Word: ages
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reserve officers. To commission the remainder and send them to their homes for an indefinite period without pay would be a breach of promise on the part of the Government. The training camps full quota of officers would be immediately required. In consequence thousands of men beyond draft age gave up their jobs and suspended many responsibilities in the belief that their services were really needed. If these men pass their examinations for commission they are entitled to be used either for further training, or with troops. Such was the promise when they went into camp, and the Government owes...
Turning to the verse we must congratulate Mr. LaFarge on the practical application of his theories. "To Meliboeus" is undoubtedly the finest poem in the number. Otherwise the verse is not distinguished. We feel keenly the absence of Mr. Hillyer. Does Mr. Rogers ("The New Shakespeare,") really think the age heroic? If so, he must surely admit that it is heroism without intelligence...
...solid ability and conscientious service won the respect of the cadets, and his consideration and constant good nature won their affection. By tact and good judgment he was able to be exacting and at the same time beloved. More important, perhaps, he presented to young men of an age when example counts quite as much as precept a conspicuous instance of what a soldier's life should be, a combination of clean living, clear thinking, and hard work that gave significance to the phrase "an officer and a gentleman...
This Order concerns the next Officers' Camps. At first the minimum age limit was twenty-one years, which prevented the majority of last summer's Corps from applying. The present change, however, to twenty years and nine months lets in many who would otherwise have been in-eligible. Looking ahead the prospects are likewise encouraging. The younger men, under the new ruling, will be able to go into training camps three months sooner than under the previous system...
...herself running a poor second to the constellations, even before her honeymoon is over. She sets about to bring her husband from lethargy to loving in that third act, and her methods caused nobody to ask how old was Ann. They all knew she was extremely wise for her age, whatever it might...