Word: acorn
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...work didn't have much to do with the rifle and bullet, or the bayonet, but it was and is necessary; at present of vastly greater importance that the above. With the necessity of five men behind the lines for one at the front the adage about the acorn and the oak is reversed to a large extent as regards war. The gigantic preparation that is necessary,--in ways of transportation, cantonements, supplies, etc., before we can really take care of the big armies which are to come in the next few years, are almost inconceivable. My one constant hope...
...cords: (a) For tactical instructors and cadet officers--Blue cord, with gilt acorn at each end and gilt keeper; (b) For Cadets--Blue (infantry) cord. (C. U. R., No. 2, June 5, 1917.) C. CORDIER, Captain U. S. Army, Commandant. June...