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CAPER Companies

I've been working on this page for some time, trying to get the order of chartering correct and making sure that all the companies are listed.  This may never be totally correct, but I now that I feel that it is very close to being correct.  The sources used were:

My memory
Pershing Rifleman yearbooks (1967 - 1971)
National Shield Newspapers (1968-1971)
"CAPER Information and Records" assembled in 1977 by the CAPER National Headquarters at Auburn University
Numbers of chartered companies at various time in the history passed down to the Pershing Angels
Notes on pictures that I took
Occasional guessing based on the various lists, etc

Linda

School Location Local Name Notes
1966-67 School Year
A-5  Pennsylvania State University Altoona Campus CAPERS 1
C-15 Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA Pershing Angels
B-9 University of Colorado Boulder, CO CAPERS
T-1 Central State University Wilberforce, OK Pershing Angels 2
E-2 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Kadettes
N-4 North Carolina A & T University Greensboro, NC
O-5 Pennsylvania State University Ogontz Campus Kaydettes
1967-68 School Year
D-4 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC CAPERS
P-4 Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL
C-17 New Mexico State University University Park, NM Kaydettes, then CAPERS
M-16 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Les Bleus Berets
F-1 Ohio University Athens, OH CAPERS
D-6 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA CAPERS 2
C-16 Florida A & M University Tallahassee, FL CAPERS 3
1968-69 School Year
H-1 West Virginia State University Institute, WV
D-15 Hampton University  Hampton, VA
N-1 Marshall University Huntington, WV
A-3 Indiana University Bloomington, IN Crimson Cadettes
C-4 Clemson University Clemson, SC
L-17 Hardin-Simmons University Abilene, TX CAPERS
Q-15 Pennsylvania Military Colleges Chester, PA
K-5 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
1969-70 School Year
G-4 Auburn University Auburn, GA
L-4 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
B-5 Pennsylvania State University University Park Campus CAPERS
I-6 Loyola University New Orleans, LA
P-1 Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH
Q-17 Prairie View A & M University  Prairie View, TX Drillets
Q-8 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY
1970-71 School Year
K-4 South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC
H-15 Morgan State University   Baltimore, MD Pershing Angels 4
K-8 Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ 5
Later Known Companies
G-7 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 6
E-7 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS E-Co Berets 7
C-7 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 7
T-8 University of Puerto Rico San Juan, PR 7
O-4 Virginia State University Petersburg, VA 8
M-4 Appalachian State University Boone, NC 9
B-1 University of Dayton Dayton, OH 10
G-2 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 10
H-4 Alabama A&M University Normal, AL 10
R-8 St. John's University Jamaica, NY 10
N-8 St. Peters College Jersey City, NJ 11
Notes:
1 - active until at least 1977
2 - ended in 1970  
3 - Still going as Pershing Angels.  Their history says their were chartered on May 8, 1968.
4 - Still going as Pershing Angels.  Later their PR designation changed to J-8.   
5 - Were a CAPER NHq later.
6 - before the became NHq 
7 - 1974 list  
8 - New company on 1974 list  
9 - 1975 letter, later NHq, 
10 - 1977 list  12 - later NHq
Other Coed Groups: Some may have chartered, but I'm not sure
School Location Group Name
A-1 The Ohio State University Columbus, OH Coed Cadet Drill Team
C-1 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY Kentucky Babes & Les Sabres
I-1 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH The Royal Green
A-2 University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE Cadence Countesses
H-2 St. John's University Collegeville, MN Petticoat Platoon
I-2 Marquette University Milwaukee, VA Marcadettes
K-2 South Dakota State University Brookings, SD Pershingettes
V-2 Spring Hill College Kadettes
B-3 Western Kentucky State Bowling Green, KY Rebelettes
B-4 Tennessee Tech Crossville, TN Golden Nuggets, then CAPERS *  1
J-4 Florence State University Florence, AL CAPERS *
Q-4 University of Georgia Athens, GA CAPERS *
V-6 University of South Alabama Mobile, AL Kadettes
G-10 University of California at Los Angeles, CA Sabers
F-12 University of Connecticut Storrs, CN CAPERS *     2
M-12 University of Maine Orono, Maine Pershingettes
A-15 University of Maryland College Park, MD Kaydettes
S-16 Stetson University Deland, FL 3
F-12 University of Connecticut Storrs, CN A P/R alumni told me about them and that they ended when they merged into their P/R company.
H-17 University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX ROTC Sponsor Corp
R-17 Trinity University San Antonio, TX 4
Notes:
1 -  Their ROTC site has a video that said that their CAPERS started in 1974 and ended in 1980.
2 -  A P/R alumni told me about them and that they ended when they merged into their P/R company.
3 -  I don't know if they ever got the group started
4 -  We met with them at the 17th Regimental Drill Meet in December 1969 and I thought that they chartered shortly after that, but they aren't on any lists.
* - After CAPERS started, there were groups formed that were called CAPERS, but weren't chartered. I don't have any record of these groups chartering.
 
 

 

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