Word: non
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...course will consist of class work, practice with four British 75's and other pieces, and training in horsemanship. A great number of guns, 90 horses, 16 non-commissioned officers and 36 privates will be detailed by the Government for each unit of 200 men recruited in the Princeton Unit. The ultimate object is to form a battalion. Major J. E. McMahon, former instructor at West Point and Camp Taylor will be Commandant of the Unit...
...Eliot's specific proposals for organizing a national army, we are inclined to accept them in substance, with some few reservations, particularly in regard to his idea of a non-paid army. It has long been a serious problem of national policy to find means for providing a better distribution of educational opportunities among the masses of the American people. For that reason we would propose, in conjunction with the military training at the various depots throughout the country, a well ordered and thorough course in industrial education which shall afford to men of suitable capacity and inclination an opportunity...
...non-commissioned officers of the different units were also remembered...
There are a few men who delude them selves in the belief that the years spent in the University will be time lost. The attention of these men is called to the fact that the proportion of non-college, men who really succeed in life is rapidly becoming infinitely small. Inherent ability without scientific training is becoming of less importance each year. The few exceptions to this rule which still exist merely serve to prove that the man without a college training is the real man without a chance. Do not become one of them. Choose the road which leads...
...sewage disposal plants are already being put in order, cities are being cleaned, and the general processes of rehabilitation are said to be under way. Naturally this burden is falling upon the Engineer Corps of the army which in peace times has been in the habit of engaging in non-military enterprises, but the officers of the Sanitary Corps have been working with the engineers. It is not likely that the personnel of the Sanitary Corps will be increased; on the contrary, it will be decreased. Consequently, the special courses in sanitary engineering which were being organized in the School...