Word: thinks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this time of universal preparedness for war it is natural that we should think first of the development of a strong home army. Yet the need of our navy is no less important. For defence or aggression we must trust in the first instance to our strength...
...officer's commission is to enroll in the unit imediately and thereby realize his wish by September first or before. Many are questioning the advisability of obligating themselves for the summer camp. The practical drill that will be given in this manner must be had before any man could think of accepting the lowest commission. Should the present imminence of war disappear by June, no one who enrolls in the course now will be held to the obligation of attending any camps...
...think the drill will be of aid both to men who have gone to Plattsburg or other training camps and to those who have had no military instruction. Furthermore, it seems to me that such drill would be helpful in every branch...
...should be trained to be officers; some of them, manifestly, will fall short of attaining the degree of preparation necessary, but for the most part upon educated men should fall the task of leading in war. Obviously, officers should be trained better than the men they will command. I think the drill undergraduates will receive in the course we are now planning to institute will be of valuable assistance in providing that knowledge of formations, etc., so needed for proper preparation...
...have not yet been jostled by a young American rushing to the colors to defend other people's interests. If only our older compatriots, weak of loins but mighty of mouth and pen, could be induced to go to the front and put their noble words into action, I think the rest of us would get along, quite well, and be content to mind our own American business. Nobody seems to know exactly what the flags in front of University Hall mean, but if they mean that the young men of Harvard are thirsting for anyone's blood, they ought...