Word: well
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...zone; to have as accurate knowledge as possible of the probability of occurrence of severe cold; of sudden thaws; of heavy rains; of great heat; of high winds--all this is a very essential element in planning a campaign or in organizing a single engagement. Picked troops, discipline, a well-organized system of transport, proper clothing--in short, all that goes to make up the most efficient military organization, is of supreme importance. But we must recognize the fact that the weather is by no means the least important of the many external factors which control military campaigns...
...snap and precision that usually comes of longer training. The only blot on an otherwise impressive review was the small army of obnoxious street urchins who persisted in making themselves conspicuously objectionable. Captain Cordier and his officers are to be congratulated, for the splendid showing made yesterday augurs well for the efficiency of the Unit after three months of intensive training...
...present international struggle, a bit of history will not be out of place. When the Spanish-American war broke out, Porto Ricans looked to this country as their liberator, and a wave of Americanism swept across the country. We tried hard to become Americans in thought as well as in fact. A slight glance at our legislation between 1900 and 1904 will convince anyone of the truth of this statement. We went as far as to give more importance to English than to our own language, Spanish, in our schools. The Republican Party, with its belief in statehood...
...Reserve Officers Training Corps went through its first drill as a unit and its first regimental review on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon and showed by its excellent appearance and well executed manoeuvers that the time spent in drilling the last two months has been well spent. It is true that the company fronts were not as even as they might have been and occasionally a corporal or a platoon leader would so disarrange his unit as to cause a moment's confuson, but taken all in all the performance was most creditable for so early in the year...
...they may be detailed to companies with as little confusion as possible. The military office force has been increased and it is stated that the expected 1,000 men will be assimilated with little difficulty. At present three army captains, six sergeants and 22 members of the Faculty, as well as Professor Greenough and Professor Lyman, the secretary and treasurer of the Corps, are devoting their time to the training of the men. The six French officers who sailed from France several days ago to assist in the drill work are expected to report for duty before...