New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-15
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.
Washington. December H.

WASHINGTON December H.
REFORM DEMANDED IN lNSrKC W -, ,sn
- MILITARY emergency, besides Its rehar OH TIC
National Guard the Army INDUCES IN great eN
nectations from those colleges wiz" 49, ,.,,ad
a1y,rtage OF having Regular Army officers de'aiieu
49, ,,,,,Io, duty Last year such colleges en-
-orod about fourteen Thousand students VINO were
organized under military discipline. MANY u ne
voung men are declared TO be fairy wen prep"ie"
~ assume the functions Of officers OF Voiun'eet'
and the War Department looks upon ue''' " OF
,mnortont factor In National defence Inc system,
r ,a,o- considered altogether undeveoped. and
,to,or Sanger Assistant Inspector-Generai Vi ''e
ARMY has made a report from MS eNperIe"o -.
specting such colleges. which Is no" oeio'o .a,
,arv Alger and which is expected 10 ieao u " ca
desirable reforms calculated 10 increase VI
o,ercv Of college details Of officers by asSs'',e
them to institutions which make proper use VI wv
ror,urities afforded Major Sangers essenia'
commands are contained In the following Pa
cronhs which have had General BrecKihr'os0' "
dorsement: . 90 oo o1o IN
when we consider the large amo vernment 10 the
arricultra colleges the amount inves,eI ,o " over
no" w. salaries and allowances OF the AFIns
Scrs Who have been engaged In this GUY st''C 81
tF ,os "a we NAV form some idea OF the Peiu ,
Interests OF the Goyernment IN me ne impart military
n,nr 10 the youth OF this country Lnar s y
has se ShG k RSSF Gne facts other
Few WIN one can deny the wisdom Of the legisia
ton or the plain duty OF th2 M only but
In every one TO which an officer Oh o among all
ha detailed There is a natural tehHenfTs o,diers 10
classes OF our people not patnrai CROUCH. for
shirk military duty IT Is naturn ,ttie or no prep
no, 9,I m ws2 n Pao %s IS upon FOLLOW
make dollars do for discipline as wen DO iO'
other that I, Is the duty OF every citizen 20
Inc "e 10 defence OF the country has IN unies
mast enrolled hundreds OF thousands NJ With the
citizens IN IN, the ne. Enthusiasm which has prompted
he move nent and being unsuslaneu - ~ foiloued in
struggling absence and deser.SS' These are grave
eEe,y q, oSances In all armies in AL countries anu
have been so from the beginning oscauSe % Mil
demoralzIng and dsintes soIleres can do a great
deal toward the suppression OF tnese n min
future by the incubation OF ,Sis the Colleges must
Sn protected against the malingeTIhhB ~ tbem
which they exposed ana 10 w rs origin in our
yeIfH, ob to lack OF preparation disclosed oy INC
civil War must receive dinete n ntetIte Of 1866
IL - ocontemplate the detail OF an onicer 70 any
,nstituon at which there were Tess .ia on nf ,ham
dred and fifty male h s1 1 by the college
pmyhnrties from drill that at any nstiia' h 70
When an officer might be sent there wou'u 10 "o
pTaSt iS ~, colleges to which officers were detailed
last year fortyefve had less than one nund hd
students under there has been no
ns ,rs organization and drill. which are the
principal in fact the only m gIseIen ne for unks
Oh .,e otber military accomplishments to whch
men are born discipline must be learned gu, III;
In, nv orr experence I'm dealing with the suoJect
through a period OF thirty-nve yea 1s, are
statute Of 1882 and ts9se enaG'e Construction
gest such q notification as Will unit inc 80 one
Officers to institutions having not less ina" o"o