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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first increment of five hundred thousand volunteers will doubtless be asked for within a short time. The method of raising this first army is the difficult problem that Congress will have to solve. When the need of trained men is so apparent as it is now, the great value of a system of universal military training is brought home with great emphasis. If this country had introduced such a system ten years ago the Government would not be confronted with a situation it is totally unprepared to cope with. Enough men would be under arms now to form the first...
...address before Congress, advocating that a state of war with Germany be declared. Congress will necessarily support the President and pass Congressman Flood's resolution, and by this action it will be fulfilling the ardent desire of every patriotic citizen. After the formal declaration will come the call for five hundred thousand volunteers, additional recruits for the navy, and then the marshalling of the nation's resources for the successful combat against the Hohenzollern government of Germany...
...call for five hundred thousand volunteers will go out in the next few days. The Harvard men in the R. O. T. C. will be the future officers of this new army. For the last month these men have given the required time to the prescribed training, but now the decision has finally been made that we have been waiting for. The result must be an immediate increase in the hours of training. Every man wants to be an officer as soon as possible, as every officer will be needed. The quickest progress can only be made by these future...
...University will be represented by Captain W. H. Russell '18, E. R. Gay '19, and R. G. Crimmins '19, and each man will fence every man on the other five teams. Of the colleges entered, the University has defeated Bowdoin, Pennsylvania and Columbia. This meet will decide both the individual and team championships. Annapolis was the victor last year in the team championships, Moquin of Columbia being the individual winner, although closely pressed by Captain Russell of the University team for first honors...
Owing to the small number of aviators now in the Government service, the graduates of this school will have an exceptional opportunity for advancement. It is expected that from 60 to 80 men will be graduated during the five months that the school will be open. After finishing the course at Squantum, they will take a course at Pensacola, Fla., before being enrolled as officers in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps...