Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Major Azan, assisted by Professor Merriman, delivered the regular lecture to the Corps last night on the subject of the conduct of reliefs, a subject of much more importance and of greater difficulty than may be generally supposed. A badly conducted relief will endanger the lives not only of the men taking over the trench, but also of those leaving its this would, moreover, happen at a calamitous time. The method of the advance of the relief party to the 'trenches to be relieved, the necessary inter-communication between the new and old occupants of the position, and the principles...
...connection with the war with Germany has been compiled by the Alumni Bulletin. The list is necessarily incomplete but gives a general view of the work being done by Harvard men. There are 52 graduates included in the category of "Military and Naval Service," and 57 in that of "Relief and Other Service...
...hold commissions in the regular army, navy, and marines; and the remaining 18 are members of the militia of the various states. The list of fields of service in the non-military line is ever more extended. The Council of National Defense, the American Red Cross, and the Belgian Relief Committee are served by the majority of the 57 men under this division, but the various boards at Washington, such as the Shipping Board, the Foreign and Domestic Commerce Board, etc.; the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, and other similar organizations have called many others...
...copy of the Hawaiian volcano is circular in form, with a scale of one foot to 1,500 feet. Thus the complete model is about 15 feet across, and shows in relief Kilauea, Kilauea-Iki (little Kilauea), Halemauman (house of big fire), and the surrounding volcanic plateau...
...these are from members of the University. Eighty-seven men will be selected from the total number of applicants and together with four officers will make up the personnel of the company. The commissioned officers must be approved by the Director General of the Department of Military Relief and will then be commissioned in the Red Cross and recommended to the Surgeon General of the Army for commission in the medical section of the Officers' Reserve Corps. The officers will wear the pre- scribed uniform and the subordinate personnel of the company will be entitled to the uniform and equipment...