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

AS result Of q special course OF
training dtsigncd and made effective
at SchOfeld Barracks by the 18th In
fantry. for recruits. A board of officers
appointed 10 report on the merits OF
+ the system, states that it has pro-
duCed In six months well-instructed
men. fiji 10 enter the reserve The
| report was made TO Major general "
! II. Garter, commanding the Hawaiian
Department.
Trainn@ Of the special recruit com
pany 3egan January p There were
81 green recruits. In target practise
two sharpshOOters, 81 marksmen. 70
! tirst->laSs and II second, have been
developed, with only six unqualified
First Lieut.. George II. Harrison com
mandei the company, with IL non
commissioned officers as assistants
The results at the end of the
period allotted (siN mOnthsl." says
the report in part, was a well set uD
company. which surpassed the average
regular company in the excellence of
the execution OF the formal and pre-
else movements of the schools Of the
soldier, Of the squad and of the COM
pany, as we'll 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 knowledge of construc-
ton Of entertainments and Of the use
Of the simple signals for communica
ton was excellent.
Their fire discipline was good,
50 per cent marksn1en, and two sharp
shooters, while there are only six men
unqualified, fine showing, though not
as good as it win be at the end of
another season.
Their field work as a 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 a whole It may be said that
without any old non-commissioned Of
ficers at all attached to 1t, the value
of this company as a fighting force
for immediate use in active operations
is Hnquestionably great that with 16
old On-commissioned officers now at |
tached. it's value as a fighting force |
would be raised at once to standard |
Just below that Of the average regu |
lar company for immediate use in &C. |
tive operations in the field.
General W. H. Carter, commanding |
the Hawaiian department. has for
warded the report t. higher authori-
ties. together with his Endorsement,
as follows:
THE work of training this provi- +
sional company Of recruits is OF In
terest in connection with the general
subject Of reserve Tor the regular T
army. ,.',,
'''Fvidently from this reportJ with
energetic work we can turn out in six
months 1and certainly In one yeaA
well INSTRUCTED men fit to enter the |,
reserve. "'''
Z NEVERTHELESS, the report also EN-
bhasizes the fact that the commits
stoned Officers in charge must be OF
exceptional energy, and that force Of
excellent nOn-commissioHed officers i
to about 20 per cent OF the
must be available for the
purpose ! good corps practically b
permanently of non-commissioned Off
GERS is therefore the first desiderat
lm."