U.S. Army Recruiting News

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Page 11 - Resolved, That every officer who holds or shall hereafter hold a commission or office from Congress shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : I do acknowledge the United States of America to be free, independent and sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the third, King of Great Britain...
Page 5 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 10 - Resolve, That General Washington shall be, and he is hereby, vested with full, ample, and complete powers to raise and collect together, in the most speedy and effectual manner, from any or all of these United States, sixteen battalions of infantry, in addition to those already voted by Congress...
Page 13 - Full information and application blanks may be obtained from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC, or the secretary of the board of US civil-service examiners at the post office or customhouse in any city.
Page 10 - Government and private mapping agencies, and in field operations, of maps of the theater of operations ; selection of sites and formation of plans and estimates for military defenses; construction and repair of fortifications and their accessories; the...
Page 6 - All officers so detailed shall serve for a period of four years, at the expiration of which time they shall return to duty with the line, and officers below the rank of lieutenant-colonel shall not again be eligible for selection in any staff department until they shall have served two years with the line.
Page 11 - KALB'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE I, John Baron de Kalb, Major General, do acknowledge the United States of America to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare, that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain; and I renounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him, and I do swear...
Page 10 - I , do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies...
Page 6 - Next of kin are not authorized to wear the lapel button for service. (2) Description. A button of goldcolor metal and consists of an eagle perched within a ring which displays 7 white and 6 red vertical stripes with a blue chief bearing the words "National Defense.
Page 1 - An amateur sportsman is one who engages in sport solely for the pleasure and the physical, mental or social benefits he derives therefrom, and to whom sport is nothing more than an avocation.

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