Word: good
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...companies originally formed for athletes, which drilled four hours on Mondays, will drill one hour daily five times a week after the vacation. It was found that the long and strenuous drill period did not give as good results as were obtained from the shorter sessions...
...daughter of the regiment" is dainty and sings prettily; and Miss Odell does an excellent bit of acting in the bazaar scene. Although the comedians--Messrs. Monroe, Judels and Edwards--are persevering and fairly amusing, their lines are not too humorous. The chorus, frequently prominent, is unusually good, particularly in the male element, while the orchestra is more than adequate...
...should not develop some officers fully as capable as the best graduated from West Point. "What an officer needs," he said, "is not necessarily so much book learning, but a training that makes immediate and unquestioning obedience second nature to him. A man so trained will usually make a good leader and officer. At West Point the idea of obedience, control and discipline is so drilled into the cadets that it becomes a part of their nature...
...probable, however, that a plan somewhat similar to that in vogue in England may be adopted. There all aspirants for commissions are given, for a period of three months, the same drill that is given to the enlisted recruits, and then those who demonstrate that they will make good officers, are sent to a cadet school for six or seven months of intensive training. Men who have completed the course in these cadet schools are put in command of reserve troops in England for a short period before being sent to the front...
...work of the hour for most of us is to learn to be good officers that we may train good privates. We should be faithful to that work, however slow, which we have...