Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hoped to live and let other nations live. We knew we must have prohibition not only of the manufacture, but of the sale of intoxicants. Without the first measure we could not have armies commesurate with our greatness; without the second we could not feed those armies; without the third we could not maintain the men of these armies in the highest state of ability, nor make the utmost use of our resources at home...
Yesterday morning the members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps started their third week of intensive training, with several new subjects in their day's work. At 8 o'clock the entire Corps, meeting in 26 sections in various University buildings, had its first lesson in military topography, and immediately afterwards the men were put through the physical drill which will from this time on be a regular feature of the daily program. There followed an hour of semaphore signalling, and the rest of the morning was spent in practice on the sub-calibre ranges and in bayonet drill...
More boats of various character, from small motor boats for inshore work to steam yachts for heavier work, are needed for the patrol of the third district...
...third week of intensive training for the University Reserve Officers' Training Corps starts today with several new features to the schedule. The most important of these is the beginning of gallery practice in preparation for the range shooting to come at Wakefield. The targets will be placed under the Stadium on the east side, and each company will be given six hours of this work. Two targets are to be assigned to each company, and four sub-calibre rifles...
...schedule of training the third battalion is put on an equal footing for instruction with the two original battalions, but different arrangements are made for the drilling of the recruit detachment...