Word: months
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...possibility of Secretary of War Baker's inspecting the University R. O. T. C. was announced last night. Mr. Baker will visit Boston on the 25th of this month and he has written to President Lowell concerning the chances of his reviewing the new regiment. It would be the first official inspection of the corps this year, and the fifth since its inception. The others were by Marshal Joffre, Major-General Edwards, Colonel Azan and Lieutenant Ross...
...time, any men who wish to purchase bonds should apply to one of the Cambridge banks. For those who wish to buy on the instalment plan the following system of payments may be arranged: 2 per cent on application, and, in the case of a $50 bond, $7 per month for 7 months, or, in the case of a larger bond, a proportionate increase in the amount payable each month, payment ending...
...characteristic feature of the present war is the constant change in methods of fighting. New weapons are used; then new ways to oppose them must be devised. A more efficient defense leads to an improvement in the attack. Numerous developments take place within a month. Although the forces are still too even to end the "war of positions," yet they are altering many details...
...colonial days. For this gruelling measure intends to charge us for every check we write. How many times have we sought to impress our creditors around Harvard Square with what affluence we were possessed! We thought nothing of presenting a check for an account of thirty-nine cents ten months overdue. Our signatures did look well on those pieces of evidence. But this mus all a thing of the good old past, if we are to conserve our personal resources, and we shall have to draw one big sum the first of the month and carry it around...
Captain Amann emphasized the fact that it is essential to learn modern methods of warfare in order to avoid the mistakes that were made at the beginning of the war. There are changes in the art of combat every month requring new armaments and weapons and it is necessary to keep in touch with the changes as they occur...