Word: oath
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...already received the official announcement of his appointment from Secretary of the Commonwealth A. P. Langtry and will take his oath of office in the near future. As soon as this ceremony has been performed he will begin his duties...
With the swearing in yesterday of 19 members of the University for service in the Enlisted Signal Reserve Corps, work on the organization of a University company in the Signal Corps was begun. The men accepted were first given a rigid physical examination and then took an oath to serve the country in this branch of the service, the enrolment being for a term of four years, but in time of peace only a nominal amount of training a year will be necessary...
...fulfill these requirements are enrolled here and sent to the navy yard for physical examination, to take the oath, and to draw uniforms. They are then ordered here for active duty. The instruction is on radio apparatus, tactical signals, and code practice. The handling of secret code work will also be taken up. As soon as the men become familiar with these things and proficient as operators, they will be ordered to patrol boats and coastal stations in the Boston district for radio work...
...oath of office, the President swears to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States," it is likewise to be presumed that he will exercise his powers as commander-in-chief of the army and navy in accordance with the constitutional limitations...
...self-supporting and he must bring with him when he registers two witnesses to testify to his means of self-support and to his residing in Cambridge the required time. Another quotation from Judge Raymond states, "The applicant for registration must call two witnesses who shall testify under oath. . . ...Those witnesses shall be residents of the ward or town from which the applicant comes. . . . The witness is supposed to testify to the facts which he personally knows. . . . The laws requires that there be three men who have knowledge in the matter and you can see that it would...