Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...front it's even worse, for there there is often no chance to straighten things out--and material lies scattered everywhere, dead horses lie along the roads, often still harnessed to the wagons or caissons they were drawing away, and, worse yet, men, too, sometimes lie unburied for several days. But there is no time, often, for any other course. One fights until he is weary beyond words. He digs trenches and mans them; he carries back the wounded; he breathes poisoned gas and utters more poisonous oaths; he sleeps on and in the ground like a beast; eats what...
...which was to be the culmination of three months' intensive training had to be carried through Captain James A. Shannon, 11th Cavalry, U. S. A., took up the work as commanding officer and carried the difficult task to a most successful conclusion. The problem was not a simple one, even for an efficient army officer. The men were not enlisted, but were voluntarily present for instruction. Discipline depended largely on their good will, and instruction had to combine the old fundamentals of the training of an American soldier and the new lessons of the western front. To those who appreciated...
...these calls present rare opportunities to men who like the work. Owing to the small number of men in College who are free from military engagements, it has been difficult to fill the requests sent in. It is hoped that all men who are interested and can spare even a very little time will present themselves to the Social Service Secretary as soon as possible. The need is for teachers of elementary subjects, leaders of boys' clubs, scout masters, Sunday school teachers, etc. The Secretary will be glad to see any one interested between the hours...
...example of such a man should keep us from ever being complacently satisfied with what we are doing to win the war. We are all doing, our bit, but very few our utmost. John Gallishaw's "bit" at Gallipoli surpasses what many even think of doing, but he did more, his utmost. When anyone believes that his labor is as much as can be expected of any human being, it will be an inspiration to recall the work of this...
...ears and a great craziness in my head. So they sent me back along the endless chain of hospitals--this is the 6th--to rest. That is rather a joke, too, the rest part of it, for you no sooner get settled down than you are evacuated. But even so, I've gathered up a lot of sleep and stored it away, and now I'm all ready to go back again--just as soon as they'll let me, which ought to be in a couple of days at the most