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 ===== Background ===== ===== Background =====
  
-There was a vested interest in instilling military training at Trinity College since its earliest days as [[washington_college|Washington College]]. "[[brownell_thomas_church|Bishop Brownell]] had hoped that military exercises and drill would find an important place in the curriculum," even going so far as to hire a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering trained at West Point "with a view of his employing the students in military exercises, during a portion of their leisure hours; as conducive to their health, and as subservient to their better government." While this did not come to fruition (and neither did his dream of mandatory uniforms) Brownell did organize the [[phalanx|Phalanx (later, Archers)]], the College's first ceremonial drill team. Other efforts to incorporate military drill, uniforms, and training would follow in the coming decades, and Trinity's [[motto|motto]], "Pro Patria et Ecclesia" was often invoked in reference to student military training.+There was a vested interest in instilling military training at Trinity College since its earliest days as [[washington_college|Washington College]]. "[[brownell_thomas_church|Bishop Brownell]] had hoped that military exercises and drill would find an important place in the curriculum," even going so far as to hire a Professor of Mathematics and Engineering trained at West Point "with a view of his employing the students in military exercises, during a portion of their leisure hours; as conducive to their health, and as subservient to their better government." While this did not come to fruition (and neither did his dream of mandatory uniforms)Brownell did organize the [[phalanx|Phalanx (later, Archers)]], the College's first ceremonial drill team. Other efforts to incorporate military drill, uniforms, and training would follow in the coming decades, and Trinity's [[motto|motto]], "Pro Patria et Ecclesia" was often invoked in reference to student military training.
  
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 Following the fall of Fort Sumter in April 1861, the governor called for volunteers. "There was much discussion among the members of the Daves Guard about enlisting or tendering their services to the state, but the depletion in its ranks and by the loss of its members going south, and the enlistment of others in the volunteers resulted in no action being taken, and before the close of the term it had ceased to exist." ((//Hartford Courant//, 11/2/1901)) The state armory recalled its muskets, the Southern states recalled their students, and Professor Daves took a year's leave of absence before resigning in 1862.  Following the fall of Fort Sumter in April 1861, the governor called for volunteers. "There was much discussion among the members of the Daves Guard about enlisting or tendering their services to the state, but the depletion in its ranks and by the loss of its members going south, and the enlistment of others in the volunteers resulted in no action being taken, and before the close of the term it had ceased to exist." ((//Hartford Courant//, 11/2/1901)) The state armory recalled its muskets, the Southern states recalled their students, and Professor Daves took a year's leave of absence before resigning in 1862. 
  
-The Trinity College [[trustees|Trustees]] considered the creation of a Military Science Department, which is detailed in the [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=bulletin|1862-63 catalogue]]. The "course of instruction" was "to include physical exercises, tactics, and such scientific studies as are fully adapted to secure the end in view." However, the Department was never created. +The Trinity College [[trustees|Trustees]] considered the creation of a Military Science Department, which is detailed in the [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38786874|1862-63 catalogue]]. The "course of instruction" was "to include physical exercises, tactics, and such scientific studies as are fully adapted to secure the end in view." However, the Department was never created. 
  
 In 1917, Cogswell wrote in to the //Tripod// to remind students that Trinity's military history did not start on the [[summit_campus|new campus]] nor during [[students_army_corps|World War I]]: "Some of [the Graham Guard] members are still 'present in the flesh' and we are proud of the patriotism of the sons of Trinity of today and look with confidence for them to prove that now as ever 'Pro Patria et Ecclesia' is a living principle actuating their minds and hearts." ((Trinity Tripod, 04/20/1917)) In 1917, Cogswell wrote in to the //Tripod// to remind students that Trinity's military history did not start on the [[summit_campus|new campus]] nor during [[students_army_corps|World War I]]: "Some of [the Graham Guard] members are still 'present in the flesh' and we are proud of the patriotism of the sons of Trinity of today and look with confidence for them to prove that now as ever 'Pro Patria et Ecclesia' is a living principle actuating their minds and hearts." ((Trinity Tripod, 04/20/1917))
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 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1958&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 11/14/1972.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29898476|Trinity Tripod]], 11/14/1972.
  
 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1966) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 130-132. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/w_books/4/|The History of Trinity College]] (1966) by Glenn Weaver, pp. 130-132.
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 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/23/|The Trinity Ivy,]] 1919. [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/ivy/23/|The Trinity Ivy,]] 1919.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3018&context=tripod|The Trinity Tripod, 04/20/1917.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30935834|The Trinity Tripod]], 04/20/1917.
  
-[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=tablets|Trinity Tablet]], April 1908.+[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34190420|Trinity Tablet]], April 1908.
  
-[[https://www.proquest.com/hnphartfordcourant/docview/553323164/fulltextPDF/104C67421F6C4128PQ/1?accountid=14405|"A New Military Company"]]//The Hartford Courant//, 11/29/1860.+[[https://www.proquest.com/hnphartfordcourant/docview/553323164/fulltextPDF/104C67421F6C4128PQ/1?accountid=14405|"A New Military Company,"]] //The Hartford Courant//, 11/29/1860.
  
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