New-York tribune., 1919-10-03
State Training
OF Schoolboys
Begins Monday
Every Pupil Between the
Ages of 10 and 10 Must
Report to Armory for
Ninety Minutes Week
Military Idea Secondary
Purpose Is to Inculcate Hab-
its That Will Make All
Youths Better Citizens

Beginning Monday. every schooboy
In New York City between the ages Of
sixteen and nineteen is expected to re-
port to r National Guard armory for
an hour and half every week, to re-
ceive military and general training un-
der instructors of the New York State
Military TRIMMING Commission.
TINS mobilizin. Of schoolboys will be
the first step in this years attempt to
carry out the provisions of the Slater
law. providing for compulsory training
of all BOYS in New York State within
the agt limits. AS soon as the super
vIsing officers representing the Mill
tary Training Commission can complete
the organization the boys who have left
school for business also will be mohi
lized.
2O0,Oo0 Eligible in State
Nearly 200, 900 boys are on the lists
OF the Military Training Commission in
all the six zones into which the state
has been divided OF these 81 800 are
IN the New York zone. which includes
New York City and extends as far north
as PeeksXll. The Long Island zone,
including Brooklyn, has 5o,574 cadets.
Major j. Wesley Lyon is the supervis-
ing officer of the New York -Nne and
brigadier General William II. Chaplin,
chief supervising officer in command
Of the entire state, yesterday explained
that the training the boys will receive
will not be entirely military.
This training is not training for
war" said General Chaplin. "One of the
morning newspapers, much to our re-
gret, used the word war in a headline
announcing the start of our work. That
&c .l,,c cp-,i n OhiprtS 'Ihl \
is no time to talk about training our
boys to fight
Aims to Make Good Citizens
II don't think that soldier-makng
counts for much when you are dealing
with boy of sixteen, anyway. We are
trying to make good citizens. We want
to instil spirit Of discipline, respect
for law, and obedience, and to give
the boys an outlook that considers the
future
The ninety minutes OF training that
each boy will receive every week VIII
be divided as follows. according to Cen
eral Chapin's orders:
Ten minutes for organizing and rec
ord work.
Thirty minutes for military instruc-
ton, which will include the use OF
arms Disciplinary exercises will be
praci.sed, and close order drlll VIII DC
used The boys viii be drilled also N
skirmish order. taught the use Of sig
nails and drilled in transmitting fntor
nation by simple field methods.
Thirty minutes for physical training
This will consist of setting up exercise:
for carriage, posture and soldieriS
bearing. and massed games for dlscl
pline and teamwork. The instructors
are ordered to bear in mind that inc
object is the greatest physical GOOD &c
ho HaN q
opment of few of the best athletes
Hygiene and Good Habits
Twenty minutes for talks and the
oretical instruction IN personal hysi-
enc sanitation and first aid. character
and habit building, customs of the mil
tarv service. and the obligations Of
citizenship. Scouting, camping and ma
ture study are included IN the pro
grammes-
Bows may substitute vocational train
iry i'm part for the required mllltarN
driM The Military Training Commls
sion arranges for courses IN the even
NO hirh schools and evening trade
schools conducted by the Board Of Edu
we try to guide boy to his future
VOCATION" said General Chapln. IN
one case last year We found young
ster who wanted to become an arch'
tect. AT the time he was working II
n barber shop. We got him q JOB IL
an architect's office and put him IN
night school, and now he's on his wa.
TO his chosen profession.
Iobless Boy To Be Helped
BOYS who are employed in bushes
ought to get great benefit from thl
training Employers are complalnin!
that bows arc lazy, undisclpNned an'
shif,less, and that they make no ciior
10 mold Job. The training we wan
TO give them will change all that.
p bow is out Of job we Will hell
him fad one. and If he is empl ployet
we'll try to give HIM the discipiih
thar vii make him succeed
Every boy who has passed ms SIX
teen,b birthday, but not reached nj
nineteenth. is required by the Slate
law 20 register with the Military ram
ing Comm ission, whose Ne" York OF
ice il at l05 East Thirty third street
in the list Regiment Armory. IN
schools send lists Of their pupils with
in the age limits to tho supervisor,
officers, and employers are required L
see that every boy they take mt
their business carries certfcat
showing shat he has registered.
All The armorics Will bc used TO
drilling. Schoolooys will be trained II
The afternoons, and employed boys be
tween and O'Clock in the evening.
80 uniforms are required. but man,
heads o. business houses have organ
izcd their boys into cadet corps an
equipped them. Some Of the schoo
organizations also are uniformed.