Word: ranking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...them is to remain in the Harvard unit. When they are old enough to take a commission, they will have had three or more months of valuable training. This will enable them to become officers with a short additional term of instruction, or they will gain the maximum rank by attending the next series of Federal camps. Anyway, the succeeding weeks should not be wasted by these younger men. The country will need them later, and all the drill and instruction they can obtain in the meantime will be invaluable. Let no one be idle. The cause will need every...
...present we are so pressed for men that new men will have to receive the greater part of their training while in service. Each man will, if he has the necessary qualifications, receive the opportunity of promotion to the rank of ensign or to a higher position...
...naval officer requires training of a most complicated type--he must understand navigation, the handling of guns and many other things not necessary to a lieutenant of infantry. Without such special training the great mass of college men are not fitted to become naval officers of even the lowest rank, although they might make most capable second lieutenants in the army. The various branches of the naval service are, however, in great need of men, and there are many positions in which college men can be of valuable service...
...Insignia of Rank: (a) Insignia of rank will be of gilt for instructors and white metal for cadet officers. These insignia in the shape of circular flat disks for lieutenants and captains and flat diamond shape for majors will be worn on the shoulder straps of the coat, as follows: 2d Lieutenant, one disk on each shoulder strap; 1st Lieutenant, two disks on each shoulder strap. (b) When the shirt is worn without the coat, the insignia of rank etc., will be worn on the shirt collar as follows: I nsignia of rank on right. Collar ornament...
...Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps is one of the best branches of the service for men to enter, for in rank it stands next to the Engineer Corps, and its work is most necessary to the nation in time of war. The requirements for commissions in this reserve are very high, but the only requirements for the noncommissioned ranks are that the applicant be a citizen of the United States between the age of 18 and 45 years. When the army is fighting the field battalion works at the absolute front and maintains communication with every unit, post, and detachment...