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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...members of the 1916-1917 R. O. T. C. found it hard to keep their rifles in the best of shape, since they were nearly always locked up in the racks except when drills were taking place. This year, cadets will be able to take their rifles to their rooms and clean them more frequently. However, permission for the removal of a piece will not be given unless its owner has filed a bond at the Bursar's office. Men who live out of town will be permitted to leave their rifles in the racks...
Rifles will be issued next week. On Monday, the Third Battalion will be supplied; on Tuesday, the First and Second Battalions. The pieces will, be necessarily greasy, and all men are expected to bring rags with which to clean them. Arrangements have been made so that cadets may take their rifles to their rooms, but it will be possible for men living out of town to leave them in the gun-racks in Smith Hall...
...selected will report for duty next Wednesday, October 17. They will immediately take up the instruction that has been laid down by the Navy Department. At the end of the four-months course, Captain Parker, who is in charge of the school, will recommend satisfactory students for ensigns' commissions in the Naval Reserve...
...mighty glad I am here, as I consider it a very great privilege to be able to take an active part, even if it is a small part, in the fight for the greatest cause the world has known, next to that of Christianity. This war is like a football game on a huge scale. It takes the very best men to play it and success depends on wonderful team-work and tremendous sacrifices. And there is a tremendous amount at stake...
...characteristic feature of the present war is the constant change in methods of fighting. New weapons are used; then new ways to oppose them must be devised. A more efficient defense leads to an improvement in the attack. Numerous developments take place within a month. Although the forces are still too even to end the "war of positions," yet they are altering many details...