The Cook County herald., 1903-04-04
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The United States stan coll<ge -:
nov an esta blished part Of our uxili-
tary educational system, and In the
opinion OF the army It H. one of the
greatest Of al the great Improvements.
effected by the present secretary zof:
war, says Washington report. n. /.
In this connection II is interesting
to note that Japan, in spite OF the fact
that she entered, the international.
arena in competitions with the worlds
great nations only within . decade or
two. has posssssed star college
since 1851 8, Y. r.. - =
1t was modelled originally after the
Prussian star college, and has had
some prominent German officers on
duty ~ instru{%rs. Three years after
its organization the great German su-
thority on tactics, Maj. (now Maj:
Cen.) Nickel came in that capae-
ity and remained for four years, dur
ing which time he placed the institt-
ton On 4 firm foundation and intro
duced Kriegsspiel and general star
rides OF instruction, besides reorgan-
izing the entire japanese army: He
was followed by the two German ON
Gers who afterward rose to the rank
OF major general. -
It, directors have also been prom
inent. men In the, japanese army;
among them, the present minister Of
war and governor general Of Formoss,
the late Chief Of the General Stan
Kawakami, the present 'commanders
OF the Eighth and Ninth divisions, and
the present assistant chief Of the gen.
eral stan.
The course 10 three years and orig
inally only Is lieutenants were admit
ted in class, but this number has
been gradually increased, until to-day
so are admitted annually. -
One of the important festures:6 the
return of stan officers and students to
line duty. The course each year begins
on December and ends early in June,
but from August till the end Of Octo-
Der the students are sent to the Va
rious arms Of the service to learn the
duties of branches other than their
own and to take part in the fall ma
neuvers, besides doing duty at forti-
hcations and artillery target practice
and on battleships. At the end Of the
three years course all the students
take part in the general stan rides Of
instruction, and are then. ordered back
TO their own arm Of the service. .
The graduates receive a medal worn,
like an: order; on the uniform; and the
,irst Ave OF: six are presented by the
emperor with . sword of honor. .,*
Even the military Instructors ars p4-
dered to serve: for . time with.the ~
*Tious arms Of the services /. IT,, |t;;f x;i:
:: = AfterSa yearts servies with troops
the best Of the 9raduates=a are ordered
to duty in the general stan, and after
one or two years are permanently as
signed to the general staff corps.
The subjects of study are tactics lin
eluding naval tactics), military his
tory, general staff duty Organization,
naneuvers, mobilization, supply Of
armies, transportation Of troops. etc., },
military geography, artillery and
small arms, Notifications, attack and
defense Of Notifications. administra-
tion, military hygiene, law, riding,
languages, general history, general
geography, Mathematics and topog.
raphy, and sketching.
The general star 'ridss eovsr % OF
50 miles.
The interest taken IN this school 10
evidenced by the fact that, although
only officers Of At least two year, serv-
ice with their regiments are eligible,
and then only upon the recommends
tion OF their immediate superiors, at
least 100 come UP annually for the en-