Word: know
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Very few people know about the character or the service performed by the Signal Corps. A country might have a very efficient and large army, but if the signal corps was neglected, the other branches would operate under an almost impossible handicap. Brigadier-General George P. Scriven has aptly termed the signal corps 'the nerve system of the army...
...stock strain showed in the acting of several of the others. Mr. Craig seemed weirdly out of place as the Leper with a painful, whispery, enunciation. There were a few moments of vagueness as to lines, but, remarkably, Miss Victor, with most to say, seemed best to know her part. The play deserved more preparation...
...requirements for the regular camp at Plattsburg should at once make application for the camp beginning May 8 at the headquarters at 42 Water Street. Captain Cordier is making every possible effort in Washington to have either a junior or a federal camp established here, but we shall not know whether he is successful for a few days. In the meantime the enrolments for the federal camps are coming in very fast. Therefore the safest plan for the man who wishes to be in the first "Ten Thousand" is to place his application for the Plattsburg Camp as soon...
...meeting in the New Lecture Hall tonight Captain Bowen will explain the system of Federal Camps and answer the questions of those who are uncertain as to what is the best course to take. Men "who wish to know," and their name is legion, should attend...
...example, a youth of 19, with a normal desire to perform his duties as a citizen, finds the incentive toward service in the regular military establishment or in the militia somewhat weaker than the incentive to take his ease, avoiding all discipline. The country's need that he shall know how to defend it is not brought to his attention. If, however, there were a law requiring his service with the colors for a given time at a particular period of his life, he would perform the service as a matter of course, as he accepts the fact of compulsory...