Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-09
1876 MEN At MILITARY CAMP
Representatives Present from
131 Colleges and Schools.
Captain Oliver Edwards Tells students
what Is Expected OF Them and
whnt 1t Il Hoped TO Ac-
cOmplish.

Inent numbered ABOUT Soo ieH' II Is
very representative gathering of yount
men from northeastern United States ant
Includes mon from az far South as Texa!
and South Carolina and as far West al
Colorado. One hundred and thlrty-on,
institutions have sent one or more men
Yale leads with 49, Princeton is seconc
with %. and Harvard is third with q
Stevens Institute with IS. Cornell with II
and Vermont with 10 arc also among tn,
leaders In numbers. Nincty-scvcn OF tn,
camp are prep. school mon from about s.
schools. The prep. schools of Massachu
sets. Connecticut, New York and New
Jersey are we'll represented, but no Yer
mont prep. school men have taken advan
tage OF the opportunities of the camp
A list of the schools and colleges repre-
scented is given below.
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF STUDENTS
Captain Oliver Edwards. commandan
of the camp gave the first lecture Tues
day morning in the gymnasium. Hi,
subject was THE Objects of the CamJ
and the Camp Routine" He outlined tn,
purposes Of the camp. the all-importan
one of which is military instruction. He
told Of the need Of the government 70.
trained reserves, of the need of the people
Tor knowledge of our military history
needs. and policy. and emphasized thc
Importance of every detail of the train.
ing which they were about to receive
~, Npi'',ieu '"o Heeo oi hlhtary dlsc'p-
line in order to create a serviceable force
rather than a dangerous armed mob. ard
said that tho men in the camp would be
under military discipline to n limited *
.o.,.,-,.. p.ioi 'i''''ers vi importance
a. c,' "eit 'ou-Htu uIoi,
a.. ""fus Ill MS taIN' ne saiu
I'm mere ~ '"i"lly LOT
t ~. P u y. iriii'arS instruction. we can
VI. - VEINS - MAKE framed
g., VI 'Neii ''"''eu piNd'ts ol YOU
u van give you many or the
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i' Va great 'd'ue 10 you IL you
Oai,eu upon " oiiI'er volunteers
uiseas'' ignorance OF tactical
- "a'e ''S' iiiiH'ons III money
VI ''''' anu 'i'oie 'H"H one
opp e''a'e your sacrifice IN giving
w "oNs vi Sour vacation 10
80 pm anu i''''u wofh' Inc govern
e". appi opi '"'eS no iuhos 10 thls camp;
.o'e' .''' anu equipment are loaneo'
M" mus w ie'u' iieu 10 '"e war Depart
:. mas 'oS' Sou soihe sacrlnce
80 ..o.' ~ oo'ie mere we assume then
.i'o. ~" i'a'e 'oii'e ior some serious pur-
80.
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that We are dealing viii sortIo,,ou
We want 10 meet Won balf wav IN
svork and NAV We wort 20 to,oh 49,,
and we want your views and suggestions
There will be n great deal Of hard
work. perhaps hardship. We are going
to ask you for prompt, unquestioning, but
not unintelligent obedience Military or
ders, you may notice, are given sharp
and clear. They may at first seem
arbitrary. On the firing line of a battle,
the men will he looking to you to make
the next move, and then your quick.
decisive commands will be needed and
welcomed. You must learn to obey be-
fore you can command force with
out obediehce Is an armed mob. which
is not useful out dangerous Ihere are
Two ways OF commanding manufacturing
ana oriViHs. IL is 'he ieaoers VINO Sue
oeeu WI" Ih'ei!ieeiil men, anu we Pro-
pose ~ icau anu i''' ",'e Sou
SUM oaS 'uui ',es' .i'e .''es u o'iieis
may uePenu upon "hat you learn mere
! ,rase zeal INA. II. i','iu
iO' are ~ ni'ii'ei e"'eht unuer iii'h-
'"iS 'o"''o'' II you ieaVe' you Vioia'e
your promise 10 stay ior riVe Weeks put
you uo ho. N'o'a'e any oa'h' you are at
liberty u ieaVe any Tune that you WISH
IN "Ve "eeNs we can 90 great zeal
Win your co-operauon ana goodwill.
"heh you are OH DUTY forget the camp
ENJOY yourseH' Wheh you are on duty.
remember IL all the Tune BE on time.
better YET aheau VI ''Ihe al all forma-
lions ana calls Wheh IN ranks be at
ATTENTION
AT your orliis II you ever feel exhaust
eu' rant OF sich' never continue Never
WORK peyohu your unit Don't be
hshaHeo 10 ian OUT speaking 10 your
oHicer' you are not al OF the same
etreneth'
me salute among miiitary men is SIM
ply a courtesy from one miltary man 10
we require the salute; learn 10
no IL properly me OFFICERS over you
are not tasKnasters' ana nave al zone
the same work themselves
we nave SET our hearts on successiul