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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Infantry, and immediately sent to the Philippine Islands, where he remained until after the capture of Manila and the cessation of hostilities. After the war Lieutenant De Groot remained in the army, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the 28th Infantry in May, 1917. He was promoted to his present rank in August, 1917, but whether he was in France at that time or not is not yet known, because the date of sailing of his unit has been kept secret...
...informed from Washington that the S. A. T. C. will continue, at least for the present, just as if the war were still going on. The men are particularly urged to continue to put the same spirit in their academic work as well as their military work. They will receive credit for all this work, and their efficiency will be a great factor in determining their rating as possible officer material. This war has clearly shown that colleges are the natural reservoirs for officer material, and all members of the S. A. T. C. will be given opportunity to prove...
...clock every Thursday afternoon until further notice Professor William M. Davis, S.D., Ph.D., Sturgis-Hooper Professor of Geology, Emeritus, will give explanations of the present situations of the battle fronts to all who wish to attend. These talks are given before the war maps on the main stair case of Widener. The maps show in detail all territory from the Belgian coast to the Rhine, and give the present fighting lines, the lines of the farthest advance of the Germans in 1914, and the lines in March and July of the present year...
What will become of the S. A. T. C. if peace is definitely declared, has not been decided as yet; but it is probable that it will continue for some time, at least until the first of the year. No definite orders have been received from Washington, however. At present eligible men are being sent to the various officers' training camps in small groups, as vacancies occur. In order to be eligible for one of these camps a man must stand well in his studies. It is expected that a large number will be sent to camps on January...
...very striking manner have the people of Massachusetts once again proved themselves to be a bulwark of patriotism and national support. From the early formation of the Union, up to the present time, the Commonwealth was always considered a leader among the states, not only in its internal organization, but in its attitude at times of national crises, in its certainty to take the stand which would uphold and strengthen the Federal Government...