Word: wishes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Captain Stewart Heintzelman, U. S. A., commander of the Princeton battalion, believes that all educated men should learn the task of leading in war and thinks that the drill the battalion will undergo will be beneficial to the men in preparing them for whatever branch of the service they wish to enter. He made the following statement in the Princetonian...
...speaking of the unit Captain Cordier stated, "I hope to have over 1,000 duly enrolled in the Training Corps when the registration closes next Wednesday night. With respect to the summer training I also wish to state that if at the end of the academic year, peace is assured, it is not my intention to hold any member of the training corps to that clause of the agreement which he signs that obligates him to attend the summer camps...
...accordance with instructions from the War Department Captain Cordier has already made application for the discharge from the militia of certain men who are both in Military Science 1 and in some organization of the state militia. Any undergraduates who are at present in the militia and who wish to join the officers' unit for the second half-year should hand in their names to Captain Cordier...
...fact that should appeal particularly to undergraduates is the great advantage this immediate instruction will give them in obtaining commissions in the reserve army. Any others who wish to be officers without first joining a volunteer force will have to wait until other officers' training schools, similar to the one established here, are formed by the War Department. The establishment of such schools necessarily would be delayed owing to the scarcity of available officers and necessary equipment. The citation of the advantages of the training to be given in the unit ought not to be necessary now. Harvard men know...
...enrolling now in this reserve may serve immediately such part (not less than three weeks) of the required three months in four years if they wish; such men are likely to be assigned to duty on board U. S. S. Virginia or some other battleship in the Navy Yard, living on board and receiving the annual retainer fee of $12; a $30 allowance for clothing and the same pay as that provided for men in the Navy on active duty of corresponding rating...