Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present there are 130 men in the company, including Captain Rogers, Lieutenants Sargent and Brown, nine sergeants, 16 corporals, 101 privates, and a bugler. Uniforms, unless specially authorized, are worn only from the first formation at seven in the morning until a time not later than ten in the morning. The daily program begins with a formation at seven o'clock, from which the men march to breakfast at the Union, and is followed by a drill period from 8 to 9.20, except on Saturdays, when section meetings are held during the hour beginning at 8.20. The company is organized...
...above, eleven new instructors and assistants have been appointed; 19 men from the College staff and a large number from the Medical and Dental Schools have received leave of absence to serve the government, and most of these will stay away for the duration of the war; seven resignations have been accepted, including that of Mr. Sabine
...Seven allied activities, all endorsed by the Government are combined in the United War Work Campaign, with the budgets distributed as follows: Young Mens Christian Association $100,000,000, Y. W. C. A. $15,000,000, National Catholic War Council (including the work of the Knights of Columbus and special war activities for women $30,000,000, Jewish Welfare Board $3,500,000, American Library Association $3,500,000, War Camp Community Service $15,000,000, Salvation Army...
...will perhaps see why I did not keep my promise more punctiliously--for you will recall that on July 15th at 12.10 the Boche let loose one of his most completely devastating artillery preparations, which as far as my outfit was concerned consisted of a barrage which continued for seven hours--5 1-2 of which seven I spent in a gas mask. Then, at daybreak, and before his barrage had lifted, word came that the Boche had crossed the river and was upon us, so out I went into my platoon and took up a position to meet...
Members of the teaching profession who attended the University Summer School numbered 215. Thirty-seven states were represented in the school and 33 foreign countries...