The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-29
The MILITARY
TRAINING SCHOOL.
First Meeting Of Board or 1rus-
tees Held Monday Night.
Chancellor Virgins Elected President
Principal of School DecIdef on,
but His Name 10 Not
Given Out.

The first meeting of the incorporators
and Board of Trustees OF the Column
bia Military Academy was held at the
Tulane Hotel in Nashville Monday
night. and an organization was
effected. Those present were Chancellor
J. H. Kirkland. of Vanderbilt; Vice
Chancellor b. L. Virgins. of the Uni
yersity of the South, United States
District Attorney A. M. Tillman,
Adjutant General II. II. Hannah, State
Superintendent of Public instruction
Seymour A. Mynders E. E. Barthell,
of Nashville, and W. E. Bostick, of
Columbia.
The Nashville American publishes
the following account OF the meeting:
The bill transferring the arsenal
property of the United States Govern
Inent, at Columbia. to the Military
Academy has received the signature of
the President but the formal transfer
of the property cannot be made until
the trust imposed by the act shall be
accepted by the corporation. A reso-
luton formally accepting the property
with the trusts imposed by an act of
Congress was passed by the Board and
will lie forwarded 10 the Secretary of
War at once.
The Board elected the following off
GERS B. L. Virgins, President S.
a. Mynders, Vice President; A. M.
Tillman. Secretary and Treasurer. A
committee on Bylaws. composed of
Messrs Hannah, Barthell and Bostick,
was appointed.
Under the terms of the act of Con-
gress ceding the property at Columbia
the Secretary of War reserves the right
to prescribe the course of military in
struction and to appoint the command
ant of the institution. The right is
also reserved by the Secretary of War
to visit the school either in person or
by representative for the purpose of
inspecting it and to prescribe any Jules
or regulations governing the military
feature which may be deemed neces
sary. For these reasons the institu
ton will be in closer touch with and |
nearer under the supervision of the
War Department than any other insti |
tuition in the South. 1t is the ambition |
of the promoters of the academy to |
make it the West Point of the South.
The Government of the United States
is ready and ANXIOUS to assist the in
stitution in every way possible. All
ARMS and necessary military equip
ment will be furnished by the Govern
ment.
Ghe institution will be great pre-
school with the military fea-
lure, and its graduates will be entitled to
admission to ali OF the universities of
the country without further examina-
tion.
While the principal of the school was
definitely decided upon at Mondays
meeting the announcement of his name
will be withheld from the public until
after the formal transfer OF the prop ,
,rty has been made. 1t has not been
settled when the institution
viii be formally opened, but the open
ng will PROBABLY occur next autumn
not then, the year following. The
company of United States regulars Y
tatiOned at the arsenal have not been 1
withdrawn and the Secretary of War
las asked the Trustees to allow them a
he use OF the buildings until some T
disposition of them can be made
after the soldiers are withdrawn it r
will take some time to put the build n
ags IN condition for the school, as heat T
ny aud lighting apparatus will have
, be installed and some of the buildings
Gifted and remodeled. The cost of r.
utblnS In1nSS IN shape Will exceed !
ri. 900, but the announcement was :
lade after the adjournment of the I
leeting Monday that all the necessary
ands were in hand NJ
The incorporators are enthusiastic II
1er the prospects for the institution p
I'd believe that it can be made one IL
the greatest of the kind in the coun- Of
y. The property which will be given +
'em by the United States Government
magnificent one, the buildings N
one costing nearly $3.50, 000 The ir
-ounds contain sixty six acres and th
he situation is ideal la
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