Word: accomplish
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...people has, by some prodding and a great deal of talking, been aroused to a fair and growing knowledge of the part it must accomplish in this agonizing war. Our young men notably have shown themselves eager for service in a manner no less honorable and courageous than in the past. We are preparing to send great armies to Europe of a half-million men of five million men if we need to do so. That is in accord with our strength. Yet five hundred thousand men alone will not turn the tide of war to victory. We need arms...
...important," said Mr. Willard, "to mobilize the industrial, agricultural, transportation and labor resources of the country as well as the military and naval forces. Our Allies must be kept supplied with food, munitions and all the materials essential to our common success. To accomplish this, serious transportation problems by land and water must be solved. One of the most serious problems confronting us is the threatened shortage of foodstuffs. Owing to the failure of the winter wheat crop, one-third of which is ruined, we probably will not even be able to raise the six and one-half bushels...
...team-play, and the development of morale. "This morale of the army," he said, "depends upon the character of its officers. And character cannot be developed in a moment. It comes through a life of right thinking and right doing, through the exercise of patience and self-control. To accomplish this end, all training is vital. Without training there can be no officers, and the army will be an unready mob to be slaughtered like sheep...
...Germany, France and England the exigencies of war have compelled the consolidation of aeronautics under a separate department controlled by an air minister, and if we are to accomplish any results commensurate with theirs or worthy of this great nation, we shall find it necessary to follow their example. The air minister in England, and I believe in the other two nations named, has charge of the material, construction and supplies for the aeronautical branch, and the training of aviators generally. The machines are then delivered respectively to the Admiralty and to the army, who furnish the personnel and conduct...
...information on tariff matters have led Congress to the conclusion that preliminary investigation by an impartial body would be helpful, and accordingly this Commission has been brought into existence. It is an experiment in legislative procedure, and one should not rashly predict just how much it is going to accomplish...