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...parallel to this can be found by taking the case of a man in business. He enlists or is drafted into the service. When he returns, his old position is waiting for him. That is the job he knows. He isn't suddenly pushed ahead without further experience. What a business concern does, the University is doing. She is welcoming back her sons in their old positions, not shoving them forward to ones which would be unfair both to them and herself...
...wheeled, directing the batteries on our poor tired devils, dropping bombs and spitting machine gun bullets. Then, about 4 in the afternoon we ran into a machine gun nest which wouldn't give in. One company tried to smash it, failed and fell back. We took up the job. We reduced its fire and charged and were thrown back, and then, while trying to reform the line, some great ton of steel lit on my head and down I went. I thought it was a 77 which had gone on through, and I waited for it to explode. As nothing...
...vigil little by little relaxed, the crews ceased to open fire on every inoffensive porpoise, and the Navy Department began to build 110-footers to go abroad and do our fighting there. Just when all was serene and quiet the Teuton struck and as usual he did a thorough job. About ten United States ships have gone to the bottom and still the U boats are at large...
...first impulse in such a misfortune is to blame someone, and in this case we are wont to ask why the Navy had not put guns on these ships and why our patrol boats were not on the job. Such questioning is ridiculous and unnecessary. There has been no reason to mount guns on coastwise ships and the Atlantic ocean is too large to be completely covered by patrols. When the submarines succeed in such a surprise attack we must be philosophical and not get panicky. In the Spanish War people gave up their homes on the seashore and trooped...
...must do the best we can. As we cannot give "instant and willing obedience to every order" automatically, every man must keep strictly on the job and give the closest attention all the time. We have the chance today to retrieve the good reputation of the corps and make a finish that will enable the observers, however critical, to say, "We were impressed...