Word: young
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Ambulance Driving: American Ambulance Field Service, George Young, 40 State Street, Boston, or Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, Ralph M. Wortly '19, Randolph...
...bond of ever-lasting union between America and England must be further yoked by the youth of our nations to make a guarantee to the generations of the future of absolute freedom. It is upon the young men that the fate of any nation rests. When the war first struck England, our college men, many of whom were already officers in the army, were immediately put into action. They were among the first sent to France. To them belongs the honor of breaking the rush of the enemy. It was a critical moment and they responded nobly. Many were killed...
...believed, however, that the young men of this nation are not yet of such timid heart that the remoteness of the call to service may cheer them. If they are, if those ten million men will regard the twentieth part chosen as unfortunate, and the twentieth part will lament the injustice of a fate that calls them to the road of courage, then five hundred thousand drafted men were worth less than the English first army, volunteers for which almost fought for the opportunity to fight...
...congratulated upon being identified with such a magnificent corps of future officers of the American army as I saw at Harvard this afternoon. The West Point cadets and they have impressed me most favorably, and I know that the French officers can do much toward helping these magnificent young men to lead their troops victoriously in France. The appearance of the Harvard Corps that I saw today was superb, and I admired their discipline and military carriage...
...noteworthy that those who are proclaiming against the injustice of the new taxes are willing enough that young men go forth to die for the cause of the nation. Such young men are making a sacrifice beyond which man in all his generosity...