Word: perfectly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...maintenance of good discipline. The number of men killed in a war is always less than the number of those who die of disease. In the Crimean war the proportion was one to twelve; in our Civil War, however, only one to two. To keep the troops in perfect physical condition is the great aim of modern sanitary precautions in the army. Especially in a country like Cuba must impure water be avoided, as the germs of yellow fever are found in it. It should be the care of officers to rest their men whenever possible; of each...
...that body itself there has never been anything approaching unanimity on the question of posting, and the majority who have favored such procedure, although still convinced of the righteousness of their cause, now feel that on questions of dealing with dishonesty there should be, whatever the conflicting feeling outside, perfect harmony within the Faculty. Secondly it is their opinion that although the moral effect of the possibility of such a punishment as possing has thus far justified its adoption, it is so extreme a punishment that in future the tendency might be to resort to it so seldom that much...
...Roosevelt is interested: L. G. Coleman '99, D. M. Goodrich '98, W. M. Scudder '99, S. K. Gerard 1L., S. Hollister 1L., H. J. Holt '98, C. C. Bull '98, G. Murchie 2L., H. Sayre '98, G. H. Scull '98. The regiment will go to San Antonio, Texas, to perfect its organization, and will then in all probability be ordered immediately to Cuba...
...some cases, but Mr. Lehmann feels confident that the shell will prove very satisfactory after some slight changes. The shell was built by Sims and Son, Putney, and is very light. Though somewhat strained by its long journey, it has been thoroughly repaired and is in perfect shape...
Lieutenant Robinson said in his letter last week:- "In view of the conditions now existing, it would seem to be the duty of every young man, not having already acquired the knowledge, to perfect himself in the elements of the manual of arms." "The conditions now existing,"- we would ask those who have responded to the call to consider these, thinking that they may really be working for a purpose, but with the hope that conditions will soon be such as will enable Lieutenant Robinson to return and complete his term of teaching at Harvard...