acknowledgment is discourteous. When
unable to salute due to an injury, or when both hands are carrying a large
object(s), a cadet will render an appropriate verbal greeting.
National Colors. In general, to render honors: If indoors, stand at
attention. If outdoors, execute the hand salute when in uniform or by placing
the right hand over the heart when in civilian clothes or sports attire.
a.Military personnel in uniform and in formation. Execute present
arms and order arms at the command of the OIC or NCOIC.
b.Military personnel in uniform not in formation:
1.REVEILLE
At the first note of music, face the flag (or music if flag is not in view)
and render hand salute until the last note of music.
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2.“TO THE COLORS” OR NATIONAL ANTHEM
(Note 1) At the first note of music: if outdoors, render hand salute;
if indoors, stand at attention. Hold that position until the last note
of music has played.
3.RETREAT WHEN PLAYED AS PRELUDE TO “TO THE COLORS”
At the first note of Retreat face the flag (or music if flag is not in view), stand at attention until the last note of “To the Colors.”
4.CANNON SALUTES RENDERED AS HONOR TO A PERSON
At the first note of music or first round of salute, face the ceremonial
party and render hand salute. End salute on last note of music or when
last round of salute fired.
5.MILITARY FUNERALS
Each time casket is moved: if outdoors, render hand salute; if indoors,
stand at attention.
6.TAPS
Played at military funerals or ceremonies: at first note, stand at
attention until the last note.
Note 1: Cadet photographers covering ceremonies will render appropriate
courtesy during the playing of the National Anthem.
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Courtesies to Lecturers or Guest Speakers
a. When a lecturer or guest speaker enters and moves toward the stage or
podium, all present will come to the position of attention and remain in
that position until told to do otherwise.
b.
When addressing a question or comment to the lecturer, or guest, cadets
will stand, state their name and company, i.e. “Sir/Ma’am, Cadet Smith,
Charlie Company,” before proceeding with their question or comment.
The cadet may be seated after the question has been asked, but will again
stand before asking a follow-on question or thanking the individual.
c. It is common courtesy, when in a large group, i.e., in Dole Auditorium,
Cabot Science Class Rooms, etc., to stand when addressing the lecturer or
speaker so that the remainder of the group can hear the question presented.
Reporting indoors. When reporting to an officer in his office, the
cadet removes his headgear, knocks, and enters when told to do so. He
approaches within two steps of the officer’s desk, halts, salutes, and reports.
“SIR/(MA’AM), CADET JONES REPORTS.” The salute is held until the
report is completed and the salute has been returned by the officer. When
the business is completed, the cadet salutes, holds the salute until it has been
re-turned, executes the appropriate facing movement, and departs. When
reporting indoors under arms the procedure is the same except the headgear is
not removed and the cadet renders the salute prescribed for the weapon with
which he is armed.
Note 1: The expression under arms means carrying a weapon in your hands,
by a sling or holster.
Note 2: Asking permission to be dismissed or carry on is not necessary. It
would not be inappropriate to say “Good day, Sir/ Ma’am” or “Thank you, Sir/
Ma’am.”
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ORDER OF FLAG PRECEDENCE
Every cadet should know the proper order of precedence of flags in relation
to the National Colors. If the precedence is incorrect it is the responsibility of
the cadet who identified the discrepancy to correct it or to politely inform
someone who can. IAW Army Regulation 840-10, 29 October 1990, Chapter 2,
paragraph 2-5, page 11, the following is the order of precedence of flags:
a.The flag of the United States
b.Foreign national flags (Normally, these are displayed in alphabetical
order using the English alphabet.)
c.Flag of the President of the United States of America
d.State flags (Normally, these are displayed in order of admittance
of the State to the Union, however, they may be displayed in
alphabetical order.)
e.Military organizational flags of the Services in order of precedence
(AR 600-25)
f.Military organization flags within a Service by echelon
g.Individual flags in order of rank
The proper order of precedence of flags for a standard display at Norwich is:
a.The flag of the United States
b.Vermont State flag
c.Army flag (14 June 1775)
d.Marine flag (10 November 1775)
e.Navy flag (27 March 1794)
f.Air Force flag (17 September 1947)
g.Coast Guard flag (Department of Homeland Security)
h.Norwich Regimental flag
i.General Officer flags in order of rank
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COURTESIES TO THE NATIONAL FLAG
The Flag of The United states
a. There are four names in use for the flag of the United States: flag, color,
standard, ensign. The national color, carried by dismounted units, measures
3 feet hoist be 4 feet fly and is trimmed on three sides with golden yellow
fringe 2½ inches in width. The standard, identical to the color, is the name
traditionally used by mounted, motorized, or mechanized units. The ensign is
the naval term for the national flag (or flag indicating nationality) of any size
flown from ships, small boats, and airships. When we speak of “flags” we do
not mean colors, standards, or ensigns.
b. Type, Purpose and Size of U.S. Flag (Army Reg. 840-10)
Garrison flag
– holidays and special occasions,
size 20’ hoist by 38’ fly
Post flag
– general use
size 10’ 11⅜” hoist by 17’ fly feet
Field flag
- display with the positional field flag
size 6’8” hoist by 12’ fly
Storm flag
– stormy weather
size 5’ hoist by 9’ 6” fly
Interment flag
– military funerals
size 5’ hoist by 9’ 6” fly
Rules and Customs for Displaying The Flag of The United States.
The flag of the United States represents the living country and is considered
a living thing.
a. Rules and customs for displaying the US flag, adopted by an act of Congress
in 1942 and amended in 1976, are found in Title 36 of the United States Code.
b. The union, the field of blue with the grouping of stars representing the
individual states, is the honor point and is the flag’s right. When the flag is
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displayed, the union is always to the right and to the top and to the flag’s own
right (the left of the observer).
c.The flag of the United States is never used as a drapery. It is not festooned
over doorways or arches, tied in a bow, or fastened into a rosette. It is not used
to cover a speaker’s desk or draped over the front of a platform. For those
purposes, bunting may be used, giving the blue of the bunting the place of
honor at the top of the arrangement or in the center of the rosette. In a dire
emergency, the flag may be flown upside down as a distress signal.
d. Dipping The Flag or Colors. The flag of the United States, national
color, and national standard are never dipped by way of salute or compliment.
The organizational color or standard will be dipped in salute in all military
ceremonies while the United States National Anthem, To the Color, or a
foreign national anthem is being played, and when rendering honors to the
organizational commander or an individual of higher grade to include foreign
dignitaries of higher grade, but in no other case.
e.Organizational Colors. Regiments and separate battalions whose
organization is fixed by the Tables of Organization are authorized to have
organizational colors symbolic of their branch and past history. Such units are
“color bearing organizations.” The size is the same as the national color. The
word color when used alone means the national color, the term colors means
the national color and the organization or individual color.
f.Individual Colors. Individual colors, 4 feet 4 inches by 5 feet 6 inches
fly, are authorized for the President, Vice President, cabinet members, and
their assistants, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Vice Chief of
Staff, United States Army.
g.
Reveille and Retreat. The daily ceremonies of reveille and retreat
constitute a dignified homage to the national flag at the beginning of the day,
when it is raised, and at the end of the day, when it is lowered. Installation
commanders direct the time of sounding reveille and retreat.
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At every installation garrisoned by troops other than care taking
detachments, the flag will be hoisted at the sound of the first note of reveille.
At the last note of retreat, a gun will be fired if the ceremony is on a military
installation, at which time the band, bugler, or field music will play the National
Anthem or To the Color will be sounded and the flag will start to be lowered.
The lowering of the flag will be regulated so as to be completed with the last
note of the music. The same respect will be shown by all military personnel
whether the National Anthem is played or To the Color is sounded.
Note: flags are not authorized in rooms.
HOW TO DISPLAY THE FLAG
1. When displayed over the middle of the street, the flag should be
suspended vertically with the union to the north in an east and west
street, or to the east in a north and south street.
2. When displayed with another flag from crossed staffs, the US flag should
be on the right (the flag’s own right) and its staff should be in front of the
staff of the other flag.
3. When flown at half-mast, the flag should be hoisted to the peak, then
lowered to the half-mast position, but before lowering the flag for the day
it should again be raised to the peak.
4. When the flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are flown on the
same halyard with the US flag, the latter should always be at the peak.
5. When the flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from
house to pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be hoisted out
from the building, toward the pole, union first.
6.
When the flag is displayed from a staff projecting horizontally or at any
angle from the window still, balcony, or front of a building, the union
of the flag should always go to the peak of the staff (unless the flag is to be
displayed at half-mast.)
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7. When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so placed that the
union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The flag should not be
lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground.
8.
When the flag is displayed other than being flown from a staff, it should
be displayed flat whether indoors or out. When displayed either
horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union should be to the flag’s
own right, that is, to the observer ’s left. When displayed in a window it
should be displayed in the same way, that is, with the union to the left of
the observer in the street.
9. When carried in a procession with another flag or flags, the US flag
should be either on the marching right, or when there is a line of other
flags, in front of the center of that line.
10. When a number of flags of states or cities or pennants of societies are
grouped and displayed from staffs with our national flag, the latter should
be at the center or at the highest point.
11. When the flags of two or more nations are displayed they should be flown
from separate staffs of the same height and the flags should be
approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the
flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace
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MILITARY INFOMATION
ARMY LEADERSHIP
Leadership is the process of influencing people by providing purpose,
direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and
improving the organization.
Extracted from FM 6-22 (Oct 06)
THE PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP
• Know yourself and seek self-improvement.
• Be technically and tactically proficient.
• Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions.
• Make sound and timely decisions.
• Set the example.
• Know your cadets and look out for their well-being.
• Keep your subordinates informed.
• Develop a sense of responsibility in your subordinates.
• Ensure the task is understood, supervised, and accomplished.
• Build the team.
• Employ your unit in accordance with its capabilities.
Ex from FM 22-100 (Jul 90)
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ATTRIBUTES OF AN ARMY LEADER
A Leader of Character
• Army Values
•Empathy
• Warrior Ethos
A Leader of Presence
• Military Bearing
• Physically Fit
• Composed, Confident
•Resilient
A Leader with Intellectual Capacity
• Mental Agility
• Sound Judgment
•Innovation
• Interpersonal Tact
• Domain Knowledge
CORE LEADER COMPETENCIES OF AN ARMY LEADER
Leads
• Leads Others
• Extends Influence Beyond the Chain of Command
• Leads by Example
•Communicates
Develops
• Creates a Positive Environment
• Prepares Self
• Develops Others
Achieves
• Gets Results
Extracted from FM 6-22 (Oct 06)
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CODE OF CONDUCT
ARTICLE I.
I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way
of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.
ARTICLE II.
I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never
surrender my men while they still have the means to resist.
ARTICLE III.
If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make
every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor
special favors from the enemy.
ARTICLE IV.
If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will
give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my
comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful
orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.
ARTICLE V.
When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give
name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering other
questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements
disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.
ARTICLE VI.
I will never forget that I am an American, responsible for my actions, and
dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God
and the United States of America.
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PHONETIC ALPHABET
Alpha
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Victor
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Charlie
Juliett
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Delta
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Mike
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Golf
November
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MILITARY TIME
0100 - 1 am
0900 - 9 am
1700 - 5 pm
0200 - 2 am
1000 - 10 am
1815 - 6:15 pm
0300 - 3 am
1100 - 11 am
1900 - 7 pm
0400 - 4 am
1200 - noon
2000 - 8 pm
0500 - 5 am
1300 - 1 pm
2130 - 9:30 pm
0600 - 6 am
1400 - 2 pm
2200 - 10 pm
0700 - 7 am
1500 - 3 pm
2300 - 11 pm
0800 - 8 am
1600 - 4 pm
2400 - midnight
Integrity is the fundamental premise for military service in a free
society. Without integrity, the moral pillars of our military strength,
public trust, and self-respect are lost.”
General Charles A. Gabriel, USAF
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ROOK TRAINING
POINTERS FOR FRESHMEN
Offered by 1LT L. A. I. Chapman, U.S.A. in 1906
In a military organization, there are certain persons vested with authority
and competent to furnish information. This is essentially true of a military
school. The new man should therefore get his information from proper sources
and should act on that which he knows to be reliable.
There will be many persons free to offer advice, and as a usual thing this
advice will be worth just what it costs you, nothing. In fact, you will be lucky
to get off so easily, for some of the advice which will be freely offered will
prove expensive in the long run. Your Captain, your First Sergeant, the noncommissioned officer in charge of your squad, or one of the officers or noncommissioned officers at headquarters is competent to furnish you with all the
reliable advice and information you need. Don’t tell everyone how much you
know, nor how much military experience you have had; this will be learned in
due time and will come better to the authorities by observation than by word
of mouth.
Don’t try to be familiar with the old cadets. An officer or noncommissioned officer should be addressed by his proper title and rank,
another cadet by CADET.
Don’t get angry because the officer or non-commissioned officer drilling
you fails to preface his commands by “please.” Orders are given in the military
service, not requests.
Don’t hesitate to obey all orders from competent authority. The military
rule is to obey first and make complaint afterwards.
Don’t get homesick. If you feel that this is the worst place on earth and that
home is the best, just get busy and forget it. There is plenty to learn and plenty
to do, and if you learn all and do all that is required, you won’t have time to be
homesick.
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Don’t lose your temper; it is impolite and moreover places you at a
disadvantage. Keep cool and let the other person get mad.
Don’t do anything that would lower your self-respect. There is nothing
about military service nor about life in Norwich University that tends to make
a person anything but a gentry and you are expected above all things to be
honorable at all times and in all places.
Don’t slouch; keep your shoulders well back, your hands out of your
pockets, and your abdomen drawn in; try to look and act the soldier.
Don’t think that because you have come to college you need to get into
mischief right away. Such ideas are foolish and make short careers at college.
Don’t get angry at this bit of advice; it is furnished you in the hope that
your first days will be easier for it and with a view to preparing you for life at
Norwich University so that you may become and remain a Norwich Cadet.
When in doubt, read your regulations.
“There is no limit to the good you can do if
you don’t care who gets the credit.”
General George C. Marshall
To thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Shakespeare – Hamlet Act I Scene 3.
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FRESHMAN ORIENTATION PERIOD
Norwich Handbook 1956-1957
Freshmen are required to report a few days before the opening of school.
This period is devoted to issuing uniforms and equipment, determining all
academic courses. Testing, drilling, and other activities involved in getting you
ready to join your regular companies.
During the first few weeks of school you will be required to go to classes
from 1830 to 1930 in the evening, three times a week, for lectures on such
subjects as the Honor System, the Norwich traditions and the regulations.
During this period you will not be permitted to go home on weekends
except in case of emergency. You will not be allowed to fraternize with upper
classmen. You will be required to observe certain details of conduct on the
“Hill.” This period of training is very important and valuable to you and it is
necessary that you accept it cheerfully.
The officers and non-commissioned officers in your company will exert
every effort to counsel and guide you through this difficult period. You should
go to them for advice. They will see that you obey the regulations and they will
require that you conduct yourselves properly at all times. You must realize that
in doing this they are endeavoring to prepare you for a successful career in the
Corps of Cadets. You will not be subjected to any indignity or humiliation.
The provision against fraternizing with upper classmen is for your personal
benefit. It is necessary that you get acquainted with your own classmates.
Furthermore, it is important that you refrain from fraternizing with upper
classmen because we want you to be able to observe carefully the membership
of the various activities. This will enable you to decide more accurately the
activity to which you desire to belong.
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ROOK TRAINING
The Rook system is a long established tradition at Norwich. As indicated
by 1LT Chapman, our 17th Commandant, it spans back over a century. The
Rook experience is designed to teach you how to be a cadet, learn to be a
follower, and be prepared for success in the Norwich University Corps of
Cadets (NUCC).
The Rook year is broken into three distinct periods. During each one
you will grow as a cadet and student and upon successful completion of the
required training in the second period you will be recognized as a Freshman
Cadet.
Period I of your training is Rook Orientation Week. This challenging eight
day period will rapidly teach you the absolute basic requirements of being
a cadet at the oldest private military school in the nation. This period will
teach you the basics of maintaining your room and uniforms, basic military
courtesy, drill and ceremony, introduce you to our Guiding Values and Honor
Code and orient you to your chosen lifestyle in the NUCC.
Period II of your training is Rook Basic Training. This four month
period will build upon your experiences during Rook Week and further
your military knowledge and skills; teach you about our rules, regulations,
customs, traditions and history; and ensure you are able to meet the Corps
and academic requirements of the University. Successful completion of the
training requirements will be assessed through physical, academic and leader
evaluations and will result in recognition as Freshman Cadets in the NUCC.
Period III of your training is Basic Leadership Training and will commence
upon your recognition as Freshman Cadets in the NUCC. This four month
phase will further enhance your knowledge of the NUCC, challenge you to
maintain Corps standards, and start to teach you about leadership, based on
our Army heritage and hone the skills learned previously.
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ROOK REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
Rooks are required to comply with the following requirements and
restrictions in addition to the Guiding Values, Honor Manual, Norwich
University Student Rules and Regulations (NUSRR), Standing Operating
Procedures (SOP) Manual, NU Academic Regulations, and all University
Policies.
Specific Rook Instructions:
1.
Report any unreasonable, immoral, or unlawful order or any suspected act
of hazing to the next higher cadet officer or noncommissioned officer
in the chain of command and to the Assistant Commandant (AC) within
24 hours.
2. Rooks are required to refer to themselves as “Recruit (last name)” until
“recognized.” Proper military bearing and courtesy is always essential for
a cadet.
3. Learn cadet knowledge. The information published in this Cadet
Handbook pertaining to such things as leadership, training, traditions, the
Honor Code and Norwich University history.
4. Rooks are required to walk in the gutter and on the right side of all
walkways. Rooks on crutches will walk in the most direct route utilizing
any walkway in the safest manner possible.
5. Maintain a proper Rook haircut.
6. Be at ease in academic buildings (no squaring).
7. Listen attentively during instruction. Rooks will not fall asleep in class.
Sleeping in class is disrespectful and unproductive. If you must stand in
the back of the class to stay awake, do so.
8. Rooks will ask questions and make requests utilizing the proper cadet
chain of command. Norwich Faculty and Staff operate on the basis of
open door policy. The primary mission of the Commandant’s Office and
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your Faculty Advisor is to guide, mentor, and help you. Rooks are free to
see or call their Faculty Advisor or AC at any time. Rooks are encouraged
to communicate or visit with their AC as required or needed. ACs will
typically ask if you have addressed your issue with your cadet chain
of command.
9. Be in the uniform of the day unless ordered otherwise by their cadre.
10. Carry all items in their left hand whenever possible.
11. Remove their headgear when entering any building or covered area. While
at an outdoor athletic event, Rooks may take off their headgear when
seated in the bleachers.
12. Have their Cadet Handbook, black pen, blank index cards, room key, mail
key, and NU Student Identification Card on their person at all times when
outside their barracks.
13. Be in ranks five minutes prior to formations.
14.Stand at the position of attention when addressed by officers or
cadet officers.
15. Stand at the position of parade rest when addressed by noncommissioned
officers or cadet noncommissioned officers.
16.Wear white nametags as required: Class B (summer and winter), P.T.
(except during physical activity); cadet jacket. The white nametag will be
worn IAW NUCC SOP. First Year Cadets wear the white nametag until
they are recognized by the Regimental commander.
17.Be permitted to check their mail and purchase items at the bookstore,
laundry, and the uniform store at their discretion.
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Rooks Are Not Allowed To:
1. Loiter in the mailroom, bookstore, the Mill, Dunkin’ Donuts, or
athletic facilities.
2. Purchase, possess or use tobacco.
3.Use the center doors
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Request Regular Leave, as a general rule. Although, regular leave for
doctor appointments, extreme family situations may be submitted through
the chain of command with the assistance of one’s leader and approved
by the AC; Emergency Leave and Local Absence is submitted directly
to the AC.
5. Wear civilian attire on or off campus unless prescribed by the AC .
6. Utilize the Centennial Stairs.
7. Utilize the Mill snack bar, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Partridge Pub
until authorized by the Regimental Commander.
8. Double-time between classes, on steps and in the hallways of barracks.
9. Listen to music, watch videos or movies, or play video games (for leisure
time pursuits unless organized and authorized by the University).
Pertaining To The Barracks:
1.
Rooks will come to attention or call “Attention” when an officer, cadet
officer, or a University Official enters a room or hallway. Rooks will come
to the position of parade rest when a noncommissioned officer or cadet
noncommissioned officer enters a room or hallway.
2. Rooks may visit other Rooks rooms within the platoon for academic
purposes without permission from the cadet chain of command.
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3. When reporting or visiting the room of another cadet, a Rook will knock,
identify himself/herself. Rooks will enter upon invitation of the occupant.
4. Rooks using the latrine showers will wear the Norwich bathrobe, shower
clogs, and a white towel draped over their left shoulder. Rooks will not do
facing movements when squaring the hall in shower footwear.
5. Rooks are required to have a phone in their room for official calls. Rooks
are authorized to make and/or receive one ten minute unofficial/personal
phone call per week (Sunday) prior to pass down.
6.
Rooks are authorized unrestricted Internet access for academic purposes
and unrestricted email access for personal communication. Rooks are
authorized personal communications for up to thirty minutes daily using
social media.
7.
Evening study and quiet hours are in effect from 1930 hours through 2200
(lights out) hours Monday through Thursday; Rooks will assume individual
responsibility for study, personal hygiene, and uniform maintenance.
Rook doors will be open during this period, except when required for
privacy (hygiene, dressing, etc.).
8.
Sunday is a day of rest for all students; time is to be utilized for study,
worship and personal time only - quiet hours are in effect all day in the
barracks, with lights out NLT 2200 hours on Sunday. Rooks are allowed to
deadbolt their doors open on Sundays.
9.
Call to Quarters (CQ) will be from 2200 hours until First Call the next
morning and all day on Sunday. Rooks will not sound off or square the hall
during this time. Rooks are permitted to “cut the hall” and walk in the
most direct route during this time. Rook doors will be closed during CQ.
10.Rook doors will be locked when the room is unoccupied.
11. Rooks will read the training schedule and information posted on the unit
bulletin boards twice daily.
12. Each Rook is authorized one shoebox of snack food.
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13. Rooks will use the barracks stairs designated by the Company Commander.
14.Rooks will not talk with other Rooks while in latrines, hallways or
stairwells unless directed to do so.
Pertaining To The Dining Facility
1. Rooks will remove their headgear upon entering the vestibule of
the dining facility.
2. The Norwich ID card is the Rook meal card and Rooks must have their ID
card in their possession at all times when entering the dining facility.
3. Rooks will NOT double time or square in the dining facility.
4. Rooks will only be seated in the Abare, 2nd floor dining area separate from
the upper classmen. Rook athletes will not eat with their team unless
approved by their AC or be on Detached Service (DS).
5. Each table, space permitting, should have a cadet leader to teach
and demonstrate proper etiquette.
6. At no time will Rooks sound off in the dining facility. Rooks will speak in
a normal tone of voice when addressed.
7. Rooks are free to select any item of food or beverage served by the dining
facility. Rooks may take as much food as they want, but should not
waste food.
8. Rooks will not rest their arms on the table.
9. Rooks are permitted to eat once they arrive at their table.
10. Basic Dining Etiquette:
a.
Use of the knife. Do not place the knife on the table once you have
started using it. When you have finished with the knife, never place the
handle on the table with the blade resting on the plate; simply place it
on the upper right rim of the plate with the blade edge toward the
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center of the plate. Use your knife for cutting salad only when iceberg
lettuce has been served. All other salads are cut with the fork only.
b.
Use of the spoon. When used to eat soup, dip the soup away from you
and then place the side of the spoon to your lips. When finished with
the soup course, place the spoon in the soup plate with the bowl up,
handle resting on the right rim of the plate. Do not place the soup
spoon on the under plate unless a light soup or consommé has been
served in a cup or bowl at which time the soup bowl is placed up on the
right side of the under plate. When you have used a spoon with coffee
or tea, place the spoon bowl up on the right side of the saucer.
c. Chicken and Other Fowl. At formal dinner no part of the bird is picked
up with your fingers. Hold the meat on your plate with the fork and
strip off the meat with your knife.
d. Olive Pits, Seeds, and Fish bones. Remove pits, seeds, or bones from
the mouth with the thumb and forefinger and place them to one side of
your dinner plate.
e.
Fresh Fruit. Halve, quarter, and stone the fruit with a knife and fork.
Fresh grapes and cherries are eaten whole, pits removed with the
fingers and inconspicuously placed on the side of the plate. Grapefruit
and oranges are served in halves. They are never squeezed, but are
eaten with a fruit spoon or teaspoon.
f. Foods that can reasonably considered finger food (e.g. bread,
sandwich, hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream cones, pizza, apples,
bananas, etc.) may be placed in your mouth with your hands.
11. Unless hands are being used to eat, they will be placed on one’s lap.
12.Rooks will respond to cadre in polite discourse on issues of state,
nation and world events.
13. At all times, Rooks will use proper etiquette.
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ROOK RESTRICTIONS
Rookdom is a challenging experience designed to teach discipline,
motivation, physical fitness, time management, and to introduce Rooks to the
military cadet lifestyle. The experience will teach Rooks to work with their
platoon to complete various activities throughout the year. The year will start
out with many restrictions, including no music, doors open at all times (except
from 2200-0530, and when changing), marching in the gutter when outdoors,
and squaring the hallways. As the proficiency increases, restrictions will be
lifted at the following times:
Completion of Rook Orientation Week:
• Free to purchase goods, but cannot consume goods or loiter in
The Mill or Dunkin’ Donuts
Phase 1 – Abare Picnic:
• Rooks no longer have to say “Table at ease” or “Table attention” when a
Cadre member joins their table in the dining facility. When a Cadre
member joins the table, Rooks will continue to eat.
• No longer use dities such as “pivot and step”
• No longer have to sandwich
Phase 2 – Family Weekend:
• 3 x 5 in picture on wall/desk (one per Rook)
• No white nametags on NU robes or PT gear
• Free to talk quietly in latrines
• No longer square the hallways
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Phase 3 – Week Twelve – Rook Performance Challenge:
• At ease outside
• No longer have to walk in the gutter or square the hallways
• No longer have to sandwich
• Talk with Rooks or Cadre during meals in dining facility
Phase 4 – Holiday Dinner
• Full use of all vending machines on campus
• Phone usage: 0800-1700 M-F and full use on weekends
Phase 5 – Week Seventeen – Recognition Week
This is the turning point in your Rook year. It marks the change from
follower to potential leader. Recognition occurs after Rook Orientation
Week and Rook Basic Training, and commences your transition into Rook
Basic Leadership Training have ended. After the Rook successfully completes
these periods by demonstrating proficiency, the Rook class will undergo
a Culminating Event, and will then be recognized as First Year Cadets
(4th Class), with all of the rights and privileges thereto. Rooks will then be
promoted to Cadet Privates, and will begin preparing for promotion to the
Corporal rank.
• Awarded Rook Basic Training Ribbon for performing to standards
• Can visit upperclass barracks (frat rules apply per NUSRR)
• Can visit civilian dorms
• Can go to chow on their own
• Walking leave
• Music, videos, movies, games on PEDs
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• Doors closed as desired
• Sleep as desired
• Can use Centennial Stairs
• Can use front doors
• No Rook covers
• Black nametags
• Walking across the bricks
Note: Those Rooks who do not meet the standards will be evaluated for
retention in the Corps and may be recommended for a Corps Review Board.
ADVICE
The Rook System is not easy. You will be asked to perform at a higher level than
you are accustomed. Sustaining yourself at this higher level of performance
places great demands on your personal character. To succeed, a new Rook
must have a strong desire to be a Norwich Cadet and ultimately a graduate of
this University.
Cadets must possess integrity, self-discipline, loyalty to the Corps, maturity
and a great deal of confidence. Without any one of these, you will not succeed.
Cadets must be physically, morally, and spiritually ready for the Norwich
challenge. Good Luck!
“I Will Try”
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NORWICH’S HISTORY
“In his initial prospectus of Norwich a century and a quarter
ago, Captain Partridge wrote: ‘... in every republic the due cultivation
of proper military information is indispensably necessary for the
preservation of liberty.’ With that statement and in that conviction
he founded this great college, and pioneered the establishment of
the military collegiate institutions of our country. In a very real
sense he gave to the country, in an hour of greatest need, thousands
of young men trained in both military and civil fields, thoroughly
grounded in the fundamental essentials of complete citizenship
and sound leadership.”
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
BRIEF HISTORY OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY
By Robert G. Poirier
Founded in Norwich, Vermont, by Captain Alden Partridge in 1819 as
the American Literary and Scientific and Military Academy, Norwich is the
nation’s oldest private military college and is recognized by the Department
of Defense as the birthplace of the nation’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
(ROTC) concept. Norwich is regarded as one of the nation’s leading military
educational institutions.
Alden Partridge attended Dartmouth College and was an early graduate,
professor, and superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West
Point, New York. Unable to implement his far-reaching plans for reforming
West Point and developing a national system of citizen-soldier academies while
an active duty army officer, Partridge resigned and established the American
Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in his native state. The academy’s
name was carefully selected to identify the factors of a liberal education that
Partridge deemed most important.
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Following his departure from West Point, philosophical disagreements
between Alden Partridge and Sylvanus Thayer,* the erstwhile Father of Military
Academy, were the subject of vitriolic disputes between these two militaryeducational pioneers and their followers for many years. Recent scholarship
suggests that Partridge probably did more than any other individual to
promote military education on civilian campuses in the United States prior to
the Civil War.
For more than thirty years after founding Norwich, Partridge strove to
promote what he termed the ”American System of Education.” The systems
basic premise, as stated in academy catalogues of the period, was that the
country’s contemporary educational system needed reform in order to
properly prepare American youth “to discharge, in the best possible manner,
the duties they owe to themselves, to their fellow-men, and to their country.”
Interfaced with this concept was Partridge’s belief that the defense of the nation
was more properly vested in the mass of its citizenry rather than in regular
army and professional officers such as those trained at West Point. Therefore,
his American System of Education would be conducted in an atmosphere
where military studies were an important appendage to a liberal education;
Norwich University and its Corps of Cadets were the principal medium to
accomplish these objectives. Partridge linked military science and training
with a pragmatic “civil” curriculum so broad and innovative that it gained
national attention at the time. The Vermont institution served as a model
for nearly twenty other private academies and colleges founded by Partridge
or his students throughout the United States prior to his death in 1854. The
influence and impact of Partridge and his American System of Education upon
the establishment of the Virginia Military Institute in 1839 and the Citadel in
1842, though possibly substantial, remain to be fully identified.
Among the “firsts” achieved on the Norwich campus was the presentation
of the first courses in civil engineering offered in the United States. It also
pioneered the implementation of a physical education regimen, the offering
of some of the first courses in agriculture, the adoption of an ambitious field
training program to augment classroom instruction, and, in 1820, Partridge’s
academy fielded the nation’s first collegiate band. Field training featured
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far-ranging “hikes” for the cadet corps that took them as far afield as
Washington, Niagara Falls, and Boston. The guiding philosophy behind
the organization of Partridge’s academy and his curriculum reform heavily
influenced Senator Justin Morrill’s College Land Grant Act of 1862 and the
legislation which created the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in 1916. A
“risk taker” in the modern sense of the word, Partridge encouraged creative
thinking in his cadets.
To this day, the words “I Will Try,” symbolizing perseverance in the face of
adversity, are prominently displayed on the university seal, the cadet class ring,
and on the regimental colors of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets.
In 1825 the academy relocated to Middletown, Connecticut, partially to
facilitate instruction in naval affairs as Partridge’s cadets were prepared for
service on land or sea. Prior to the establishment of the United States Naval
Academy, a number of future prominent naval officers, including Hiram
Paulding, Josiah Tamall, and James H. Ward, attended the academy for
training. While in Middletown, the school’s popularity and reputation was
such that, for a time, its cadet corps was larger than that of West Point. In
1829, however, the academy returned to Norwich Vermont, following the
State of Connecticut’s refusal to grant Partridge a charter. In 1834 the academy
finally received its charter when the State of Vermont officially recognized the
institution as Norwich University. Following a disastrous fire which destroyed
Norwich’s principal buildings in March 1866, the university relocated to its
current central Vermont site in Northfield.
Norwich received its first federal commandant of cadets and professor of
military science and tactics in 1887, and in 1898 the university was designated
as the Military College of the State of Vermont by legislative act. In 1916, the
first African-American cadet matriculated, and Norwich was designated as
the first site for a senior ROTC cavalry unit. For more than fifty years, this
“cavalry connection” resulted in Norwich men playing prominent roles in the
final decades of the United State’s Army’s horse cavalry branch and, later, in
the emergence of its tanks and armored cavalry units. Military flight training
was instituted for selected cadets in 1939, and as the wartime need for officers
became critical, an early graduation took place in March 1943. The remaining
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three lower classes of cadets entered the armed forces at the same time. For
the next three years, the university’s facilities were under military control and
were dedicated to the Army Air Corps Air Crew Training Program, the Army
Specialized Training Program, and the Army Specialized Training Reserve
Program. In 1945, the first veterans returned to finish their degrees, and in
1947 the United States Army initiated a unique ROTC program in mountain
and cold weather warfare at the school. This program was recently used by
the Department of Defense to prepare forces for the peacekeeping mission in
Bosnia.
In the 1950’s, Norwich entered a period of unprecedented growth and
prosperity that continued in the Vietnam Era. In 1972 Norwich University
merged with Vermont Junior College, a two year college for women located in
Montpelier, Vermont...In 1974 women joined the Corps of Cadets, as Norwich
became the first senior military college in the nation to admit women,
preceding admission of females to the national service academies by two
years. Concurrently, the Department of Defense’s policy of sending nearly all
its Norwich commissioned graduates into the United States Army, particularly
the armored corps, evolved to where cadets can now be commissioned in any
of the armed services...
The ongoing preparation of Norwich cadets as “citizen-soldiers” and
leaders has repeatedly demonstrated its value to the nation. Starting with the
Black Hawk War of 1832, many thousands of Norwich alumni have served
with distinction in all the nation’s wars in all ranks from private (seamen) to
four-star general (admiral). More than 25 alumni served in the Black Hawk
War, at least 80 served in the Mexican War, and hundreds fought in the Civil
War. In that greatest of American conflicts, more than 600 served the Union
and 60 the Confederacy. The impact of Norwich officers and their contribution
to the Union was second only to those of West Point. Following the end of
that war, Norwich cavalrymen helped to open up the West, fighting in
hundreds of engagements, including the famed battle of Little Big Horn, June
25, 1876. Alumni also served in the Spanish-American War, where Admiral
George Dewey (Class of 1855) became a national hero, and in the Philippines
Insurrection. Thousands of other Norwich men and women served in all of
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America’s 20th-century wars. Sixteen died in World War I, 87 in World War
II, three in Korea, 22 in Vietnam, and one in Operation Desert Storm. Seven
alumni have earned the Congressional Medal of Honor while countless others
have earned valor and service awards.
Included in a long and distinguished list of Norwich alumni are Grenville
M. Dodge, Civil War hero and chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad;
Gideon Welles, Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy; Admiral George
Dewey, the “hero of Manila Bay”; Edward D. Adams the engineer who harnessed
the water power of Niagara Falls; Harry B. Thayer, an early president and
chairman of the board of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company;
William G. Wilson, a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous; and prominent
modern military leaders such as General Ira D. White, Edward H. Brooks, and
Ernest N. Harmon, legendary World War II tank unit commanders, and, most
recently, General Gordon R. Sullivan, former Chief of Staff of the United States
Army.
At the close of the 20th century, Norwich University maintains its Corps
of Cadets, traditional civilian student programs, and unique adult education
initiatives while remaining faithful to the principles of its founding father to
prepare leaders for an educated citizenry, fully capable of serving the nation in
peace or war.
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Sources:
William Arba Ellis, Norwich University, 1819-1911, Her History, Her Graduates,
Her Roll of Honor, 3 vols. (Montpelier, Vermont: Capital City Press, 1911).
Gary Thomas Lord, “Alden Partridge: Promoter of an ‘American System of
Education,” Annual Meeting of the American Military Institute, The Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, April 14, 1989.
Robert G. Poirier, By the Blood of Our Alumni: Norwich University Citizensoldiers in the Army of the Potomac (Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing, 1998).
Brian Smith and Gary T. Lord, Norwich University, 1819 (Louisville, KY:
Harmony House Publishers, 1995).
Reprinted from:
William E. Simons, ed., Professional Military Education in the United States: A
Historical Dictionary (Greenwood Press, 2000), pp. 230- 233.
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A SELECTED CHRONOLOGY OF NORWICH HISTORY
1819 Founded by Captain Alden Partridge at Norwich, Vermont
“The American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy.”
1820 Band organized, oldest collegiate band in the nation.
First instruction in Civil Engineering offered in the US.
1825 Academy moved to Middletown, Connecticut.
1829 Academy moved back to Vermont following Connecticut’s
refusal to grant a charter.
1834 Academy received a charter from the State of Vermont recognizing
the institution as Norwich University.
1856 Alpha Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity founded.
1860 General Alumni Association formed and chartered.
1866 South Barracks at Norwich, Vermont burned; Norwich moved
to Northfield, Vermont.
1868 Old Barracks first university building built in Northfield, Vermont,
named Jackman Hall in 1907.
1880 University name changed by Vermont Legislative Act to
Lewis College, restored to Norwich University in 1884.
1887 First Commandant and Professor of Military Science and
Tactics detailed by the War Department.
1898 Norwich designated “The Military College of the State of Vermont”
by the Vermont Legislature.
1901 Charles E. Wheatley named the first cadet major. Dewey Hall
constructed as a memorial to Admiral George Dewey.
1907 Carnegie Library constructed, renamed Henry Prescott Chaplin
Memorial Library in 1952; Electrical Engineering Department established.
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1909 First mounted horse cavalry instruction to a class of 60 cadets.
U.S. Weather Bureau constructed, renamed Ainsworth Infirmary in 1955.
1916 Reserve Officer Training Corps established, Norwich designated a
Senior Division Cavalry Unit. Harold “Doc” Martin entered Norwich,
the first African American Cadet.
1919 Centennial Celebration, stairs and gate post erected.
1921 Sabine Field dedicated in honor of Dr. George K. Sabine.
1923 Class ring tradition started.
1927 Norwich cadets called to assist as record rainfall (8.63”) caused
disastrous flood in Central Vermont.
1929 Armory constructed; named Plumley Armory in 1962.
1937 “Shock Platoon” established and later re-designated as the
Drill Company.
1941 White Hall constructed as dining hall, converted to White
Memorial Chapel in 1962.
1943 Special Commencement due to WWII.
1943-46 University facilities devoted to Army Air Corps Air Crew Training,
Army Specialized Training, and Army Specialized Training Reserve
Programs; there was no Corps of Cadets.
1946 Horse cavalry officially replaced by armored cavalry.
1947 ROTC Mountain and Winter Warfare training program established.
1950 Corps reorganized from a squadron to a regiment; Walter T. Burch is
named the first cadet colonel.
1951 Honor System adopted.
1954 South Gateway constructed.
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1955 Alden Partridge Statue unveiled.
1956 Adams Carillon Tower constructed.
1962 Sabine Field Gateway constructed. Old Stables converted into
Cadet Service Center and Indoor Rifle Range.
1964 Jackman Hall, the Old Barracks, demolished.
1965 New Jackman Hall constructed.
1972 Vermont College purchased. Air Force ROTC established.
1974 First women enter the Corps of Cadets, two years before the
Federal Service Academies.
1975 NU Color Guard designated as the Official Color Guard of the
State of Vermont. Cadet Diane Halliday, first female cadet to graduate,
commissions in the U.S. Air Force.
1984 Navy and Marine Corps ROTC established.
1986 MG Ernest N. Harmon statue unveiled.
1987 Jacob Shapiro Field House constructed.
1988 Norwich University Cemetery dedicated.
1992 Norwich Ski area closed.
1993 Kreitzberg Library constructed. General Gordon R. Sullivan, NU’59,
promoted to Chief of Staff of the US Army. Undergraduate programs
at Vermont College moved to Northfield and populations
consolidated.
1995 Cadet Tracey L. Jones, NU‘96, first Norwich student to be selected
as Rhodes Scholar.
1997 Sarah S. Patchem first female to be promoted to cadet colonel.
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1998 Kreitzberg Arena constructed on former site of Taylor Arena.
2001
Vermont College sold.
2007 Sullivan Museum and History Center and Wise Campus
Center constructed.
2009 Class of ’59 Bridge constructed. Corps of Cadets reorganized to
establish Cadet Training Company’s (CTC).
2011 Norwich students called to assist after Tropical Storm Irene flooding
after rainfall of up to 8.15” in Vermont.
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PRESIDENTS OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Captain Alden Partridge, USA............................................................... 1819-1843
Colonel Truman B. Ransom, USA, NU 1825....................................+ 1844-1847
The Reverend James Davie Butler ......................................................... 1847-1848
Professor Henry S. Wheaton, NU 1841..............................................+ 1848-1849
The Reverend Edward Bourns................................................................ 1850-1865
Colonel Samuel W. Shattuck, VSM, NU 1860................................* + 1865-1867
Major Thomas Woodruff Walker, USA................................................. 1867-1868
The Reverend Roger Strong Howard..................................................... 1869-1871
The Reverend Malcolm Douglass........................................................... 1871-1875
The Reverend Josiah Swett, NU 1837.................................................+ 1875-1877
Colonel Charles A. Curtis, USA, NU 1861........................................+ 1877-1880
Lt Colonel Charles H. Lewis, USA, NU 1855....................................+ 1880-1892
Doctor George Nichols, MD.............................................................* + 1885-1895
Professor Charles Dole, NU 1869.....................................................* + 1895-1896
Commander Allan Danvers Brown, USN............................................. 1896-1904
Professor Charles H. Spooner, NU 1878............................................+ 1904-1915
Colonel Ira Louis Reeves, USA............................................................... 1915-1917
Professor Herbert Rufus Roberts........................................................ * 1917-1920
The Honorable Charles A. Plumley, NU 1896...................................+ 1920-1934
Lt Commander Porter H. Adams, USNR.............................................. 1934-1939
The Reverend John Martin Thomas....................................................... 1939-1944
Professor Homer Levi Dodge, PhD....................................................... 1944-1950
Maj General Ernest N. Harmon, USA................................................... 1950-1965
General Barksdale Hamlett, USA........................................................... 1965-1972
Professor Loring Edward Hart, PhD...................................................... 1972-1982
Maj General W. Russell Todd, USA, NU 1950..................................+ 1982-1992
Rear Admiral Richard W. Schneider, USCGR...................................... 1992-xxxx
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“American System of Education” that was designed to meet the needs of
a democratic republic. He sought to make the traditional curriculum more
practical, scientific, and modern, an integral part of which was its distinctive
provision for military instruction. However, even though his students lived
under a military regimen Partridge did not recommend a strictly military
education for them, favoring one in which military instruction would only
be an “appendage” to civil education. Thus, Partridge worked to prepare his
students for useful and responsible roles as civilians, but, when necessary, they
could assume military responsibilities as officers in a citizen army. For this
reason Partridge is generally regarded as the “spiritual” father of the Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps.
The American System of Education, including the provision for military
education, was replicated numerous times throughout the United States.
Schools following the Partridge plan were organized in most states of the
Northeast. A few schools were started in the West and many more were
started in the South, some calling themselves “Literary, Scientific and
Military” academies. But fire, economic depression, war, and the deaths of key
administrators cut short the lives of many of these schools. Among the more
successful that followed the Partridge pattern prior to the Civil War was the
Virginia Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at Portsmouth; Mt. Pleasant
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Military Academy, Sing Sing, New York; and Highland Military Academy,
Worcester, Massachusetts.
After obtaining a charter from the Vermont Legislature in 1834 for Norwich
University, Partridge helped cultivate state legislative support for the creation
of the Virginia Military Institute (1839) and The Citadel in South Carolina
(1842). Although Partridge was unsuccessful in persuading the legislature
to fund a military professorship for the University of Virginia, he joined
the growing chorus of support for converting the state arsenal at Lexington
into a school that would offer “literary, scientific, and military instruction.”
Partridge also delivered a series of military lectures in South Carolina with the
encouragement of its governor. Significantly, the plan of education assembled
by the board of visitors of The Citadel reads very much like a Partridge text.
Partridge also encouraged state sponsorship of military colleges through
a military convention at Norwich attended by several hundred interested
citizens in 1838. The proceedings of the convention, heavily influenced by
Alden Partridge, reached publication as a memorial to Congress in 1839. The
memorial, focusing on militia reorganization and reform, characterized West
Point as a costly nursery of military elitism that fostered values antithetical to
republican principles. The proposal called for its replacement by a network
of state-sponsored institutions that would combine civilian and military
education.
The fullest and most highly developed exposition of Alden Partridge’s
American System of Education appeared as a memorial to Congress in 1841.
This was the first proposal submitted to Congress requesting land grants to
support colleges offering to combine civilian studies, like agriculture and
engineering, with military science. Congress was asked to apply 40 million
dollars derived from the proceeds of land sales to endow as many as 80
institutions of higher learning. And, foreshadowing what was to finally occur
in the National Defense Act of 1916, the plan called for the federal government
to provide funding to support courses of instruction in military science.
In 1862, Congress enacted a very similar land-grant proposal introduced
by Justin Morrill, a Vermont representative. Although Morrill never
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acknowledged borrowing any of the ideas contained in the land-grant act
bearing his name, the similarities of the Morrill Act to the deceased Partridge’s
1841 memorial are striking and suggest that Partridge influenced the Vermont
congressman to a significant extent.
After Partridge resigned from the presidency of Norwich University in
1843, he continued vigorously to promote his American System of Education.
A skillful and effective lecturer, Partridge was a great success in public forums
throughout the country and probably did more than any other individual
to promote military education in American civilian institutions prior to the
Civil War. His concept of combining civilian and military studies in order to
produce enlightened and effective citizen-soldiers continues to have currency
today.
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Sources:
Henry Barnard, Military Schools and Courses of Instruction in the Science and
Art of War (rev. ed.) (New York; E. Steiger, 1872).
Marcus Cunliffe, Soldiers & Civilians: The Martial Spirit in America, 1775-1865
(2nd ed.) (New York; Free Press, 1973).
William A. Ellis, ed., Norwich University, 1819-1911, Her History, Her
Graduates, Her Role of Honor, 3 vols. (Montpelier, VT: Grenville M. Dodge,
1911).
Lester A. Webb, Captain Alden Partridge and the United States Military
Academy, 1806-1833 (Northport, AL: American Southern, 1965).
Reprinted from:
William E. Simons, ed., Professional Military Education in the United States: A
Historical Dictionary (Greenwood Press, 2000), pp.242-244
“Traditions should not shackle
us to the past, but be
the handrails to the future.”
General Richard I. Neal
Assistant Commandant
of the United States Marine Corps
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COMMANDANTS OF NORWICH UNIVERSITY
Captain Charles A. Curtis, USA, NU 1861........................................... 1869-1875
Professor Charles Dole, NU 1869.......................................................... 1875-1876
Captain Charles A. Curtis, USA, NU 1861 ......................................... 1876-1880
Captain William M. Rumbaugh, VTNG, NU 1876 ........................... 1880-1886
Captain John C. Wait, VTNG ............................................................... 1886-1887
Captain Edward H. Catlin, USA............................................................ 1887-1890
Second Lieut. Jesse M. Carter, USA ..................................................... 1890-1891
First Lieut. Frederick C. Kimball, USA ............................................... 1891-1893
First Lieut. Henry C. Keene, USA ........................................................ 1893-1895
First Lieut. Henry W. Hovey, USA ....................................................... 1895-1898
Professor Arthur E. Winslow, NU 1898 ....................................................... *1898
Captain Henry W. Hovey, USA ............................................................ 1898-1899
Captain John P. Moseley, VTNG, NU 1899 ........................................ 1899-1900
First Lieut. Charles H. Cabannis, USA.......................................................... *1900
Captain Charles S. Carleton, NU 1896 ................................................ 1900-1902
Major Henry W. Hovey, USA................................................................. 1902-1906
Captain Leslie A. I. Chapman, USA...................................................... 1906-1910
Major Luther P. Bayley, VTNG, NU 1909 ........................................... 1910-1911
Captain Frank Tompkins, USA ............................................................ 1911-1913
First Lieut. Ralph M. Parker, USA......................................................... 1913-1916
Major Frank Tompkins, USA................................................................. 1916-1917
Captain George L. Byroade, USA.......................................................... 1917-1918
Major Arthur M. Edwards, USA .......................................................... 1918-1919
Colonel Frank Tompkins, USA ............................................................ 1919-1923
First Lieut. John C. MacDonald, USA ...............................................+ 1923-1927
Captain Ernest N. Harmon, USA........................................................+ 1927-1931
Major Joseph M. Tully, USA ................................................................. 1931-1935
Major Charles R. Johnson, USA ........................................................... 1935-1938
Lt Colonel George S. Andrew, USA ..................................................... 1938-1941
Major Merton E. Ashton, USA....................................................................... *1941
Maj. General Leon B. Kromer, USA...................................................... 1941-1943
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Colonel Wilson T. Bals, USA.......................................................................... *1943
Lt Colonel John W. Hosmer, AUS, NU 1937........................................ 1943-1945
Lt Colonel Robert, D. Guinn, USA........................................................ 1945-1946
Lt Colonel John W. Hosmer, AUS,.NU 1937........................................ 1946-1947
Colonel Carl J. Dockler, USA, NU 1919................................................ 1947-1950
Colonel Briard P. Johnson, USA, NU 1927........................................... 1950-1951
Colonel George B. Anderson, USA, NU 1916.............................................. *1951
Maj General Oscar R. Cauldwell, USMC ............................................. 1951-1953
Lt Colonel John W. Black, USA.............................................................. 1953-1957
Colonel George V. H. Moseley, Jr., USA................................................ 1957-1959
Colonel Michael Popowski, Jr., USA, NU 1934.................................... 1959-1962
Colonel Hugh R. O’Farrell, USA............................................................ 1962-1966
Lt Colonel Rodgers L. Gregory, USA..................................................... 1966-1970
Commander William F. Beatty, USN..................................................... 1970-1973
Colonel John B. Wadsworth, USA......................................................... 1973-1977
Colonel Paul D. La Fond, USMC........................................................... 1977-1979
Colonel David A. Hicks, USA, NU 1950............................................... 1979-1981
Colonel Gerald G. Chikalla, USA.......................................................... 1981-1985
Colonel Anthony J. Carbone, USA, NU 1958....................................... 1985-1988
Colonel Timothy H. Donovan, USA, NU 1962.................................... 1988-1991
Colonel Joseph V. Potter, USAF.............................................................. 1991-1992
Colonel M. Andrews Melville, USAF.................................................... 1992-1995
Colonel Craig R. Lind, USA, NU 1971.................................................. 1995-1997
Colonel Leonard E. Doscinski, USA, NU 1964.................................... 1997-2001
Colonel Michael J. McKeon, USA.......................................................... 2001-2003
Colonel Michael R. Kelley, USA, NU 1974........................................... 2003-2011
Colonel Richard J. Van Arnam, Jr., VTNG, NU 1984......................... 2011-2012
Colonel Russell J. Holden, USA, NU 1973............................................ 2012-1111
* - acting Commandants
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+ - NU graduates
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
UPPER PARADE GROUND
The Northfield campus has grown since its establishment in 1866 to reflect the
growing size of the student population and their educational needs. The focal
point of the campus and in particular for the Corps of Cadets is the upper
parade ground, referred to as the “UP.” The upper parade ground is anchored
at the northern end by Jackman Hall, named after Alonzo Jackman, NU ’36,
the first graduate as a chartered university. The four-story building houses the
Offices of the President, Student Affairs, Academics, Financial Aid, Bursar,
Registrar, Development, Human Resources and the Army and Air Force
ROTCs. It was built on the site of Old Barracks, the first permanent building
on campus which was built in 1868.
The other buildings on the UP central to the Corps of Cadets, in a
clockwise fashion include the following buildings. Dewey Hall, completed in
1901, was erected in honor of Admiral of the Fleet George Dewey the Hero of
Manila Bay, who attended Norwich from 1851-1854 before departing to attend
the US Naval Academy. This three-story building currently houses the School
of Business and Management, which is part of the College of Professional
Schools.
Hawkins Hall, completed in 1940, is a four-story barracks which can
house up to 128 cadets. The barracks is named after BG Rush Hawkins, US
Volunteers, who commanded the 9th New York Zouaves Regt during the
Civil War and was a major proponent of Norwich and the value of military
education for our citizens.
Dodge Hall, was originally Cabot Hall completed in 1938, but was
renamed in 1965 when the original Dodge Hall was demolished. The second
largest and second oldest barracks on campus, the four-story building can
house up to 176 cadets. The barracks is named after MG Grenville Dodge
NU ’51 who was a famous Civil War general and military engineer, the chief
engineer of the Union Pacific railroad responsible for establishing the transcontinental railroad and a distinguished trustee.
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Patterson Hall, completed in 1958, is a four-story barracks capable of
housing 144 cadets. The barracks is named after Harry Patterson, NU ’09
who was a noted Civil Engineer, Industrialist and trustee. He focused on the
professional development of faculty and improvements in their housing.
Goodyear Hall, built in 1955, is the five-story barracks which anchors the
southern end of the UP and can house up to 185 cadets. The barracks is named
after MG A. Conger Goodyear, NYNG, who served in both World Wars as well
as being active in the arts, industry, politics and as a trustee of Norwich.
Wilson Hall, built in 1961, is the same size and design as Patterson Hall
and is capable of housing 146 cadets. The barracks is named after former
Governor Stanley Wilson who dedicated his life to the law, his state and
Norwich University for 50 years as a trustee.
Alumni Hall, built in 1905, and enlarged in 1938, is the largest and oldest
barracks with four stories and is capable of housing 263 cadets. The barracks
was fully funded by the generosity of the Norwich Alumni Association and
dedicated to the memory of Alden Partridge. Until 1955, the plaque on the
northern corner of the building was the only memorial to the school’s founder.
Ransom Hall, built in 1952, is a four-story barracks and is capable of
housing 138 cadets. The barracks is named after Col Truman Ransom NU‘25,
the University’s second president and a hero of the assault on Chapultepec.
Ransom Hall was the first college building constructed with federal funds.
Chaplin Hall, originally named Carnegie Hall, was built in 1907 as
the library and electrical engineering building with funding from Andrew
Carnegie. In 1952 through the generosity of Henry Chaplin, a manufacturing
leader and trustee, the building was completely renovated. In 1961 he supported
the construction of a rear addition adding almost twice the floor space. In 1993
the building was transformed to house the School of Architecture and Art.
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Gerard Hall, built in 1963, is roughly the same size and design as Goodyear
Hall and is capable of housing 181 cadets. The barracks is named after Jacques
Gerard who was born in Russia, where he served in World War I. A noted
industrialist, businessman and trustee, his generosity enabled construction of
what constitutes the last barracks built on the UP.
There are two other dormitories on campus. Crawford Hall was built in
1987 and is located directly behind the Admissions Office on Harmon
Drive. Originally designed as a three-story dormitory, it is unique in that an
additional floor was added in 2004, allowing 204 students to reside in the
building. The dormitory is named after David Crawford NU ’22 who was a
noted Civil Engineer specializing in highway systems. Milano Ballroom,
located in the ground floor of Crawford Hall was completed in 1989. Named
for Joseph and Jill Milano, both NU ’66, who are successful entrepreneurs
and generous supporters of Norwich, the ballroom is a hub of many social
activities throughout the year.
South Hall, built in 2008, is the newest dormitory on campus and is
designed as the first of three new dormitories to be located on Upper Disney
Field. The building is specifically designed to house 283 civilian students. Built
in 2009, the “Magnificent” class of 1959 bridge, significantly improves access
from the UP to the dormitory and serves as a connection between the civilian
and military lifestyles.
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The chapel offers a weekly non-denominational Protestant service on
Sundays evenings and Roman Catholic masses are held on Wednesday and
Sunday evenings. An Islamic prayer room is available for use as desired. Jewish
and other faith groups meet weekly as well. Local worship services are available
and transportation can be arranged through the Chaplain’s Office. All cadets,
and Rooks upon completion of Rook Week, are authorized and encouraged
additionally to attend their preferred services off-campus as religious faith
plays a significant role in the development of leaders of character.
THE CADET PRAYER
1997
Almighty God, in reverence for You, I seek to think and act in ways that
are consistent with Your perfect will. I humbly confess my failures and request
forgiveness for my sins.
As a member of the Corps of Cadets, my desire is to reach beyond the
mere requirements of our Honor Code and pursue an even higher standard of
excellence - the one that You Yourself possess. Help me always to do what is
ethically right. May I be the example - never the exception! May I be known
for honesty in my words, fidelity to my commitments, and persistency in my
responsibilities. May my effectiveness as a leader be measured by my strength
of character, my trustworthiness, and others’ willingness to follow me.
Lord God, may I always be above reproach, but never beyond scrutiny!
Convict and correct me if ever my motives or methods lack integrity. And by
your grace may I demonstrate the unbending courage to constantly reflect the
best of what it means to be a Norwich Cadet. Amen!*
*or the Christian Benediction: “In Jesus’ Name, Amen!”
Reverend William S. Wick, Norwich University Chaplain
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ACADEMIC BUILDINGS
Using the UP as the center of the campus, the academic buildings, with
the exception Dewey and Chaplin Halls, are located along the eastern side of
campus. Closest to Dewey Hall are the three buildings which make up the core
of the College of Liberal Arts.
Webb Hall, which was built in 1960, is the home of Modern Languages
and English. The building is named after J. Watson Webb who was a world
famous polo player, insurance executive, member of the state legislature and
trustee of Norwich. A prominent feature of Webb Hall is dole auditorium
which is capable of holding over 400 students.
Immediately next to Webb Hall is Ainsworth Hall, which was built in
1909 as an US Weather Bureau Building. In 1948 the building was turned over
to the University and became the Ainsworth Infirmary. Named after Capt
James Ainsworth, NU ’53, a noted railway engineer responsible for building
over 2,000 miles of track. Today the building is the home to Criminal Justice
and Sociology, History and Political Science, and Psychology and Education.
Hollis House, built in 1852, is used mainly for humanities classroom
space. The building is named after David “Dixie” Hollis, Jr., NU ’22 who is
responsible for the establishment of scholarships is support of worthy students.
The other building directly supporting the College of Liberal Arts is
the Communications Building, the oldest portion being built in 1844.
When renovated in 1988 an addition was add to support the majority of
communications classes and is located south of the library.
Behind Patterson Hall is the largest grouping of academic buildings
on campus, referred to as the “U” building. It is actually comprised of five
contiguous buildings which have been upgraded or replaced over time. The
“U” building is home to the College of Science and Mathematics and two
schools in the College of Professional Schools.
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Bartoletto Hall, built in 1998, was a key project in significantly upgrading
our science facilities. It is named after A.J. “Bart” Bartoletto, NU ’52, an
entrepreneur, philanthropist and World War II veteran, who has provided
significant support to Norwich. The three-story building, which forms the
base of the “U” building, is home to the Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Physical Education, Sports Medicine, Mechanical Engineering and the School
of Nursing.
Tompkins Hall, built in 1952, is a three-story building designed originally
to support the Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics Department. It is
named after Col Frank Tompkins, a noted cavalry officer, who served three
times as Commandant of Cadets and Professor of Military Science and
Tactics. During World War I he commanded the 301st Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division which has the distinction of being the first division
drawn from civilian ranks through the draft, hence their description as “the
first sons of the nation.” He completed his service to the University as a trustee.
Tompkins Hall is home to the College of Science and Mathematics, as well as
Mathematics, Biology and Physics.
Cabot Hall, built in 1964, is a three-story building which was originally
the Cabot Science Annex and the third building on campus to carry the
Cabot name. When the original Cabot Science was demolished, the name was
transferred to the annex with the family’s approval. It is named after James
Cabot, the son of Godfrey Cabot and uncle of Louis Cabot, both of whom are
noted industrialists, philanthropists and trustees of Norwich. Cabot Hall is the
home of the Geology and Environmental Science classrooms and laboratories
as well as the schools largest lecture hall.
Partridge Hall, built in 1941, was a two-story building designed to house
the Civil and Electrical Engineering programs at Norwich. This was the first
building named in honor of our founder, Capt Alden Partridge a noted civil
engineer, over 120 years after the founding of the University. Today is serves
as the heart of the David Crawford School of Engineering, part of the College
of Professional Schools. The Crawford School of Engineering is named after
David Crawford, NU ’22, a noted highway engineer and his son David C.
Crawford, NU ’52, a noted offshore drilling engineer.
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Juckett Hall, built in 1984, is a key three-story addition to Partridge
Hall. Named after Frank Juckett and his son A. Walter Juckett, NU ’30,
both were noted manufacturers in the paper industry as well as trustees of
Norwich. Juckett is the home of updated engineering laboratories as well as the
University ITS Department.
ATHLETICS FACILITIES
The majority of the University’s extensive athletic facilities are located
either behind Gerard Hall or Jackman Hall. Norwich University currently
fields 19 Divison III athletic teams, and one Division I team. Originally known
for our polo and rifle teams today we have numerous competitive programs of
which many have earned national recognition.
Andrews Hall, built in 1980, is the heart of the athletic program at
Norwich and houses all coach’s offices, classrooms, most locker and training
rooms, the athletics hall of fame and gymnasium where the basketball and
volleyball programs play their games. The facility is named after Paul Revere
Andrews, NU ’30, a leader in the publishing industry and trustee of Norwich.
Kreitzberg Arena, built in 1998, is one of the premier collegiate ice
hockey arenas and home to the men’s and women’s hockey programs. It is
named after Fred Kreitzberg, NU ’57, a national leader in civil engineering and
construction management as well as a distinguished trustee of Norwich. The
59,000 square-foot facility is routinely used to host the Division III National
Championships.
Doyle Hall, built in 2009, unifies Andrews Hall and Kreitzberg Arena,
significantly improving access to the arena and providing needed space for the
athletic programs. It is named after Allen Doyle, NU ’71, a two-time NU Hall
of Fame inductee and PGA Championship Golfer.
Sabine Field, completed in 1921, is the home field of the NU football team.
It was named after George Sabine, Jr., the deceased son of Dr. Sabine, NU ’68,
a noted physician. Originally designed to support football, baseball and track,
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Sabine was completely renovated in 2013 with the installation of an artificial
turf field, lights, press box and new stands. Sabine Field will now support
football, soccer, and lacrosse.
Plumley Armory, built in 1929, is a three-story facility which provides
over 50,000 square-feet of space for offices, classrooms, a running track,
large gymnasium, weight training facilities, locker rooms and is home to the
wrestling program and men’s and women’s swimming teams. The armory is
named after Charles Plumley, NU ’96, a noted lawyer, the 15th President of
Norwich, Congressman and trustee of Norwich, in recognition of his service
to the University and foresight in gaining support from the state to build it.
The ground floor of armory serves as the home of the Naval ROTC Unit.
Located between the Sabine Field entrances to the armory is the Gunnar
Nicholson room, which served as the original trophy room for the University
and was dedicated to the noted industrialist, philanthropist and trustee of
Norwich. Goodyear Pool, built in 1962, was an addition to the northwest
corner of Plumley Armory and is named after Gen A. Conger Goodyear who
championed the project.
Shapiro Fieldhouse, built in 1987, is attached to the rear of Andrews Hall
by a covered walkway and is one of several facilities built on the original Polo
Field. Named after Col Jacob Shapiro, NU ’36, a decorated hero of World War
II, noted entrepreneur and manufacturer and trustee of Norwich, this 50,000
square-foot facility is home to the men’s tennis team and has a 200m indoor
track and a rock climbing wall.
Howard Field, was originally acquired in 1895 and 1896 as several separate
parcels totaling 25 acres west of the UP. The land was named in honor of
General Oliver O. Howard, a famous Civil War leader, Indian fighter, founder
of Howard University and trustee of Norwich. Today’s field is the home for
men’s and women’s soccer as well as men’s and women’s lacrosse and is the
northern most end of the former Polo Field.
Garrity Field, completed in 1963, is the current home field of the men’s
baseball team. The field is named after Joseph Garrity, NU ’27, who was a
former baseball coach and long-time athletic director. The diamond is located
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at the southwest corner of the old Polo Field. The open practice fields that were
originally the remainder of the Polo Field are now referred to as the football
practice fields.
Disney Field currently the site of both Army and Marine Corps obstacle
courses, the climbing and repelling tower and recreational sports. The field is
named in honor of MG Paul Disney, NU ’27, Corps of Cadets commander,
regimental commander in the 2nd Armor Division in World War II and the
first commanding officer of the Armor Training Center at Fort Knox.
Norwich Rugby Pitch, was completed in 1970, and is the home field of the
men’s and women’s rugby teams. This is the only varsity playing field on the
western bank of the Dog River. The clubhouse was dedicated in 1990 to “Pop”
Bryan, David Hof, NU ’75 and Clyde Burnett, NU ’78.
Shaw Outdoor Center, built in 2012, is the newest recreational area,
training area and sports field which was sponsored by Larry Costa, NU ‘80.
It is named in honor of SFC John Shaw who was a former Mountain Cold
Weather Instructor and recognizes his skills as a leader and mentor. The center
serves as the new home for Mountain Cold Weather, has numerous mountain
bike, snowshoe, cross country skiing and hiking trails. It also is the location of
Norwich’s first NCAA Cross Country Course.
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT FACILITIES
Wise Campus Center, built in 2007, is a three-story addition erected on
the site of the original dining hall portion of Harmon Hall. Wise Campus
Center is named after Clifford and Regina Wise the beloved aunt and uncle
of trustee emeritus Robert Mack, NU ’64, and is the home of a modern and
state-of-the-art dining facility, kitchen spaces and serving areas. Abare Dining
Room, is located above the main dining floor. Named after Jack Abare, NU
’57 a manufacturer, philanthropist and supporter of Norwich, it is exclusively
for the Rooks and their leaders. The remaining portion of Harmon Hall is
named after the 19th President of Norwich and distinguished combat leader
of World War II, Gen Ernest Harmon. The Wise Campus Center is the hub of
the University and houses most of the Dean of Students staff, student activities,
meeting rooms, the bookstore, mail room, snack bar and student lounges.
Kreitzberg Library, built in 1992, is the tallest building on campus being
five-stories tall plus a mezzanine deck. It is named in honor of Barbara and Fred
Kreitzberg, NU ’57, a couple strongly dedicated to the mission of Norwich and
providing facilities that will assist the students in their educational journey.
The library serves as a gathering place for students to research and study but
is also home to the University Archives and Special Collections, the Academic
Achievement Center, and Counseling Services.
Sullivan Museum and History Center, built in 2006, is a state-of-theart museum focusing on the history and heritage of Norwich University. It
is attached to the western side of the library. The building was sponsored by
James Pritzker, a noted financier, supporter of military history and trustee of
Norwich. Named after General Gordon Sullivan, NU ’59, a career army officer
who completed his service as the Chief of Staff of the Army and now is the
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Norwich. The main floor of the museum
includes a visitors center, permanent displays on Norwich history and Gen
Sullivan, a conference center and rotating special displays on Norwich’s
history.
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Hayden Builiding, built in 1986, is a single story building behind the
library. It is named after Robert Hayden, NU ’41, who served as an Assistant
Professor of Civil Engineering and Superintendent of University Buildings
and Grounds for over 30 years. He oversaw the greatest period of growth with
the addition of 13 buildings. Hayden is home to the University uniform shop,
Security and Facilities Operations.
Hassett House, built in 1825, is a two-story house moved to its current
location behind the Communications Building from its original location next
to the Hollis House. Named after the last private owners, the facility now hosts
the Center for Student Success, the Center for Educational Effectiveness and
Veterans Affairs.
Student Service Center, built in 1919, is a single-story structure purpose
built as the stables with a funding from Gen Hawkins and was converted in
1962. The Center, located below the west side of the UP in the parking lot with
Kreitzberg Arena, currently is home to the barber shop and Army Supply.
Roberts Hall, built in 1916, is the two-story home of Admissions. It was
named after Herbert Roberts who served Norwich for forty years as a teacher,
dean, counselor and interim President. At one time a class club and meeting
facility it is now the first building that most Norwich students enter.
Marsilius Hall, located across the green from Roberts Hall, is the home
of the Green Mountain Family Practice. The only building not owned by
Norwich, it is the site of the campus infirmary and where all students go for
sick call.
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MEMORIALS
MeMoriaLs
TheThe
Alden
Partridge
Statue
alden
Partridge
statue
TheThe
Alden
Partridge
statue stands
memory
Alden
Partridge
statueinstands
of
founder
in the
memory
of of
theNorwich
founder University.
of NorwichThe
statue
was dedicated
Commencement
University.
The statueat was
dedicated
of
In the summer
1997 the
statue
at 1955.
Commencement
of of1955.
In the
was
turned
180 degrees
to was
accommodate
summer
of 1997
the statue
turned
the
of new
math and science
180landscaping
degrees to
accommodate
the
complex. It was carved in the Northfield plant
landscaping of new math and science
of the Rock of Ages Corporation by Italian
complex. It was carved in the Northfield
born sculpture Labruno Sarzanini. Weighing
plant of the Rock of Ages Corporation
over nine tons and slightly over sixteen feet in
by Italian
born
height,
the statue
wassculpture
donated to Labruno
Norwich by
Sarzanini.
Weighing
over nine
tons
the
Barre Granite
Manufacturers
Association.
and slightly over sixteen feet in height,
the statue was donated to Norwich
by the Barre Granite Manufacturers
Association.
Weintz Courtyard, completed in 2007, is the focal point of the math
weintz courtyard, completed in 2007, is the focal point of the math
science complex and home to the Partridge Statue. The courtyard is named
science
complex
home
Partridge
Statue. banker,
The courtyard
is II
for L. Fred
Weintz,and
Jr., NU
’47,toa the
successful
investment
World War
named
Fred Weintz,
Jr., NU
’47, aproponent
successfulofinvestment
banker, he
veteran for
andL.trustee
of Norwich.
A strong
Norwich’s students
World
War II veteran
and trustee
Norwich. fund
A strong
proponent
was instrumental
in the growth
of theofendowment
and established
with
of
students
he wasundergraduate
instrumentalresearch
in theprojects.
growth of the
his Norwich’s
wife a scholarship
to support
endowment fund and established with his wife a scholarship to support
undergraduate research projects.
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125
The Centennial Gateways
The present gateways were erected in 1919 at the northern and eastern
entrances to the University. Upon the left pilaster of each gateway an
inscription in bronze summarizes the history of the institution:
Norwich University
Founded at Norwich, Vermont in 1819
By Captain Alden Partridge
Incorporated in 1834
Destroyed by fire and removed to
Northfield, Vermont in 1866
Designated the Military College of
The State of Vermont
By the General Assembly in 1898
Designated as a Cavalry Unit of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps
By the Federal Government in 1916
Upon the right pilaster of each gateway there is this inscription, written by
Professor K.R.B. Flint, which summarizes the characteristics and ideals of
Norwich:
This institution was founded
Upon the principle that a
Citizen Soldiery is essential
To the maintenance of free Government
Throughout a hundred years
That principle has been
Cherished and men have here
Learned that obedience to law
Is Liberty
In the centuries to come let
All who enter through this
Gate be faithful to the past.
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The centennial stairs
The Centennial Stairs
On April, 1919, the Board of Trustees authorized construction of a
Centennial
On April,Stairway
1919, the
Board of
construction
of a
to improve
andTrustees
dignify authorized
the approach
to the College.
Centennial
Stairwaythetoname
improve
dignify theofficial,
approach
to the or
College.
Each step carries
of a and
distinguished
alumnus,
past
Each
the name
a distinguished
official,
alumnus,
cadet
cadetstep
of carries
Norwich.
Workofwas
begun on the
stairway
early or
in past
August.
ofWhen
Norwich.
Work was Celebration
begun on thebegan
stairway
early
in of
August.
When
the
the Centennial
on the
tenth
October,
1919
Centennial
Celebration
began
the tenth
of October,
1919 this One
impressive
this impressive
memorial
of on
granite
and brick
was unveiled.
step
memorial of granite and brick was unveiled. One step is in honor of Captain
is in honor of Captain Philip Vincent Sherman, ‘07, who was the first
Philip Vincent Sherman, ‘07, who was the first Norwich man to die in the
Norwich man to die in the hands of the enemy in World War I. His
hands of the enemy in World War I. His sons, Philip, Randall and Allan
sons, Philip,
Randall
and
were called upon to unveil
Sherman
were called
upon
to Allan
unveil Sherman
the entrance.
the entrance.
To earn the rite of passage, rooks are not permitted to use the Centennial
To earn the rite of passage, rooks are not permitted to use the
Stairway until recognized as freshmen cadets.
Centennial Stairway until recognized as freshmen cadets.
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127
“Uncle jim”
Jim” evans
Evans
“Uncle
Commencement Group, 1886. Standing, from left, George D. Thomas, ‘76;
Commencement Group, 1886. Standing, from left, George D. Thomas,
George R. Miner, ‘83; Nelson L. Sheldon, ‘84. Seated, from left, Charles H.
‘76; George R. Miner, ‘83; Nelson L. Sheldon, ‘84. Seated, from left,
Nichols,
Evans;
W. Stewart,
‘86; and
H. Nickerson,
Charles‘86;H.James
Nichols,
‘86;Rowland
James Evans;
Rowland
W.Thomas
Stewart,
‘86; and
‘84.
The composition
of ‘84.
this The
photographic
grouping
appears to be grouping
motivated
Thomas
H. Nickerson,
composition
of this photographic
by
the
affection
the
sitters
have
for
“Uncle
Jim”
Evans
who
poses
serenely
appears to be motivated by the affection the sitters have for “Uncle Jim”in
an
outrageous
costume
that suggests
his dual occupation
the University;
Evans
who poses
serenely
in an outrageous
costume atthat
suggests hishe
filled
the positions
janitor and he
armorer.
Fromthe
1869
until hisofretirement
dualboth
occupation
at theofUniversity;
filled both
positions
janitor
inand
1904,
Evans served
an informal
His wit,
charm,
armorer.
From as
1869
until his philosopher-in-residence.
retirement in 1904, Evans
served
as
and
sage advice,
won the friendship of many
students.
great
an informal
philosopher-in-residence.
Hisgenerations
wit, charm,of and
sage The
advice,
influence
Evans on of
themany
University
community
is memorialized
on influence
the steps of
won the offriendship
generations
of students.
The great
the
Stairs.
There, inscribed
on one
the steps, is the
of James
of Centennial
Evans on the
University
community
is of
memorialized
onname
the steps
of
Evans,
along with
the names
prominent
commanders,
the Centennial
Stairs.
There,ofinscribed
on military
one of the
steps, is the statesman,
name of
James Evans,scientists
along with
names of prominent military commanders,
industrialists,
and the
educators.
statesman, industrialists, scientists and educators.
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128
TheHarmon
harmon
statue
The
Statue
Harmon
dedicated on
The The
HarmonStatue
Statue was
was dedicated
on September
27,This
1986.
This
was
September
27, 1986.
statue
was statue
commissioned
to honor
MG Ernest
N.
tocommissioned
honor MG Ernest
N. Harmon,
who entered
Harmon,inwho
Norwich
1912
Norwich
1912entered
and was
assignedin to
Band
and was assigned
to BandhisCompany.
Company.
After spending
freshmanAfter
year at
Norwich,
Harmonyear
then
spendingGeneral
his freshman
at accepted
Norwich,his
appointment
to West Point
and graduated
General Harmon
then
accepted with
histhe
class
of 1917. to
After
later
appointment
Westbeing
Pointcommissioned
and graduated he
with
saw
in 1917.
WorldAfter
War I.being commissioned
theaction
class of
actionwent
in World
War 1924
I.
he later saw
Harmon
to the
Olympics
in Paris,
representing
the pentathlon
Harmon
went to the
the U.S.
1924inOlympics
in
events.
He returned the
to Norwich
in pentathlon
1928 to serve
Paris, representing
U.S. in the
asevents.
the Commandant
of to
Cadets
and the
He returned
Norwich
inProfessor
1928 to of
Military
until 1931. of Cadets and the
serve asScience
the Commandant
Professor
of Military
Science both
until the
1931.
During World War II, General
Harmon
commanded
First and
Second
Armored
seeing action
in Africa
and Europe.
organized
During
World Division,
War II, General
Harmon
commanded
bothHe
the
First
the U.S.
Constabulary
post-warseeing
Europeaction
beforeinretiring.
and
Second
Armored in
Division,
Africa and Europe. He
organized
theGeneral
U.S. Constabulary
post-war
Europeofbefore
retiring.
In 1950,
Harmon wasinnamed
President
Norwich
University.
HeInserved
that role until
1965, was
helping
the University
a modern
1950,in General
Harmon
named
Presidentbecome
of Norwich
educational institution. General Harmon retired in 1965, joining the
University.
He served in that role until 1965, helping the University
University’s Board of Trustees. He faithfully supported Norwich until his death
become a modern educational institution. General Harmon retired
in 1979.
in 1965, joining the University’s Board of Trustees. He faithfully
supported
Norwich
death
in 1979.
A memorial
walluntil
formshisthe
backdrop
for the statue of General Harmon.
Upon the wall are inscribed the names of deceased Norwich alumni.
A memorial wall forms the backdrop for the statue of General
Harmon.
are inscribed
the names
of Vermont
deceasedwho
The HarmonUpon
Statue the
was wall
sculptured
by Frank Gaylord
of Barre,
Norwich
alumni.
credits Labruno
Sarzanini (creator of the Partridge statue) as his mentor. Frank
Gaylord distinguished himself by sculpting the National Korean War Veteran’s
The Harmon Statue was sculptured by Frank Gaylord of Barre,
Memorial in Washington, DC.
Vermont who credits Labruno Sarzanini (creator of the Partridge statue)
as his mentor. Frank Gaylord distinguished himself by sculpting the
National Korean War Veteran’s Memorial in Washington, DC.
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129
Upper Parade Ground Flag Pole, erected in 1916, was presented to
Norwich by the First Vermont Cavalry Regiment Association in memory of
their distinguished service during the Civil War where they served throughout
the war with the Army of the Potomac and participated in 76 battles and
campaigns.
Adams Carillon Tower, built in 1956, was donated by Dr. Porter Adams,
the 16th president of the University, in memory of his mother. Originally
consisting of 36 bells, in 1959 an additional 11 bells were donated completing
the set of 47 bells. The bells were originally used by the Belgian government
during the Chicago’s World Fair and were donated by the Greene family in
honor of his mother.
Memorial Plaza, was completed in 2013, in honor of all Norwich
graduates who have served our nation. Located at the West end of Sabine Field
the plaza contains a monument to each of the Services.
Sabine Sally, was dedicated in 1958, in honor of “the Norwich Men who
served in the Armored Forces in World War II,” by Capt James Burt. Built in
1942, the M-4A3 Sherman tank was most likely used to train soldiers during
the war and never saw overseas service. She was completely refurbished in
2013.
Dewey’s Anchor, was dedicated in 1990, to the graduates of Norwich
serving in the Navy and Marine Corps. The anchor is a standard 30,000 pound
Navy stockless anchor made during World War II. The anchor is painted white
in honor of Admiral Dewey’s flagship the USS Olympia.
Air Force Memorial, dedicated in 2008, to the graduates of Norwich
serving in the Air Force. The single propeller blade is from the prop of a World
War II P-40 Warhawk made famous by the exploits of the Flying Tigers in
China.
Norwich Cemetery, established in 1988, mid-way up Dole Hill overlooks
the University. The cemetery is dedicated to John Conway, NU ’28 and his
wife Doris.
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wiLLiaM h. earLe MUraLs
WILLIAM H. EARLE MURALS
“GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD, SEE THE VERMONTERS GO”
“GLory to God, GLory to God, see the verMoNters Go”
Formed in the summer of 1862, the 13th and 16th Vermont Regiments included
Formed in the summer of 1862, the 13th and 16th Vermont Regiments included
many Northfield residents and Norwich University alumni. They saw their greatest
many
Northfield
residents
and Norwich
University
They
their greatest
combat
role during
the climax
of Pickett’s
Charge atalumni.
the Battle
of saw
Gettysburg,
July
combat
roleThe
during
the climax
Pickett’s
Charge
at the Battle
of Gettysburg,
1-3, 1863.
regiment
formedofthe
left line
on Cemetery
Ridge,
to reinforce July
the
1-3,
1863.
The
the leftduring
line on
Ridge,
to reinforce
the
broken
units
thatregiment
had seenformed
hard fighting
theCemetery
first two days
of the
battle. What
broken
units thatin
had
hard fighting
during the
first the
two charge
days ofof
thethousands
battle. What
Earle represents
hisseen
painting
is the moment
during
of
Earle
represents
in his
painting
is the
moment
during the
the Union
chargelines,
of thousands
of
Confederate
troops
when
they are
about
to penetrate
which the
Confederate
when repulse.
they areColonel
about toFrancis
penetrate
the Union
which
the
two Vermonttroops
units helped
Voltaire
Randall,lines,
known
for his
bravery,
directed
thehelped
defense.
As theColonel
battle progressed,
Randall,
the commander
of
two
Vermont
units
repulse.
Francis Voltaire
Randall,
known for his
the 13th directed
Regiment,
hisAs
unit
the Rogers
house Randall,
featured in
painting,
bravery,
theshifted
defense.
thetobattle
progressed,
theEarle’s
commander
of
and13th
thereRegiment,
captured shifted
eighty-three
prisoners.
As Randall’s
unit returned
to the
main
the
his unit
to the Rogers
house featured
in Earle’s
painting,
line,there
it wascaptured
cheered by
20,000 on-looking
The 16th
held
the main
they
and
eighty-three
prisoners.troops.
As Randall’s
unit
returned
toline:
the main
endured
many
casualties
and captured
a large
number
of Confederate
troops
before
line,
it was
cheered
by 20,000
on-looking
troops.
The 16th
held the main
line:
they
the battle was over. Significantly, Norwich cadets provided the initial training of the
endured many casualties and captured a large number of Confederate troops before
Vermont Brigade before it went into action. Norwich professor Alonzo Jackman,
the battle was over. Significantly, Norwich cadets provided the initial training of the
a Brigadier General in the Vermont State Militia, and his cadet drillmasters were
Vermont Brigade before it went into action. Norwich professor Alonzo Jackman,
charged with this task because of their competence in military drill. Experts credit
athe
Major
General
in the
Vermont
Militia,
and
his Vermont
cadet drillmasters
were
repulse
of Pickett’s
charge
in partState
to the
training
of the
units provided
charged
with this
task because of their competence in military drill. Experts credit
by the Norwich
Cadets.
the repulse of Pickett’s charge in part to the training of the Vermont units provided
by the Norwich Cadets.
131
PRESIDENTraNsoM
RANSOMat
ATchaPULtePec
CHAPULTEPEC
PresideNt
The second
second President
President of
of Norwich
Norwich University,
University, Truman
Truman B.
B. Ransom,
Ransom, isis featured
featured in
The
thethe
first
mural
thatthat
Earle
painted
in 1956.
UponUpon
his graduation
from from
the American
in
first
mural
Earle
painted
in 1956.
his graduation
the
Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, Ransom, one of Captain Alden Partridge’s
American
Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy, Ransom, one of Captain
most highly-esteemed cadets, was made an instructor of mathematics, later became
Alden Partridge’s most highly-esteemed cadets, was made an instructor of
vice-president, and then president of the University when Partridge resigned in
mathematics,
later became vice-president, and then president of the University
1843. Colonel Ransom left his presidency at Norwich, to command the 9th U.S.
when
Partridge
resigned
Colonel
Ransominleft
presidency
Infantry
Regiment,
and ledinit1843.
in many
engagements
thehis
Mexican
War. at
The mural
Norwich,
to command
the 9th U.S. Infantry
ledofitChapultepec
in many on
shows Colonel
Ransom commanding
his troopsRegiment,
during theand
Battle
engagements
the Mexican
War. The
mural
shows by
Colonel
Ransom general,
September 13,in1847.
Colonel Ransom
was
recognized
the commanding
commanding
his Scott,
troopsfor
during
the Battle
of Chapultepec
September
13,
General Winfield
his gallantry
in battle
and for the on
conduct
and discipline
1847.
ColonelThe
Ransom
wasofrecognized
the as
commanding
General
of his troops.
storming
the fortress,byseen
the gateway general,
to Mexico
City, was
Ransom’s Scott,
last battle.
At gallantry
the climaxinofbattle
the assault,
at the
the conduct
very moment
of U.S. victory,
Winfield
for his
and for
and discipline
of
Ransom
wasThe
shot
in the head
and
died onseen
the as
battlefield.
After
death,City,
he was
his
troops.
storming
of the
fortress,
the gateway
to his
Mexico
honored
by thelast
Vermont
and of
is the
still assault,
held in high
in the Norwich
was
Ransom’s
battle. Legislature
At the climax
at thehonor
very moment
of
community
U.S.
victory,today.
Ransom was shot in the head and died on the battlefield. After his
death, he was honored by the Vermont Legislature and is still held in high honor
in the Norwich community today.
132
DRIVINGoF
OFthe
THEGoLdeN
GOLDENsPike
SPIKE
driviNG
MG
hero in the 19th century,
century, was
was
MG Grenville
Grenville Dodge,
Dodge, aa military
military and
and engineering
engineering hero
responsible for
for surveying
surveying over 100,000 miles of land for railways
railways and building
responsible
building
thousands of
of miles
miles of
of railroad
railroad in
in the
the United
United States,
States, Mexico,
Mexico, and
and Cuba.
Cuba. Dodge,
thousands
Dodge,
an 1851
1851 graduate,
graduate, isis featured
featured in
in William
William Earle’s
Earle’s mural
mural depicting
depicting the
an
the driving
driving of
of
the golden
golden spike
spike ceremony
ceremony at
at Promontory
Promontory Point,
the
Point, Utah,
Utah, in
in 1868.
1868. ItIt marked
marked the
the
completion of
of 1,700
Omaha,
Nebraska,
which
constituted
the
completion
1,700 miles
milesofofrailroad
railroadfrom
from
Omaha,
Nebraska,
which
constituted
first transcontinental railroad route linking the eastern United States with the Pacific
the first transcontinental railroad route linking the eastern United States with
Coast. Dodge, as chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, used the engineering
the Pacific Coast. Dodge, as chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, used
skills learned at Norwich to become one of the most renowned railroad engineers
the engineering skills learned at Norwich to become one of the most renowned
of his time, recognized by President Grant and many others for his engineering
railroad
prowess.engineers of his time, recognized by President Grant and many others for
his engineering prowess.
133
WARDiN
INthe
THEtaiPiNG
TAIPINGrebeLLioN
REBELLION
ward
The
The exploits
exploits of
of the
the adventurer,
adventurer, shipbroker
shipbroker and
and mercenary
mercenary Frederick Townsend
Townsend
Ward, pictured in
legendary.
AfterAfter
leaving
Norwich
in 1848,
Ward,
inEarle’s
Earle’smural
muralwere
were
legendary.
leaving
Norwich
in Ward
1848,
immediately
becamebecame
a travelera who
found
adventure
a mercenary,
Ward
immediately
traveler
who
found as
adventure
as aparticipating
mercenary,
in many military
during
three different
wars on
three
continents.
After
participating
in engagements
many military
engagements
during
three
different
wars
on
fighting
for several After
different
governments,
he seized
his opportunity
to command
three
continents.
fighting
for several
different
governments,
he seized
troops
by accepting
$200,000 offer
by local
businessmen
in Shanghai
to help
put
his
opportunity
to acommand
troops
by accepting
a $200,000
offer
by local
down the Taiping Rebellion. Ward raised a 10,000 man army, and in several battles
businessmen in Shanghai to help put down the Taiping Rebellion. Ward raised
defeated forces numbering 50,000 and was eventually promoted to the rank of
a 10,000 man army, and in several battles defeated forces numbering 50,000 and
admiral general and made a mandarin of the highest order by the Chinese emperor.
was
eventually promoted to the rank of admiral general and made a mandarin
He carried a trademark cane or riding whip instead of the conventional firearms that
ofhethe
highest
by the
Chinese
carried
trademark
cane in
or
supplied
his order
army, and
always
led hisemperor.
troops intoHe
battle
fromathe
front, resulting
riding
the conventional
that
supplied
his army,
and
over a whip
dozeninstead
wounds.ofFrederick
Townsendfirearms
Ward died
as aheresult
of wounds
received
always
led hisoftroops
into
battle
fromreportedly
the front,motivated
resulting in
a dozen
wounds.
at the Battle
Cixi in
1862,
which
hisover
troops
to fight
more
Frederick
Townsend
fiercely than
ever. Ward died as a result of wounds received at the Battle of Cixi
in 1862, which reportedly motivated his troops to fight more fiercely than ever.
134
dewey
DEWEYat
ATMaNiLa
MANILAbay
BAY
Admiral
naval
Admiral of
ofthe
theFleet
FleetGeorge
George Dewey,
Dewey, probably
probably the
the most
most renowned
renowned American
American naval
hero
until
heroof
ofthe
thenineteenth
nineteenth century,
century, entered
entered Norwich in 1851 where he remained
remained until
his appointment
appointment to
in in
1854.
Serving
in theinAmerican
Civil
his
to the
theU.S.
U.S.Naval
NavalAcademy
Academy
1854.
Serving
the American
War as
a First
on USSon
Mississippi
in Farragut’s
fleet, Admiral
is
Civil
War
as a Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
USS Mississippi
in Farragut’s
fleet, Dewey
Admiral
best known
his command
of the naval
defeated
Spanishthe
at
Dewey
is bestforknown
for his command
of squadron
the naval that
squadron
thatthedefeated
Manila Bay
duringBay
the during
Spanish-American
War. Earle depicts
Deweydepicts
commanding
Spanish
at Manila
the Spanish-American
War. Earle
Dewey
his squadron from
the bridgefrom
of histhe
flagship
Olympia
during the
battle. Stationed
in
commanding
his squadron
bridge
of his flagship
Olympia
during the
China
and
the
South
Pacific
throughout
most
of
the
war,
Dewey
sailed
his
squadron
battle. Stationed in China and the South Pacific throughout most of the war,
home after destroying the Spanish Fleet on 1 May 1898. He was given the title, “Hero
Dewey sailed his squadron home after destroying the Spanish Fleet on 1 May 1898.
of Manila Bay,” and at every port stop on his fleet’s journey back to America, he was
He was given the title, “Hero of Manila Bay,” and at every port stop on his fleet’s
exalted as a hero. Once back in America, Dewey was honored by parades, as well
journey
back toand
America,
he was exalted
as a hero.
Oncebeing
back the
in America,
Dewey
as presidential
congressional
recognitions
including
only officer
ever
was
honored
by parades,
as well of
as the
presidential
and was
congressional
recognitions
promoted
to the
rank of Admiral
Fleet. Dewey
also given tribute
in his
including
the only Vermont,
officer ever
to the
rank
of Admiral
of his
the
hometownbeing
of Montpelier,
andpromoted
in Northfield
where
a building
bearing
Fleet.
Dewey
wason
also
tribute
in his campus
hometown
of citizens
Montpelier,
Vermont,
name was
erected
thegiven
Norwich
University
by the
of Vermont.
and in Northfield where a building bearing his name was erected on the Norwich
University campus by the citizens of Vermont.
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briNGiNG
BRINGINGPower
POWERto
TONiaGara
NIAGARA
Earle’s
representationofofEdward
Edward
Dean
Adams’s
supervision
the Niagara
Earle’s representation
Dean
Adams’s
supervision
of theofNiagara
Power
Power
displays
Adams,
an 1864
graduate
of Norwich,
directing
Project,Project,
clearlyclearly
displays
Adams,
an 1864
graduate
of Norwich,
directing
the
the
construction
of largest
the largest
hydroelectric
of its
day. ignored
Adams
construction
of the
hydroelectric
powerpower
facilityfacility
of its day.
Adams
suggestions
from notable
electrical
of the
time, including
Thomas
Edison,
ignored
suggestions
from
notableengineers
electrical
engineers
of the time,
including
who insisted
that the
produce
currentproduce
(DC). Adams
the foresight
Thomas
Edison,
whofacility
insisted
that direct
the facility
directhad
current
(DC).
to continue
his foresight
plans to design
his power
station
the production
of alternating
Adams
had the
to continue
his plans
to for
design
his power station
for the
current (AC),
revolutionizing
industry.
The plant provided
for eight
production
of thus
alternating
current the
(AC),
thus revolutionizing
thepower
industry.
The
manufacturing
in Buffalo,
New York, and
also for many
community
uses.
plant
provided companies
power for eight
manufacturing
companies
in Buffalo,
New York,
The facility provided the means for some of the most important developments in
and also for many community uses. The facility provided the means for some of
chemical and metallurgical manufacturing. The design of the Niagara power station
the most important developments in chemical and metallurgical manufacturing.
influenced other pioneers in the field including George Westinghouse and Thomas
The
design of the Niagara power station influenced other pioneers in the field
Edison. The work of Adams and the Cataract Construction Company created the
including
George
Westinghouse
andfacility
Thomas
The
work of Adams and the
first significant
electrical
generation
forEdison.
industrial
purposes.
Cataract Construction Company created the first significant electrical generation
facility for industrial purposes.
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NORWICH ACTIVITIES
Although the Norwich University Corps of Cadets primary focus is
achieving academic excellence while living a military lifestyle, each cadet
needs to pursue other interests or have some time to relax. Participation in
extracurricular activities provides cadets with opportunities to grow, develop
relationships, build skills or give back to the community.
The Wise Campus Center is the 71,000 square-foot social hub of our
University and is the home of our Campus Activities Board (CAB), Center for
Civic Engagement, career center, meeting rooms and Cadet Cash. For cadets
who do not wish to use the dining facility we offer either the Mill Snack Bar
or Dunkin Donuts, where students can eat casually and enjoy the recreation
room. For cadets over 21 years of age, the Partridge’s Pub provides a location
for evening and weekend entertainment.
The CAB is the student run organization that supports the majority of
social events on campus. The student run CAB plans dances, movies, concerts
and other social activities. The CAB is comprised of cadets and other students.
There are over 80 extracurricular activities and clubs designed to enhance
the morale and welfare of the NUCC through intellectual, physical, cultural,
moral and social pursuits. Every cadet should be able to find at least one
activity of interest.
The academic and professional activities, supported directly by our
academic schools, serve as an outlet for cadets who wish to further their
education and associate with others in their major. Many offer opportunities
to learn informally or to pursue an interest outside the curriculum.
Membership in the NUCC already obligates every student to participate
in six semesters of ROTC. For those students who desire to learn more about
a given service or participate in activities outside scheduled ROTC classes the
military activities provide an invaluable opportunity. With Norwich’s long
association with the Army three units in particular are very popular.
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The Norwich Artillery Battery can trace its roots back to at least 1853
when the school was issued two six pound James cannons. Used actively by the
cadets until 1906, they were carefully restored to working order by Christopher
C. Guiry, NU‘69, and his father, Robert, in the early 1960’s. Today the battery
provides ceremonial support at parades, football games and other events using
three World War II era M1 pack howitzers.
Mountain and Cold Weather Company was established in 1947 at Norwich,
the first ROTC program of its type anywhere in the nation. Established by
a World War II veteran of the famed 10th Mountain Division, the unit has
long prided itself on their expertise in climbing, repelling and a host of other
winter survival skills. The company trains to the Army standards of military
mountaineering and can be called upon by the state to support winter rescue
operations.
Ranger Company was established in the late 1950s. The rangers trace
their heritage to Roger’s Rangers famed for their exploits in our region during
the French and Indian Wars. Cadets have the opportunity to develop their
leadership skills by being required to perform effectively as small unit leaders
in a realistic, tactical environment under demanding mental and physical
conditions. Each year teams compete in the nationwide Ranger Challenge at
Fort Knox.
Cadets also have the opportunity to utilize their skills and talents through
many support activities. Cadets with musical talent can participate in the
Campus Choraleers, who perform throughout the year. Cadets who play a
musical instrument can join the oldest collegiate marching band in the nation,
play in our concert band or join the pipe and drum band. Each support activity
provides vital support to not only the NUCC but also the entire University.
Other activities support our cadets interest in both competitive and
recreational sports, community outreach, and multicultural experiences.
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NORWICH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Association of Computing Machinery
Beta Beta Beta (Biology)
Business Club
Criminal Justice Student Association
Delta Mu Delta (Business)
French Club
Geology Club
German Club
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
International Studies Society
Mathematical Association of America
NU Construction Engineering Management
NU Political Science Club
NU Pre-Law Society
NU Sports Medicine Society
NU Studies and Observations Group
Psi Chi (Psychology)
Physical Education Club
Pre-Medical Club
Spanish Club
Society of Women Engineers
Student Nurses Association
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering)
Teacher Education
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Information and Computing)
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MILITARY
ACTIVITIES
MILITARY
ACTIVITIES
ArmyArmy
Association
theArmy
U.S. Army
Association
of the of
U.S.
Norwich
Artillery
BatteryBattery
Norwich
Artillery
Mountain
and Cold
Training
Mountain
andWeather
Cold Weather
Training
Ranger
Platoon
Ranger
Platoon
Air Force
Air Force
Special
Operations
Flight Flight
Special
Operations
Navy/Marine
Navy/Marine
Golden Anchor Society
Golden Anchor Society
Semper Fidelis Society
Semper Fidelis Society
COMPETITIVE TEAMS
COMPETITIVE
TEAMS
Equestrian
Club
Fencing
Club Club
Equestrian
FieldFencing
Hockey Club
Men’sField
ClubHockey
Ice Hockey
Shock
Platoon
Men’s
Club Ice Hockey
Soccer
ClubPlatoon
Shock
Women’s
Club
Ice Hockey
Soccer
Club
Women’s Club Ice Hockey
HOBBY ACTIVITIES
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HOBBY ACTIVITIES
Ballroom Dancing
Cigar Club
Computer Security and Forensics Club
HITS (Handgun Intensive Tactical Shooting) Club
Longboarding Club
Mountain Club
Norwich Quidditch Association
NUTS (NU Tactical Society)
Paintball Club
Robotics Club
Snowboard and Ski Club
MULTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Be A Motivated Female (BAMF)
Chinese Club
First Nations (Native American)
International Student Organization
NU Counsel of International Affairs
NU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Allies Club
NU Model United Nations
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
Hillel (Foundation for Jewish Campus Life)
Norwich Christian Fellowship (A Combination of Officers’
Christian Fellowship and Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship)
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
Campus Activities Board
Campus Choraleers
Concert Band
Guidon Newspaper
Honor Committee
Intramural/Recreational Sports Counsel
Maroon and Gold Key Club
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NU Emergency Medical Services (NUEMS)
Norwich
Student
Veterans Council
Pegasus
Players
NU Emergency
Medical
Pipe & Drum
BandServices (NUEMS)
Pegasus
Players Bugler
Regimental
Pipe & Drum Band
Ring Committee
Regimental Bugler Ring Committee
Student Alumni Association
Student Alumni Association
Student Government Association
Student Government Association
NU Cheerleading
NU Cheerleading
Club Club
War Whoop
War Whoop
WNUB
FM Radio
WNUB
– FM –Radio
StationStation
OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES
OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES
Habitat
for Humanity
Habitat
for Humanity
Norwich
Without
Borders
Norwich
Without
Borders
Rotaract
Rotaract
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NORWICH
HERITAGE,
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aNd traditioNs
LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS
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at a Norwich
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bugler to sound
all bugle
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to sound
all bugle
Reveille,
and Taps.
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has
never- used
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music
calls
Reveille,
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atTaps.
these Norwich
daily ceremonies.
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has never
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constitute
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the national
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end of the
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to the
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the beginning of the day, when
past eras when the calls of the bugler
the flag is raised, and at the end
regulated the day, and served as an
of the day, when it is lowered.
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of past
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andthe
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is laid
the very beginning of our country and
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call
and reveille:
Historically,
thearmies.
beats of
thecall
drum
and the
reflect
influence
of the British
and French
First
is similar
to the
French
cavalry
call
a Vous.
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is calls
the same
as the French
calls
of the
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into past
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and
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were
the
British and
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armies.
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totheir
the French
cavalry
captured
and copied.
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greater
call
“Le Garde
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” Reveille isthe
theEuropean
same as the
French
thistodates
advantage
in both battles
ceremony.
from
the Crusades.
Theand
armies
of the Crusaders were amazed and
frightened at the military music of the Saracens, and their instruments
were captured and copied. Thereafter, the European armies used music
to greater advantage in both battles and ceremony.
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The Evening Gun: The evening gun, fired at the time of the Retreat
ceremony, signifies the end of the normal Norwich University duty day at
which time the flag is lowered. It is an extremely old custom of armies with
one legend indicating that in the beginning the gun was fired at evening to
drive away evil spirits. Whatever the facts may be as to its true origin it is
particularly appropriate to signal the arrival of Retreat throughout the campus.
Its precedent extends over centuries.
The Retreat Ceremony: The Retreat ceremony honors the nation’s flag
at the end of the day. It is known to have been in use during the American
Revolution at which time it was sounded with drums. The retreat parade in
which a ceremonial parade is combined with the retreat ceremony including
the sounding of the evening gun is one of the most inspiring Norwich
ceremonies. The retreat ceremony will feature bugler and other instruments.
Taps: Taps was composed in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union
Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison’s Landing
in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip
of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier
who lay mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or
Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken
man back for medical attention. Crawling on his stomach through gunfire,
the Captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his
encampment. When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered
it was actually a Confederate soldier but the soldier was dead. The Captain lit
a lantern and suddenly caught his breath and went numb with shock. It was
his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war
broke out. Without telling his father, he enlisted in the Confederate Army. The
morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his superiors to give his
son a full military burial despite his enemy status.
His request was only partially granted. The Captain had asked if he could
have a group of the Army band members play a funeral dirge for his son at
the funeral. The request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate,
but out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him only one
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musician, The Captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series
of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of the dead
youth’s uniform. This wish was granted. The haunting melody we now know as
“Taps” was born.
Day is done
Gone the sun
From the lakes
From the hills
From the sky
All is well
Safely rest
God is nigh.
Fading light
Dims the sight,
And a star gems
the sky,
Gleaming bright,
From afar,
Drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Thanks and praise,
For our days,
Neath the sun,
Neath the stars,
Neath the sky,
As we go,
This we know,
God is nigh.
Echo Taps: In the fall of 1983 the shocking suicide bombing of the Marine
Barracks in Lebanon deeply affected the corps of cadets. In honor of our
fallen servicemen the entire Corps met at taps on the upper parade ground at
2300. Echo taps was played and the Corps silently returned to their barracks.
The following spring a tragic accident took the lives of three members of the
Norwich University Fire Brigade. Again the entire corps of cadets conducted
the ceremony, now for three of their own. Since that dramatic evening the
Corps has shown its respect for fallen Norwich students, alums killed in action
in a war zone, and as required by the President for extraordinary purposes;
assembling at 2300 and executing echo taps followed by a silent retreat.
The “Sound Off ” and Three Cheers: During a ceremonial parade the
adjutant commands “SOUND OFF”. The band, in place, plays the Sound Off
of three chords. It then moves forward, and changes direction while playing a
stirring march, marches past the troops in formation, then returns to its post.
Upon halting it sounds the Three Cheers. Some scholars believe this custom
originated during the Crusades. At the time when detachments were sent away
on faraway campaigns it was the custom to assemble the garrison in formation
with the departing troops in the place of honor on the right. The band of the
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with the departing troops in the place of honor on the right. The band
of the period marched past troops being honored much as is now done
during the Sound Off at Norwich Ceremonies. Three cheers for their
period marched past troops being honored much as is now done during the
departing comrades were then given by the troops remaining behind.
Sound Off at Norwich Ceremonies. Three cheers for their departing comrades
The simple
notes of the three cheers as they are used today could very
were then given by the troops remaining behind. The simple notes of the three
well have
symbolic
meaning.
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anywell
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is an
intriguing
legend
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as they
are used
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intriguing legend with logic as to its authenticity.
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Norwich MedaL oF hoNor reciPieNts
The Medal of Honor, established by an act of Congress in 1862, is the
NORWICH
MEDAL
OF HONOR
RECIPIENTS
highest and
most rarely
awarded
decoration
conferred by the United
States.
The
deed
for
which
the
Medal
of
Honor
is awarded
must
have
The Medal of Honor, established by an act of Congress in
1862, is the
highest
personal
bravery conferred
or self-sacrifice
so conspicuous
as to
andbeen
most one
rarelyofawarded
decoration
by the United
States. The deed
distinguish
individual
for must
gallantry
above
for clearly
which the
Medal of the
Honor
is awarded
have and
beenintrepidity
one of personal
his comrades
and must
have involved
risk ofdistinguish
life. Presentation
of the
bravery
or self-sacrifice
so conspicuous
as to clearly
the individual
of and
Honor
is madeabove
only his
by the
President
thehave
United
States.risk
for Medal
gallantry
intrepidity
comrades
and of
must
involved
of life. Presentation of the Medal of Honor is made only by the President of
the United States.
henry clay wood, class of 1856
First Lieutenant, 1st United
Henry
Clay Infantry
Wood, Class
of 1856
States
Cited
for
distinguished Gallantry in
First Lieutenant, 1st United
the battle at Wilson’s Creek,
States
Infantry
Cited
for
Missouri, 10 August 1861.
distinguished Gallantry in the battle
at Wilson’s
Creek, of
Missouri,
10
A graduate
Bowdoin
August
1861.Wood studied Military
College,
Science at Norwich University
A graduate of Bowdoin College,
before
assuming
his duties
as
Wood
studied
Military
Science
officer inUniversity
the 1st United
at an
Norwich
before
States Infantry
He
assuming
his dutiesRegiment.
as an officer
was 1st
transferred
to the
11th
in the
United States
Infantry
U.S. Infantry
earlytransferred
in the Civil
Regiment.
He was
to
recognized
the War
11th and
U.S.was
Infantry
early in for
the
Civil
and was
hisWar
bravery
in recognized
the Battle for
of
his Wilson’s
bravery inCreek
the Battle
Wilson’s
whereof he
was
Creek
where
he was while
severely
severely
wounded
in
wounded
whileofin acommand
command
companyofofa
company
of mounted
mounted
riflemen.riflemen.
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147
willie johnston, class of 1870
Private,johnston,
3rd Vermont
willie
classInfantry
of1870
1870Cited
Willie
Johnston, Class
of
for gallantry in the Seven Days’ Battle of
Private, 3rd
3rd
Vermont
the
Campaign
ofInfantry
1862.
Peninsular
Private,
Vermont
InfantryCited
Cited
gallantryininthe
theSeven
Seven Days’
Days’ Battle
forforgallantry
Battleofof
The
youngest
recipient
of
The
Medal
PeninsularCampaign
Campaignof
of 1862.
1862.
thethe
Peninsular
of Honor, Willie Johnston joined the 3rd
The
youngest
recipient
of
The
Medal
Vermont
Regiment
to
be
near
his
father.
The youngest recipient of The
Medal
Honor,
WillieJohnston
Johnston
joined the
the
The
twelve-year-old
drummer
and3rd
ofof
Honor,
Willie
joined
3rd
Vermont
Regiment
to
be
near
his
father.
stretcher
carried
outnear
his his
duties
Vermontbearer
Regiment
to be
father.
The
twelve-year-old
drummer
with
uncommon
bravery and
persistenceand
The
twelve-year-old
drummer
and
stretcher
bearer
carried
out his
his duties
while
underbearer
fire during
intense
combat
stretcher
carried
out
duties
with
uncommon
braveryand
andVirginia.
persistence
persistence
inwith
theuncommon
vicinity
of bravery
Richmond,
whileunder
under
fire
during intense
intense
combat
while
during
combat
Brought
to thefire
attention
of
President
theJohnston
vicinity of
of Richmond,
Richmond,
Virginia.
ininthe
vicinity
Virginia.
Lincoln,
was
cited
as a model
of
Brought
the attention
attention of
of President
President
Brought
totocourage.
the
devotion
and
Lincoln,
of
Lincoln,Johnston
Johnstonwas
wascited
citedas
as a model of
devotion
devotionand
andcourage.
courage.
edmund rice, class of 1860
Major,Rice,
19th Class
Massachusetts
of 1860 Infantry Cited
edmund rice, class of 1860 Edmund
for conspicuous bravery on the third day of the
battleMajor,
19th
Massachusetts
Cited
Major,
19th Massachusetts
Infantry
Cited
at
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania,Infantry
3 July 1863,
for
conspicuous
on
thethird
third
of
for
conspicuousbravery
bravery
onPickett’s
the
dayday
of the
in the
counter-charge
against
division.
the battle
battleatatGettysburg,
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania,
July
Pennsylvania,
3 July3 1863,
Major
Ricecounter-charge
led the against
Massachusetts
19th
1863,
in counter-charge
the
against
in
the
Pickett’sPickett’s
division.
Regiment in the crucial repulse of Pickett’s
division.
Major
Rice came
led the
19th
Charge.
His unit
intoMassachusetts
breast-to-breast
conflict
Major
Rice
led14th
the Virginia
Massachusetts
19th
Regiment
inthe
the
crucial
repulseRegiment
of Pickett’s
with
Regiment
the
crucial
repulse
of Pickett’s
Charge.inHis
cameJames
into breast-to-breast
commander
byunit
Colonel
Hodges,
an
Charge.
His
unit
came
into
breast-to-breast
conflict
14th
Virginia
Regiment
alumnus
ofwith
the the
military
school
found
by
conflict
with
the
14th
Virginia
Regiment
commander
Colonel James
Hodges,
Alden
Partridge by
at Portsmouth,
Virginia,
in an
commander
by the
Colonel
James
Hodges,
alumnus
of
military
school
foundasan
by
1839.
Rice’s sword
was
shot from
his hand
alumnus
ofPartridge
the military
school found by Alden
at Portsmouth,
he Alden
courageously
rushed
to the lead ofVirginia,
his unit in
Partridge
at Portsmouth,
Virginia,
inhand
1839.
1839.
Rice’s
swordme
wasboys.
shot
fromfell
hisbadly
as
with
the cry
“Follow
” Rice
Rice’s sword was shot from his hand as he courageously rushed to the lead of
he courageously
rushed
to the lead
his unit
wounded behind the crumbling Confederate
line. Rice’s
unit, reduced
to aofsingle
his unit with the cry “Follow me boys.” Rice fell badly wounded behind the
with the cry
“Follow me boys.” Rice fell badly
thin
line, held
its position until
arrived.
crumbling
Confederate
line. reinforcements
Rice’s unit, reduced
to a single thin line, held its
wounded behind the crumbling Confederate line. Rice’s unit, reduced to a single
position until reinforcements arrived.
thin line, held its position until reinforcements arrived.
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148
Thomas o. seaver, class of 1859
Thomas
class
of of
1859
Thomaso.O.seaver,
Seaver,
Class
1859
Colonel, 3rd Vermont Infantry
Cited for distinguished gallantry in
action near Spottsylvania Court House,
Colonel, 3rd
3rdVermont
Vermont
Infantry
Virginia,
Colonel,
Infantry
Cited
10 May
1864.
Cited
for distinguished
for
distinguished
gallantrygallantry
in action in
near
action
near Spottsylvania
Court
House,
Colonel
Seaver
the
3rd
Vermont
Spottsylvania
Court led
House,
Virginia,
10
Virginia,
1864. the Confederate
May
1864.10 May
Regiment
against
salient
at “Mule
Shoe.
Seaver
’s regiment,
Colonel
Seaver
led
Vermont
Colonel
Seaver
led”the
the3rd
3rd
Vermont
along
with
other
Vermont
units,
Regiment
against
Confederate
Regiment
against
the the
Confederate
salient
salient
“Mule
” Seaver
’s regiment,
experienced
“galling
fire”
as
it breached
at
“Muleat Shoe.
” Shoe.
Seaver
’s regiment,
along
alongConfederate
withVermont
otherline.
Vermont
units,
with
other
units,
experienced
the
Other
Union
experienced
fire” as
itConfederate
breached
“galling
fire”
as“galling
itoffensive
breached
the
units
in
the
failed
to assist
the Other
Confederate
line.
Other
line.
Unionbut
units
in
the’s Union
offensive
the Vermonters,
Seaver
regiment
units toinassist
the the
offensive
failed to
failed
Vermonters,
butassist
Seaver
tenaciously
held
its
precarious
position
Vermonters,
but Seaver
’s regiment
’sthe
regiment
tenaciously
held its
precarious
until
it until
expended
its ammunition
tenaciously
held
its precarious
positionand
position
it expended
its ammunition
received
a written
order
to retreat.
until
it expended
its
ammunition
and
and
received
a written
order
to retreat.
received a written order to retreat.
Edward
B. Williston,
of 1856
edward
b. williston,
classClass
of 1856
edward b. williston, class of 1856
First Lieutenant, 2nd United States
First Lieutenant, 2nd United States Artillery
Artillery
Cited for2nd
distinguished
First Lieutenant,
United Statesgallantry
Artillery
Cited in
forthe
distinguished
gallantry
in theVirginia,
action
action
at Trevelian
Station,
Cited
for
distinguished
gallantry
in the action
at Trevelian
Station,
Virginia,
12
June
1864.
12
June
1864.
at Trevelian Station, Virginia, 12 June 1864.
Lieutenant
Williston
won
distinction
while
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Williston
won
distinction
Williston
won
distinction
while
while
inofcommand
of battery
anbattery
artillery
battery
in command
an
that
in
command
of artillery
an artillery
thatjoined
joined
that
joined
in Confederate
repulsing
a infantry
massed
in
repulsing
a massed
Confederate
infantry
in repulsing
a massed
Confederate
infantry
attack
at
Trevelian
at Trevelian
Station.
thecrisis
crisis of
of
attackattack
at Trevelian
Station.
InInthe
Station.
In
the heavy
crisis musket
of battle
under
and
under
fire,and
Williston
battlebattle
and
under
heavy
musket
fire,
Williston
heavy musket
fire, Williston
managed
to
managed
to deploy
threeofofhis
his artillery
artillery
managed
to three
deploy
three
deploy
of his
artillery pieces
in an
pieces in an effective position. He personally
pieceseffective
in an effective
He personally
position.position.
He personally
moved a
moved a fourth artillery piece onto the battle
fourth
artillery
piece ontoonto
the the
battle
line
moved
fourth
battle
linea where
heartillery
remainedpiece
firing double
loads
of
whereheheremained
remained
firing
double
loads
line where
firing
double
loads
of
canister
shot
against
an
enemy
who
advanced
of canister shot against an enemy who
canister
shot
against
an
enemy
advanced
to
the
very
muzzle
of his
guns.who
advanced
to the very
muzzle
of his guns.
to the very muzzle of his guns.
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149
Captain, United States Marine Corps Cited
for extraordinary heroism and eminent and
hiram
iddings
bearss,
classClass
ofin1898
conspicuous
conduct
battle
Hiram
Iddings
Bearss,
of
1898 on Samar,
Philippine
Islands,
17
November
Captain,
UnitedUnited
States States
MarineMarine
Corps1901.
Cited
Captain,
Corps
Cited
for extraordinary
and eminent
for extraordinary
heroism
and eminent
and of a
Captain
Bearss
was heroism
second-in-command
and conspicuous
conduct
in battle
onSamar,
Samar,
conspicuous
conduct
in battle
on
Marine
force
that
assaulted
what
was
regarded
as
Philippine Islands, 17 November 1901.
Philippine
Islands, 17Fillipino
November
1901. stronghold,
an impregnable
Insurgent
Captain
Bearss
was
second-in-command
fortified
over
a second-in-command
three-year
period, ofon
Captain
a the
of a Bearss
Marinewasforce
that assaulted what
summit
of
sheer
cliffs
above
confluence
Marine
force
that assaulted
wasthe
regarded
as of
was
regarded
as an what
impregnable
Fillipino
the
Cadacan
and Sohoton
Rivers.
Crossing
Insurgent
stronghold,
fortified
over
a three- the
an impregnable
Fillipino
Insurgent
stronghold,
river
under
Bearss’
unit
scaled
thecliffs
200-foot
year over
period,
on
the summit
of sheer
fortified
afire,
three-year
period,
on
the
abovewith
the bamboo
confluence
of thewhile
Cadacan
and
cliffs
ladders
the
defenders
summit
of
sheer
cliffs
above
the
confluence
of
Sohotontons
Rivers. stockpiled
Crossing therocks
riverover
underthe
fire,
pushed
the Cadacan
and of
Sohoton
Crossing
theedge of the precipice. Bearss and his
Bearss’ unit
scaled theRivers.
200-foot
cliffs with
persisted
inwhile
their
assault
and
reached
bamboo
ladders
defenders
pushed the Summit where they overcame a
river men
under
fire,
Bearss’
unitthe
scaled
the 200-foot
defense
in
hand-to-hand
tons of
stockpiled
rockswhile
over the
edge
of the
cliffs fierce
with
bamboo
ladders
thecombat.
defenders
precipice. Bearss and his men persisted in their assault and reached the
pushed tons of stockpiled rocks over the edge of the precipice. Bearss and his
Summit where they overcame a fierce defense in hand-to-hand combat.
men persisted in their assault and reached the Summit where they overcame a
james
M.
class of
of 1939
1939
M.inburt,
Burt,
Class
fierce James
defense
hand-to-hand
combat.
Captain, United
UnitedStates
States
Army,
Armored
Captain,
Army,
2nd 2nd
Armored
Division Cited
Citedforforintrepidity
intrepidity
disregard
of
Division
and and
disregard
of
james M. burt, class of 1939 personal
Germany,
personalsafety
safetyininaction
actionnear
nearWurselen,
Wurselen,
Germany, 13
13
October
1944,
duringthe
theBattle
BattleofofAachen
AachenGap.
Gap.
October
1944,
during
Captain,
United
States Army,
2nd Armored
tank
DivisionCaptain
CitedBurt
for commanded
intrepidity a aand
disregard
of was
Captain
Burt
commanded
tankcompany
companythat
that
was part of a force deployed against a German
personal
safety
in action
near Wurselen,
Germany,
13
part
of
a
force
deployed
against
a
German
garrison
garrison tenaciously defending the City of Aachen.
October
1944,
of
Aachen
Gap. In and
tenaciously
defending
the City
ofdismounted
Aachen.
the first
In
the
firstduring
day
ofthe
theBattle
battle
Burt
proceeded
on battle
foot, under
heavy
hostile volleys,
to
day
of
the
Burt
dismounted
and
proceeded
Captain
Burt
commanded
a
tank
company
that
was
direct
hisunder
unit into
position.
Climbing
aboard
the
on
foot,
heavy
hostile
volleys,
to
direct
his unit
part of
force ofdeployed
a German
garrison
reara deck
his tankagainst
he continued
to direct
the
into position.
Climbing
aboard
rear
action,
despite painful
wounds
to histhe
face
and
neck.
tenaciously
defending
the City
of
Aachen.
In
thedeck
firstof his
tank
henext
continued
todismounted
direct
the action,
despite
painful
For
the
nineBurt
days,
under severe
fire, he
held his
day of
the
battle
and
proceeded
wounds
toheavy
his Twice,
face
and
neck.
For
the next
nine
force
together.
tanks
he was
riding
in were
on foot,
under
hostile
volleys,
to direct
his
unit days,
knocked
out of
action.
Captain
Burt’stogether.
unit inflicted
prodigious
destruction
on
under
severe
fire,
he into
held
his force
Twice,
he
riding
in were
position.
Climbing
aboardtanks
theduring
rearwas
deck
of the
his
the enemy
he rescued
comrades
at
greatinflicted
personal
peril
one of
knocked
outand
of action.
Captain
Burt’s
unit
prodigious
destruction
on the
tank
he
continued
to
direct
the
action,
despite
painful
most bitter local actions of the war.
enemy and he rescued
comrades
at
great
personal
peril
during
one
of
the
wounds to his face and neck. For the next nine days, most
local
theforce
war. together.
150 Twice, tanks he was riding in were
underbitter
severe
fire,actions
he heldofhis
knocked out of action. Captain Burt’s unit 150
inflicted prodigious destruction on the
First
FIRST GradUate
GRADUATE
Alonzo Jackman, NU 1836, photographic portrait, circa 1855. Jackman
Alonzo
1836,the
photographic
portrait,
circa University.
1855. Jackman
has theJackman,
distinctionNU
of being
first graduate
of Norwich
An
has
themathematician
distinction of being
first graduate
of Norwich
An able
able
and the
scientist,
Jackman’s
teachingUniversity.
career stretched
mathematician
and scientist,
from
the
from the mid-1830’s
until theJackman’s
time of histeaching
death incareer
1879. stretched
During the
Civil
mid-1830’s
until
the time of his
death in 1879.
During
Civil of
War
was
War he was
commissioned
a Brigadier
General
of thethe
militia
thehe
State
commissioned
BrigadierHall
General
of the
of Vermont. aJackman
carries
hismilitia
name.of the State of Vermont. Jackman
Hall carries his name.
151
151
First aFricaN aMericaN GradUate
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN GRADUATE
Harold
Martin
Roslindale,
Massachusetts
“Doc”
haroldDouglas
douglas
Martin
Roslindale,
Massachusetts
“Doc”
Harold
Martin, NU Class
Class of
of 1920
1920distinguished
distinguished himself
himself asasanan
Harold “Doc”
“Doc” Martin,
athlete,
and
soldier.
He He
played
football,
baseball,
and hockey
at NU,
athlete,educator,
educator,
and
soldier.
played
football,
baseball,
and hockey
excelling
as a running
and defensive
on the gridiron.
Docgridiron.
embarked
at NU, excelling
as aback
running
back andback
defensive
back on the
on
a coaching
career
Union University
in Richmond,
VA
Doc
embarkedand
on teaching
a coaching
andatteaching
career at Union
University
and
Shaw University
in Raleigh,
NC before
director
athletics at
in Richmond,
VA and
Shaw University
inbecoming
Raleigh, NC
beforeofbecoming
Virginia State in 1927. Earning a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from
director of athletics at Virginia State in 1927. Earning a Master’s Degree
NYU, becoming director of athletics at Virginia State in 1927. Earning a master
in Physical Education from NYU, becoming director of athletics at
’s degree in Physical Education from NYU, Doc was appointed director of
Virginia
in 1927.
Earning
a master
’s degree
in Physical
Education
health
andState
physical
education
at Miner
Teachers
College
in Washington,
D.C.
Doc
of while
health
and asphysical
infrom
1932. NYU,
He joined
thewas
Armyappointed
Air Force indirector
1942, and,
serving
Director
education
at
Miner
Teachers
College
in
Washington,
D.C.
in
1932.
He
of the Ground School at Tuskegee Air Field in Alabama, Major Harold Martin
joined
Army
Air Force inflight
1942,onand,
while
serving
Director NC.
of
was
killedthe
during
a cross-country
March
23, 1945
nearasReidsville,
theis Ground
at National
TuskegeeCemetery.
Air Field in Alabama, Major Harold
He
buried inSchool
Arlington
Martin was killed during a cross-country flight on March 23, 1945 near
Reidsville, NC. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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152
NORWICH AND THE STATE OF VERMONT:
THE MILITARY CONNECTION
By Gary Lord
Norwich University recently celebrated the centennial anniversary of
the Military College of Vermont, a status bestowed by the Vermont State
Legislature on November 29, 1898. That legislative action was, in part, a
reflection of the pride Vermonters shared in the prominent roles played by
native sons in the recent war with Spain. Two Vermonters, both Norwich
alumni, were the subjects of considerable public attention, Major Henry B.
Hersey (NU ‘85) and Commodore George Dewey (NU ‘55). Hersey was the
ranking major and drill master of the First Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, the
“Rough Riders,” and Dewey presided over the destruction of the Spanish fleet
at Manila Bay.
In another sense, the designation of Norwich as Vermont’s Military
College can be viewed simply as formal recognition of a role the University
had assumed well before 1898. In fact, the military association between the
State of Vermont and the University extended back to the formative years of
the institution. The history of this relationship, both before and after 1898,
is little understood and has yet to be studied in a comprehensive way. Here,
only selected highlights of that venerable and multifaceted relationship can be
noted.
A fundamental conviction of Norwich’s founder, Alden Partridge, was the
vital importance of a citizen-soldiery in sustaining a constitutional republic.
Hence, the importance of military science as vital part of the comprehensive
curriculum devised by Partridge. His expectation was that his students
eventually would provide competent leadership as part of the officer corps
of the national militia system. That expectation ultimately was realized in the
various state militias. In Vermont, for example, Norwich-prepared officers
typically served in many of the highest positions of the militia and later the
National Guard - including the rank of adjutant general.
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The transformation of Captain Partridge’s American Literary, Scientific
and Military Academy into Norwich University in 1834 was accomplished
through a charter from the State of Vermont which required, in part, that the
University offer “military instruction, both theoretical and practical.” Since
University students were of militia age, they were enlisted by the early 1840’s as
a light infantry company in the Vermont Militia.
At this time the traditional “enrolled” militia was very much in decline
in Vermont and throughout the United States. In an attempt to reinvigorate
the militia, Alden Partridge held a series of conventions at Norwich, Vermont,
which were attended principally by militia officers from Vermont and New
Hampshire. Additionally, the Citizen Soldier, a newspaper dedicated to
militia reform, was published at Norwich under the editorial supervision of
Alonzo Jackman (NU ‘36) and Josiah Swett (NU ‘37). Despite these efforts, the
compulsory enrolled militia was dissolved in 1844 and replaced by a volunteer
system that did not become an effective organization until the next decade.
A substantial strengthening of the Vermont Militia took place in the late
1850’s and much of the success of that process can be attributed to Alonzo
Jackman, a member of the Norwich family. In 1857 he was appointed a captain
of Vermont Militia infantry company organized within the Norwich Corps
of Cadets. Two years later Jackman was advanced to the rank of brigadier
general with responsibility for all of the units in the Vermont Militia. After
the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, General Jackman took charge of all
military training in the state receiving considerable assistance from Norwich
cadets who served as drillmasters. In 1864 the Cadet Corps was briefly called
into voluntary service because of the Confederate raid on St. Albans, Vermont.
During the course of the Civil War many Norwich alumni served the Vermont
military establishment in important capacities; no fewer than six, for example,
became commanders of state regiments and they and other Norwich men did
much to establish Vermont’s reputation as one of the mainstays of the Union
Army.
In 1870 the Norwich Corps of Cadets once again became an integral part
of the Vermont Militia. The Corps was organized as a company of infantry
along with an artillery battery that trained with the six-pound James cannons
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that are still used for ceremonial purposes today. These units constituted an
elite element of the militia and were under the command of the professor
of military science and tactics at Norwich. At the end of each academic
year Norwich Cadets went into encampment where they were inspected by
officers acting for the Vermont National Guard. The Norwich units functioned
as independent component of the Vermont Militia through the end of the
century. By that time the term militia had been replaced by the designation
“National Guard.”
The 1898 legislation that accorded Norwich the status of the Military
College of Vermont also conferred rank upon the faculty commensurate with
their place in the academic hierarchy. Thus, the president of the university was
assigned the rank of colonel and the faculty, after twenty years of service, could
rise to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Rank with the Military College was held
without provision for remuneration from the State of Vermont, as is still the
case today. While the 1898 legislative provision for rank in the Military College
of Vermont was amended subsequently on several occasions, it still provides
the foundation for uniformed faculty and staff rank structure and explains why
Norwich uniformed personnel continue to wear a hat device consisting of the
coat of arms of Vermont and other insignia emblematic of a unique connection
with the state.
By 1910 the Norwich Corps of Cadets, still an active component of the
Vermont National Guard, was reorganized to include a troop of cavalry, in
addition to signal and engineering units. In 1914 the Corps was reconstituted
entirely as a horse cavalry unit with the designation Squadron One, First
Vermont Cavalry, a highly proficient unit that consistently earned superior
ratings from Federal inspectors.
Soon after the Reserve Officer Training Corps was created in 1916,
Norwich joined that Federal program and necessarily withdrew the Corps of
Cadets from its usual role in the National Guard.
However, from 1922 until World War II a headquarters company of the
172nd Vermont National Guard Infantry Regiment was situated at Norwich.
That unit consisted of Norwich students and faculty who voluntarily
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participated in the state military program, but on their individual initiative.
The Vermont State Legislature continued its commitment to the Military
College by appropriating funds to assist in the construction, in the late 1920’s,
of what is now called Plumley Armory.
After a century since it gained legislative recognition, the Military College
of Vermont continues to function and its uniformed faculty and staff still hold
rank under its aegis. The color guard of the Corps of Cadets is the official
color guard used by the state used for ceremonial occasions. Furthermore,
Norwich alumni still play a leading role in the Vermont National Guard and
about one hundred Norwich students serve the Vermont National Guard in
armor, artillery and mountain infantry units on the Northfield campus and
elsewhere...New linkages have been forged between Norwich and the State
of Vermont...with the construction by the Vermont National Guard of an 8.5
million dollar facility on the Northfield campus. The focal point of the facility
is an educational center that offers state-of-the-art computer simulations and
worldwide communication linkages for those training to respond to domestic
or international crises. This facility promises to be of inestimable value to
the University and the Vermont National Guard as they continue a long and
productive collaboration into the next century.
Norwich University Record, Winter, 1999
156
the Norwich FLaG
THE NORWICH FLAG
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University
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157
157
NORWICH CADET’S CREED 1908
I believe that the cardinal virtues of the individual are courage, honesty,
temperance and wisdom; and that the true measure of success is service
rendered–to God, to Country, and to Mankind.
I believe that the fundamental problem of society is to maintain a free
government wherein liberty may be secured through obedience to law, and
that a citizen soldiery is the corner-stone upon which such a government must
rest.
I believe that real education presupposes a sense of proportion in physical,
mental, and moral development; and that he alone is educated who has learned
the lessons of self control and open-mindedness.
I believe in Norwich, my Alma Mater, because within her halls throughout
the years these tenets have found expression while men have been taught
to be loyal to duly constituted authority in thought and word and deed; to
view suffrage as a sacred privilege to be exercised only in accordance with the
dictates of conscience; to regard public office as a public trust; and finally to
fight, and if need be to die, in defense of the cherished institutions of America.
- K.R.B. Flint, NU 1903
K.R.B. Flint, NU 1903, joined the Norwich faculty in 1907 and was
associated with the University as a teacher, head of the Department of Social
Sciences, and Professor Emeritus for sixty-two years thereafter. The University
awarded Professor Flint an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws when he retired in
1952. Flint Hall is named in his honor.
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THE NORWICH DRESS UNIFORM
By Gary Lord
When Capt. Alden Partridge prescribed a full dress uniform for the Corps
of Cadets of the school he founded of Norwich, Vt., in 1819, he could draw
upon the considerable expertise he had in such matters. Five years earlier,
when acting in the capacity of superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy,
Capt. Partridge introduced a dress gray uniform that was to become a classic
design in military apparel. The coat of that uniform, with three rows of yellow
gilt buttons, became the traditional dress of the West Point cadets and was
copied by other military corps.
In designing a dress uniform for his Vermont school, Partridge wished to
array his cadets in military attire that was both distinctive and economical.
The first Norwich dress uniform consisted of a dark blue coat with tails. A high
standing collar reached to the tips of the ears. Three rows of “white” (pewter)
spheroid “bullet” buttons adorned the chest of the short-waisted coat. Indeed
the pewter bullet button became widely recognized as the most prominent
distinguishing feature on the Norwich Corps of Cadets.
Pantaloons of white cloth were authorized for summer wear; blue cloth
for winter. Headgear consisted of a bell-crowned leather shako adorned with a
plume and a metallic insignia in the form of an eagle. All of this reflected the
conventions of military style that held sway during the Napoleonic Era.
The skirted coat remained the standard for the Norwich dress uniform
until 1897, but adjustments were made from time-to-time to the collar, tails
and buttons. In the 1840’s gilt hollow-convex buttons stamped with an eagle,
shield and the words “N.U. Cadets” replaced the bullet buttons. The “N.U.”
on buttons was changed to “L.C.” between 1880 and 1884 when Norwich was
temporarily renamed Lewis College. Russian shoulder knots were authorized
for officer ’s coats starting in 1874. The bell-crowned shako was also modified
and finally replaced in the 1880’s by a Prussian style spiked helmet on the U.S.
Army pattern.
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Norwich faculty wore a motley assortment of uniforms until 1874 when
the university prescribed the staff uniform of the U.S. Army, but with Vermont
insignia. After the Vermont State Legislature recognized the University as
the Military College of Vermont in 1898, the faculty were accorded rank
commensurate with their academic status.
Another major shift in the cadet dress uniform occurred in 1897 when
the Norwich Corps abandoned the old dress coat and adopted the new style
blouse worn by U.S. Army officers. The new blue tunic was buttonless and had
a high standing collar. The Army forage cap also became part of the Norwich
uniform.
In 1928, when Capt. Ernest N. Harmon, NU ‘16 was serving as professor
of military science, a coat replaced the snug-fitting blue tunic with a more
comfortable v-neck and roll collar following the U.S. Army standard, but was
fitted with metal buttons embossed with the Norwich University seal.
Use of dress blue uniform appears to have been discontinued during
World War II. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s the parade uniform consisted
of dark green blouse and trousers. Cadet officers wore lighter colored trousers
with their blouses-a combination commonly called “pinks and greens.” In the
1956-57 academic year the Corps of Cadets made the transition to the new
Army green (shade #44) uniform.
A revival of the dress blue uniform occurred in 1961 when the Corps was
issued Army dress blues. The application of yellow stripes on trouser legs and
of cavalry chevrons on the sleeves of this uniform served as a reminder of
the distinguished horse cavalry tradition that ended at Norwich just after the
conclusion of World War II.
By the mid 1980’s the time was ripe for fundamental changes in Norwich
uniforms. The Army branch of the Reserve Officer Training Corps was the
only branch of ROTC operating on campus from 1916 until the early 1970’s
when it was joined by the Air Force and about a decade later by the Navy. It no
longer seemed appropriate for the corps to be arrayed in what was largely U.S.
Army attire.
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In an effort to develop a distinctive Norwich uniform look, a dress blue
uniform was introduced during the 1985-86 academic year that drew upon
old traditions. A blue tunic was adopted that is very much like the tunics used
at Norwich during the period from 1897 to 1927. Yellow piping on the tunic
and yellow stripes on the trousers are suggestive of the old tradition of horse
cavalry uniforms. The current Class A dress gray uniform with high collared
tunic and black trimmings, a generic cadet uniform used at many military
schools, was first worn at Norwich during the 1986-87 academic year.
The decision to adopt a full-dress blue uniform with bullet buttons and a
“tar bucket” shako gives the Corps a dramatic new look on parade and on other
ceremonial occasions, but the transition is actually a return to a venerable and
distinctive Norwich tradition.
Norwich University Record, Fall, 1966, p.10
CAVALRY AT NORWICH
Although Norwich University has maintained a kinship with its cavalry
heritage, it has been a misconception that NU has always been an old cavalry
school. Originally, Norwich was an artillery-oriented Corps of Cadets. It was
not until 1909 that cavalry training was introduced to the Corps of Cadets.
The training in horsemanship was actually informally conducted by CPT
Leslie A. I. Chapman. CPT Chapman was the Professor of Military Science
and Tactics, and the first cavalry officer assigned to Norwich by the War
Department.
It did not take much time before this informal training developed a troop
of cavalry. Under CPT Frank Tompkins, the successor to CPT Chapman,
cavalry drill was instituted as a part of military training at Norwich. Cavalry
drill was not the only formal training provided at NU. By 1910 Infantry,
Artillery and Signal Drill were included in the standard military instruction
provided.
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In the
theyears
yearsof of
1911
significant
changes
in thestructure
Corps
In
1911
andand
1913,1913,
significant
changes
in the Corps
structure
resulted
in the
to aCorps
cavalry
based Corps
of Cadets.
resulted
in the
transition
to atransition
cavalry based
of Cadets.
On January
1, 1911
the
change 1,
in the
structure
of the
Corpsinoccurred.
Before the
changes,
the
Onfirst
January
1911
the first
change
the structure
of the
Corps
Corps
of Cadets
hadthe
been
comprised
of a battery
of artillery
andcomprised
a company
occurred.
Before
changes,
the Corps
of Cadets
had been
ofofsignal
corps,oftheartillery
changesand
resulted
in a transition
to acorps,
squadron
cavalry
a battery
a company
of signal
the of
changes
comprised
of only
two troops
a companyofofcavalry
signal corps.
On December
resulted in
a transition
toand
a squadron
comprised
of only1,
1913
date and
of the
disbandment
of Company
theDecember
cadet Signal
was
two the
troops
a company
of signal
corps. A,On
1, Corps
1913 the
replaced
more troops of
ThisA,
change
made Signal
the Corps
of Cadets
date of by
thetwo
disbandment
of cavalry.
Company
the cadet
Corps
was
one
squadron
of cavalry
consisting
of four troops.
Thus was
born
First
replaced
by two
more troops
of cavalry.
This change
made
thethe
Corps
Squadron of the First Vermont Cavalry; a component of the National Guard
of Cadets one squadron of cavalry consisting of four troops. Thus was
at Norwich University. In his book “The History of Norwich University 1912born the First Squadron of the First Vermont Cavalry; a component of
1965,” Guinn stated, “The University has been designated as a cavalry unit of
theReserve
National
GuardTraining
at Norwich
In hisIt book
Historyof
the
Officers’
CorpsUniversity.
Senior Division.
has the“The
distinction
of Norwich
1912-1965,
” Guinn
stated, in
“The
University
has
being
the only University
exclusive cavalry
institution
of learning
the United
States.
”
been designated as a cavalry unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps Senior Division. It has the distinction of being the only exclusive
cavalry institution of learning in the United States.”
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On September 20, 1950, the Corps of Cadets was reorganized under
On September 20, 1950, the Corps of Cadets was reorganized under the
the Commandant, COL Briard F. Johnson, USA Armor. The change
Commandant, COL Briard F. Johnson, USA Armor. The change designated
designated the Corps as a regiment rather than a squadron. This change
the Corps as a regiment rather than a squadron. This change was needed to
was
needed
to growing
adjust tosize
theofgrowing
size of the Corps.
adjust
to the
the Corps.
To this day, NU has remained true to the cavalry traditions. This
To this day, NU has remained true to the cavalry traditions. This cavalry
cavalry kinship can be seen in the crossed sabres worn on the Norwich
kinship can be seen in the crossed sabres worn on the Norwich grey tunic and
grey
andB blue
tunic.
Class
uniform.
Norwich cLass riNGs
The Norwich class ringNORWICH
is presentedCLASS
to theRINGS
Junior Class members of
the Corps of Cadets at the Junior Ring Ceremony. The Norwich ring
Norwich
ring is presented
the Junior
is the The
most
prized class
possession
of a Cadetto and
much Class
effortmembers
goes intoof the
Corps the
of Cadets
the Junior
Ceremony.
The Norwich
ring is
earning
right toat wear
it. TheRing
Norwich
ring tradition
harkens
tothe
themost
prized possession of a Cadet and much effort goes into earning the right to
spring of 1923 when the senior class purchased a class ring for each
wear it. The Norwich ring tradition harkens to the spring of 1923 when the
member of the class who would graduate in June. It was their hope that
senior class purchased a class ring for each member of the class who would
each
class would
follow
precedent
the class
of 1923.
graduate
in June.
It wasthe
their
hope thatofeach
class would
follow the precedent
of
the class
Over
time,of 1923.
the process of ring design and presentation shifted
to theOver
junior
class. It was not until the mid-1960s that a policy for
time, the process of ring design and presentation shifted to the junior
standardization
thethe
ringmid-1960s
design was
Accordingly,
eachof
class
class. It was notof
until
thatadopted.
a policy for
standardization
the ring
is design
permitted
to designAccordingly,
one side ofeach
the class
ring.is The
opposite
side of
was adopted.
permitted
to design
onethe
side of
class
ring
conform
tothe
a University
the
ring.
Themust
opposite
side of
class ring must
standardtoin
the interest
of maintaining
conform
a University
standard
in the interest
1
distinctive tradition.
5
ofa maintaining
a distinctive tradition.
Every
onside:
one side:
Every
ring ring
bearsbears
on one
2
6
3
4
TheEagle:
Eagle:surmounted
surmountedonon
the
Norwich
1.1.The
the
Norwich
shield,
shield, symbolic
of and
strength
andincourage
symbolic
of strength
courage
its depiction
its depiction
ofand
bothasour
and
as
ofinboth
our school
ourschool
national
symbol.
our national symbol.
2. The Honor Scroll: superimposed upon the
2. The
Honor
superimposed
talons
of the
eagle Scroll:
stands for
the fundamental
upon theoftalons
of the eagle stands for
attributes
character.
the fundamental attributes of character.
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Honor is the virtue, which impels loyalty and courage, truthfulness and selfrespect, justice and generosity. If a cadet is true in thought, word and deed,
there is no question about his meeting the standards of the Corps of Cadets.
3. NUCC Scroll: flows on either side of the shield, distinguishing those who
wear the ring as members of the Corps of Cadets.
4. Norwich Shield: depicts a cannon and an engineer’s transit in the
foreground of a mountain range, with the rays of the morning sun rising
above it. The cannon represents the military heritage of the institution and
the engineer ’s transit represents our academic mission. Finally, the rising sun
over the Green Mountains represents the light of knowledge illuminating “The
Hill.” The numerals 1819, hallmark the founding date of the University.
5. Cavalry Sabers: flanking either side of the shield, they represent our
kinship with Vermont’s First Cavalry Regiment. Today Cadet Officers wear
sabers in lieu of carrying a rifle.
6. “I Will Try” Scroll: conveys the spirit of Norwich University and its motto
“I Will Try.”
It is customary until graduation for cadets to wear the rings so that the wearer
most easily sees the Class Crest. After graduation the ring is reversed so that
the Norwich University crest is the one nearer the heart.
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UNiForM
Patch
UNIFORM shoULder
SHOULDER PATCH
During
waswas
held
to design
a new
During 1961-62
1961-62academic
academicyear
yeara competition
a competition
held
to design
a
shoulder
patch for
thefor
cadet
The contest
openwas
to open
all members
new shoulder
patch
theuniform.
cadet uniform.
The was
contest
to all
ofmembers
the Corps.
submitted
as many
entries
desired
to the
of to
the
ofCadets
the Corps.
Cadets
submitted
asas
many
entries
asOffice
desired
Commandant.
were to be drawn
in color,
with noinrestrictions
the Office of Entries
the Commandant.
Entries
were to
toscale
be drawn
color, to
asscale
to the
geometric
shape. The
design
was to immediately
be design
recognized
with
no restrictions
as to
the geometric
shape. The
was as
to a
Norwich insignia. A $50.00 incentive was offered.
immediately be recognized as a Norwich insignia. A $50.00 incentive
offered.
wasThe
winning patch was designed by Cadet Martin J. Suydam, ‘65 a
Mathematics
majorpatch
fromwas
Montclair,
New
he was
a freshman.
The winning
designed
byJersey
Cadetwhen
Martin
J. Suydam,
‘65
Cadet Suydam rose to the rank of Cadet Colonel and was a very active member
a Mathematics major from Montclair, New Jersey when he was a
of the Corps involved in Color Guard, Mountain and Cold Weather Training,
freshman. Cadet Suydam rose to the rank of Cadet Colonel and was a
Rescue Team and Association of the United States Army. Cadet Suydam also
very active
member
of the Corps
involved
in shoulder
Color Guard,
designed
the current
Mountain
and Cold
Weather
patch.Mountain
and Cold Weather Training, Rescue Team and Association of the
United States Army. Cadet Suydam also designed the current Mountain
and Cold Weather shoulder patch.
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Norwich
device
NORWICH cover
COVER DEVICE
The
also
known
as cover
brass,
says says
muchmuch
about
The Norwich
Norwichcover
coverdevice,
device,
also
known
as cover
brass,
the
history
tradition
Norwich University.
TheUniversity.
shield depicts
cannon
about
theand
history
andoftradition
of Norwich
Thea shield
and
an engineer
’s transit
foreground
of a mountain
with theoffirst
depicts
a cannon
and inantheengineer
’s transit
in the range,
foreground
a
rays
of the morning
sun rising
above
represents
the military
mountain
range, with
the first
raysit.ofThe
thecannon
morning
sun rising
above
heritage
the institution
andthe
the military
engineer’sheritage
transit represents
our academic
it. The of
cannon
represents
of the institution
and
mission.
Finally, ’sthetransit
rising represents
sun over the
Mountains
represents
the
the engineer
ourGreen
academic
mission.
Finally,
light
of
knowledge
illuminating
on
“The
Hill.
”
The
shield
is
surmounted
the rising sun over the Green Mountains represents the light ofby
the National Eagle clutching a banner with the letters R.O.T.C. upon it. This
knowledge illuminating on “The Hill.” The shield is surmounted by
banner commemorates Norwich as one of the birthplaces of the American
the National Eagle clutching a banner with the letters R.O.T.C. upon
Citizen Soldier philosophy. Three scrolls adorn the bottom of the device. The
it. This“Cavalry
banner commemorates
as one
of the
birthplaces
of the
second,
Unit”, recalls ourNorwich
distinctive
cavalry
heritage
and the
past
American
Citizen
Soldier
philosophy.
Three
scrolls
adorn
thethird
bottom
service
of our
graduates
as cavalry,
and later,
armor
officers.
The
scroll
of the“Norwich
device. The
second,” “Cavalry Unit”, recalls our distinctive cavalry
reads,
University.
heritage and the past service of our graduates as cavalry, and later,
armor officers. The third scroll reads, “Norwich University.”
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APPRECIATIONS
“The splendid thing about Norwich is that she has always kept the faith.”
– General Leonard Wood
“Prepared to fulfill the sacred duty of defending their country’s honor through
the highly efficient course of instruction in military science which Norwich
provides, they answered the call in 1917 with a patriotism inspired by the
achievements of Norwich men in previous wars. The duties they performed
and the manner of their accomplishment added another splendid chapter to
the history of their Alma Mater.”
– General John J. Pershing
“The contribution of the graduates of Norwich to the Yankee Division was of
the best. Excellent officers, splendid troop leaders; everywhere they went they
made their mark.”
– Major General Clarence A. Edwards
“In the real sense he (Captain Partridge) gave to the country, in an hour of
greatest need, thousands of young men, trained in the military and civil fields,
thoroughly grounded in the fundamental essentials of complete citizenship
and sound leadership.”
– General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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“For 175 years, Norwich has stood at proud attention, true to
“For
175 years, Norwich
stood at proud
attention,
true to its principles,
its principles,
true tohas
Partridge’s
profound
understanding
that a
true
to Partridge’s
understanding
that a country
dedicated
to its
country
dedicatedprofound
to its principles
of democracy
and personal
freedom
principles of democracy and personal freedom needs citizens whose education
needs citizens whose education prepares them to be moral, patriotic,
prepares them to be moral, patriotic, efficient, and useful members of their
efficient, and useful members of their communities, ready to assume
communities, ready to assume the heavy responsibilities of leadership and
the heavy
responsibilities
of leadership
and aware
thatifAmericans
aware
that Americans
can only
preserve their
freedom
they acceptcan
the
only preserve
their
they
obligation
to serve
the freedom
common if
good.
” accept the obligation to serve the
common good.”
– Major General W. Russell Todd, USA (Ref.), ‘50
– Major General W. Russell Todd, USA (Ref.), ‘50
“Norwich
University
is a unique
place. The
leadership
of Norwich
a vision
“Norwich
University
is a unique
place.
The leadership
ofhas
Norwich
and it is a vision to continue preparing leaders to lead this great country. Men
has a vision and it is a vision to continue preparing leaders to lead this
and women leading America, in uniform and out of uniform. That is what it’s
great country. Men and women leading America, in uniform and out of
all about.”
uniform. That is what it’s all about.”
– General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret) ‘59
– General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret) ‘59
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CORPS SONGS
The Star-Spangled Banner
Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright star, thro’ the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen thro’ the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the Star-Spangled Banner: oh long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh, thus be it e’er, when free-men shall stand
Between their loved home and war’s desolation;
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just;
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!,
Words: Francis Scott Key
Tune: To Anacreon in Heaven
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NORWICH FOREVER
Norwich forever, queen of the hills,
When far from thee, still memory thrills recalling
Scenes and old friendship, songs and old cheers,
Memories that fade not through the changing years.
Norwich forever, through rain and shine,
Sunset and dawning, still we are thine and in
Defeat or in victory we shall acclaim
Thy dauntless spirit and thy deathless name.
Norwich, forever, hail, hail to thee,
Bright is thy glory, won in the long years and we
Pledge thee our future, thee to adore
Till in the skies the stars shall burn no more.
Words: Arthur Wallace Peach
Tune: True Blue
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NORWICH HYMN
We hail thee, Alma Mater fair,
Beneath thy northern sky,
And sing thy praise as have thy sons
Through all the years gone by.
We shall keep bright, though far we roam
On life’s unchartered ways,
The memory of comrades old
And good old Norwich days.
And in defeat or victory
Our pledge we shall renew
To steadfast stand, through weal or woe,
For love of old N. U.
Words by Arthur Wallace Peach
Music by John I. Twombly, ‘24
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CORPS SLANG
AAR After Action Review
AC Assistant Commandant
APOD Absent Place of Duty
ASAP As soon as possible
CLBC Cadet Leader Basic Course – Second year cadet training
CADRE
Cadet leader assigned to train in a Rook training unit
CAM Corporal Academic Mentor
CC Campus Confinement – Disciplinary sanction requiring
cadet to remain on campus
CHC Corps Honor Committee
CIVIES
Civilian clothing
CMC Closed Military Confinement – Disciplinary sanction requiring
cadet to remain in barracks room when off duty
CO Commanding Officer; also Commandant’s Orderly
COB Close of Business
COC Chain of Command
CSM Command Sergeant Major
D&C Drill and Ceremony
DAF Disciplinary Action Form
DS Detached Service – Authorization to miss classes or
training for a University sanctioned event
DT Disciplinary Tours
FAT Friday Afternoon Training – Period from 1600-1700
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FTX Field Training Exercise
IAW In Accordance With
IG Inspector General
MCV Military College of Vermont
MARCHING TOUR - Fifty minutes of marching with a rifle on the tour strip
NCO Non-Commissioned Officer
NUCC Norwich University Corps of Cadets
NUEMS NU Emergency Medical Services
NUSRR NU Student Rules and Regulations
OML Order of Merit List – Numerical standing of a cadet by class
PAO Public Affairs Officer
PL Platoon Leader
PT Physical Training
PFT Physical Fitness Test
PSG Platoon Sergeant
RACK
Your bed
RDO Regimental Duty Officer – In charge of the Interior Guard
RDR Regimental Duty Runner
RDS Regimental Duty Sergeant
ROOK
First year cadet not recognized into the NUCC
SADO Student Affairs Duty
SL Squad Leader
SMC Senior Military College
SMT Saturday Morning Training – Period from 0700-0900
SOP Standard Operating Procedures
STT Sergeant’s Training
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TAT Tuesday Afternoon Training – Period from 1300-1350
TOUR STRIP Asphalt strip at north end of UP by the flag pole
WORKING TOUR Fifty minutes of supervised work at an
authorized location
UMR Unit Manning Report – List of every member of a unit
UNDER ARMS Carrying a rifle, saber or sword
UNSAT
Performance not meeting standards; unsatisfactory
UOD Uniform of the Day – Required uniform for cadets to wear
UP Upper Parade Ground
VAP Violation of the Alcohol Policy
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SOCIAL STANDARDS
Social behavior and conduct of Norwich University Cadets have been and
will continue to be of the highest standard. All Cadets will maintain exemplary
standards of conduct and decorum in addition to developing and practicing all
skills commonly associated with gentlemanly or ladylike behavior. Respect the
authority of those appointed above you. Be businesslike. Learn the standards
and always “adhere to the book.” No orders, no letters, no insignia of rank can
appoint you as leaders. Leadership is an intangible thing; leaders are made,
they are not born. Leadership is developed within yourself. All cadets are part
of a long line of Norwich University men and women of integrity, competence,
and determination. The life of a cadet is rewarding and stimulating for those
individuals who are adapted by their convictions and their talents for its
requirements. It is an exacting life with its own cherished code, demanding
challenges, and rewards. The future of our nation requires and demands that a
sufficient number of splendidly qualified high school students elect to pursue
the lifelong task of developing leadership.
BASIC ETIQUETTE
1.Introductions: Man to woman, junior to senior, young to old.
2. Opening Doors: Man for woman, junior for senior, young for old.
3. Offering Your Arm: Men in uniform offer only when assistance is
required or on formal occasions.
4.Invitations: RSVP - You must respond within 48 hours whether
you are going to attend or not.
5. Thank You Notes: Must be mailed within 48 hours following the event.
6. Keeping Quiet: Don’t speak when others are speaking, especially at
lectures or briefings.
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7.Telephone: If you are called - identify yourself; speak slowly and clearly.
When referring a call - ask “May I tell him/her who’s calling?”
8. Gum Chewing: Never in uniform.
9. Tobacco Products: Never in formation. See NUSRR CH 3.
BASIC DINING ETIQUETTE
1. The man first seats the lady to his right. If no one has seated the
lady to his left, he then seats her as well.
2. Say blessing/grace before touching anything on the table.
3. Place napkin in lap.
4. Use utensils from outside to inside.
5. Take small mouthfuls.
6. Talk only when mouth is empty.
7. Do not slurp, blow on hot liquids, or smack lips.
8. Use napkin to dab lips.
9. Divide attention between dinner partners.
10. Once a utensil has been used, it never touches the table or
tablecloth again. It rests on your plate.
11. When finished dining, place utensils on the plate next to
each other diagonally across the plate.
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RECEIVING LINES
1. Receiving lines are a duty, not an option!
2.
Introduction of Guests: While waiting in line, the guest will be to the
right of the cadet. All guests will precede you through the line. Place
yourself next to the aide or protocol officer and state the name of each
guest, clearly. Then state your own name and follow your guest through
the line.
3. Order of Guests: First – Mother then Father. Second – Grandmother then
Grandfather. Third – Sister then her spouse/ date. Fourth – Brother
preceded by his spouse/date. Last – Your date then you.
4.Handshakes: Firm but gentle. It is both awkward and rude to have drinks
in your hand when you proceed through the reception line.
5. Make eye contact with each person in the receiving line as you are shaking
his/her hand. Move promptly along. No long discussions. Short, polite
greetings.
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PERSONAL APPEARANCE - CIVILIAN ATTIRE
1.Men:
a. Casual: Collared shirt and slacks.
b. Informal: Coat and tie (suit after 6:00 p.m.).
c. Formal: Black tie after 6:00 p.m.
2.Women:
a. Casual: Slacks and coordinating top or street dress (skirt or dress).
b. Informal: Daytime - Nice street dress. After 6:00 p.m. - a little
dressier, but not a cocktail dress.
c. Formal: Long, tea length or short formal in appropriate fabric
and style.
Note: Shorts are worn only at the invitation of the host.
SOCIAL CORRESPONDENCE
1.
Written responses are required when one receives formal invitations and
RSVP is stated, notes or letters. In addition, thanking a host and hostess for
their hospitality or a response of condolences should be in writing. Write
on quality paper, and as neatly as possible.
2.
Before writing consider your choice of words, who will be reading the
letter and how the individual will interpret your words. Do not write
a letter while angered since it may cause regret or embarrassment later.
Remember, letters are permanent forms of correspondence.
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Example Dinner Invitation
Colonel and Mrs. George Brown
request the pleasure of the company of
Cadet Robert Washington
at dinner
on Saturday, the fourteenth of September
at six o’clock
RSVP
3.
R.S.V.P. means please reply. It originated from the French expression
“Respondez s’il vous plait” and when replying answer the invitation by
repeating pertinent information found in the invitation itself. RSVPs
should be answered within 24 hours.
Example Regret Response
Cadet Roger Smith
regrets that because of a previous engagement
he will be unable to accept
the very kind invitation of
Colonel and Mrs. William J. Bradford
for Friday, the twenty-third of August
4. Follow the format of the invitation and handwrite it in ink.
Be sure to repeat the time and date of the invitation.
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5. Informal invitations are sent for occasions such as cocktail parties,
teas, receptions, or informal dinners.
6.
When one receives an “RSVP Regrets Only” or “Regrets Only” one must
notify the host/hostess if one is not going to be in attendance. If one
intends to attend no reply is necessary. If the RSVP Regrets Only invitation
has a phone number following it simply means to call rather than write
for declines only. In a case where RSVP appears with a phone number one
must call the host/ hostess with a decision to accept or decline. In either
case one should contact the host/hostess as soon as possible and usually
within 24 hours.
After having accepted an invitation and attending the function, it is
appropriate to send a thank you note. Thank you or regret notices can
be written neatly on conservative, high quality stationary or note cards for
informal functions.
Example Thank You Note
Dear Mrs. Harmon,
Thank you for an enjoyable evening and delicious dinner. A home cooked meal
really hit the spot.
Being a Rook at Norwich, I do not receive many invitations for dinner or go
off campus often. I greatly appreciate the change of pace.
Again, thank you for your kindness and hospitality.
Sincerely,
Cadet Joseph Banatz
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RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR SUPERIORS
In most cases upper class cadets will be older in years. Treat them
honorably and respectfully when they are not present as well as when you
are face to face with them. Understand their mission and responsibilities, for
your own will be a fraction of the total. Your commander ’s success and that of
your unit depends, in part, upon the results of your work. Teamwork means
harmonious effort with all members of the organization - not just the “boss.”
Keep your chain of command informed.
Give them the information needed as to your own progress and give it
straight, clear, and on time. Don’t conceal bad news, or try to slip it past.
Don’t embellish the good news. Your leader needs essential facts for their
own planning and for the coordination with other subordinates. There are few
furies equal to that of a cadet leader who makes a wrong decision that was
based with logic upon incorrect or misleading reports from a subordinate.
Your cadet leaders are human, to the same degree as your Rook Buddies. Be
attuned to and understand the personality of the person for whom you work.
Some leaders issue broad, mission type orders and encourage subordinates
to exercise considerable latitude as to the method of execution. Others give
detailed instructions that they wish followed meticulously. Recognize the
differences in leadership style. Learn what your leader wants and conform to
it. Engrave in your mind: you are a part of his or her team, not he or she of
yours. Be part of the team.
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INFORMATION
NAME SQD
PLT
ROOM
CO
BN PHONE
MAILBOX # COMMANDANT BN CMDT REG CDR REG CSM BN CDR BN CSM
CO CDR CO lSG PLT LDR
PSGT
SQD LDR
ASST ACADEMIC ADVISOR
ROOMMATE
ROOMMATE
ROOMMATE
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY
The Military College of the State of Vermont
Founded 1819 • Incorporated 1834
Courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Architecture,
Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Commissions leading to military service in the
United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force.
Military instruction, practice and discipline are required for all cadets
throughout their military stay in college, in faith, that a citizen is not fully
equipped for his duty to the State unless he is trained for service in its defense
as well as for its up-building. The story of our nation’s struggle for existence
justifies this faith.
The achievements of Norwich graduates attest sufficiently the efficacy of
this system of instruction.
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“The liberties of Rome were safe while military information
was generally diffused and every Roman citizen considered
and felt himself a soldier.”
Captain Alden Partridge
Founder of Norwich University.
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