Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
Service School Instruction
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Members of the National Guard OF
the state of Maine will be interested
in the following general order from
the War Department. relative 10 the
attendance at service schools OF MEM
bers If the organized militia, and
,,h;ch has been issued from the office
NJ tho adiutant general at Augusta un-
dor the title of General Orders No. 1:
General orders No PAT.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Washington, December 20, 1909.
py direction of the President, the fol-
lowing regulations governing the at
tendance of enlisted men of the organ.
ized militia of the several States and
Territories and the District of Column
bia as students at service schools. as
contemplated in Section 1G of the Mill
tia Law. arc published:
Enlisted men of the organized
militia of suitable qualifications may
attend and pursue regular courses of
instruction. when facilities therefor are
available. at the service schools for en-
listed men announced by the War De-
partment as being comprised in the
military educational system of the
United states.
9 In order to be eligible for detail
10 atterd a service school enlisted men
of the organized militia must he ct-
zcns of the United States. of sound
health. of good moral character, and
must have such educational qualifica
tons as will enable :them to partic-
pate proftably in 0he regular course
of instruction at the school.
3. AS a necessary preliminary to OBJ
tanning permission jo attend a service
school enlisted me1 of the organized
Secretary of War by the governors of
their respected States or Territories or
by the commanding general of the mil
tia of the District of Columbia. The
recommendation in each case should
be accompanied "a by information as
to the age and citizenship of the appi-
can't the length of hf service in the
militia, the course sne,Hssires to pursue,
the length of time heragrees to devote
to it, his educational qualifications.
and his experiences and instruction. if
any. in the kind of work for which he
requests instruction; ca by an agree
ment signed by the applicant that in
the event he is detailed to attend a
service school he will attend and pur-
sue a regular course of study thereat,
and will be bound by and conform TO
the rules and discipline imposed by
the regulations for the school, and CD
by satisfactory evidence that the ap-
plicant is of sound health and of good
moral character.
rhn IN the pOEprGne NJ
ON account of enlisted men of the or
rapized militia attending a service
school is limited strictly to the travel
allowance. quarters. and subsistence
providcd for them in section IS of the
Militia Law.
g. Enlisted men of the organized MI
Iitia attending II service schooi must
provide themselves with the proper un-
iforms of the organizations to which
they belong
G. Certificates of proficiency VIII ne
given to enlisted men of tho organized
militia in those subjects of the courses,
that they pursue which may he salts
factorily completed by them or in
which they pass satisfactory cHa'hiaa-
tons at a service school.
7. If any enlisted men OF the organ
lied militia attending service school
show inability to take the prescribed
course with profit. or neglect their
school work. or disregard, orders or
show Themselves as Deing' otherwise
unsuitable tn remain at the school. the
commandment thereof will make fun re-
port of such fact, to the adJutant gem
cral of the army as soon as practical
bic.
s. When enlisted men of the or
ganizcd militia are relieved from at
tendance at service school the com
mandant thereof will inform the adju-
tant general OF the army as to the sub
iects Of the course in which such enlis-
ted men are proficient, with "a view to
conveying information to that effect to
the governors of the respective States
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