The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-02-22
MILITARY SCHOOLS
TO give OFFICERS
Many Cadets In Private Institu-
lions Available for War.
CIVILIAN AID is IMPORTANT
Engineering, Signal and Aviation Corps
Of United States Army Could Be
Quickly Recruited In
Emergency
ay kENNErH MAcooueALL.

New York.-In the event OF the call
Ing out of militia and volunteer troops
there are many cadets In the various
private military institutions In tn,
United States who could speedily b,
made available for second lieutenan
cies and some higher ranks In the vol
unteer forces.
One OF the most prominent institu.
lions In the country from military
standpoint Is Norwich university, AT
Norwich, W., which has graduated nu.
merous men into the army as second
heutenants The graduating class Is
between eighty and one hundred and
twenty men every year, and the in
stitution has kept fairly good track of
It's available sons after they have left
college. AZ conservative estimate,
Norwich could furnish thousand men
who have passed an examination re-
quired MS entrance 10 the regular army
M second lieutenant of infantry, 1--WE
hundred second lleutenants OF cavalry
and about three hundred artillery sec
ond lieutenants.
Many OF the men have kept well in
formed Ia military matters, while 9TH
ers, of course, would need consldera-
BILE brushing up In modern tactics.
Norwich has maintained the same
standards OF study and execution OF
military drill that the cadets at West
Point are held to. and fully a sixth
of It's graduating classes have followed
an army career.
In trimming. the graduates are prob
ably superior In knowledge and exec
utiye ability to two-thlrds OF the mi
litia captains and some majors In the
National Guard.
They have served under military of.
tlcers Of the highest type for four.
year course, and during that time have
had 20 work hard and faithfully In or
der to graduate.
1000 Men Available.
A like condition Is true OF perhaps
twenty-five other private military
schools IA the United States designated
by the war department as "dlstin-
guished institutions" These schools
could bring 10 the colors, about 1000 |
fully or partially trained lleutenunts.
Besides these there are some ten thou !
sand college men who have attended !
training camps like Plattsburg, and |
who In a short time could be whipped |
into good enough shape to take com
mand Of volunteer infantry.
The Culver school at Culver, Ind, Is
perhaps a close second TO Norwich uni
yersity as regards cavalry material,
The showing made by Culver boys
while stationed on the border In the
recent mobilization attracted wide.
spread attention among army men.
The Engineering corps OF the regu.
ar army could be readily recruited In
lfiicers and men from the civil popu.
alton engaged In similar pursuits as n
laily occupation The supremacy OF
'oncrete construction Ia this country
would Indicate there would be no trou-
lie In securing enough capable engi-
ieers and non-commlssloned officers to
rect or construct necessary gun en-
placements and additional defenses.
The Signal corps picked from civil
Ians engaged 10 Ike work would soon
q as good as the regular units, In
act probably better, as the class Of
iep In the New York militia units OF
hat branch Of service made the regu-