Word: failings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...help the Brooks House widen the scope of its service in spite of the disorganized and unsettled state of conditions. Last year's total amount contributed was over forty-five hundred dollars, and unless quick response from its friends old and new, is forthcoming this year's drive may fail to reach one-half of that amount...
Over 500 men have applied for admission to the Naval Unit, and about 170 have been passed so far. The physical examinations have not been completed, but it is estimated that about 150 men will fail in these. All those accepted should be sure that their induction papers, questionnaires, and enrolment papers are correctly filed out. In order to become members of the Naval Unit permanently, the men must be transferred from their local draft board, as they will be on the same footing as men enlisted in the navy. The barracks for members of the Unit will be Weld...
...myself open to the charge of having a personal grievance, I feel that my close association with the work of the Corps during the past two years makes it incumbent upon me to voice my dissent. No one who has followed the work as closely as I have can fail to realize in how great a measure its success is due to the untiring devotion of the volunteer instructors who have taken up the task which many of them would have been glad to avoid, and carried it forward with conspicuously good results. They have given unsparingly of their time...
...With valor and vigor and experience in command, General Wood is sure, living, to do his part, the spirit of his loyal utterance sustaining him. His part may lie on two continents. It will be useful to the common cause. It can hardly fail to be distinguished. --New York World...
...agree to subject myself to such rules, regulations and discipline, in accordance with the regulations for the government of the Army of the United States, as may be duly imposed. If I fail to comply with these requirements I realize that upon proper military investigation, I may be dropped from the corps and the fact thereof duly published in orders...