The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1917-02-16
a. stI5E III u sfFIE IN u
Many Cadets in Private Institu-
% aes ltions Available for War.
!. !, CIVILIAN G ]! LA! AID IS IMPORTANT
ILL. --FIsIIH u TJ{ y I-1IIgE % n y q !
Engineering, Signal and Aviation Corps
Of United States Army Could Be
.ii9 ads Quickly Recruited in aT
auh saR tEmereencyautT gga
slRy KENNETH 9MAcDoueALL.


New York.-In the event of the call
Ing out of militia and volunteer troops,
''fcatherei are many cadets in the various
.oikpriyate military institutions in the
10 United States who could speedily be
AZ made available for second lieutenant
be! fc1es and some higher ranks in the VOL
a., unteer, forces, -s,i +,,. 81 AZ, -,,g i
One Of the. most prominent institu-
lions In the country from q military
standpoint IS Norwich university, at
o, Norwich. vt, which has graduated nu-
.merous men into the army as second
ifeutenants. The graduating class is
.l8 Between eighty and one hundred and
photwenty9 men every year, and the in
stitution has Kept fairly good track of
its available sons after they have left
30 college. nAt'ia conservative estimate,
2 sfNorwich could furnish i thousand men
-tv who have passed an examination re-
quired as entrance to the regular army
as second lieutenant of infantry, five
hundred second lieutenants of cavalry
and about three hundred artillery sec
ond lieutenants.
aeisE Many Of the men have kept well In
no formed in military matters, while 9th
ers, Of course. would need considera-
ble brushing up In modern tactics.
has maintained the same
standards of study and execution of
military drill that the cadets at West
sn$ Point ARE held to, and fully a sixth
al Of Its gradua ting classes have followed
81 an army career. SEA Ieai sgsh@50
In training, the graduates are prob
ably superior in knowledge and exec
utive ability to ,twosthirds of the mi
litia captain" and some majors in the
National Guard, l,,o, g-asy 7o4''
They have served under military Of
vficers 0f the highest type for four
fsY year course, and during that time have
osl mad to work hard and faithfully In Or
Iodefsto graduate. 81 ti9Aiso's i2eli
ais .sniysag1ooo Men Available. .
SIN bAlike condition is true OF perhaps
sa twenty five Il other private military
sschoolsi in the United States designated
-t1s By the awar department as ''distin-
BIZ sguished institutions" 81 These schools
AZ, could bring to the colors about 1000
az fully or PARTIAL trained lieutenants.
Besides these there are some ten thou
sand college men who have attended
training camps like Plattsburg.. and
WIN III SHOrL tlIue cOulu De WilIpSu
into good enough shape to take COM
mandof volunteer infantry.
ShS CMMt echool eatsC Culver, Ind, is
perhaps close second to Norwich uni
versity as regards cavalry material.
The showing lnsne by Culver boys
while Stationed On the border in the
recent mobilization attracted wide
Spread attentio among army men.
The Engineering corps Of the regu-
lar army tUlild bea readily recruited in
officers and men from the civil popu-
lation engaged ngstmilar pursuits as a
daily occupation. The supremacy Of
concrete construction in this country
I would indicate there would be no trou-
bic in securing, enough capable .engi-
/! neefs ana commissioned officers to
| erect ors-cpnstruct necessary gun en-
placements and additional defenses.
| The Signal~corps. picked from civil
lians engaged in like work would soon
| be as good as the regular units, in
fact probably better, as the class of
| men in the New York militia units Of
that branch Of service made the regu-
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