Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-06
MAKE SOLDIERS
OF RECRUITS 4: ]I'II IN
JUST HALF YEAR
Experiment at SchofieId Will
Have Bearing on Question of
Big Reserve for Nation

8 AS result o. EIec,al course o.
training designed and mad Che"ti e
! at SchJBeld Barracks by the 18th In
fantry, for recruits. q board OF officers
! appointed to report "a tie merits O.
THE system, states that IT has r-o-
dtHed in six moTfths welI-instructad
men. TT to enter the IeAerve. The
report was made to Major general "
H. Carter. commanding: the Hawaiian
Department.
Training Of the special recruit com
pany began January q There were
"a green recruits IN target praL ttsa
two sharp$h0oters, IS marksmen, 10
lirst-class and ~ second, have been
developed with only six unqualfieds
First Lieut. George m. Harrison COM
manded the company, with 16 nom
commissioned officers as assistants
"The results at the end of the
period allotted (sfx unonths)." says
the report In part, WAS atwell set ,r1r
company, which surpassed the average
regular company in the excellence Of
the execution Or the formal and rre-
else movements Of the schools of the.
soldier, of the squad, and of the COM
pany, as web as IN the execution Of
the mechanical movements of extend
ed order. Their ability to march, to
render first aid to the wounded, to
pitch shelter tent camp and TO make
packs was satisfactorily demonstrated.
Their PRACTICAL kncwiedge 6f construc-
ton of entertainments and of the use
Of the simple signals for eommunica-
t;o, nee FnSsho1lpFfs -
Their IRE discipline was good,
their target record shows more than
80 per cent marksfnen, and two sharp
shooters, while there are only six men
unqualified, a line showing. though not
as good as II win be at the end Of.
another season r.. =
Their field work as O whole is not
up to the standard of excellence that
they may be said to have attained in
their other work, nor will it compare
favorably with that Of the average
regular company.
AS whole it may be said that
without any old non-commissioned Of
ficers at all attached to it. the value
of this company as fighting force
for immediate use in active operations
is unquestionably great: that with 16
old nan-commissioned officers now at :,
tached. its value as a fighting force
would be raised at once te. a standard
Just below that Of the average regu-
lar company for immediate use in &C.
tive operations in the field &, ., af S..ail
General w. II. Carter commanding
the Hawaiianse department, has for.
warded the report t. higher authori-
ties. together with his Endorsement,
as follows:
The work of training this proEi-
sional company of recruits Is of in
terest I'M connection with the general
subject Of d reserve for the resaaar /
army. B. ~ 49,. 80. .
,Esidently .ifrom this reporH with
energetic work we can turn out in Isl Is
months fand certainly in one year's
wen instructed men, ut TO enter the
reserve. ID 49, -
ssNeVertlleless, the report also en- |
Ehasizes the fact that the commits
stoned officers in charge must be Of
exceptional energy, and that a force Of |
excellent non-eommissioned officers |
to about 20 per cent of the
must be available for the
A good corps 1practically |
permanently of non.conImissioned Off |
GERS is therefore the first desiderat-
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