Word: rated
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...vast armies with which we are familiar in the war conditions of today and to move them forward, as is, of course, necessary, with proper speed and with proper support, is in itself a scientific achievement of a high order demanding at every phase the exercise of first-rate engineering skill. Indeed, the whole machinery of offence and defence requires for its development and upkeep a vast amount of scientific knowledge, and success or failure may well fall to one side or the other according to the relative strength or weakness of the expert scientific knowledge of the two great...
...also pointed out that bonds exchanged for merchandise must in most cases immediately be sold in the open market, which tends to depress the market price of the issue and makes it less easy to sell future issues at the same rate of interest...
Eleven men went to Sandwich and lived there during their whole period of work. Half of them began wood-chopping on December 24 and the rest took up the job on the day after Christmas. This section paid for its own food and transportation, and were paid at the rate of $2.50 for each cord of wood. The lumber was all oak and will be burned into charcoal. Between 40 and 50 cords were secured in all, the students taking in an average of about six a day. The eleven men who stayed at Sandwich were: P. C. Francis...
...impression is false, and the statements are lies. The death rate in the Allied armies on the western front is only about four times that of the same age, in civil life--and there are many occupations of peace which are no less hazardous than the occupation of making...
...accepted applicants have been ordered to the 77th Division at Yaphank and will report to the Commanding General on January 5, 1918. They will be required to pay their own travelling expenses to the camp, but they will be reimbursed later at the rate of three and one-half cents per mile. Candidates for commissions are at liberty to buy their own uniforms in advance, but the War Department will not allow them any money for this purpose...