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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...outfits in this command have been having a fine time killing Germans. All three of them have been in it, especially one. I suppose you read about their splendid work. They killed them with picks and anything that came handy. I was out there the two days before the counter attack, and, of course, went out the minute we received the news over the phone, but things were comparatively quiet. The whole outfit volunteered to go into the trenches and a good many of them...
...guess I told you about having two men hit on my immediate right and one on my left in front of Y--. Nothing like being commissioned on the 13th, joining the 13th engineers, landing on foreign soil on the 13th, etc., for good luck. Incidentally, I went all over the Canadian trench tramways on the 13th, and believe me, it was a warm trip at times...
After an unsuccessful attempt to make the Municipal Building a drill hall, the power that control the R. O. T. C. have decided to change the schedule for the rest of the winter. Members of Military Science 2 will specialize in one of three subjects: administration, engineering or topography. Of these no one has priority; all must be learned sooner or later by every prospective officer. In abandoning the manoeuvres within totally inadequate, buildings, the authorities have not hindered the practical training, but they have seen the absurdity of trying to secure it in a very restricted space. To make...
Whether preference is given to a particular one of the new subject makes little difference. In learning any one, the student gains knowledge which is essential for winning a commission. The fact that this is a College course may cause men to just pass, and for that reason lose much of its value. continuous work will mean far more than a high grade; it will mean a better chance to secure a lieutenancy. The aim of this training is not scholarship, but preparation to became an officer...
...first round of the competition the University team, composed of Captain E. r. Gay '19, r. H. Snow '20, and E. Pruyn '18, scored a hollow victory over Pennsylvania, winning five straight bouts, the New York A. C. team meanwhile disposing of Columbia five bouts to one...