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American Army University, Located at
Beaune, France, Southeast of Paris.
is Center of Educational System of
American Expeditionary Force.

head, is the largest university in the |
world and has been opened at Beaune
France. 1t already is instructing Is,
900 soldiers and has faculty,of abou'
800 members, selected mostly from the
American expeditionarv force.
The university is one of the four
features of the educational system in
PRODUCED for the benefit of the members
| of the cxpeditionary force. About 250i
American educators have been sent
from this country during the past few
months, and with about 200 education
al secretaries of the Y. NJ c. A. they
make up the teaching force, together
with large number of teachers takel
| from the army.
| Col Ira Reeves, the head of this vast
system of education. had been, before
he went across, the president Of Nor
witch university. He was born in Jeffer
son City, Mo, in 1872, and received
/ his education at Perdue university and
the University of Vermont at Burling
ton. He enlisted as Il private in the
/ National Guard of Missouri in 1891 and
/ became by successive stages corporal
and then sergeant of Company 3 in the
4th United States infantry
j Then he was given a commission as
second lieutenant in the 18th United
States infantry in 1897. Between 1899
and 1902 he was first lieutenant in the
18th, 4th and 9th infantry. He was re
tired with the rank of captain in 1902
on account of wounds received in the
Philippines, and was recommended for d
brevet on account of bravery at Santi
ago in 1898.
He became commandant and profes-
sor of military science at Perdue uni.
versity in 1902 and was at Miami, o
Military Institute in the same capacity
in 1910 Then he came to Vermont and
was at the university of Vermont from
1912 to 1915. He has been president of
Norwich university since 1918.
Col Reeves was a Massachusetts sol
der at one time, having been battalion
duartermaster of the Massachusetts
Volunteer Militia from 1912 to 1914. H
became a captain of the lst infantry
Vermont National Guard, in 1914 and
in 1915 was colonel of the same regi.
mcnt He went with his regiment t
c the Texas border in 1916.
Col Reeves was chairman Of the Yer
mont Public Safety committee iii 1871
and was called back to active military
! service III the same year. Afterward h
4 was made a lieutenant colonel, anC
! finally. in December, 1917, was ad
!. vaneed to the rank OF colonel
!, He was captain Of the Vermont riff
= team during the national matches helC
q i'll 1917, and is life member and wa
d director OF the National Rife associa
d ton.
> He belongs to the Vermont Society o
Engineers. the Society of Santiago d
y Cuba and the Society of the Philip
s pines.
b The new head of the United State
. Army university is also an author. hav
ing written Bamboo Tales, pubHshe
in 1901; manual for applicants for til
= army in 1862. and The A 3 G of Rifl'
= Revolver and Pistol Shooting. Iii
II home is in N0Tthfield. He is marie
II and has two children, q boy and cir
II The American Army university
II the largest university in the Englis
II speaking world and is situated soutl
east of Paris in the city of Beaun
II The buildings now used as study hal
and dcrmitories were used during I'll
II war as an American hospital A far
II of COO acres is used as the main agr
cultural college, while former =Avorl
II shops of the hospital supply quarter
II arc being utilized by classes in eng
II neering
II The university has also opened
II branch at Bellevue, near Versailles, {,
II nearly a thousand students in art an
II architecture.
II There are post schools in all organ
H cations for elementary work. divisiC
II educational headquarters in all armie
II corps and divisions for vocation
training and general education in hi,
II school grades and a detail of Office
Il and soldiers have been sent I'd Britt
| and French universities for post era
uate college work
II Post schools have been established
II units of 500 or more men. There a
II generally 40 of such schools in each
vision. These schools give instruct
II in the regular common school subiec
Emphasis is~Jaid OF geography, t
study of which is being supervised
Prof. Reginald DAILY of Harvard.
In each army division there is
high school giving both regular a
II vocational courses. Around il is iii
up the educational organization of
division. Special facilities are provid
for learning such trades as carpent
brick laying tailoring, etc. WI
troops are in devastated regions it
expected that the training in cert;
trades, such as masonry, can be ms
of direct benefit to the locality.
When qualified officers and soldi
are put on detached leave to carry
work at British and French unive
ties an American military officer is
III command of such detachment anc
. representative of the army educate
al commission of the 7. NJ. c. A. a
[ER as American dean.