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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...definitely known to have been decorated by the Italian governenmt. These men sailed for Europe soon after the close of the special examinations held last spring. They were enrolled to serve a maximum period of six months and should accordingly all be back in the early part of December. Word has recently been received from the Red Cross headquarters in Italy, however, that thirty men are returning via Paris. The cablegram does not state whether any of them are members of the University...
...Word has been received from Camp Devens that the entire number of men comprising the special University detail to the cantonment have qualified in the work done. In bayonet training J. S. Higgins '20, N. L. Harris '19 and C. P. Anderson '21 were given the rating of instructors and J. R. Quarles 1G, R. Pierce '19, M. A. Rogers '19 and B. N. Suravitz '19 that of assistant instructors...
...name of John Radford Abbot '14, included in the Memorial Society's Honor Roll as published yesterday, has been withdrawn from the list, as word was received yesterday from his father that he is still alive...
...Word was received Wednesday from Camp Devens that it will be impossible for the authorities there to make provision for training the 32 men who were to have left for Ayer next Monday for special instruction in bayonet fighting and grenades. As a result, the Second Devens Detail will be given up, and the men who were to compose it now have the option of attending the Plattsburg Under-Age Camp or not, as they...
...honor is due those men who are in the active service of their country. A word of consolation may be given, in addition to undergraduates, who, unable to serve their country for at least the present, must be satisfied with the daily routine of college work. It is difficult to give up one's time and perhaps life to the hardships of active warfare. It is equally difficult, however, to attend lectures on Indic Philology or to discuss the embryology of vertebrates with the Germans driving on Amiens. The man in college today is serving a hard apprenticeship...