Word: united
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...game with Exeter in the Bowl, the Yale freshman R. O. T. C. team, as they are officially designated, surprised their followers by defeating the Academy eleven 20 to 0. The freshmen displayed a good defence, with an erratic offence. As a unit the team exhibited much power. . The line, although weak in several positions, held their opponents' attack, while the backfield proved to be a fast and aggressive aggregation. Fumbling, however, marred the team's play. Lay and French in the backfield and Welsh and Acosta in the centre of the line were the mainstays of the Blue eleven...
...Next week there will probably be regimental manoeuvres. So you see we progress, getting larger and larger units together for each manoeuvre. This is for the purpose of solving that difficult and knotty problem known in the French Army as "la liaison." By "liaison" they mean the co-ordination of units and branches, obtained by mutual understanding of unit commanders, by runners, airplanes, telephone, wireless, etc. To win a battle in trench warfare the artillery must co-operate with the infantry, and every separate unit must co-operate with all the other units on the whole line...
...glory of the Lafayette Escardrille will not be diminished by its transfer to the American service. Without waiting for the end of neutrality, guided by a feeling of loyalty to the just cause, this band of United States citizens formed a French aviation unit. Their toil and lives were offered to France, while people here rejoiced at our aloofness. They volunteered, as Americans, to serve the nation which for them meant Justice. These men might have joined the Foreign Legion, but they would have lost the distinctiveness of nationality. They might have mingled with French units, but they preferred...
...entrance of the coming soldiers. The French people must have perceived for some time that they had friends across the ocean, that not all were too proud to fight. Hope of our entry was kept alive. The fact can not be disguised, and is openly advertised that this unit was composed of United States citizens, men who owed no allegiance to France. As Lafayette's voluntary participation in our revolution furthered official French assistance, and increased our hopes, so the Lafayette Escardrille urged our entrance and encouraged our ally. The aviators have done their chief work, but the value...
...emphasis on teamwork and accuracy showed good results in the scrimmage. The team played more as a unit, the line charging low and hard, and opening wide holes for the backs. The backfield coordinated their work with the line play, picking the holes well and providing good interference...