Word: superiority
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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George Wright Glover, one of the members of the Princeton faculty who resigned to join the Allied armies, has received a Distinguished Service Order for gallantry shown in the Somme offensive. With part of a company he was surrounded by a vastly superior force of Germans, but succeeded in leading his men back to safety after receiving two rifle wounds. He had resigned from the Princeton faculty in June, 1915, to join the army, but was several times rejected for his short stature and received his commission as second-lieutenant only in time to join in the recent offensive...
...later moved to London. On recovery, in January, he was declared unfit for service and was discharged in consequence of wounds received in action in Gallipoli, after serving 301 days with the colors. At the same time he was given a high testimonial of character by his superior officers. His battalion was recruited to full war strength again, 1,100 men, and was sent to France. On July 1, 1916, there were 800 men left, and this was diminished to 96 after the charge on the Somme...
...This superior training of many men in the technique of the service and the consequent keen competition for officers' positions would have drawn many more to a voluntary organization, like last year's Regiment than have appeared interested in the present scheme...
...case of need, I fully believe that the men with the practical training of Plattsburg and the Regiment would make officers infinitely superior, both inorganizing ability and power in leadership, to the manifestly serious but purely theoretical students of Military Science and Tactics 1. HOWARD B. SPRAGUE...
Once again Harvard men are able to enjoy pleasing reminiscences of the crew races at New London. Last June every Harvard crew, due to the superior coaching of Coaches Herrick and Haines, was able to defeat its blue rival. A clean sweep on the Thames is an historic accomplishment, which will stand out in the annals of rowing as a final tribute to Captain Morgan and his victorious crew...