Word: wood
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University battalion, the figures show a total of 992 volunteers. Last night the committee elected Wells Blanchard '16, of Concord, chairman, and a committee of two, composed of the chairman and Charles Carroll Lund '16, of Boston, to go to New York tomorrow to confer with General Leonard Wood about plans for the organization...
General Leonard Wood, M'84, chief-of-staff of the United States army, stated yesterday, when interviewed by telephone by members of the Military Preparedness Committee of the University, that he would endeavor to have a special officer detailed to drill the University battalion and to have the men's equipment supplied by the War Department, provided 400 men should sign up for the proposed Harvard Volunteer Battalion before Friday night at 6 o'clock. The committee has consequently placed blue-books in Leavitt & Peirce's, the Union, Memorial Hall, and the Freshman Dormitories in which men may enlist...
...delegates will be sent to New York Saturday to confer further with General Wood and report the enthusiasm of the University in the matter as evidenced by the number of men who have enrolled by that time. The committee will hold a meeting tomorrow night to discuss the practical problems of the plan and to instruct the delegates who will consult General Wood...
Four hundred volunteers for the proposed Harvard Battalion must be enlisted by Friday. If the delegates who are going to New York to interview General Wood on Saturday can report that this number has enrolled, the success of the battalion is assured, as General Wood will then endeavor to provide an officer for drill and equipment free of charge...
...measure of military preparedness is now being considered by a large number of educational institutions, and plans are under way for the establishment of such a camp on the grounds of St. Paul's School at Concord. All the plans have been made under the direction of General Leonard Wood '84, with whom numerous conferences have been held, and the encampment probably will be held there during next July, with 400 boys from all parts of New England. The duration of the training will be about a month, and the cost to each attending will be about $50 a month...