Word: sectional
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Five members of the University, H. Coolidge '19, W. Davis '18, F. H. Harvey '18, J. Mitchell '18 and A. L. Richmond '18, have received instructions from the War Department to report immediately at Miami, Fla., for training in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps. These men will go to Key West for enlistment and then proceed diectly to Miami. They will probably leave the first of next week...
...hundred and five men in the University have already signified their intention of preparing themselves for reserve officers in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. Of these 105, 35 have definitely signed up for the work. The training for the corps involves a six-months' course which may be taken during six consecutive months or for three months in two consecutive summers. During the period of training the Government will pay all expenses and in addition will give a pay equivalent to that of an enlisted soldier. After six months' training the men are to be commissioned as first...
Those who have indicated their desire to enter the Aviation Section will present immediately two letters of recommendation to Roger Amory '10, 40 Water street, Boston. One letter must be from the parent or guardian if the applicant is under 21 years of age. Final applications are to be in by March 1 or as soon after as possible, at which time Mr. Amory will forward them to Washington...
...assignment to a training school applicants will be subjected to an examination by a board to determine their physical, mental and moral qualifications. A candidate will be required to state in writing that if he successfully passes his aviation tests that he will become an officer in the Aviation Section, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps. If the applicant successfully passes he will be recommended to the officer in charge of the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, who will appoint him a noncommissioned officer and will place him on active duty up to the time his course is finished. If the applicant does...
...Section 3 of the platform states that "the rights of neutrals upon the seas cannot be established by a belligerent." That is precisely the issue and that is precisely why, after vainly telling Germany that she cannot establish our rights upon the seas, that we have been forced to sever relations...