Word: offering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There are many men who regret the President's decision not to accept, under the authority granted him by Congress, Mr. Roosevelt's offer of a volunteer force for immediate service in France. There are many men who see in such decision the wisest and the most helpful course...
...might be said that does Mr. Roosevelt desire to serve, he may offer his sword to our ally, France. She would no doubt give him a position commensurate with her opinion of his abilities. That might be as captain of a company, or as a successor to Petain. We cannot...
...which Congress created it, we are able to see a little more clearly what manner of men will form our new armies. It has been estimated that ten million men will be of the age subject for conscription. That is almost as large a total as Russia might offer. It is larger by two-thirds than the whole forces the German Empire has put in the field. Yet her men have been able to hold half the world at bay. The power in numbers of our nation is unconquerable. What our power in actual fighting ability is rests with...
...course has been introduced at the urgent suggestion of the storage committee of the General Munitions Board, which is assisting the military authorities in the development of their organization for handling war materials and supplies. A tentative decision of the Tuck School to offer such a course was made final by the receipt of a telegram from Washington. A large number of men, including commissioned and non-commissioned officers, will be required for this branch of the service. In the immediate future a school for storekeepers will be established by the Government at a point already determined...
...Peirce's. Owing to the fact that they are being changed from a battalion of infantry to a regiment of engineers which has, in proportion, double the number of non-commissioned officers, there are a large number of vacancies. The engineers are the highest branch of the service and offer the greatest opportunity for advancement. Although any kind of technical, mathematical, or military experience is of value, it is by no means necessary. The intention is rather to train military engineers under regular army officers, than to enlist men trained in some other branch of engineering...