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During more than 200 years, from 1700 on, there seem to have been about 150 cases, up to the present war, in which states have resorted to hostilities. Some of these instances were in the nature of civil wars. In the entire list of wars, however, there are less than 15 formal declarations, and less than one-half of these were made prior to the outbreak of hostilities. It is only since the Hague Conference of 1907 that a declaration prior to hostilities has been regarded as essential. The Congress of the United States even in 1898, in declaring...
...present time it is well to recall the part played by Harvard in the three great wars of our history--the Revolution, Civil and Spanish wars. The courage and loyalty shown by Harvard men in three great conflicts are an inspiration in these days of uncertainty...
Likewise in the Civil War the sons of Harvard faithfully supported the cause in which they believed. Altogether 1,311 men took part in the war, 404 serving as enlisted men and noncommissioned officers, 776 as commissioned officers, 120 as commissioned officers in the navy, and 11 as seamen and warrant officers. Of this number 559 were promoted, which demonstrates that Harvard men had done their duty with courage and fidelity...
...District proposition. The First District is the local one. It extends from Eastport, Me., to Chatham on the Cape. Captain Rush is in charge of this district and has power to enroll anybody who would be useful on the war slate of his naval district. This embraces patrol boats, civil engineers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers...
...months ago civil strife broke out in the social ranks at Princeton. An influential group of sophomores announced that they would not accept invitations to the senior societies and declared war on the entire club system as extravagant, demoralizing and undemocratic. Since then more than seventy of their classmates have taken the same stand. On last Wednesday the struggle entered a new phase, when seven prominent seniors resigned from their clubs and joined the insurgent sophomores, as an open and vigorous protest against the system which they could not reform from the inside...