Word: enlistments
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...enlist in the regular army now because the period of active service with the colors is too long, the pay is too small, and they are not given a training of any practical value when they return to civil life. The term of enlistment of the private soldier should be decreased from three years to one year, the length of time England has found necessary for training a private under modern conditions. The pay of the average enlisted man should be doubled so that he would receive at least thirty dollars a month. Although section twenty-seven of the present...
...applicant successfully passes he will be recommended to the officer in charge of the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, who will appoint him a noncommissioned officer and will place him on active duty up to the time his course is finished. If the applicant does not desire to enlist in the Reserve Corps he may attend the aviation course as a civilian at his own expense. The expense for this private instruction...
...being made by colleges throughout the country. In the event of war Columbia University's entire resources will be turned over to the national government. The Secretary of the Navy has approved a tentative plan, formulated by a Columbia preparedness committee of professors, whereby the university will directly enlist all its facilities to aid the Government when necessity arises. The plan includes joining the laboratories, hospitals and professional departments of the university with the Government's machinery of military and naval preparedness. A field hospital will be equipped by the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the engineering department...
...kinds of applications were distributed at the meeting, the official form for application for enlistment to the head of the Signal Corps, United States Army, and unofficial blanks which enable the signer to signify his willingness to apply for a commission as an aerial reserve officer and to enlist for six years with the understanding that he would devote the summer of 1917 to the training and the summer of 1918 if necessary, with two weeks of active service each year thereafter during the enlistment. Provision is made on these unofficial blanks for the statement of any qualifications...
...always been foremost in improving its patriotism by deeds. Let the University maintain the record of the past through indicating the willingness of its student body to serve in any capacity which may be required and to that end opening facilities for the enrolment of volunteers prepared to enlist on the President's call...