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...majors will be worn on the shoulder straps of the coat as follows: 2nd lieutenant, one disk on each shoulder strap; 1st lieutenant, two disks on each shoulder strap; Captain, three disks on each shoulder strap; Major, one diamond on each shoulder strap. (c) Non-commissioned officers will wear the service chevrons prescribed for like grades in the Army...
...Shorlock Holmes, has at last been solved. Sergeant Hill lives. On the hill-sides of Ayer he is making soldiers and dazzling the future Hun-slayers by the brilliancy of his solutions. The Government has realized how able a soldier he is, and now no longer does he wear chevrons but glories, in the rank of 1st Lieutenant, U. S. A. Walinski has attained the same position, though McGowan is still asking foolish questions in a vain effort to be "squelched...
...Dartmouth corps will not wear the regulation army uniform, but will be uniformed distinctively, with badges on the hat and collar. Until the close of the football season the football squad will be given three hours intensive work on Monday afternoons instead of six hours throughout the week, later entering the regular companies. The war department has sent the college 200 rifles, bayonets and scabbards for the use of the Corps...
...Darkly, for it is apparent to all that while we shall attain to the success of the most successful, we shall never equal the mediocrity of those who have failed to stir the world. We shall never grow bald-headed or over-weight as some graduates do, or wear nose-glasses and starched collars, or carry umbrellas...
...might laugh, for the world has turned so very topsy-turvy, and the badges of last year seem so idle now. But we may believe that before another spring has come again there will be some among those who now wear the unadorned service cap, that will be worthy of the cross of honor, and these, our young men who have striven so earnestly for success in athletics or managerships or papers, will be honored for the accomplishment of more unselfish service, and the fulfillment of deeds better done...