Word: equality
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...schedule of training the third battalion is put on an equal footing for instruction with the two original battalions, but different arrangements are made for the drilling of the recruit detachment...
...this determination to be fulfilled and this generosity to be repaid an equal determination and an equal willingness to give--of their time and work and intelligence--must come from the undergraduates and from other members of the Harvard Regiment. It is this for which I appeal. Enrolment must be speedy and complete. Every man must do his bit and his best to keep the Regi- ment "in the pink of condition" and at the height of efficiency. Let us show the country, each one, of us by his own individual effort, that we mean to put this thing through...
...water transportation will be met in part by diverting to the ocean service many of the ships now engaged in the coastwise trade, thereby making it necessary for the railroad companies to handle the additional traffic now carried by our coastwise vessels, and I believe that they will be equal to the emergency...
...should they subject themselves to the dangers of the battlefield before other citizens of equal age, privileges and responsibilities? There is no logical reason, and that is why the new army should be raised according to the principle of universal liability. The antiquated and undemocratic system of volunteer armies failed miserably in the Civil War. England has suffered needlessly and delayed final victory for the Allies because she clung to the old tradition of volunteer armies during the first year of the war. Surely this country will not be deaf to the advice of a glorious and respected ally that...
...this great democracy's problem. We are in this struggle individually, and not merely to lend the moral support of our Government's name. Every eligible citizen that considers himself a red-blooded man ought to desire to serve his country. At least he should be given an equal chance. Harvard men have endorsed the principle of universal service by their patriotic actions of the last year. They can do an important additional service by preaching their doctrine to all they meet and by using their influence, however small, to force the passage of a universal service bill through Congress...