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Captain Beith, or Ian Hay, as he is known to the literary world, has had an active and varied service in the European war, enlisting not long after the outbreak of the struggle and spending six months of the fall and winter of 1914-15 in training at Aldershot with the raw material from which Lord Kitchener formed the "first hundred thousand." His regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was among the first sent to the front, and with others composed the first army sent to France by England, known as "the first hundred thousand" and also...
...book, 'The First Hundred Thousand," Ian Hay is best known in this country, although he is rapidly acquiring a reputation as a forceful speaker and lecturer. In this widely read work he graphically pictured the conditions in England at the outbreak of the war, and told of the length of time required to train a body of volunteers to the efficiency necessary in modern warfare. He has been granted a furlough by the British War Office to lecture in this country on England's part...
...community so unmilitary as Harvard University has been for many years naturally finds itself somewhat confused at the outbreak of war. There are as many different fields in the game of war for the young soldier as there are vocations for the young college graduate. Each day emphasis is laid on a new arm of the service that should be carefully developed before complete organization can be attained. It is little wonder that men in college feel the difficulty of choosing exactly the right military activity. Realizing this, the Committee on Military Affairs has already tabulated the varied departments...
...University and Freshman crew squads were formally disbanded yesterday by Coaches Haines and Beane, as it was thought unwise to attempt to continue the rowing in face of the outbreak of war. The boat houses are to remain open, however, and Coach Haines will be on hand every afternoon until further notice to give individual instruction. Shells will be made up and sent out every day at 6.30 o'clock, in order that those Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen who can spare the time may keep up their work in preparation for possible future seasons...
...meeting of the Phillips Brooks House cabinet it was voted to offer to the Cambridge Red Cross the privilege of establishing headquarters in the House in the event of an outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Germany. The Red Cross workers will be allowed the use of the rooms for making bandages and for other purposes, but the work of the Phillips Brooks House Association will continue as usual...