Word: actes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...receive money for them. The communication also urges men in service to be sure that all their personal letters concerning military matters are submitted to the local censor. Since no suitable officer is available for the position of R. O. T. C. censor, Major Flynn has consented to act in this capacity. For further details in regard to this matter, cadets should go to R. O. T. C. Headquarters in the basement of University Hall...
Under the powers granted him by the Act of 1916, however, the President was not able alone to carry out all the provisions of the scheme of Government control which he proposed; he had the power to take over the management of the roads, but he did not have the power to compensate them as he thought just, according to the average of their receipts for the years 1915, 1916 and 1917. This power was placed in the hands of Congress, to whom the President has now turned for such additional legislation as will enable him to carry through...
...act proposed by the President will of course be passed eventually by a large majority; it is favored by the greater part of Congress as well as by the country. In such days as these, however, immediate action is necessary, and the work which the President is trying to accomplish should not be held up by a few small boys in Congress who, for almost a year, have been making faces at the administration's proposals before they have been put through. Such antics are bad for both Congress and the nation; in the case of the new railroad legislation...
Drill for Military Science 2 will continue as usual on Thursday afternoons at 4 o'clock. A new list of assignments to platoons has been posted at Military Headquarters. Captain F. Parkman will act as assistant to Major C. C. Lane, and Captains G. A. Brownell, C. Canfield, J. H. Quirin and A. Perkins will command the four platoons. The first two platoons will drill in the cage, and the other two in the Municipal Hall...
...discussing the matter, Senator Lodge said: "The question has not come before Congress at this session, but the age limits for the draft were most fully considered at the time of the passage of the Act, and it seems to me doubtful if anything will be done to change them at the present time with over 9,000,000 men registered. I should certainly oppose any proposal of this nature...