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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Putnam was graduated from Newton High School in 1916. Last spring he went to France with an ambulance unit and after finishing his work in that branch entered the aviation service. In a letter to a friend several weeks ago, Putnam told of a 2,000-foot fall, from which he escaped with nothing more serious than two broken teeth...
...hour earlier. Indeed, only from the outside point of view would it be an hour earlier. To us under the new schedule we would be going to bed at our regular time. College work will not keep you from bed, for the whole schedule will be advanced as a unit with your study hour included. The College is "soft" if it fears a 7 o'clock...
...number of cases the Bureau served when other sources had failed. The method used was to have an adjutant and committee appointed at each educational institution which would organize as a co-operative unit of the Bureau. Through questionnaires and otherwise the adjutants kept on file accurate and adequate information of students and alumni so that the calls from the Washington office of the Bureau could be answered, by sending names of men who were fit and who could serve the Government. The extensive work of the Washington office was made possible, by volunteers from a dozen colleges, who gave...
...present there are three methods by which men may secure the training to become army officers. In order to win a commission, one may graduate from West Point, rise from the ranks, or secure preliminary training in some R. O. T. C. unit. The first of these is the privilege of very few, the second is an opportunity for every enlisted man, and the third, the logical course of those who can afford a college education. Although not everyone belongs to a training corps yet those who do are for the most part potential commanders. Since West Point...
...entire army has now become a training school for officers, according to General Pershing's plan for the promotion of enlisted men. All who show sufficient ability are to be detached from each unit to take special instruction with the purpose of obtaining a commission. In this way it is intended to form a large corps of reserve lieutenants...