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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Enlistment in this contingent will be for the duration of the war. The units have been thrown open to members or graduates of the University who have slight physical disqualifications barring them from other service. Minor defects in sight and feet will probably be over-looked...
...date 350 men have applied for admission to the Reserve Officers' Training Corps since enlistments were thrown open after the spring recess. The new cadets enrolled will be assigned to provisional companies, each of which will be placed in charge of a sergeant-in-structor of the regular army. These companies will form a provisional battalion under the command of Captain Bowen, who is to supervise the instruction of these units. The incoming cadets will be distributed so as to equalize the strength of the companies...
When the Turks began the attack on Van, they met an armed resistance from the Armenians who were able to obtain weapons of any kind. Bombs were thrown into Van by the Turks, but the Armenian women patrolled the city and rushed up to the bombs before the fuses had burned to the powder, and after extinguishing the flame, used the powder for the shells, which were used against the Turks. After 28 days of continual fighting, the Turks decided that it would be impossible to overcome the Armenian resistance quickly, and on hearing that the Russians were coming...
...Corps will be thrown open to new men immediately after the Easter recess. Professor Greenough, aid for assignments, is making careful preparation to handle the recruits in order that 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...
...long sacrifice fly to Percy, Henderson, who had reached third on an error and a passed ball by Stephens, tallying on the throw-in. The regulars scored their only run in the seventh, when Bond was passed by Garritt, stole second, and reached home. Percy was thrown out at first...