Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Newfound-landers at Gallipoli, but the finest part of his career has been scarcely mentioned. After recovering from very serious wounds received in action, he was discharged from the British army as a veteran unfit for further service, and returned to America. When we declared war, however, and the draft was put in to effect, he was called for examination. In spite of his recent marriage and in spite of the advice of all his friends who knew that he was unfit for service, he waived exemption, squeezed by his physical examination, and entered the National Army. When his division...
...completed, but it is estimated that about 150 men will fail in these. All those accepted should be sure that their induction papers, questionnaires, and enrolment papers are correctly filed out. In order to become members of the Naval Unit permanently, the men must be transferred from their local draft board, as they will be on the same footing as men enlisted in the navy. The barracks for members of the Unit will be Weld and Grays Halls. Men who still wish information, and particularly those who still wish to apply, should report to Ensign Andrews at Weld...
...been replaced by a plan involving a series of camps, which will begin every month and which will largely depend, for enrolment, upon members of the S. A. T. C. The problem of officering our rapidly increasing military forces has long been a grave one; the extension of the draft ages has made it all the more serious. The new system offers a definite method of solving the problem, and as such deserves the strong support of the entire student body...
...institutions. Theirs was a noble service at the beginning of the great struggle, but the drain on the attendance has been an ineradicable misfortune. During the past year the American universities seemed to be moving toward the same end. Men knew that, barring a change in policy, the new draft age would not only impair a great part of collegiate usefulness, but would actually threaten the march of American academic progress. The S. A. T. C. plan has efficiently removed these dangers. The identity of the college has been made secure while its usefulness to the nation in this time...
...subject to draft, a man applies to the headquarters at Camp Monroe and on receiving the necessary papers, goes to his local board and is ordered to report to the Artillery School...