Word: recruits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...belong to a union and its Communist cell (attending every meeting), join pro-Soviet organizations, turn out for street demonstrations, collect money for party causes, help sell the Worker, proselyte family and friends, if any. There were no holidays. If a comrade's wife complained, he was told: "Recruit her into the party. If she won't join, leave...
...says unabashedly that Colgate is primarily interested in teaching the duties of responsible citizenship. This spirit carries over to the students who revere competence in many fields above unlimited excellence in only one. Since fraternities are clearing houses for social attitudes, it is significant that the mentally hulking football recruit is not overwhelmed with pledge bids come rushing time. But, on the other hand, the pure intellect gets even fewer...
Another high-level suggestion: increase the enlistment bonus from the present $600 top to $1,500-$2,000. It takes about $14,600 to bring a raw recruit into one of the services and train him properly. One trained man with a bonus of $2,000, re-enlisted, theoretically puts the U.S. Government $12,600 to the good...
...crisp stream of orders for reconnaissance, forays, ambush raids and harassing attacks, Navarre this summer broke the usual pattern of the monsoon, when the French in the past stopped fighting in order to build up supplies and strengthen their outposts, and the Reds sortied into villages to terrorize, recruit men and collect the rice on which they live...
Civilian Control. Through it all, Washington's burdens grew. Congressmen hotly accused him of attempting to saddle the country with a military tyranny worse than that of England. It was 18 months before he was authorized to recruit a stable Continental line pledged to serve for the duration of the conflict. The Continental Army never had more than 16,782 regulars, and never had more than a few hundred pieces of artillery, but 2,000 private American vessels, armed with 18,000 guns and manned by 70,000 men, harassed English shipping in the hope of quick fortunes. Money...