Word: war
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That the University Ensign School which graduated its last class of cadets yesterday, was the first Officers' Material School in the country to open during the war and the last to close, was the statement of Capt. P. W. Hourigan, commandant of the School, in his farewell address. It also, he said, had the reputation of turning out the best reserve officers of any one school, and had graduated 890 ensigns, second only to the Annapolis Reserve School which commissioned 1,000 men. President Lowell, and Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood also spoke, Lieutenant A. R. Parker, Chaplain...
...giving the farewell to the School on behalf of the University, President Lowell said: "This is rather a sad day for me. You are the last product of the effort of this University to help the government carry on the war for the last two years. The war has called for great efforts by everybody. Some of my friends have told me that they believe that there will be permanent benefit to the spirit of the country. History, however, shows that every great period of war has been followed by an age of materialism and selfishness. The Civil War...
Edwin McMaster Stanton '97, 1st sergeant in the 61st Inf., 5th Division, was killed in action, October 14, 1918, near the Bois de Rappe. He enlisted as a private in the regular infantry soon after war was declared, joining the 61st Regt. In a short time Stanton was warranted a corporal and then a sergeant. For service in the field he was recommended by his company and regimental officers for a commission. The orders of approval, though issued, failed to reach him before his death...
...Naval Radio School gone, the Officers' Material School leaving today, and all the similar training schools throughout the country rapidly demobilizing, it seems to me of the utmost importance that something should be done at once to maintain the interest in the navy that was aroused by the war," said Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, commander of the First Naval District, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "The navy has made a splendid record in the war, and it has attracted more attention than ever before. I feel very strongly that the advantage gained by educating the people...
...Before the war the strength of the navy was 60,000, and it is expected that for a considerable period we shall keep a force of about 225,000. This great increase will require some new source of trained officers. All the present naval appropriations will expire on the 30th of June, and unless Congress is called in special session before then, there will be no funds with which to operate the navy. For this reason, we have to be extremely careful in all expenditures, and can take no steps toward the establishment of naval units or the increase...