Word: reservist
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...further discussion the French advanced the theory that "peacetime effectives" should not include warships, except those officially rated as "in service." Under this clause the largest navy in the world might be built and a complete "naval reservist" staff trained to man it-all ships being carefully kept "out of service." Upon the declaration of war, the running up of a few naval flags would put the fleet "in service" with a vengeance...
...President gave his formal assent to the presentation by Secretary Wilbur of the Navy Cross to Captain George Fried, a Naval Reservist, who was in command of the U. S. liner Roosevelt which rescued the crew of the British freighter Antinoe...
...Japan, hostile feeling toward the U. S. was fanned into flame by the Jingo press, reservist soldiers and Shinto priests. The latter, heads of the ancient religion of Japan, met in convention at the Meiji shrine, erected to the honor and glory of the father of the present Emperor, passed a resolution...
...Bucharest press announced that the Rumanian Army Command had decided to hold maneuvers in Bessarabia (TIME, April 14) during the Fall. In addition to the regular Army, all reservist officers and 100,000 recruits will take part. As possession of Bessarabia by Rumania is acutely disputed by Soviet Russia, the decision to hold maneuvers there was not thought tactful nor likely to lead to a peaceful solution of the Russo-Rumanian...
...five months out of five years" universal military training bill recently before Congress. This bill provides for four consecutive months of intensive training for every man between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one and two periods of two weeks each for every man when classed as a reservist. Although no definite amount of the cost of such a program was computed, it was estimated that the cost would be between three-quarters of a billion and one and one-half billions of dollars. "Our country," Mr. Roosevelt said, "is in no condition at present to stand an expenditure amounting...