Word: sectional
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...aviation school has been established at Princeton by the Government for the theoretical training and instruction of candidates for positions of first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the United States Signal Corps. The school will open June 25 and while Princeton men will naturally predominate in numbers, the course will be open to all college men and to those who, though not graduates of universities or colleges, still can fulfill the educational requirements. The reading of the Government's ruling is as follows: "The candidate must have had a three-years' college education or its equivalent...
...being met in the several ways adopted on the Western front, floor gratings are being constructed and placed and weak portions of the trench walls are being braced and reenforced. After the return of the third battalion from Wake-field combat exercises will be held on this reproduced section of the French front, and later, following the principles of training used in the Allied armies, each battalion will occupy the section for a short period...
Although it is certain that the amount subscribed yesterday was large--well over $25,000,000--it is impossible to secure any official estimates on the amount which this section will eventually produce. As a matter of fact any accurate estimate it would be impossible to make, inasmuch as bankers themselves have no means of ascertaining the exact amount which banks and companies have collected, and which have not yet been turned in. Reports at a late hour last night, however, indicated that the original $2,000,000,000 asked for would be well oversubscribed throughout the country...
Subscriptions to the Liberty Loan will close at noon tomorrow, and by that time $300,000,000 must be collected in New England to complete the quota of the $2,000,000,000 loan assigned to this section of the country. This large sum must be met in order to insure the complete success of the loan, and to meet it every individual should pay his share. To date there have been only 141,000 individual subscribers in New England...
...duties of the platoon leader in the trenches from early morning throughout the day and night were described in detail, each side of the work receiving careful attention. Such subjects as the proportionate distribution of squads throughout a section, the necessary inspection and care of the men, the method of providing for their food and sleep and the system of watches and patrols were all discussed and explained. With the aid of the pictures, Lieutenant Morize was able to more carefully expound the various situations...