Word: knows
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Where is the hardship in the compulsory education system as Americans know it and submit to it? Upon that system as it is now applied rests the country's safety from internal foes. The time has come to extend it in such a manner that it will protect the nation from external attack. Shall we Americans be less alert in protecting our institutions from foreign enemies than we are in guarding those institutions from ourselves...
...does not affect weather. Weather does affect war. To know in advance the climate of a war zone; to have as accurate knowledge as possible of the probability of occurrence of severe cold; of sudden thaws; of heavy rains; of great heat; of high winds--all this is a very essential element in planning a campaign or in organizing a single engagement. Picked troops, discipline, a well-organized system of transport, proper clothing--in short, all that goes to make up the most efficient military organization, is of supreme importance. But we must recognize the fact that the weather...
...past enemies, England, Holland, France and our country we never allowed to fall under their heels. We welcomed the American flag in 1898 because we believed it, and still believe it, to be a symbol of democracy and justice. It was conceived in that spirit. We want Americans to know the facts of our situation that they may be true to themselves and find a just solution for our relations. But so far as this war is concerned, there is no division among us, we detest German tyranny and arrogance, and we will give good account of ourselves in actual...
...However, there is no reason to disbelieve President Roosevelt's denial that he did not instigate the revolution in Panama. What happened is this. (I am in a position to know, since my father-in-law was one of the men who financed the revolt): When the first treaty with the United States was rejected by the Colombian Congress, the business men of Panama, many of them foreigners, were afraid that the Canal would not be built, so they started a separist move- ment; it was not a popular uprising. Envoys were sent to the United States to obtain...
...train the members of the R. O. T. C. in all phases of modern trench warfare. Military science has been revolutionized since the days of the Spanish-American war, our last war. Tactics count a great deal more, strategy much less. It is all important that our soldiers should know how to handle the new implements of warfare and understand their use. A platoon leader today has to do more than judge the range for his men and lead them over a ploughed field. He must know the topography of the enemy's ground perfectly before the charge is even...