Army pay, conscription fears push drafts, 1907 report
The Adjutant General's annual war report warns of mass desertions tied to low army pay and hard duties. It urges higher regular pay or conscription if pay reforms fail, noting 58,995 troops and 8890 officers short of strength, plus widespread public calls for policy changes.
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Ainsworth
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War Department
Congress
Agricultural Opportunities at the University of Wisconsin
President Chas R Van Hise argues agriculture offers the surest easy and profitable openings in higher education. He notes a wave of farm consolidation and rising demand for graduates with four year training to supervise estates and manage dairies factories and farms. Ninety percent of short course graduates enter agricultural work, many on large farms dairying and seed or stock breeding.
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Chicago
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Tommy
Chas. R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
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