The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-23

ton, Peter V. Hagner To these are to
he added IL brevet brigadier generals, |
80 colonies, 81 lieutenant colonies, 81
majors, l35 captains, and a large mum
Der of commissioned officers of lower
rank. making 467 in all.
More than 30 of her past cadets
served i'll the late war with Spain, chief
among them being Admiral Dewey,
Brigadier General Williston, Brigadier
General Edmund Rice, Admiral Con
verse. Admiral CoIvocoresses. aud
others of less rank in both branches of
the service.
At the President S call for the mob-
lization of the National Guard in June.
1916, % per cent of the cadets respond
ed. \ number who We're under age, and
some who failed to pass the physical
examinations were eliminated, but the
remaining cadets of the university
served through the entire summer. In
addition to the cadets several members
of the faculty were in service, among
| them Colonel ]. L. Reeves, the presi-
dent, who served as colonel of the First
Vermont infantry on the border, and
| Captain Charles n. Barber, who was
| adiutant of this regiment.
| Norwich university has for a mum
| Der of years been a National Guard in
stitution, and has been part of the Ma
| tional Guard in the field artillery, sig
nal corps and cavalry branches of the
| service. The members of the corps were
mustered out as national guardsmen in
September. and since that time the
| board of trustees has taken the neces-
| sary action to change its status from
that Of a national guard organization
to a unit of the reserve officers training
corps. The application of the board OF
trustees has Just been approved by the
war department.
Under the provisions Of the nationa
defense act of June ;, 1916, unde
which the university becomes a caval
~ unit. cadets who have completed tw,
academic years of service and who havt
been selected for further militar,
training by the president of the insti
tuition and the professor of militar'
, science and tactics will be entitled t
Communication of subsistence. All cadet
7 receive service uniforms free.
4 As a reserve officers training corp
unit of the cavalry branch of the sci
f vice, the government will furnish til
y necessary horses, saddles, and othe
horse equipment, as web as earetakeT
n | for public animals.
o ANY graduate who has completed
=. course in military training will receiv
| a commission as reserve officer of tn
- regulars and of the volunteers.
!, The course of instruction as a cavalr
4 unit. in addition to theoretical instru
- | 4.
I | bracing rules of war, minor tactic
small arms firing. guard duty, etc, wi
s.. include an intensive practical course
: equitation and craftsmanship.
10 Norwich is a picturesque as well :
-, practical institution. It's alumni hay
., been notably successful in scientif
i fields. Many have been prominent
a the literary and political world.
a picturesqueness lies chiefly in its ever
- day activities. The cadet corps is mote
!, for energy and red-blooded America
- ism. The cadets are daring riders, al
-, their featS in horsemanShip are not c
~ celled by any mounted organization
~ the United States. 1t has also made
w. wonderful record in marksmanshi
NO competing with all the large instit
90 tions in the United States. and at I'll
~ time holds tine United states interc,
legiate championship for outdoor ri
III practice.
ii There are two officers of the army
p duty at the university; the presideI
"a Colonel Ira L. Reeves Captain, l.
8 army has been at the head of the ms
= tuition for the past year, the profess
ha of military science and tactics and co
~ mandant, Major Frank Tompkins, L.
" cavalry, served tour of three years
70. this capacity previously, and has ir
bo returned to the university from servi
~ on the border, where he led the fiji
nj expedition into Mexico, and where
~ was twice wounded.