Word: statement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...further purpose of this meeting will be to outline the requirements for admission to the Aviation Section. According to the statement recently issued by the Signal Corps of the United States Army, a commission in the Aviation Section may be obtained in approximately six months' time at one of the Government flying schools. The War Department has intimated that if there is a sufficient number of men at the University desiring to take the training, a Government aviation school will be established at Squantum. It was further brought out in this statement that the War Department will pay all expenses...
...This year will be the first one in which this law becomes operative. While a definite and positive statement cannot be made, it is expected that reserve officers will be asked by the commanding general of the Military Department in which they reside, the time that would be most convenient for them to leave their business for the required 15 days' instruction. An unusual effort will be made to suit entirely the convenience of the officer concerned. At any rate, in cases of absolute necessity an officer always has the privilege of submitting his resignation...
Dean McClellan, of the Wharton School made the most interesting statement. He said...
...neighbors, and inevitably results, sooner or later, in an armed clash. Thus Japanese and Australian militarism were given a decided impetus by President Roosevelt's somewhat jingoistic performance a few years ago, in sending our navy around the world. On the other hand, an unequivocal and bona-fide statement of our foreign policy and aspirations, accompanied by just treatment of other nations, has been shown to constitute a factor of the first importance in preserving amicable relations with them...
...University towards universal military training. Blaine sketched the history of the Harvard Regiment and reported the result of yesterday's straw ballot. He said that from his experience at Plattsburg he was convinced that universal military training was the only logical policy and concluded his testimony with the statement that the sentiment of the University seemed to be that "the responsibilities of life are more important than life itself...