Word: forte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the summer months several students in the Department of Military Science availed themselves of the opportunity to spend some enjoyable and instructive months at the Revere Officers' Training Camp at Ticonderoga, N. Y. The camp, which is located at Fort Ethan Allan lies among the historic and scenic hills of upper New York...
Captain Sharp, who succeeds Major Wogan as polo coach, is from the 16th Field Artillery of Fort Meyer, Virginia, and is a three goal player in the army. For two years he played through the Pacific Coast championships on the Honolulu team. He has also had experience playing throughout most of the country on army teams. Followers of the sport will remember that Captain J. S. Tate and Lieutenant G. C. Benson, also from Fort Meyer, played on the army team that won the Junior championship two years...
...ever staged. The power was furnished by Wright Whirlwind, Curtiss O X5, Warner Scarab, Pratt & Whitney, Wasp and many another motor. The pilots were stimulated by prizes totalling $57,500. In three classes, 62 planes hopped off. Stops for the night were made at Columbus, Ohio, Kansas City, Mo., Fort Worth, Tex., El Paso, Tex., Yuma, Ariz...
...temporary Brigadier General. At this time he came to the U. S. where he was employed as a floorwalker in the New York department stores, of Abraham & Straus and John Wanamaker. He played the clarinet in the Police Reserves Band of New York City. For a special concert at Fort Hamilton the bandsmen were ordered to wear what decorations they possessed; Brigadier General Gough's ribbons of rank awed his companions; he was the fêted hero of the musicians, who had hitherto known nothing of his history. Reserved, unwilling to rely on his military connections to further...
Mules. In two record days on the Fort Worth (Tex.) mule mart, sales totaled $600,000, with prices ranging from $75 to $325 a span. Operators reported the demand steady, the supply abundant...