Word: regular
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Government is immediately putting into effect the plans which it has long been formulating for such a moment as the present. An army of 1,727,846 men is provided for in the War Department's emergency military measure, under which the regular army is to be increased, the militia of the various states is to be drafted into Federal service, and an additional 1,000,000 men are to be raised by selective drafting. Telegraphic orders for the mobilization of 15,000 members of the Naval Militia and the Naval Reserve will be flashed throughout the land immediately upon...
...shown during the confusion of the last three of four days. F. B. Whitman '19 and R. R. Brown '17 were shifted to their old positions at 2 and 6; Coolidge took his former position at 7, and Captain H. B. Cabot '17 was moved forward to his regular seat at 3. The improvement in the boat was marked, in spite of the recent distractions. In order to keep the men up to the mark in anticipation of a possible race with Princeton during the Easter vacation, the squad resumed training today, and will continue to practice for a contest...
...either of the American ambulance corps in France. It had previously been voted by the Faculty that if arrangements were made by which students may devote their full time to the work of the R. O. T. C., examinations would be provided for such students in advance of the regular final examination period. The new ruling extends to all drivers...
...regular practice game yesterday, Team A reversed Tuesday's verdict, when the substitutes secured a 4 to 1 victory by defeating Team B by a score of 10 to 6 in a contest replete with both errors and hits. Both teams suffered from the absence of several players and gave a somewhat listless exhibition. Captain Abbot officiated as umpire and Casey and Murray were unable to report, but will be back for today's workout. Phinney, who has been substituting with Murray at third base, was not on the field, and may leave the squad permanently in order to join...
...investigation conducted by the Scientific American shows that the total mobile force of the United States, regular and militia, amounts to only a little more than 90,000 men. According to the statement of the committee on public safety, the need of men for all branches of military service is urgent, and, although enlisting has been taking place rapidly, many more volunteers are needed to prepare the country adequately for actual warfare. In case of invasion we shall need 380,000 stationary coast guard volunteer troops and 500,000 mobile troops to defend the country from foreign enemies...