Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Science 2 will first take part in a maneuver in the trenches similar to those carried out by the R. O. T. C. last summer. After this, the regiment will form as a unit including the students enrolled in both courses and will be inspected by the Secretary of War...
...next few months are likely to be the most critical period of the war for the United States. The first stages of preparation are over. We have drafted and sent to training camps a half million men who must be disciplined into an army; we have voted enormous appropriations for war equipment and extended large credits to our allies; and we have reorganized our governmental machinery to protect and promote increased production...
...these have been the easy things. Washington is a small part of the country. It represents the few but able men upon whom the people have shouldered the responsibilities of carrying on the war. The first six months have shown altruly remarkable accomplishment on their part. It is only now that the great mass of the public is being confronted with the burdens it must bear and the sacrifices it must make. Winter is coming on; food and fuel are unusually scarce; prices are rising; casualty lists may soon be published. The demands upon our time and money have greatly...
...shoe begins to pinch, certain factors should be held in mind. France has been unbelieveably bled, and is probably continuing to fight chiefly because of our entrance into the war. But until next spring aid from the United States is more likely to be potential than effective, and therefore much depends upon our attitude and our actions until that time. If France can rely upon us to put ourselves unreservedly into the conflict at the earliest possible moment she will continue to fight...
...surface to bring about an early peace. As it becomes clearer to all concerned that a military decision is not to be expected in the near future, peace tends to become more a political than a military question. The problem of offering a more exact statement of our war aims assumes new interest. The many long and weary months of war are bound to cause a shifting of emphasis from the immaterial ideal with which we entered the war to the material results of victory. We are more apt to stress the importance of winning or losing a few miles...