Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...purpose of the society is to obtain precise information concerning these men. It will include the dates of service, the official titles and connection with organized bodies, the character of the work performed and the promotions and distinctions which have been won. Use has of course been made of newspapers and other reports, but it is desired to verify and complete any such information by first-hand statements from the men themselves or from their families...
Letters are now being sent out in order to obtain this information. Besides asking for specific facts, these letters request detailed accounts of the men's experiences and of the work accomplished. This information together with any portraits of the men, original letters to friends, photographs illustrating their work, and whatever appears in print describing their experiences will be filed in permanent form or put in bound volumes and preserved in the Widener Library...
Although the 80 applications which were made by members of the University for training in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps have already been sent to Washington, it is still possible for further individuals to make applications. Anyone wishing to apply can obtain the blank and any desired information by calling at 42 Water street, Boston. It is essential that such applications should be made as soon as possible...
Another ambulance, bearing on its sides "Amherst" in large letters, has already sailed for France. It is a donation made by the alumni of Amherst College. Exactly 100 graduates contributed to a fund for the purchase of the car. An effort has been put forth to obtain a graduate of Amherst as driver...
...Supply Sergeant of each company will obtain the keys for the arm racks of his company from the Commandant's Office, in time each day for the regular formation of his company. He will unlock the racks so as to permit the cadets to take therefrom their rifles. He will personally superintend the removal and replacing of the rifles. He will lock the arm racks and return the keys to the Commandant's Office after each drill. If, when the arm racks are locked, any rifle is missing, the fact will be immediately reported...