Word: airing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lawrence has been, since 1914, colonel and assistant adjutant-general in the British Army. He was commissioner for Lord Kitchener in France from the beginning of the war until the latter's death, when he became Lora Curzon's representative in France in connection with the business of the air service. Since the end of 1916 he has represented the War Office in the treatment and training of disabled soldiers, and is now Liaison Officer between the War Office and the Ministry of Pensions, a post which he has held since...
...feels this influence first but we cannot count upon this. Half a million Americans in action this year may avail more than two millions a year from now if the Allies should lose their punch. Let the American force, small as it is, play an important part in the air, on the sea, and on land during the coming campaign...
Coincident with Putnam's feat, Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., also of the Escadrille, downed two German aviators within a short time, his first victories in the air. Details of these combats have not yet been received in Paris. Both Hitchcock and Putnam have been on the battle front for less than three months and have not yet been transferred to the American Army...
...While in training at Newport News he showed the qualities of leadership that made him of value and the ability that his superior officer was quick to recognize. He was sent to Italy to complete his training and in October was given his commission as first lieutenant in the Air Service of the United States Army. In schools, in college, and in his chosen service, he was faithful in every responsibility, straightforward to the line, loyal to every good cause, beloved by all who knew him. The loss to the nation of young men of the type of William Cheney...
...difficult thing to bring about. A Le Gore, a Mahan, a Howard Miller, a Hobey Baker, does more to stimulate the average student to emulate the example of these stars in ways however humble than any amount of theoretical dogma designed to show that athletic exercise in the open air is good for mind and body. --LAWRENCE PERRY, IN THE NEW YORK EVENING POST...