Word: united
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Cannot amendment of regulations as proposed by War Department be approved and reserve officers' training unit be established here at once? Condition very discouraging. In case of war we want to do everything we can to furnish men to army and navy, but inability to obtain unit will hamper us greatly. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL. February...
Letter sent you this morning from Adjutant-General's office explains how unit may be organized at Harvard at once. Suggest application be mailed immediately, using form given in General Orders 49. H. L. SCOTT, Chief of Staff...
Harvard's part in the great problem is clear, and already President Lowell and the College authorities have begun preparations for the accomplishment of the University's part. As the two telegrams in today's issue state, a reserve officers' training unit will be established at once. Military Science and Tactics 1 will be the nucleus of the program of training, and additional instruction will probably be included in this single course, or further military courses will be introduced according to future arrangements with the War Department. All students who wish to join the training unit by taking Military Science...
...creation of a volunteer force of raw recruits will necessitate a large number of officers, and these officers must be trained in schools similar to the unit established here. Members of the University, by joining this training unit, will be given the necessary instruction to fit them for commissions, and the advantages of such an intensive training over that obtained by enlisting in a volunteer force or in the militia are evident. Men who have an opportunity to be trained for officers should by all means render this more difficult service rather than enlist in the ranks...
...German note made public yesterday has placed the United States in a dangerous and difficult position as regards her relations to the belligerent powers of Europe. Not since the outbreak of the war has such spontaneous discussion about our country's next move been held among the undergraduates of Harvard. The large majority have suddenly realized this shameful ignorance of the vital questions of principle and policy that the leaders of the government are facing today. It is unfortunately the exceptional student who knows definitely whether Germany has the legal right to sink American ships should diplomatic relations be severed...