The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-04
WI AIN
S I'D En- I RESERVE
Major General Wood Launches
Movement to Create AIDE
quate Reserve.

G quaIe reserve.
lEA6HINGTOS. Apr. 3 ---O fIicel:s. all
tachPd to the staff Of Major General
4 Leonard Wood, commanding the east
n eTn division re The army on Cover
8 nor.s island, are completing The pre-
lialla ry arranEcnnpts tol5l great
camp for military instruction TO be or
Eanized PlattabiIiE Barracks in New
York state next simmer. 1.
1t is said that the cInIp will he Il
81 htep toward the creation Of an ade-
qnafe military reserve III this cuun-
TT Those who s7sil receive f1le
training Will be college and Hntycl-
sity students
This s1nluner camp for students was
General Wood IS idea, and ne $conceiy-
ed IA while he was chief ct the gem
eral staff. It ts expected that tie at
tendance at Plat1shnr4 and tic three
Camps in other parts of the country.
Will probably double that 1T any pre-
vious year
In announcing the plans for The
5s camps the general staff says:
Tie benefit Of these camps to the
snat ton iA that they foster a patriotic
\ spirit Without Whichfa ration soon
~ loses It's Hirllity and fails into decay
IheT spEsad among the -citizcns Of
the 81 untTy "a more thorough knowi-
dye OF mil ttary hist ory military pol
ley and military need. ali necessary
4 to the compete education on we'll.
qutDped cj1izen in order that he may
himself form just and true opinions
~ on mi itary topics
As a military asset these canlps
IS Are ct great value, since they ;IHora
Il. the means of ma terially. increasing the
4 military reserve of the United States.
by inStructing a4claEs. of cducated
Z men from which III time oil national
emergency, would probably be drawn
a large proportion Of the volunteer
commissioned officers, upon whose
Judgment and training at such Il time
THO safety and even fhelives Of many
of their fellow conntIymen will large
" depend
The ultimate object sought is. not
military ACKNOWLEDGMENT. bit 10 make
provision, III some degree. lo meet
y asvitalneed confronting us rs. 4 peace
full and nnmilitarr people. to the end
X that peace and prosperity may be Pre-
4 served through the only safe preran-
Fsstt viz. more thorough preparation
and equipment to resist any effort 10
II break such peace
The camp will be in command Of Il
regular army officer Vet to be ahmed,
and all of the Instructors Will be from
the regular establishment Among
those tndorsinE the project are Press
7 dent Lowell of Harvard. President
Fla leyi OF Yale: President Hibben DC
# Prince ton. Chancellor Kirkland of Van
sderbllt and DR. John HI Finley. the
3 cnmfHi ssfoner of education Of New
iprk3 state
DR.. Hadley Praises Plan.
4z5 resident 5Hafl1eys VS. 9Th eFrrn sn7Itt
y European crisis adds force to every
argument which mas previously been
urged In favor of student camps and
= the formation OF national defense
corps
Dr. Hadley points to England AS Il
II warning to this country. England, he
says. has the, men to make good sol
diers. and she. can manufacture tho
arms and acconter1len needs. but
the efficiency that she cannot speedily
] ma e good is the lack of officers com
Is Is: Fa'R ana lssS " nss lay-
Hadley then points OUT that
while The German loss in officers has
y been as great as that of England iii
proportion TO the number of&meD en-
gagged. she has enever1he1ess escaped
the predicament ot England. in that
In time OF peace she prepared herself
to meet iacLly the situation that has
been created. She did this. he points,
z out. by Inducing every hlghyl educat-
ed man IN the German empire to quail
y iffyE for duty as a reserve officer.
Speaking OF the students who will
attend the camps this summer
tthrou ghout the country. General Wood
said:
They are setting a splendid exam
5plef and 9demohstra ting by their action
frat they appr eciate that Americans
IN adj ition to the ithfnl DISCHARGE Of
their III civic duties In time OF peace
have an appreclat don or the Obligation
4to prepared themselves t. eficientlv.l
disc charge that highest duty Of the cite
4 zen service for the country in tine
oifsystar. When a people forego this OBJ
-ligatton tho nation dies. We want
these camps the largest possible
number OF young men who possess tic 1
required rnilitar nualif cations: they
can render no better service to tlcSI
ssEtcou1lt rvs or 10 tlenrse Ives;