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...difficulty of choosing exactly the right military activity. Realizing this, the Committee on Military Affairs has already tabulated the varied departments of the army and navy, and has asked men to sign up for the line of work they are best fitted for. Tonight, in Emerson J, Professor Johnston will further explain the different forms of military service. The many who have some particular bent, either mechanical or scientific, should not fail to hear Professor Johnston's advice which will help each one to solve his own individual problem of how best to serve his country in time...
Professor Robert Matteson Johnston, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, will speak on "Forms of Military Service" in Emerson D Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Professor Johnston will explain the different forms of service open to University men, showing how there is an opportunity for all to serve. He will also take up the compulsory system, showing how impossible a volunteer system is for raising an army of the size that is now used. He will also discuss man power and practical efficiency. After the lecture he will answer questions...
...lines along which students may be of service, and any questions by men who are considering becoming chaplains, officers, ambulance drivers or Y. M. C. A. workers will be fully answered. Among those who are scheduled to speak are Captain Cordier, Dr. A. P. Fitch '00, Professor R. M. Johnston, A. Beane '11 and C. Wyche '18. D. H. Corley, gr.Dv., will preside...
...circular is being sent to all graduates and undergraduates of the University in Cambridge by Professor R. M. Johnston, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, urging them to use their special abilities in case of war rather than enlist as a private. This leaflet will to some extent take the place of the census that has been taken in other colleges. It advises all men to endeavor to qualify as officers rather than enlist as privates. Men of special training are to use that training in case of war. The circular enumerated some of the branches in which expert...
...February 12 a Committee on Military Affairs was appointed to organize and correlate all the University plans for military preparedness. The committee is composed as follows: Professor Robert Matteson Johnston, chairman; Dean Roscoe Pound, Professor Charles Jesse Bullock, Professor Richard Pearson Strong, Professor Hector James Hughes, Professor Julian Lowell Coolidge, Professor John Warren, Professor Theodore Lyman, Captain Constant Cordier, Frederick Gallup Coburn...