Word: meriting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...properly filled out. The authorities of the Corps are most anxious that all men of age should apply immediately, so that their names may be brought up for consideration as soon as possible. The record of each man will be examined carefully and recommendations will be based on merit...
...were authorized to publish each year after the September examinations a list of those candidates for admission who passed their examinations with high grades, together with the names of the schools in which they received their training and the titles of any scholarships they may have received because of merit...
...however, are the exceptions, and we may feel confident that they will one day find their due levels. Upon the whole, uniforms in the national service make for a spirit of noblesse oblige, especially in the junior ranks. And so long as they are in the main obtainable on merit and without favoritism, they cannot be fairly called undemocratic...
...service and finish their enlistment. While students they will receive the pay and allowances of 1st class privates. Those who successfully complete the course and are recommended, will be carried on a list as eligible for appointment as 2nd lieutenants and will be commissioned in order of merit as vacancies occur...
...honor which the War Department has shown the Corps, for the War Department does not deal in honors. It is a recognition of merit...