Deming graphic., 1914-06-12
EDUCATION IN THE ARMY
IS KEPT At HIGH STANDARD

report on Educational Systems in the
American Army" in the annual report
NJ the Commissioner of Education
lu-I issued. The statement was pre-
pared by Capt Douglas Macarthur
aud approved by General Leonard
Wood
N" country IN the world has as
rnupl IT, system of professional
-rhnla-llr irauiu. for lis officers as
/ th, luit-d State" declares Capt.
Macarthur This i due to the in
hcrcnl difference between the military
establishments %; foreign nations and
that of our own. Their armies are
al all times kept upon n war footing,
~ result of which they have ample
opportunity iur the perfect training
of the personnel in the practical
duties of the military profession.
"ln such an army, the main object
is to train every man for the eff
cirnt performance of his duties in
the Grade which he holds when war
romrs 4 lieutenant does not dreaN
of becoming u captain merely as the
result of war except as vacancy is
made for him in the casualties of
battle. Only in the same way does a
captain expect to become n colonel;
nor would the idea be tolerated that
great numbers of trained line Off
Gers are 10 b. suddenly transferred
+" various stan positions.
Their organizations are founded
upon The theory that there is moth
ng mysterious in the art of war;
that technical and scientific training
Is needed hy only u small portion Of
military officers. that certain things
which Napoleon must know, every
officer must know. aud can as readily
acquire ~ he: while those things
dilicrcnliatc Napoleon from other
generals can not be acquired in any
school, not even in tha. of war.
"Such n syStem would be thor
oughly unsound if transplanted to the
American army, the organization of
which is quite different from cont.
mental armies In fact, the most
striking feature in our service is the
absence -: what constitutes the very
essence of the foreign establish
mcnis; that is, great standing
army serving in corps. divisions, and
brigadeS, in which the average Off
Ger of any grade learns the details
of his profession by practical work
and with the minimum of theory.
"Our system of military education
must therefore differ from that Of
The other great nations of the world.
II must he such as to cduate our off.
GERS 81 that they will be able nj a.
moments notice, when the war ex-
pan,ion comes, 10 perform the duties
of far advanced grades and to rem.
der service in branches of the army.
both line and stail. in which they are
not commissioned in time Of peace.
For this reason We have established
a progressive system of schools de-
signed to teach officers and men,
limited only by their individual ca
paciticS for lis assimilation. the
duty of the man-at-arm in all grades
from lowest 10 highest.
"'rhc military educational system
"f the Cuied States comprises: The
Military Academy at West Point for
The education of cadets post schools
for the instruction of enlisted men:
garrison schools fer the instruction
of officers in the subjects pertaining
Ia the performance of their ordinary
duties: the Army Service schools at
Fort lcavcuworth. Kansas, including
the Army School of the Line, the
Army Staff college, the Army Signal
School, the Army Field Engineer
School, the Army Field Service and
Correspondence School for medical
officers, the Special Service schools,
consisting of the Engineer school.
Washington Barracks. ID. C.. tue
Coast Artillery school, Fort Monroe,
Va, the Mounted Service school. IT.
Riley, kans, the Army Medical
school. Washington, d. C.. the School
of Fire for Field Artillery. Fort Sill,
Okla, the Signal Corps Aviation
srh"nl, san Diego, Cal. the Schools
Tor Bakers aud Cooks. Washington
Barracks. u. g., aud Preside Of SAN
Francisco. Cal. the Training School
for SaddlrrS aud for Battery Me-
chanics of Field Artillery, Rock Is.
land Arsenal. H.. the School Of Ir.
,tuctl"n for enlisted men of the reg
ular army selected for detail for duty
with the organized militia. the En-
gineer Trade schools; the Army War
College, Washington. ID. C., the
schools Of instruction for college
students and the military depart
mcntS of civil institutions at which
officers of the army are detailed un-
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