Word: take
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University trio is composed of William Henry Meeker '17, of New York, N. Y., formerly president of the CRIMSON; Vernon Booth, Jr., '13, also of New York, N. Y., who has left a law practice to take part in the expedition; and Samuel W. Wiggins '15, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who was previously a member of a prominent banking firm of that city...
...Under the Argentina system the training starts in the schools when the boys reach 12 years. Until 15 they learn drills, and at that age they take up the rifle and continue to practice with it until 20. Upon reaching this age they are certified to the war office and selections are made. Young men who are the main supports of their families are excused. The younger men selected are required to serve with the colors for one year in the army or two years with the navy. The man does not make the selection of either force. The heads...
...direct result of the informal conferences of the French Commission with the War Department, the American Government has determined to take over in easy instalments a large part of the motor ambulance and transport service of the French army, thus relieving many hundred French and at the same time training a large and indispensable corps of men for service with the American army when it arrives at the front. About one hundred sections of 36 men each--a total of 3,600 men--are to be sent to France as soon as they can be trained, equipped and transported...
...officers and non-commissioned officers will be appointed for the purposes of drill and administration in the Corps; but the members of the Corps must remember that the mere attainment of cadet rank should not be the main ambition of members of the Corps during this training. It will take the utmost effort, mental and physical, of every man to perfect himself in the short time available to be a leader of even a small body of troops...
...Field Service. These men will go to Bordeaux on the steamer Chicago of the French Line, the same ship that carried the contingent from the University last February. The sailing of the boat has been held over since last Saturday. Beside the men from the University, the Chicago will take two units from the University of California, one from the University of Illinois, one from the Washington University of St. Louis, and 80 other men from colleges and universities throughout the country...