Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-10

New Haven, April 9.-As Tap day
 draws steadily nearer-it will be here
 in less than month after the Easter
 recess, which began Wednesday and
 lasts one Neek-the campaign against
 some tendencies of the senior socie-
 ties toward arbitrary elections Is be-
 coming tangible. The men in the
 junior class who are Signers or the
 petition directed to the senior Socle-
 ties for improvement in past methods
 have agreed. by a ballot taken the
 other day, to maintain and stand by
 their present position. That means
 that they will not accept elections to
 the three societies unless some reforms
 are made. To insure such reforms,
 there are to, be certain suggestions made to the senior societies. One
 of the most important that Is under
 consideration, and one of the most
 probable suggestions, is that of hand
 ing to the societies a list of men from
 the junior class from which the so-
 ciettes must pick their 45 men. Some
 would make this a list of 60 names,
 others Of only 50. In any case it
 will be a very considerable restric- ton of the elective function of the so-
 cieties and it is not certain just how
 these latter will take such a sugges- tion.
 Major General Leonard Wood, chief
 of staff of the United States army, addressed the undergraduates of Yale on Tuesday afternoon. He was in New Haven for the purpose of inter
 esting students in the opportunities offered by the simmer military camps to college men. Incidentally in the course of his informal talk tb several hundred students, General Wood ore dicted a war for the United States in the life time of his hearers.
 General Wood was the originator of the camp instruction idea among college men, to whom, 1t is the pur- pose of this summer military duty, to give training, that will make them, 1 in time of need. capable volunteer of ! ficeTs. In comparing the military
 status of this country with that of l European nations, the general gave 1 the figures that the United States reg 1 ular army, mobile and coast artil- 1 lery, etc, numbered only 32,000 and 1 that the number of militia in the coun- i try would bring the number of fairly 1 well trained soldiers up only to 10O,- i 000 He pointed out the need for re- ] serves of perhaps four or five hundred | thousand men that can be called upon 1 to give efficient service at a moments notice. To supply the officers for such
 a reserve force absolutely necessary | if the United States Is to be in a | state of preparedness for war, the 1 summer military camps for college l men have been started. Last year the 1 Yale men went down to Gettysburg, l this year they are invited up to Bur 1 lington. Vt. Tn six weeks of summer ! camp with the least conflict to their 1 ordinary routine of life. the students | will be taught some of the main facts 1 of the military art. There will be 1 other camps throughout the country, 1 including two on the Pacific seaboard. 1 For the rank and file of the army i short term enlistments are under con- 1 sideration and other measures for es- l tabIishing this reserve force. General i Wood made the statement that the 1 United States has never had a real 1 war with an outside enemy: the Rev olutiOn was pursued with a laxity not l to be expected in a foreign power to- l day: the war of 1912 was a mere in- cident in England's troubles at that time: the Spanish war was a mere ! farce, except perhaps. Santiago The l Civil was was well fought, after sew eral years of experience. General ! Wood depIored spirit of militarism he did advocate preparedness. and he predicted a war in the life time of the young men in his audience.
 In memory Of Francis Gordon Brown