Word: commander
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unit will be organized as a base hospital in the British regular service and will, like all regular British hospitals, be under the general command of Director-General Sir Alfred Keough, whose office corresponds to that of surgeon-general in the United States Army. Dr. Cabot, as chief surgeon, will be ranked as a lieutenant-colonel, and the other men will receive ranks as majors, captains, and lieutenants, according to the duties which they are to perform. A regular commission will not be given, however, in order that men need not give up their American citizenship, as would be necessary...
...Members of your command can assist us financially in this endeavor, also making it a success by the purchase of tickets at a small cost to them and also enjoy a pleasant evening. We expect the presence of some of the highest officials of the M.V.M. and also in public life...
...regretted also that on account of the present conditions, it is not possible to detail an aviation officer for duty to command the Harvard Flying Corps. "Signed, "GEORGE G. GIBBS, "Captain, Signal Corps...
...verse contributions are much more numerous than the stories, but they are in general slight. Mr. B. P. Clark shows again his command of melody in the first two stanzas of his "Living Song," but here, as in his "Poplars," there is a falling off at the close. His "Yesterday and Tomorrow" is beyond me. I suppose he means to hint at the kindness of a woman and the unkindness of a man; but I fail to grasp the symbolism...
...Hill '10, in command of the ambulance division, had received the Croix de Guerre in November for his splendid work in organizing the motor ambulance service...