Word: generalized
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...America who goes to France, and the town which became the headquarters of General Pershing is Chaumont. Our government is abundantly able to repay those barrels of gunpowder if the people stand behind it with their money. The Franklin Thrift Stamp Drive is asking you to do this. The appeal of Franklin: "for want of due returns, they being of great amount, has finally much distressed him," reminds us of our debt more powerfully now that France has sacrificed her all, than it did when Chaumont advanced us 2,000 barrels of gunpowder...
...examination, and which could be easily scored. About two million officers and enlisted men were examined, and of these five-tenths percent were recommended for rejection or discharge, and one and two-tenths percent for service organizations and development battalions. Many of these men would have been detected by general observation in the course of time, but the tests furnished objective data at once upon which to base an opinion. They also obviated the necessity of judging a man by his face and other marks of intelligence. In the various officers' groups, the engineers ranked first, being followed by field...
...scale arranged according to occupational intelligence standards ranks the engineer officers first; they are followed by army chaplains, medical officers, Y. M. C. A. secretaries, civil engineers, accountants, etc. The lowest in the scale are the teamsters, general miners, cobblers, tailors, and laborers. It must be remembered that this is a ranking of such occupations in the Army and probably does not hold in general, for the most intelligent men of a certain trade may have been exempted from the draft on industrial grounds...
...athlete of prominence. He won his "A" as quarterback of the 1902 team. Upon his graduation he became second lieutenant of cavalry, and later received the following promotions: first lieutenant cavalry, March 11, 1911; captain cavalry, August 15, 1916; major National Army, August 1917; and lieu tenant-colonel General Staff Corps, August...
...from 1911 to 1914 took part in several expeditions against the hostile Moros in Mindanao. He was present at the assault and capture of the famous Moro stronghold at Bud Dajo. On September 2, 1908, he was married to Miss Imogene Hoyle, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel (now Brigadier-General) Eli D. Hoyle. He served in Mexico with the Villa Punitive Expedition from March, 1916, to February, 1917, and was selected by General Pershing to command the famous Apache Indian Scouts. Soon after his return from Mexico Colonel Shannon was detailed as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University...