The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-12
AT The 3RD CAMP
Officers Training Work Started
+ This Week at Funston.
Merit Will Count in This Army
g Preparation.
MAI, LEWIS BROWN EXPLAINS
The General Policy viii Be To
Give Each Student
The Maximum Opportunity in
the Minimum Time.

The third officers training camp at
Camp Funston, which started actual
work Monday morning, is going to De
a. place where so-called pull or
''bootlicking'' will not get ANYBODY
anything - except dismissal from
camp.
sThat point was emphasized strong
ly in the first general lecture dellV-
cred to the men. Most strict discipline
Will be maintained
The relation between officers ana
students will be an absolutely offlclal
one at all times. This regulation, the
commandant, Mai. Lewis Brown, Jr-'
explained. is not intended to prohibit
a, student from seeking advice from
any of his company officers at any
time, on any subject, military or oth7
ut IS bad taste for a man to gain
favor by bootlicking," the lecturer de-
clared. 1.-The man who stoops 10 that
brands himself. An officer VINO ac-
cepts it does likewise.
students will be treated in strict
IL official manner at all tunes ana
officers will require students to salule
them in a most punctiliouS manner:
The course lasts but three months ana
during that time, while officers Will
maintain the friendliest feelings to-
ward the students, there will be no
manifest signs of anything but off,
cial relations.
"Students are advised that the intro
ducing of guests and relatives to off,
GERS contested with the school is con-
sfdered bad taste. Students will not
consider the matter of presenting any
token Of esteem to the instructors or
other officers connected with the
school at its completion"
THE responsibility of the second
lieutenant-the platoon commander
in the worlds greatest war, was i'm
pressed on the men who have started
= working for that rank.
s"You are preparing yourselves for
Commissions as second lieutenants,
one of the two biggest jobs in the
world today, the other being that of
the directing general. He formulates
the plan, and it is up to you platoon
efnmanderS to carry out the plan to
at successful conclusion. In the bat
ties being fought in Europe, we know
that after an organization is COM
naitted to battle, success depends upon
the ability of the platoon commander
1.-THE successful platoon commander
must be endowed with that God-given
spirit which does not count the cost.
He must proceed at what he does with
a feeling that it is well worth doing
and that no price is too great to pay.
within him must be strongly and
fee is an indication of nobility, and
in all things he must be a leader. The
men who will serve under you in the
future will reflect your own spirit.
They will reflect your own dress
They will even reflect your personal
appearance. If you are sloppy,
will be sloppy. II you are sloppy,
YOUR men will be sloppy. If you are
smart in appearance and exact in per-
formance of your duties, your men
Will emulate such soldierly qualities"
+ The general policy of the training
company will be to give each student
the maximum opportunity in the
minimum time to fit himself for his
future duties as an officer. In order
to do that, academic and practical
work will be related as closely as
possible.
x The student body is divided into
three OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES companies Of
Infantry and one battery of artillery
for administrative purposes, drill and
discipline. These three divisions are
each divided into sections of approx
mately fifteen men, for academic in
struction and practical application of
theoretical instruction.
The lessons will be long and study
ing will be done for the most part in
The evening. REGULATIONS will he by
sections, each section reciting to one
Instructor At the end of each week
the marks for each day will be post
ed If students average Is above
that of any one in the section above
him he Will be promoted up and the
low men will be transferred down. To
start this system of daily and weekly
grading, the men will be grouped al
phabetically.
AS far as conditions will permit, the
spirit of the training will be like that
at West Point. No matter what their
past occupation or education, each
man Will stand on his own feet and
reap the benefits of his own personal
abilities.
In all matters, the word of a STU
dent will be considered an absolute
truth. Any failure of a student to re-
spect this attitude will be reported by
his Fellows. and any one found guilty
OF such breach against the customs OF
0tncers and gentlemen will be imme-
diately dismissed from the school
From 1880 until noon they recite on
drill regulations, and more lectures
and drills are scheduled for the after
10 o'clock.
First call sounds at O'Clock and
after short march, assembly, and
The morning stunt of police duty the
men have twenty minutes for mess.
Among the Kansas men in the
hilbert Lee Gregory Robert L. Myers
jr:. Friedrich n. CouIson
Curtis A Brewer Robert r. Hasty
samuel F. Barnes Ness ]. Maranyille
John Davis Jr. William NJ. Camnheli
Robert E. Lewis Newton f. Terril
Jonas r. Levy Charles NJ Bruce
Raymond d. Ryan X. p. Ramsey
Charles Richardson r. d. Gates
Reed II. Golden c. A. MCCULLOUGH
william Youngcamp Earl Widmer
Vernon NJ. Reppert Charles<E. DeLotelI
Lloyd Gibbons Werner ID. Morris
David NJ. Todd Charles Z. Strickland
James Il. Mcknight Bronco Jackson
William Rome r. L. Morrison
Glenn G. Moffitt G. r. Schroli
Everett G. Shell Claude F. Field
Claude w. Diehl o. 1. Stanley
Edward OConnor w. J. Cowiing
Clarence M Sigler r. M. Fisher
John B. Franks