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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...12th. Should they fail to attend these formations, unless prevented from so doing through illness or injury, they will be reported by the undersigned to the commandants of the training camps which they may enter for neglect of duty. This will unquestionably affect their standing in said camps, and the probability of their receiving commissions...
...hard to be anti-German when there are such Germans as Professor Francke. He represents the best part of the Teutonic people, with whom, as the President said, we have no quarrel. He represents the splendid history which German art and literature achieved before the deadening influence of militarism fell over it. This is the spirit with which America cannot but sympathize, and it is to free the true Germany as well as to free the rest of the world that the United States have entered the war. Let us not forget this purpose, even in the time of greatest...
...problem, however, which we must consider seriously is the food problem. It is said authoritatively that in New England the food supply at one time is never more than enough for two weeks. What would happen, then, if the Hoosac Tunnel and other means of transportation were destroyed...
...later army order said: "American Section No. 5 (Norton-Harjes) has made possible during a period of 11 days of fighting, March 8 to 19, with a perfect contempt of danger the removal of wounded in a zone heavily swept by the enemy's artillery fire. Furthermore, the whole staff has shown proof of remarkable devotion and endurance by giving the maximum service of the unit, and by working an average of 19 hours...
...interview with a CRIMSON reporter last night, Captain Cordier said that although the Government would not furnish subsistence for the Corps, it would later supply complete equipment. He also stated that all the officers now at the University would remain here throughout the summer, and added that "the training at Harvard will be practically the same as at Plattsburg and the other training camps, and in my opinion all those who complete the training at Harvard will be eligible for commissions as soon as they reach the age fixed, which at present is 21. Many thousand officers will be needed...