Word: towards
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...subscribing a part of the fund to Liberty Bonds the class will be doing its share toward the support of the government and at the same time will receive a profitable return on its investment. It is planned to purchase several bonds of small denominations rather than one large one so that they may be sold whenever the money is needed in cash form. As the price of the bonds will undoubtedly rise, and as they will always be saleable, a profit will be made in every case. It is essential that the bonds be bought by Friday of this...
...enlisted man, if seated, rises on the approach of an officer, faces toward him, stands at attention, and salutes. Standing, he faces an officer for the same purpose. If the parties remain in the same place or on the same ground such compliments need not be repeated. Soldiers actually at work do not cease work to salute an officer unless addressed...
Discipline and training tend toward efficient organization, and all three are cardinal factors of military efficiency, and it is fitting that those who now aspire to become officers should early acquire those prerequisite qualities so essential to the officer and the soldier...
Half Course Toward Degree...
...congratulated upon being identified with such a magnificent corps of future officers of the American army as I saw at Harvard this afternoon. The West Point cadets and they have impressed me most favorably, and I know that the French officers can do much toward helping these magnificent young men to lead their troops victoriously in France. The appearance of the Harvard Corps that I saw today was superb, and I admired their discipline and military carriage...