Word: fitness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Whatever sins of omission may in the past have been laid at the door of Congress, since the beginning of this war Congress has seen fit to give all that the administration has asked for national defence and much more than the administration has asked for air defence. Credit is due to the Aero Club of America, led by its president, Mr. Allen R. Hawley, Rear Admiral Peary, Mr. Henry A. Wisenwood, Mr. Woodhouse, Mr. Augustus H. Post, and others, in a very vigorous proproganda for greater preparedness...
...doors, and several of the colleges have been turned into training schools and military hospitals. All the students have gone to the front and many have sacrificed their lives for their country. None have remained, not even the theological students, whom the church will not accept if they are fit for military service. In regard to compulsory service in England, we have had to come to it, there being no other alternative, and have had it for about a year...
...make war by tourneys and by jousts while courtly ladies look on. We do not make war by tourneys and by jousts while courtly ladies look on. We must prepare ourselves in terrible earnestness for the fierce efficiency of war. Each man who is truly and wisely patriotic will fit himself for that work in which he is proficient, and accept whatever place needs his special abilities. We may not all be captains in the company. But we should prove to ourselves what we may do, then accept our duty...
...that time there were 22 battleships and 75 other warships out of commission, without crews or ammunition and since many have not had steam up for six months they will need extensive repairs, 60 days being necessary to put them in commission, and four months to make then fit for fighting...
...various reasons, do not join any of the above courses of training, there is the opportunity of en- tering one of the ambulance services. The term of field service in either the American or the Norton-Harjes Service is six months at least. Drivers must be physically fit and able to run an automobile. The expenses in either of these contingents is about $300 for the period of six months...