Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...months before the German break occurred, yet while it was shown to be imminent, our nation contented itself with the thought that we might wage war, should we be compelled by undesired necessity, with money and munitions, the money to be lent at a fair rate of interest, the munitions to be manufactured at a fair profit. For a month now we have been at war, and our nation has come to realize that some bravery is to be demanded of it, some sacrifice, some fortitude of spirit. Not by iron alone, but by blood and iron, will...
...Signal Reserve Corps is one of the best branches of the service for men to enter, for in rank it stands next to the Engineer Corps, and its work is most important and necessary to the nation in time of war. The requirements for commissions in this reserve are very high, but the only requirements for the non-commissioned are that the applicant be a citizen of the United States, between the ages of 18 and 45 years. A physical examination, such as is given for entrance to the R. O. T. C., will also be required for entrance...
...should be unnecessary to point out how absurd in theory and fact is any plan of delay. We can know in no way what the future will bring forth, not for us individually, nor for our nation. We can certainly not help determine that future by waiting for events decreed by other...
There is no way whereby a man will be provided a commission before going into training. Our nation does not want men who do not profit by training. But a good man serving for three months will come out a better man at the end of his period of service. It is for us to increase our powers. The R. O. T. C. is the work we have...
There is no profit to a single man in waiting for some hoped-for opportunity which may never arise. If he waits, he had as well wait to the end of the war, when his nation will have attained victory or gone down to perdition without him. No man wants to be a procrastinator...