Word: sectional
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...remain, and new men, undergraduates and graduates, from this and other colleges, will be admitted. Men of 20 years and nine months of age or older who have had any considerable military training already, are advised to apply for admission to Plattsburg or the corresponding camp in their section of the country. Those who do not succeed, and all other men over 20 years old and physically fit, are strongly urged to enroll in the Harvard Corps; in the belief that, although to do so will not lead to a commission in three months, it will lay a foundation, theoretical...
...class have obtained leave of absence in order to join the ambulance service in France. The greater part of this number are enrolled in the American Ambulance Field Service, but some have joined the Norton-Harjes Ambulance. Seven men are enlisted in the aviation service, some in the Aviation Section of the Reserve Officers' Signal Corps, and some in the training school at Squantum. Several others are on the reserve list of this school and expect to get called at any time. Four men from 1920 are in the United States Secret Service and six are enlisted in state militias...
...French Government as a tribute of their appreciation have 20 times cited sections and section-leaders for distinguished service, and have conferred upon more than 80 of the men the Croix de Guerre for bravery, and upon two the Medaille Militaire, the highest honor for military valor in France...
...American Ambulance Corps, and especially of the University members of the Corps, is given. Taylor reports that the University contingent that left for France last February is already hard at work on the western front. N. Wainwright '19 and K. Merrick '19 have been transferred from their original sections to Section 8, which did such gallant work during the heavy fighting at Verdun in May and June of last year. Taylor, together with W. K. B. Emerson '16, H. J. Kelleher '18, R. B. Varnum uC, and C. A. Amsden uC have been detached to Salonika to flH vacancies...
...many applications have been received for the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps that it has been found necessary to change the age requirements. Now the age limit is such that only men between the ages of 21 and 30 may apply. In accordance with this modification many members of the University who had expected to join the service are now ineligible...