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...more for National Defense. In good partisan tradition, many of the doubters were Republicans, who grumbled less about preparedness than about the horrid prospect of preparedness taxes in an election year. But the queries came fast and loud enough to insure that capable, meticulous Chief of Naval Operations Harold Raynsford Stark, the Army's smart, hardbitten Chief of Staff George Catlett Marshall and their subordinates must give a clearer definition of what they mean by National Defense...
Until their bosses began stepping off trains and planes later in the week, Messrs. Welles, Hanes and their Council of Preparedness met every day: Acting Navy Secretary Charles Edison, Acting War Secretary Louis Johnson, Acting Attorney General Thurman Arnold, Naval Chief of Operations Harold Raynsford Stark, Army Chief of Staff George Catlett Marshall, technicians, advisers, legal men, planners...
...most of the available material was totally lacking in any experience whatsoever, but four men on the squad having ever played in a college football contest. The biggest problem which confronted Coach Yost at this period of the season was the formation of a dependable line. One regular, Captain Raynsford, constituted the entire nucleus about which the forward defence had to be constructed. At this time the backfield had every indication of being strong, fast and powerful, with individual stars aiding it particularly. Hughitt, at quarter, was the best man who had ever filled this position in the football history...
...Raynsford '15, (captain), centre, is 22 years old 5 feet 11 inches tall, and weighs 187 pounds...
...make their headquarters at the Woodland Park Hotel. Both Hughitt, the quarterback, and Splawn, on whom Michigan's chances for a field goal rest, will be in condition to play in Saturday's game. The following men compose the Michigan squad: Staatz, Dunne, Reimann, Benton, Finkbeiner, Quail, Norton, Morse, Raynsford, Skinner, Neimann, Millard, Whalen, Graven, Watson, Cochran, Huebel, Lyons, E. James, D. James, Hughitt, Zieger, Maulbetsch, Cohn, Splawn, McHale, Roehm, Bentley, Catlett, Galt and Bushnell...