Word: soldiers
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...efficiently; and it is indeed difficult to see the connection between the prospect of a long period of peace and intensive study in military science and tactics. But we must remember that no matter what may have happened in Europe, men enrolled in the S. A. T. C. remain soldiers in the United States Army and as such must attend to their work just as loyally and faithfully as if the war were still going on. No army order ever ventured to assert that the duty of the soldier to obey is in any way lessened in time of peace...
...been undertaken and will be expedited as much as possible. For some of the large institutions, however, considerable time may elapse before traces of the Students' Army entirely disappear and the normal pre-war activities are resumed. Until that time there could be no better watchword for the student soldier than that to which the cadets at West Point owe allegiance: "Duty, Honor, Country...
...United War Workers of the World, for such they may be called, have from the start taken upon themselves the task of sustaining the morale and ministering to the comfort of our soldiers both overseas and at home. This work has involved no end of courage and sacrifice. Time and again a soldier has mentioned in his letter in glowing words of praise the work of the various charitable organizations which have done their utmost to make war less of a dreary and meaningless existence and more like the life at home...
...most successful conclusion. The problem was not a simple one, even for an efficient army officer. The men were not enlisted, but were voluntarily present for instruction. Discipline depended largely on their good will, and instruction had to combine the old fundamentals of the training of an American soldier and the new lessons of the western front. To those who appreciated the difficulties of the problem Captain Shannon made it all seen easy. In fact the work was easier for him than for most men for he had the faculty of at once inspiring co-operation and trust in those...
...little hole in France." E. H. Sothern, the famous actor, was doing a scene from Hamlet before a soldier audience...