Word: enlistments
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...enlisting of men from the University for the Naval Reserve has not taken place rapidly enough to sufficiently man the patrol boats already at the Government's service. Only about seven units have been enrolled to date for patrol duty, and as Lieutenant R. F. Bernard, U. S. N., who has charge of this branch of the Naval Reserve, has plans for 50 units, more volunteers are needed at once. Every effort is being made by the Committee of Public Safety of Massachusetts to enlist more men for this work, and the outlying towns are being canvassed for recruits...
Through indirect sources the CRIMSON has received the information that John Arthur Herbert '18, while fighting with the English forces in France has been shot and killed. Herbert left the University last year to enlist in the British army. The report is unverified...
...official word of the Chicago's arrival, but they believe the Chicago is now in Bordeaux because no word has been received to the contrary. Thirty-three members of the University and 32 men from other colleges and universities throughout the country, went to France on the Chicago to enlist in the American Ambulance Service. The ship left New York on Monday, February 17, and was probably convoyed across. She passed through the submarine danger zone and was constantly open to their attack...
...five men that have already gone were due at Key West, where they will enlist, yesterday, and from there they will go to Miami, Fla. After about three months training there they will probably go to the camp at Mineola for final instruction...
...army. The committee takes Germany and England as examples, since the former refrained from calling out the undergraduates of the colleges for a long time, while the latter country made the mistake of permitting men with special qualifications, who would have been much more useful behind the lines, to enlist. The committee recommends the medical examination of the students so that those found physically unfit for service in the army or navy should be ready to enter industrial work...