Word: captaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...should be understood that there are two distinct branches of the Quartermaster's Service. The first of these has charge of all the base work, such as the collection and organization of supplies and materials. In this class, the members of which hold at least the grade of captain, entrance is possible now. However, such work is most suited to business men of experience, and the Business School cannot, in the short time available, prepare...
...Captain W. S. Bowen, U. S. A., is in charge of the work, and the Government has stated that a quartermaster sergeant will be detailed to assist him. Professors W. M. Cole, P. T. Cherington and W. J. Cunningham are to assist, and they will deliver lectures on accounting, supplies and transportation, respectively...
...Captain Beith, or Ian Hay, as he is known to the literary world, has had an active and varied service in the European war, enlisting not long after the outbreak of the struggle and spending six months of the fall and winter of 1914-15 in training at Aldershot with the raw material from which Lord Kitchener formed the "first hundred thousand." His regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was among the first sent to the front, and with others composed the first army sent to France by England, known as "the first hundred thousand" and also...
...march to Soldiers Field where they will drill by battalions for a short time. At 5.30 o'clock they will be drawn up with the band in line of masses in the Stadium, and the retreat ceremony will be held, after which the battalions will pass in review before Captain Cordier and the military staff. This occasion will give the public the first opportunity to see the Training Corps drill together. Seats on the west side of the Stadium will be found the most advantageous...
Despite the familiar material utilized, the book is interesting and its story is coherently told. The plot centers on the attempts of the gallant and worldly-wise (and, as usual, much in debt) Captain Poildeau to find "The Beautiful Unknown," and gives in the running of its course opportunities for various characterizations in both serious and comedy fields. Charles Purcell as Captain Poildeau sings and acts in his usual manner; Miss Follies as "the daughter of the regiment" is dainty and sings prettily; and Miss Odell does an excellent bit of acting in the bazaar scene. Although the comedians--Messrs...