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...Student Battalion is to attain the full regimental complement of twelve hundred men, it is imperative that every man who provisionally signed up be present and enlist definitely at the mass meeting today. The best immediate proof that Harvard can give of its patriotism will be twelve hundred men in uniform, and the possibility of this proof being given depends upon the willingness of the individual to make sacrifices...
Those gentlemen who oppose the movement for a battalion on the ground that it will be of "no great military value" suggest that Harvard students enlist in the militia. Undoubtedly this is a significant suggestion, but it cannot be executed with any degree of appreciation, for students do not find it convenient to enlist in the militia. When we consider the large number of students that have responded to the call for voluntary military training within a period of three days, we cannot but conclude that the formation of a Harvard Battalion presents a convenience far greater than does...
Teeming with good literature on live subjects, the current Harvard Graduates' Magazine's accounts of the splendid work done by alumni in the organization of military training camps must bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of University undergraduates who have winked at opportunities to enlist in the service of their nation. Discourses by General Wood and "1898" are the leading features of the December issue...
Major Stevens is right in his statement that the proposed Harvard Battalion cannot compare with the Militia for military training. There are many men, however, who have not time to enlist with the regular Militia, and it is for these men that the Battalion is planned. A little tactical knowledge is better than none...
...equipment supplied by the War Department, provided 400 men should sign up for the proposed Harvard Volunteer Battalion before Friday night at 6 o'clock. The committee has consequently placed blue-books in Leavitt & Peirce's, the Union, Memorial Hall, and the Freshman Dormitories in which men may enlist...