The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-19
United States Military Academy
Only Expected In Training
t.. Of Guard Officers
APPLICANT MUST NOT BE
ABOVE GRADE OF COLONEL
Enlisted Guardsmen Soon Will
Have, Opportunity Of Attend
ing West Point

Officers and non commissioned officers
Of the national guard, upon recommend
alton Of the Governts e of their respec
tive States, in the future win be allow
ed 10 attend all service schools of the
United States army, except the United
States Military Academy.
Upon authorization of the President,
national guard officers will be permitted
to enter the Army War College, at
Washington; the Army STAFF College, at
Fort Laavenwofth, Kansas; the Coast
Artillery School, at Fort Monroe, Van
couver; the Engineer School, at Wash.
ington; the Mounted Service School, at
Fort Riley, Kansas; the Army Medical
School, at Washington; the Army Sig
nal School, the Army School Of the
Line, the Army Field Engineer School
and the Army Field Service and Cor
respondence School for Medical Off.
GERS, all at Fort Leavenwortb, Kansas;
the. School of Fire for Artillery and
the School Of Musketry, at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma; the Signal Corps Aviation
School at San Diego, California, and
the Ordinance School Of Application, at
the Sandy Hook proving ground, New
Jersey.
TO attend these schools an officer,
must not be above the grade of colonel,
in sound health, and must have snch
preliminary education. qualifications
that will enable him to participate pro-
ftably in the course of instruction. Of
1cers complying with these qualifca-
tons will than be selected by the Sec
Rotary of war, and those who are au-
thorized will report to an inspector-in-
- Il ~
assigned with their State, who will
gives them a written examination, the
scope of which will be announced by
the chief of the militia bureau.
The course of instruction for ma.
ti0nal guard officers will be the same as
that for officers of the United States
Army, and they will, upon graduation,
receive diplomas or certificates of pro.
fciency in such subjects as have been
satisfactorily completed by them. They
will be classified in the same manner
a. regular Army graduates of these
schools. 49,,
Oficers attending these schools must
prBvide themselves, at their own ex
reuse, with the prescribed textbooks
and with the proper uniform of their
State, and will observe the uniform
are. attending. While in actual attend.
Gnce at an Army service school officers
OF the national guard will receive the
same travel allowance and quarters or
Communication of quarters and the same
pay as an officer of the same grade in
the United, States Army would be emit
tied to if attending such schools. The
pay and allowance, however, will not
exceed that of q captain.
ENLISTED Men May Qualify
When authorized by the President,
upon 4fecnmme ndatiOn of the Governor
of their State, enlisted men of the ma.
tional guard may attend and pursue n
course of study at any Army service
school appropriate to their arm of the
SERVICE and TO which enlisted men of
the United States Army are entitled to
attend. These include the Coast Ar.
6llery School, at Fort Monroe, Vir.
ginia; Mounted Service School, at Fort
Riley, Kansas; School for Bakers and
Cooks, at Washington Barracks, d. c.;
Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Shat
ter, Hawaii, and Fort Riley, Kansas;
the School of Fire for Field Artillery,
at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; the School of
Musketry, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the
Signal Corps Aviation School at San
Diego.
The war department will issue special
instructions later providing for the at.
tendance Of enlisted men Of the nation.
al guard at the United States Military
Academy at West Point, N. Y. To be
eligible for this detail, guardsmen
must be Of sound health and above the
average education. They must have
such qualifications that will enable
them to participate proGtably in the
regular course of instruction at the
school.
Governors of each State must recon.
mend these men before they win be
permitted to attend school, and each
recommendation must be accompanied
by the age of applicant, the character
and length of his service in the guard
the course he desires to pursue, his edu.
cational qualifications and his expert.
enee and instruction, if any, in the
kind Of work for which he desires in
structiOn; and by satisfactory evidence
that the applicant is of sound health
and of good moral character.
Allowances Made For Mileage
While attending school, enlisted men
must wear the uniform of the organi-
zation to. which they belong. They
will be allowed the same travel allow.
anGes and quarters or communication Of
quarters, the same pay and allowances
and subsistence to which enlisted men
of the United States army are entitled
for attending such schools. When an
enlisted man is relieved from attend.
ance at a service school the command.
ant of the school will issue a certificate
Of proficiency and will inform the mill
tia bureau as to the courses in which
the enlisted man has satisfactorily com
pleted.
When authorized by the President, u
limited number of officers and enlisted
men of the national guard organizations
will be attached TO the United States