Word: restful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meeting in 26 sections in various University buildings, had its first lesson in military topography, and immediately afterwards the men were put through the physical drill which will from this time on be a regular feature of the daily program. There followed an hour of semaphore signalling, and the rest of the morning was spent in practice on the sub-calibre ranges and in bayonet drill. In the afternoon at half-past one o'clock section meetings were held again, as provided for in the schedule for the week, on the subject of infantry tactics. Close and extended order drills...
...this country, the question whether they are cowardly can then be decided on the battlefield in a future war. If China should have awakened fifty years earlier, and succeeded in establishing a large modern army and navy and developing her resources, the author of the editorial would not probably rest assured that she could not constitute an equally effective threat as militant Japan is often held...
...National service is the vital need of the hour, and Military Training the foundation upon which it must rest. The prime factors of National Service comprehend the industrial and military forces of the nation and are necessarily inter-dependent...
...fail in one course, you must repeat the whole year's work. If you fail in history, you take English, mathematics, chemistry, and the rest all over again...
Temporary non-commissioned officers were appointed in each of the new provisional companies. The cadet sergeants, however, were drilled for the greater part of the time in the ranks with the rest of the men. The highest cadet officer among the new recruits is, therefore, the first sergeant...