Word: ton
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...regular army detachment on duty at Harvard and now rests "in battery" in front of the Widener Library. This rifle has been on hand for some time at the Commonwealth Armory, but was only recently ordered to the University. The motive power is furnished by one of the five-ton tractors that will be used by the Department in the instruction in Motor Traction to be given during the latter half of the first year's work in Military Science 1. Other equipment to be used in the Motor Traction course includes several trucks, two motorcycles with side cars...
...considerable amount of equipment for the University artillery unit has just been received by the Military Office. This includes two five-ton Holt tractors, six horses, a complete set of saddles, and a number of observation and fire-control instruments. Four enlisted men of the regular Army have also arrived to care for the horses...
...afternoon we ran into a machine gun nest which wouldn't give in. One company tried to smash it, failed and fell back. We took up the job. We reduced its fire and charged and were thrown back, and then, while trying to reform the line, some great ton of steel lit on my head and down I went. I thought it was a 77 which had gone on through, and I waited for it to explode. As nothing happened I felt of my poor old dome and, finding it still attached to me, I stood up. Instantly...
...practice will be held in the Locker Building instead of the Boathouse because of the present scarcity of coal. By keeping the Newell Boathouse closed until spring, a half-ton of fuel can be saved each day, and for this reason the transfer to the Locker Building was arranged. Although the tank will not be in use, there will be adequate accommodation for all candidates who report, at least until after the mid-year period...
...Locker Building instead of at the Newell Boathouse, as announced early in December. Scarcity of coal has largely actuated the rowing authorities in their decision not to reopen Newell Boat-house until spring. It was felt that the practice did not justify the burning of a half-ton of fuel daily...