Word: regiments
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Clerk of course--J. J. Dixon, 47th Regiment A. A., Brooklyn...
...congresses at the Paris Exposition in 1900, and at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. He was also a delegate from the United States to the second international Peace Conference, which was held at the Hague in 1907. He fought in the Spanish War as corporal in a California regiment...
...went back to the front and was killed at Glendale. Stephen Perkins '56 was pleasant and witty, a brilliant student, standing at the head of his class in College. He was shot in the battle of Cedar Mountain. Robert Shaw '60 was given command of the first black regiment, the success of which was largely due to his energy and ability. He was killed in the battle of Fort Wagner and was buried with his black soldiers...
...pass in and out of the hall three times each day realize the ubiquity of clothes solicitors more forcibly perhaps than the rest of the community. On passing through the '87 gate towards the Hall, or even walking quietly down Cambridge street, one is accosted by a small regiment of eager solicitors for clothes. We must discard our old clothes, of course, and if we cannot arrange to save them for the philanthropic societies, we are led to resort to these parties from whom we can expect a slight return. But it is quite impossible to sell the same waistcoat...
...Senior, who enlisted as a private in the very beginning, was given a commission before there had been any fighting, and when the fighting began he was promoted. By a brave regiment he was called a brave...