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aeroplane American ammunition annual armor authorized aviation battalion batteries battle battleship Board Brigadier Bureau cable cadets camp Canal Captain cavalry cent charge Chief of Staff Coast Artillery Corps College Colonel command commissioned Congress division drill duty efficiency enemy Engineer enlisted equipment Field Artillery fire fleet force Fort Leavenworth Fort Monroe fortifications garrison Government grade guns harbor horse increased infantry instruction Island land Lieutenant maintained Medical Corps ment miles Military Academy mobile mortar mounted National Guard Naval Militia Oahu operations Ordnance Department organization Panama Canal peace Philippine Porto Rico prepared President projectile Quartermaster Corps range regiment Regular Army Reserve Corps rifle School seacoast Secretary Secretary of War Sergeant ships Signal Corps soldier squadron Staff Corps stations strength submarine supervision supply Surgeon tion torpedo Total transportation troops United United States Army United States Navy vessels War Department warships
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Page 19 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 209 - THE SCOUT LAW 1 . A scout is trustworthy. A scout's honor is to be trusted. If he were to violate his honor by telling a lie, or by cheating or by not doing exactly a given task, when trusted on his honor, he may be directed to hand over his scout badge. 2. A scout is loyal. He is loyal to all to whom loyalty is due: his scout leader, his home, and parents and country.
Page 222 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 209 - Helpful. — He must be prepared at any time to save life, help injured persons, and share the home duties. He must do at least one " Good Turn " to somebody every day. 4. A Scout is Friendly. — He is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout. 5. A Scout is Courteous. — He is polite to all, especially to women, children, old people, and the weak and helpless.
Page 209 - A scout is clean. — He keeps clean in body and thought, stands for clean speech, clean sport, clean habits and travels with a clean crowd.
Page 107 - The establishment of an Institution of this kind, upon a respectable and extensive Basis, has ever been considered by me as an object of primary importance to this Country...
Page 213 - On my honor I will do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Page 208 - To act in matters of voluntary relief and in accord with the military and naval authorities as a medium of communication between the people of the United States of America and their Army and Navy...
Page 111 - Appointments are required by law to be made one year in advance of the date of admission, except in cases where, by reason of death or other cause, a vacancy occurs which cannot be provided for by such appointment in advance.
Page 82 - Each gun or howitzer battery shall consist of one captain, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, one first sergeant, one supply sergeant, one stable sergeant, one mess sergeant...