Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-24
MOREHONORSFOR
MILITARY
SCHOOL
INSTITUTE AT ROSWELL GLASS
ED AMONG THE UPPER TEN
BY GOVERNMENT.


Washington, June IA. 1912.
Upon the report Of the chief oi
staff based upon the report of the
board of officers appointed for the
purpose of making the annual inspec
tion of educational institutions al
which officers of the army are detailed
as professors of military science anc
tactics, the following named institu
tions are announced as the ten whose
students have exhibited the greatest
application and proficiency in mill
tary training and knowledge. as con
templated by paragraphs 6, 80 and Ss
general orders No 2S1. 1909. and par
agraph 10, general orders. Nos. So
and IS, 1911, war department:
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas. College station, Texas.
Culver Military academy. Culver,
Ind.
New Mexico Military Institute, Ros-
well, N. NJ.
Norwich University, Northfield, VT.
Pennsylvania Military College,
Chester, Pa.
st. Johns Military Academy, Della
field, Wis.
st. Johns School, Manilus, N. Y.
Shattuck School, Faribault, MINI.
The Citadel, Charleston, S. G.
Virginia Military Institute, Lexing-
ton. Va.
C192sSS7)
By order of the secretary of war.
LEONARD WOOD,
Maojr General, Chief of Stair
Official:
HENRY P. MCCAIN,
Adjutant General.
The New Mexico Military Institute
was first placed on the distinguished
list in June, 1909, again in 1910, and
1911, this, 1912, making the fourth
successive year the school has held
these high honors against the strong
est kind of opposition.
1t will be noticed that all the honor
schools are old institutions with the
exception of the N. M. NJ /. and that
with the exception of the A. Il M. Of
Texas are located in the central
north and east. The N. M. M. I. is
the only representative from the west
although there are numerous military
schools located in the Rocky noun
tain and Pacific states
This approval by the government
gives the institute the right to rec
ommend one graduate for appoint
ment as second lieutenant IN the U.
S. army However, this within its. Ii
does not amount to as much as the
fact of the school being deemed cap
able of giving to its students such
training, and being able to graduate
them equipped for such responsible
positions.
Last year the institute placed two
of its graduates in the army, both of
whom are making good.
This spring two members of the
class of 1912 were commissioned as
lieutenants in the Philippine constab-
ulary. One of these young men, Mr..
Joe Creamer, was a Santa Fe boy.
The New Mexico Military Institute
is one of the most remarkable schools
of its class in America and bids fair
to some day be the largest as well
as one of the best. Located as it is
in the beautiful Pecos valley, in a
climate that surpasses the world. and
with the start it now has, there is no
reason why it should not forge to the
very top. In fact, its only drawback
has been its limited accommodations.
There has never been year in the
history of the school that it has not
been full to the very point Of over
flowing, The buildings and grounds
Of the institute are always in excel
lent condition and botn Hagerman
barracks and Lee hall are considered
the best buildings in New Mexico, ex-
cepting only the capitol at Santa Fe.
The ground which consists Of forty
acres is covered with grass and
shade trees and dotted with the ten
large buildings which have been erect
ed within the past IA years. The
plant is now assessed at about $780,
900 which makes it the most valuable
Of the new states possessions, yet
the cost to the public has been very
little. This magnificent school has
been built up at the very least cost
to the tax payer and is today furnish
ing high class training to the boys
of New Mexico at very low figure.
A military school Of high rank can
not be considered a cheap school
when compared with other state insti-
utions. but for the training given,