Word: abroad
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Rumors seem to have got abroad in some places that Harvard College will shut its gates next year, or at least will not devote itself to the ordinary process of education. If such rumors merit contradiction they may not only be contradicted, but repudiated, for the College would be unworthy of its traditions and its endowment if it ceased to carry on its proper work at a crisis like the present. The Freshman Halls, like all the other dormitories and academic buildings, will be open as usual, and the activities, especially of the freshman class, will go on without change...
Already 45 members and recent graduates of the University have signed up for the two Harvard ambulance units that the Intercollegiate Intelligence Bureau has asked the University to recruit. These units, when they are recruited to the full strength of 36 men each, will probably be sent abroad immediately. The contingent is to become part of the Medical Enlisted Men's Reserve Corps, and will be among the first of the United States Army corps to reach France. The ambulance units will also give substantial assistance to the French ambulance service, and will, furthermore, serve as Harvard units through...
...needs of national service are great. One of the greatest of those is for an efficient and adequate military corps. We have not in our nation now enough qualified doctors to serve the nation at home, and to serve an army of a million men abroad...
...Harvard branch of the Intercollegiate Intelligence Bureau has been requested to recruit at least two ambulance units from graduates and members of the University for immediate service abroad. These units will become part of the Medical Enlisted Men's Reserve Corps, and will be one of the first United States Army contingents to reach France. The ambulance units will also give substantial assistance to the French ambulance service, and will furthermore serve as Harvard units during the duration of the war. Some insignia designating the distinctive corps will be given to the members...
...required will serve as gunners-mates, boatswains'-mates, quartermasters, seamen, engineers, electricians, machinists, riggers, blacksmiths, coppersmiths, riveters, ship-carpenters, firemen, coal passers, cooks, stewards, radio operators, and in many other capacities in coast and off-shore duty, whereby men of the regular navy may be relieved for duties abroad...