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...mobilized, August 3, 1914, as adjutant to the colonel commanding the 20th Regiment of Field Artillery. He took part in the early fighting in Belgium, the retreat, the battles of the Marne and Aisne, and the first and second battles of Champagne. Before coming to Harvard he was detailed to the British Ministry of Munitions in the department of Ordnance Research. He has been awarded the Croix de Guerre...
...this determination to be fulfilled and this generosity to be repaid an equal determination and an equal willingness to give--of their time and work and intelligence--must come from the undergraduates and from other members of the Harvard Regiment. It is this for which I appeal. Enrolment must be speedy and complete. Every man must do his bit and his best to keep the Regi- ment "in the pink of condition" and at the height of efficiency. Let us show the country, each one, of us by his own individual effort, that we mean to put this thing through...
...result were disarmed and made the slaves of the Turkish soldiers. Many escaped and the Turks on finding it somewhat difficult to persuade those friends with whom they had taken refuge to give them up to be shot as deserters, a general massacre was ordered. The "Butcher Regiment," made up of former criminals, was ordered by the governor-general to begin the slaughter of the innocent Armenian women and children. The Armenians were murdered by the thousand, 55,000 were killed in one day. The rivers were blocked by the bodies and were turned from their regular courses...
...First Engineers, M. N. G., formerly the First Corps Cadets, have opened a recruiting office at Leavitt and Peirce's. Owing to the fact that they are being changed from a battalion of infantry to a regiment of engineers which has, in proportion, double the number of non-commissioned officers, there are a large number of vacancies. The engineers are the highest branch of the service and offer the greatest opportunity for advancement. Although any kind of technical, mathematical, or military experience is of value, it is by no means necessary. The intention is rather to train military engineers under...
Chaplain Lyman Rollins, of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, M. N. G., will speak on the "Maintenance of a Rick Standard of Life in Military Service at the meeting of the St. Paul's Society, to be held in Phillips Brooks House this evening at 7.15 o'clock. The meeting which will be the last one of the year, is to be of a military nature. All members of the University who are interested are invited to attend...