Word: forte
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...commissioned staff officers' school at Fort Monroe has a course of three months, and is to be open to all draft registrants who are not specifically excluded by regulation...
...officers training camp at Fort Monroe, Va., is also open to applicants who have an acceptable knowledge of algebra, plain geometry, trigonometry, and the use of logarithims, and offers an exceptional opportunity at the present time for those qualified to take the course. Men above 31, who were negistrants of September 12, 1918, are particularly desirable...
...addition to the men who will take the course of study at Fort Monroe, there are also needed draftsmen, mechanics of all kinds, chauffeurs, electricians, cooks, bandsmen, and privates, and a good opportunity for advancement is open to all. Applicants for all grades should apply in person or by mail to the headquarters, North Atlantic coast artillery district, 99 Chauncey street, Boston, Mass, or to the headquarters of the coast defences nearest to their homes...
Shortly after entering the Coast Artillery in 1908, he was sent to the Philippines, being stationed at Fort Mill, Corregidor Island, the main defense of Manila Bay, the scene of Admiral Dewy's famous victory. Returning to the United, States, he was assigned to Fort Andrews and Fort Strong in Boston Harbor, during...
Recently Major Williams made a two and one-half years' tour of the Philippine Islands. Upon his second return to the United States he was stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. After a very short period there he was detailed to the Harvard S. A. T. C. Unit for the purpose of examining candidates for the artillery service and to act as assistant to his father, Colonel Williams...