translate English to French: The Volunteers Turning to those 3,000 Natives who had already volunteered, as in the First World War, most served in the infantry, perhaps primarily because a lower educational standard was required there, compared with other branches of the service, but also perhaps because its demands were best suited to many of them.
Thomas George Prince, certes le combattant amérindien le plus célèbre des temps modernes, avait été cadet de l’armée lors de ses brèves années au pensionnat d’Elkhorn (il parvint à la huitième année, mais « ne put aller plus loin parce que nous étions sans argent »).