The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-16

gan and Captain Daniels, Il ought to be said that
these two officers have given OF their best and are
sun remaining in the service, despite the calls OF
their business In civil life TO forward the project
winch has as Its essential element military plus
high grade of civilian vocational education for the
youth of America who may become officers or en-
listed men of the United States army.
Last June i was Mt West Point, where wit
messed the presentation of diplomas to 25O young
second lieutenants of the army who after two
years course at the academy had been sent to
camp Humphreys for vocational training. They
returned TO West Point for the purpose of recev.
Ing their diplomas. So 1t will be seen that this
school at Observation-Disclosures has been In
operation for some time.
Even in Its preparatory stages this school not
only has Instructed young officers of the army but
hundreds of enlisted men. They work In machine
shops, In lumber camps. for the peninsula Is heev-
iiy wooded; In carpentry in printing. in map max
ing In blacksmthing. in railway construction and
railway operation. in electricity, and In fact in
all branches of industry which are serviceable In
civil life MS In the army. The completion Of the
school as outlined will give to an officer, regular
reserve or National Guard and to the enlisted man
that roundabout vocational education which 1t
will be difficult TO get elsewhere.
here IL every necessary manufactured product
of the war time Everything that engineering in
genuity has produced is here might say us n
kind of educational sample. Camp Humphreys Is
tion along nearly every line of military and
civilian effort.
Appropriations are needed to carry the work at
Camp Humphreys TO conclusion. Congress has
been asked for money and the probability is that
IL Will be forthcoming No one knows today
whether the United States is TO have any form of
universal military training or not but if the de-
csiOn shall be in its favor young men who from
year to year enter their countrys service for field
training Will be given an opportunity to benefit by
a training at this Potomac school.
The students who thus far have been under in
structon at Camp Humphreys. officers and enlist
ed men alike. have started at the beginning of
things. The West Point classes went into the
machine and carpenter Shops laid tracks, did Sec
tionhand work and all the other things necessary
10 give them practical knowledge of the things
useful to them in their soldier profession or later
In any profession trade or business which they
might enter on return TO civil life II has been
school of hard work. of regular living, with a
sufficient amount of recreation. and with things
so well balanced generally TO promote the
normal working and 'recreatng' lives of men,
There are brond-guage and narrow-gauge rail-
roads In operation at Camp Humphreys There
many army trucks. armored traIns signal
searchght and flash range apparatus; forestry
study, numbering bridge laying, and all other fa-
cties for training on a broad scale.
The very character of the terrain and the ample
timber supply Mt Camp Humphreys will allow the
development OF held fOrtihcntiOns on n large scale
and under varied conditions. Roads already avnII-
able. from footpaths to modern great highways
furnish the fields for the practical study of com.
munication which forms such important part
OF the duties of engineering troops In the field
Five miles of standardgnuge railroad and 20
miles OF narrow-gauge or combat railroads. TO-
gether with warehouses and depots cover I'm all
their operations the functions of the service OF
supply.
Adequate areas for target practice and for the
use of gas already developed. The water
supply is plentiful and Of excellent quality The
climate is heathful, and mild enough to make field
work practicable during the entire year An area
ten miles square Is large enough for maneuyering
large bodies Of troops and is sufficiently varied In
character to cover the wide range OF field copdI-
tions. including fiat. open country rolling ground
wooded areas. valleys and ravnes.
Camp Humphreys wiz be an engineer school. a
term which is used to embrace all the phases Of
engineering training. There will be an institution
for post graduates of the ,ullitary academy and
OF civil institutions to prepare them for the work
of tho corps Of engineers The course Will reouIre
two years and will cover many subjects which can
he grouped under these heads. Military nilitary
engineering evil engineering. electrical and me-
chnnica engineering.
There viii be a cadet school for the compIetion
OF training of cadets who have not completed the
ftn course ut the military academy; school for
reserve and National Guard officers; school for
line officers: correspondence school for reserve
and National Guard officers. covering the duties
Of engineer officers OF tho various branches OF the
reserve and National Guard. Naturally . large