The sun., 1894-11-11
SOLDIER DRILL FOR BOYS.
a MILIrARY COMPANY IVA BRooK.
LPN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
rt Is CsIiea ths Americas Gunrs and Fos
ters PatriOtisrs Resides MAKING the
boys Better students-Mr. Feiter urs
zee Military TrafniuE IN as schools

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Public School 15 at Third avenue and schcr-
me-horn street. Brooklyn, Ths organizer 10
| william l.. Feltcr. the principal OF the
schcUi. VINO has long tried 10 get the Brooklyn
Board Of Education to adopt course OF military
| training In the oity's public schools Individual
| members OF the Board have assured Mr.. Felter
| Of their belief in the benefits TO be derived from
| such n course. but as a body the Board has dons
nothing. and so the principal has started ahead
on his own hook. lie homes for results 30 good
| that the Board viii order the organization Of
| similar bodies in oil the public schools.
| Public School Is has ALWAYS been Interested
| In military affairs since battalion was organ
| ized there by Dir. Herman s. johnson TO take
part in the parades to celebrate Frances presen-
| tatlon 10 this country Of the Statue OF Liberty
| go interested did the pupils become In their
| Bnrtholdl Battalion-it was named after the
| famous sculptor-thnt 1t was made permanent
| ranization, and the younR soldiers were sup
| FILED with neat peaked hats and wooden guna,
and were drilled three afternoons week in this
Thirteenth Regiment Armory. until they be-
cnmo expert In manmuvfes and In the
| tnanun, Of arms. About q year ago the battalion,
which had attracted tho attention OF members
of tho militia by its eoderiike bearing. accept.
Cd tho offer OF the Thirteenth Regiment to be-
come part OF that body, and since then has been
known as tho Thirteenth Regiment Ca
Diet Corps. This left the school without
military organization, and when Prof.
Feltcr took charge Of tho school he galloped
right into the affections OF tho pupils by an
nouncing that he intended organizing another
military body in short time. He stated thPt
only boys who obtained n certain degree Of ex-
ceilcncc In their studies, and whose record for
department was right up TO the mark. would 10
permitted TO wear the uniform Of the new mill
tary body, a statement which met tho approval
of all the boys nnd has resnlted in wonderful
improvement among them in their studies and
behavior.
In September last, at tho beginning Of tho
school term the American Guard was formally
organized by Mr.. Felter. who took the title Of
Colonel, and to-day there arc nearly 100
members two-thirds OF whom nre fully
equipped with uniforms and arms. They
are divided into three companies, two Ot
which have Captains. The other officers have
not yet been chosen. because in n few weeks the
Guard will be increased by nesrlya hundred
new members. The boys who are not members
OF the Guard are struggling desperately with
their studies in order to reach the perfection
which will make them eligible for admission, abd
OH the whole the good effect the organization Of
the body has had on the school is remarkable,
and from him and MIR. Fritcr the boys are re
modelled after the schooi-boy organization
with the came name in this city. OF which Pub
The only physical qualifications for adinission
to the Guard are that the boy shall be At least
In addition. each boy must purchase p uniform,
which costs So and a hat. which costs SO cents.
have yellow stripes down the sides. AN u';i-
forms, both Of officers and pryatcs. are -Nrrtly
their sleeves. VARYING in number according 10
ra1x: Every Friday afternoop or and every sat
Hours Sts present. @ they they are using ,hs 'Se Wooden
guns which the old Bartholdi Battalion carried,
with regulation, eight pound mnsEcts.' T'koso
muskets VIII probably ee furnished by the State,
have become Interested in the new organizn:ion,
and have assured Mr.. Fciter that there will he
no difficulty In getting an appropriation far the
The two Gaptains already In uniform are
gained them the rank which they hold.
EStTg Se
and Major Muir will be elected by his fellows
studies he is up to the mark. As soon as in de-
Pertinent or studies any pupil falls below the
and keep, he will be dismissed from the Guard
until ne once more gets up to the marx and has
Of doing so by remaining among the top boys OF
his class for n MONTH
ton who is extremely interested In the new or
ganization is Charles +. Teall. He fayors the
Fl tsS yssP. SO ssh N es
training for young boys that he has made his own
son, son, who attends another school, member Of
:. The members OF the Guard have. regular du-
frd aHosmp fSs 4.ss @fS ns.R o s
made Ss. was that S q the patrol guard
appointed for Week at | tine % As % ther naS duties S
are performed before the assembling OF school.
Of tss School, snd at the
% tSs wdlS their wSoh m day hHng They
Military would Se dome mot bY wr
they see that the pupils enter the school build
nE IN ih sSe mSrnnEs anr In SIie. and orderly man
themselves, and that after school in the after
,oon % they do not release their exuberant spirits
Spilding 70 be out Of the reach OF military law,
ne member .S Of the patrol guard are selected
erye on this detail is an honor which all the
'oys % are constantly striving TO obtain.
American Guard are those OF color guard. The
'rganization owns handsome set Of colors. and
very morning the color guard march into tho
zig assembly room at the head OF the other
,Tpii; and place the c9lors beside The plano be-
he ceremony is much more elaborate II is the
p.ening OF the school week and the color guard,
hem and then spread them out In such fashion
hSt ln Every every inch Is displayed 70 the students.
YES s,S0s s,SDsing 2, e st5siEht raj ahead: ,,,
y Besini, cries Col Felter and up goe. ever,
ision. And with the hand at the head in
alutet the boys say together:
II pledge allegiance 10 my flag"
The salute Is then finished. and as the mom-
ers OF the color guard raise the nags In the air
ut the sparsIns ~ eSes Of H. bars silent sH spsa1s
esnt.np e9thpsiasm which the sight OF the
erSm9ny IS over the usual Exercises fs' sfs heId.
nd the school day is begun. Nearly every
lqnday visitors come 10 the school 90 see this
xercise. Ex-Mayor BOOdy. who is much inter-
sted IN the Guard. visited the school a week
go, and was highly pleased with the bearing Oh
is pupils and their silent tribute 10 the flag
The other daily function OF the color guard is
raise and lower the flag on the Schermerhorn
rect end Of the building. At g :46 O'Clock the
nard march 70 the nag pole and raise the flag.
3:O5 o'clock in the Afternoon they haul IL
own again. signal 10 the world that the
'hOol day is over. The salute 10 the nag as il
RAISED or hauled down makes a pretty sight
lu them IL alnaNa a crowd nHi lni III