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s._nt John...nBandm..t.r LyoruoDrum "'_lorCalled from his duties last fall in San Francisco, Lieutenant Colonel Allen Fletcher becameIdaho's new commandant of military tactics, succeeding Lieutenant Colonel Rufus S. Bratton,who was assigned to service in Washington, D.C. A graduate of the Army War college andArmy Industrial college in Washington, D.C., the Chemical Warfare school of Edgeworth,Md., and the Command and General Staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, ColonelFletcher may boast a distinguished militaristic education. Following active service in theWorld War, he commanded troops in Hawaii for several years. Colonel Fletcher filled theposition of senior infantry instructor of the first reserve area with headquarters at San Franciscobefore assuming his duties here at Idaho.Instructor of scphomore military classes at the university is Captain Lewis S. Norman.Captain Norman also coaches the crack R.O.T.C. rif~e team, which two years ago won na·tional honors. He began his army career at Fort Benning, Georgia, of which state he is a native.He holds the distietion of being one of the few qualified lawyers in army service, havinggraduated from the Chattanocga College of Law in 1917. Captain Norman this spring com·pletes his second year of service at Idaho.Acting Sergeant-Major of the military department is Sergeant Barnum, who handlesclerical work of the office. He has completed 14 years of detail in the military forces of theUnited States, four of them in the Marines. Much of the time was spent in the Philippines andthe South Sea Islands.Professor Robert B. Lyon directs the proficient military band, a snappy group on parade.PAGE 241