Word: generally
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...report for it. Hence, the opportunity is present for each member of a unit in Harvard University to make himself physically fit,--to do that is a duty encumbrant upon every man who desires to serve his country most efficiently. It is the physical development of the men in general that is wanted,--not the development of a limited number of supermen, who can attain their superiority only at the expense of their work in the military units...
Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Shannon, member of General Pershing's staff, and formerly military commander of the R. O. T. C. at the University, is mentioned in the casuality lists of last Monday as killed in action. During the spring and summer of 1917 Colonel Shannon, then major, was in charge of the military program here, and was a member of the Faculty. It will be remembered that when he was transferred to an overseas division, the University regiment marched in a body to his home on Mercer Circle and presented him with several gifts, among which were a saddle...
More than one company commander has told his men that no matter what their view of life in general might be, the work in which they without exception are now engaged is a serious business. It is serious for two very good reasons: first, because the manner in which it is done will determine very largely how soon the peace of the world shall be restored and founded on a durable basis; secondly, because it will mean for every man in service the unmixed happiness or lasting discontent of his later years whether or not he is conscious of having...
...institutions the program of induction was the same and included the taking of the oath by all students, the reading of the orders of the day, and the reading of messages from President Wilson, acting Secretary of War, Benedict Crowell, and General Peyton C. March, Chief of Staff. The President, in appealing to the new members of the army to pledge their lives to the freedom of humanity, said...
...General Pershing has officially designated the Y. M. C. A. to operate the post exchanges for the entire army. It is also the only organization authorized to exhibit "movies" to the soldiers...