Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...going in for intensive training with the full understanding that they are to be officers. Inasmuch as those men who intend to enlist in the Corps will have to make up in a short time a considerable amount of work which the men now enrolled have already covered, Captain Cordier stated last night that they would find it to their advantage to do certain text-book assignments during the vacation. The work should cover the "Infantry Drill Regulations" through paragraph 231, the "Small Arms Firing Manual" through page 59, and the first four problems of Captain Bjornstad's "Small Problems...
Anyone under 19 years of age will not be accepted. This does not in any way affect those already in the Corps who may be under 19 years of age. C. CORDIER, Captain, U. S. Army, Commandant. War Department, April...
...outlining the main features of modern warfare, Captain Ian Hay Beith emphasized the new significance of the airplane. It has passed out of its period of experimentation and into a new sphere of deadly effectiveness--spying out the enemy's territory, directing artillery fire, raiding hostile encampments, and making surprise attacks impossible. Briefly, "the command of the air determines which side shall gain the victory...
...late there has been an unfortunate attitude towards aviation in the University, an attitude which appears more and more ridiculous in the light of Captain Beith's remarks. The tendency has been to smile at the men who left for Miami and Newport News as sportsmen off for a good time, attracted by the danger and the thrills of airplaning, and not by any practical value it might have in war-fare. Now it appears that the success of the army will depend upon these so called "adventurers...
...cadets in Lecture Group 4 will join Lecture Group 3 on Wednesday, April 11, in Emerson D, at 7.30 P. M. In consequence, there will be no lecture delivered Thursday night. C. CORDIER, Captain, U. S. Army, Commandant...