Records Military Training Commission A0401. Administrative Reports and Correspondence on Physical Training and Military Instruction, 1917- 1921.
Some correspondence is alphabetical by name of correspondent.
The series consists of correspondence, reports, statistics, and instructional material produced and collected by the Military Training Commission in carrying out its mandate to provide physical and military training for boys during the World War I era. The commission was created by Chapter 566 of the Laws of 1916 to provide military and disciplinary training to boys 16 through 18 years of age. Its chairman was the Major General commanding the National Guard ex officio, John F. O'Ryan. In 1917 Finley made a trip to France at the request of the Regents to study how the French school system provided physical and military training to its youth. The commission's secretary was Thomas C. Stowell.