Word: ranking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...last year. We look from force of habit for a description of the bombardment of New York and details of the atrocities of spike-helmeted invaders. However, the article shows us the impossibility of ever reaching an end of an armament race when no nation is content to rank less than first or a close second. We can only hope that when the present war eventually ends, the nations fighting "to crush militarism" will be in a position to strike at the root of it by limiting the armament race through some form of world organization...
...cause that has contributed very much to our backwardness in aeronautics is the fact that not a single officer in the navy above the rank of lieutenant-commander has ever controlled a flying machine in the air even as a pupil, and a similar condition exists in the army...
...other group is concerned with the work of taking supplies from the most advanced bases to the front, and is composed of battalion supply sergeants, regimental supply officers and men of higher rank. It is with this group that we are concerned. Beginning with May 31, when the Business School examinations end, the course will run for three weeks until the College closes. In this short time it is expected that the essentials of the quartermaster's duties can be taught. It must be understood, however, that the course is an adjunct of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and only...
...former years would hardly give them credit for even an ounce of real dramatic ability, no matter how prejudiced he was because of their physical charm. But they prove the mistake of such an opinion in their work of osculation and keeping certain men guessing. Surely such things rank high among feminine arts. And when the Dolly Sisters dance, the last word has been said in Terpsichorean accomplishments. "Oh, how they dance." Yes, the old and rheumatic must admit that a trip to Ye Wilbur is now worth while...
...times of peace the resignations of men in the Naval Reserve are required by law to be accepted. Pay in the Reserve is the same as that of similar rank in the regular line of the navy for the same length of service. In addition a retainer fee of $12 a year is given to those who volunteer in any except Class 6. To a man who has been confirmed in his rating after three months' active duty, the retainer pay is in accordance with the rating...