Word: generals
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...telegram has been received at Military headquarters here from Major-General Barnett, Chief of the Marine Corps, urging the enlistment of discharged soldiers for service overseas this summer. Such enlistments are for a period of four years, with notation on service record that men are to be discharged on their return to the United States in the fall. No definite promise of return and discharge in time for the opening days of College next fall, however, can be given...
...since 1894, with the Morgan firm in New York. Appointed by Elihu Root as his Associate Secretary of State, he later became head of the State Department under President Roosevelt. As Ambassador to France he served for three years with great distinction. An advocate of preparedness, he strongly supported General Wood's Plattsburg Officers' Training Camp System. Attending the first Plattsburg business man's camp, he became a major in May, 1919, and returned from France after the armistice as a Colonel on General Pershing's Staff. During the last few years Colonel Bacon has been serving his third term...
...addition to the regular athletic events which constitute an important feature of the Conference, a part of the afternoon of each day will be devoted to mass games and recreative contests which have been used in the army and which are adapted to boys' clubs and general community service. The aim will be to have every member of the Conference participate, and to further train such of the delegates as desire it, in the use of recreation in social service work and other walks of life...
According to the proposed plan, the Professor of Hygiene, who is now Professor Roger I. Lee '02, will have general supervision of the system, aided by assistants, medical advisers, a director and assistant director to take actual charge of the athletic class, and others...
...soldier-athletes now in this country will sail for France to strengthen the team which will represent the United States in the interallied games to be held at Joinville-le-Pont, near Paris, from June 22 to July 6. Col. Joseph H. Thompson, who was sent here by General Pershing to take abroad the team selected by the Amateur Athletic Union, has decided upon this early date of departure in order that the contingent may reach France as soon as possible to complete the preliminary trials at Joinville...