Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-26
Bureau Organized.

New Haven. Nov. 25.-The organi- zation of the Yale Battery, as factor of the general wave of the national
 defense propaganda. has occasioned a
 review of the development of military instruction at Yale and especially in the Sheffield Scientific School. by Di- rector Chittenden. In view of the sug- Eestion that some form or military ln- struction be offered as an optional or elective course in the university, 1t tary instruction was for many years given in the Sheffield Scientific School This instruction was necessitated by
 the fact that in 1863, by an act of the
 Connecticut Legislature, the national
 grant for the promotion of scientific
 education was given to the
 scientific education of the uni-
 versity, which thus became the
 College of Agriculture and the Me
 chanic Arts. for the State of Connecti-
 cut. This relation between the state
 and the school was severed by an act
 of the state legislature in 1892. In 1865 and 1866, General Won Steinwehr.
 an experienced PruSsian officer who
 commanded a division of United
 States Volunteers during the Civil
 War, was detailed by the Federal
 government to give instruction here in Military Science, in accordance with
 the requirements of the Act of Con- gross. This instruction was given es- Senr1ally Dy lectures. ASaln III 1eoO a similar course of instruction was given to the members of the senior class of the Sheffield Scientific School, under the supervision of the United States government. This proved un- satisfactory and was subsequently dis continued. In 1889 more efficient course in Military Science was given by an officer detailed by the United States War Department. This course was more complete than any prevt- ously inaugurated. 1t aroused consid- erable interest among the students. | The course terminated with an exam l ination and a special military certifi- ' cate was awarded by the officer in charge of the department to such students as attained a sufficient de- gree of proficiency and gave evidence
 of military aptitude. During the | period from 1892 to 1902, there were l spasmodic efforts on the part of the | student body to take advantage of the optional military drill. Under Colo | mel Murray, one or more companies
 were formed, all members of the sen for and junior classes of the Scientific
 School, and there were drills at the | Second Regiment Armory, the govern | ment furnishing rifles for the use of | the students. As a rule, the compan- ies started with a full complement of
 men but the numbers gradually di- | unfinished and, in the spring, it was
 usually found necessary to discontinue this voluntary course. The enthusi- 1 asm for drill, however, did not last for more than three years and the course was finally abandoned in 1906. Since l this time there has been no instruc- 1 tion given in Military Science either l in the college or in the Sheffield ! Scientific School.
 1 The Vale Battalion of Field Artillery was officially mustered in last Mon day evening, with 493 men, answering l the roll call. The battalion was ac- l cepted as a unit of the Connecticut National Guard, by Adjutant General Cole, c. N. G., for the state of Con- necticut and by Captain Marlborough Churchhill. U. s. A., for the war de- partment. These officers were partic- ularfy pleased at the showing made
 It has been positively stated by Adjt Gen. Cole that there would be no more enlistments at present The battalion has been divided into four batteries Regular drills will begin the week o1 Nov