Word: mask
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...will recall that on July 15th at 12.10 the Boche let loose one of his most completely devastating artillery preparations, which as far as my outfit was concerned consisted of a barrage which continued for seven hours--5 1-2 of which seven I spent in a gas mask. Then, at daybreak, and before his barrage had lifted, word came that the Boche had crossed the river and was upon us, so out I went into my platoon and took up a position to meet him--and just in time, too, for he was not 500 yards away. Then followed...
...unsympathetic your roommate appears when he sees the bargain! Yet sure enough, to smoke the third layer you must wear a gas mask, while the tailor explains that you have just enough cloth for a nice vest...
...bayonet drills which the companies have had daily for the past two weeks, fencing between individuals with blunt sticks the size of a rifle will begin in the near future. During these exercises heavy gloves will be worn, and the face will be protected by a light baseball mask. After a certain degree of efficiency with these elementary weapons has been attained the men will be given regular bayonet fencing pads, and will fence with collapsible bayonets attached to the ends of the pieces...
...Edward Martin; 41 gymnasium leaders have volunteered for special training and will become instructors for the conditioning of the raw recruits; about 150 men have joined the Naval Reserve; a machine gun corps is being trained, and enlistments have begun for farm and industrial service. The profits of the Mask and Wig Club, the Pennsylvania dramatic organization, will be donated to university military purposes...
...following books have been added to the library of the Union during the month of February: John Buchan, "The Battle of the Somme"; Richard Burton, "Bernard Shaw, the Man and the Mask"; Padraic Colum, "Three Plays"; J. W. Cunliffe, "Poems of the Great War"; W. T. Curran and H. A. Calkins, "The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire"; W. W. Gibson, "Battle and Other Poems" and "Livelihood"; J. F. Harris, "Samuel Butler"; W. H. Hudson, "The Purple Land"; H. H. Knibbs, "Riders of the Stars"; E. H. Knows, "Play Production in America"; G. H. Mair, "Modern English Literature...