Word: non
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...classes of articles: essentials and luxuries. Before the war the latter were very common. They are now becoming more scarce, as nations realize that they must economize and live on the bare necessaries of existence. The war has made economy the watch-word of human actions. The luxuries and non-essentials of society must be curtailed so that raw materials will not be drawn away from more useful channels of war production and so that labor will not be engaged in producing articles of no immediate value. The complexity of modern life and the need of preparing for after...
Finally, we must see that the war will some day end, and that at that time the status of peace with all its normal workings must be resumed. We must curtail all the non-essentials of ordinary life to as great an extent as the war demands. We must at all times remember, however, that in maintaining as much of a peace organization as is compatible with war-time needs, we will be effectively preparing for the future...
...Business as usual" is a fallacy of great detriment to the war's prosecution. An entire elimination of real and seemingly real non-essential production is equally out of place. War is not peace but it must not be made a negation of the advancement of modern civilization. For greater efficiency both at present and in the future a curtailment of luxuries must be carried on in a wholesome recognition of the refinements and practical needs of society. Discourage non-essentials, but appreciate these fundamental facts...
Lieutenant Morize will announce the details and assignments on the ground when he has conferred with the officers and non-commissioned officers...
...above named officers and non-commissioned officers formerly enrolled in Company C are transferred to the respective companies to which they are herein assigned...