Word: pass
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Eliot has again come forward with a proposal for universal military service, and as the least expensive and the most democratic of the various methods for bringing this to pass, urges the adoption of the Swiss national army plan. This would entail compulsory service on the part of every able-bodied man between 20 and 45 years of age for a definite period of each year and would constitute the nucleus of an effective fighting force in time...
Before being discharged men must settle their financial affairs with the University, turn in uniforms and equipment, and must then pass a strict physical examination by a medical officer of the navy...
...whether that will be possible, for I have chosen a 75 attacking battery, but I shall keep a moment-to-moment journals for you and for others to whom I am not afraid to reveal myself. If I get through safely we'll laugh over it--and if I pass out, it will be sent...
...ending of warfare has not decreased the need of the United War Workers. On the contrary, it has very much increased the amount which they must have in order to carry on their work. A year or two must pass before the soldiers abroad can be returned to America. In that time of waiting for the day of embarkation there lies far greater danger to the physical and moral welfare of the men than existed when they were fully occupied in war service. They will have a greater amount of time on their hands, and they will find diversion...
...pass from here, on the Marne, to the present front on the Vesle, is a mighty interesting trip. I've been over that twice now, both times by daylight, so I had a good chance to observe. In many of the towns things are being cleared up by the returning civilian and French engineer units, roads put back in shape, bridges being rebuilt, etc., so that they are less depressing in appearance than a town is when first taken back--after German habitation and allied bombardment. The country roads, too, are now in good shape, but everywhere there are signs...