Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...June, 1916, the British cruiser Hampshire struck a mine and the British Commonwealth suffered the loss of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl Kitchener of Khartum, "the greatest soldier-statesman of the century...
...Premier Georges Clemenceau telegraphed Mme. Mangin: "He was a great soldier." Major General Robert Lee Bullard, onetime (Oct. 11, 1918-Apr. 15, 1919) Commander of the U. S. , Second Corps Area, cabled from his sick bed in Fort Totten Army Hospital: "Goodby, beloved comrade. Goodby, thou undaunted spirit." The General's Negro body servant walked alone and silently near his master's coffin. Many distinguished persons, including Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and Colonel H. H. Harjes of Morgan, Harjes et Cie., were, present...
...Before the Reichstag went Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg, President-elect of Germany, dressed in frock coat, black satin tie, patent leather shoes-a civilian, but one who looked a soldier from toes to hair. His entrance was greeted by shouts from the Communists, but the old soldier seemed not to be aware of their existence. He then subscribed to the oath of office...
Signs pointed to the fact that Chang will soon exercise complete control over all northern China to the exclusion of General Feng Yu-hsian, "Chinese Christian soldier," which, in turn, may operate to turn the South from a passive into an active enemy and give further force to the disunification of China...
...last February. The dominating trait of his character is energy. One week he was in Siberia, another at Moscow, another at Sevastapol. Always was he on the move. His discipline made that of the Tsars a sort of mother's love and it was said that every officer and soldier went in terror of his life. So much for his efficiency...