Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...when the war ends, and are, therefore, a desirable security. They are the promise of your 'firm,' the United States, and are issued to help on the cause of Freedom and Civilization, which we believe in, by which we live, and which we must have or disappear as citizens,--though we might become subjects of a superior power. In short, we are all glad, as honest, honorable men, to help in the winning of this present war, and help each...
...relation of what is commonly called quartermaster service to other service in the army is a constant puzzle to most laymen and to many prospective military men. This confusion is due to at least two causes. The chief cause is doubtless the fact that though there has long been a quartermaster corps which is a staff organization without direct connection with the line, a large number of line officers have been detailed as quartermasters. Another cause is probably the recent consolidation of three staff organizations into one, now called the quartermaster corps; viz, the subsistence, the pay, and the quartermaster...
...main, the work of supply officers begins where that of the officers of the Quartermaster Corps ends. Though the supply officer of the line gets his supplies chiefly from the Quartermaster Corps, he has relations with other staff organizations, for he must handle other supplies and property sent to the line without passing through the Quartermaster Corps. This responsibility for goods and property received is one which no supply officer or quartermaster can take lightly. The Government is concerned not only to provide supplies and property but to get the maximum out of them. The Government demands strict accountability...
...with any feeling of weakness, nor any terror, will our young American officers go to the front. From the death of many the life of the nation may be conserved. Knowing that, they will not falter, though the time granted to them be short...
...first call. They who remain may trust, with that vague and lasting trust which is given to mortals, that those who are the crosest to them will some way be spared in the blind lot of battle. But such trust is sad and futile when we realize that though some may be granted a longer period, others will be cut short with a briefer. Many thousands make up an average. The average time of immunity is twenty-three days. For some it may be longer, for some shorter. What are a few days...