The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-25
HOW TO CARRY A GUN
Military instruction to Be Given in
the Schools by the G. A. R.
1T is BECOMING GENERAL
The Idea IL to Train the Young
Men In War Tactics and Teach
Them Lessons That
They'll Never Forget.

In a very short time military instruc-
ton will be given in the public schools
of Butte under the supervision and
direction of the Grand Army of the
Republic. The design of the Grand
Army is to introduce military training
In all public schools of cities having
more than 5000 inhabitants. The mat
ter has been agitated for several years
and for a year or more has been in
practical operation in some parts of
the country.
The matter of military instruction in
the public schools started with a reso-
luton offered by Lafayette Post No.
40. department of New York, intro
duced at the Twenty-seventh national
encampment OF the G.. A. r. Col. George
w. Wingate of No. 20 Nassau street,
New York city, was appointed special
aide-de-camp in charge. and he Is TAX
ing measures to secure an order in each
state to cooperate with him in this
work. Nearly a year ago the depart
ment commanders were called on to
send in as soon as possible recommend
atoms for aides-de-camp in the sew
eral departments. On Feb. 26 last, is
department aides for special work in
military instruction in the public
schools were appointed on April 26, IA
ments, were appointed and the work
of military instruction in the public
schools begun. Thomas c.. LAWYER, late
commendar in chief of the Grand
Army, saw the importance of this work,
and in a letter to the special aides,
says, He also considers the matter of
military instruction in public schools a
very important one. Where special
aides are appointed for this purpose in
many of the departments, and will
without doubt be appointed in all. the
aides-de- camp can render valuable as
sistance to these special aides in hav-
ing this matter thoroughly and proper
ly presented to the school boards
throughout the country"
The special aide in military instruc-
ton for the state of Montana has Just
been appointed in the person of Frank
p. Sterling of Wadsworth post. He has
received the following letter from de-
partment headquarters:
"Comrade Frank p. Sterling-You
will proceed to appoint a suitable as
sistant aide in each city of 5000 inhab-
itants or over in your state. Such as
sistant aides viii report to you the
number of boys in the public schools
of their respective cities of 10 years of
age and upwards.
They should give you such inform
alton as will be of use to you and to
sent to our commander-in-chiefa and to
the national encampment, detailed re-
ports of the situation throughout the
different towns in your state. If you
report to me at your earliest convent
ence of the names and postoffice ad-
dresses of the comrades which you may
select, after you receive recommended
tions from the local authorities, I will
make record of your assistant aides
to be retained at these headquarters
Your assistants aides should report
TO you the companies organized in their
respective schools. If there are no or
CARNATIONS, they will report to you the
possibilities and probabilities of what
may be accomplished in the near flu
ture i'm the way of organization. Have
them also report as to whether the
principals OF the respective schools are
male or female; also report to you who
can be made available in their city for
drill masters. and other information be
given upon the subject. They should
report to you monthly as to what is
being accomplished in their cities on
military instruction, as we'll as the
teaching OF civics."
1t is expected that Mr. Sterling will |
at once appoint his aides from the diff |
ferent cities in Montana, but this has |
not yet been done. There has already |
been a good deal of instruction in mill |
tary matters in the schools. without the |
direction of the Grand Army, but IL is |
expected that now military instruction |
will be pursued more systematically |
and thoroughly in all the schools The |
idea of the Grand Army is that AZ the /
school children are taught the rudi-
ments of military tactics, they will !
never forget II, and in case OF war at /
any time will he of value as soldiers |
with very little training. In European |
countries every man has TO bear arms |
for several years. The idea in this |
country is to teach military tactics TO |
the children so that, while they do not |
lose several years in serving in the |
army. they get some military training |
which will be OF inestimable value 10 |
this country in case IL is necessary to |
call on volunteers to defend this coun- |
try The movement is as yet in its in