Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-09-25

ran and Captan Daniels 1t ought to be said that
these two officers have given of their best and are
still remaining in the service, despite the calls OF
their business in civil ife to forward the pro1ect
which has It's 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 was at West Point where VIII
messed the presentation of diplomas to 25O young
second lieutenants Of the army who after a TWO
years course at the academy had been sent to
Camp Humphreys for vocational training. They
returned to West Point for the purpose of recelv'
Ing their diplomas. So 1t will be seen that this
school at Bevoir-on- the Potomac 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 heav-
lily wooded In carpentry in printing. In map max
ing, in blacksmithing in railway construction and
railway operation, In electricity, and In fact In
all branches of industry which are serviceable in
civil life as in the army. The completion OF the
school rs outlined will give to an officer, regular.
reserve or National Guard and to the enlisted man
that roundabout vocational education which II
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, one might say, as
kind Of educational sample Camp Humphreys Is
storehouse of the material necessary for instruc-
ton 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
It will be Forthcoming. No one knows today
whether the United States is to have any form OF
universal military training or not but II the de-
cision shall be In its favor young men VINO from
year to year enter their counrys service for field
training will be given an opportunity to benefit Dy
a training at this Potomac school.
The students who thus far have been under In
struction 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
tion-hand work and all the other things necessary
to give them practical knowledge of the things
useful to them in their soldier profession or later
in any profession or trade or business which they
might enter on return to civil life. 1t has been
school of hard work, of regular living, with
sufficient amount of recreation, and with things
So we'll balanced generally as to promote the
normal working and "recreating" lives of men,
There are broadguage and narrow-gauge rail-
roads in operation at Camp Humphreys. There
are many army trucks, armored trains. signal,
searchlight and flash range apparatus; forestry
study numbering bridge laying, and all other ia
cilities for training on broad SCALE
The very character of the terrain and the ample
timber supply at Camp Humphreys will allow the
development of field Notifications large scale
and under varied conditions Roads already avail
able. from footpaths to modern great highways.
furnish the fields for the practical study of com
munication which forms such an important part
of the duties of engineering troops in the field
Five miles Of standard-gauge railroad and ~
miles of narrOwgauge or combat railroads. TO
pether with warehouses and depots cover In all
their operations the functions OF the service OF
supply.
Adequate areas for target practice and for the
use of gas are already developed Inc water
supply Is plentiful and of excellent quality. Inc
climate is healthful and mild enough to make felt
work practicable during the entire year. An area
fen miles square is large enough for maneuverine
large bodies Of troops and is sufficiently varied II
character to cover the wide range of field condl
tions. including fat open country rolling ground
wooded areas, valleys and ravines.
\, Camp Humphreys will be an engineer school, {
! farm which ID used to embrace all the phases O
engineering training. There we'll be an institution
for post graduates Of the military academy am
az civil institutions to prepare them for the worl
Of the corps of engineers. The course Will requir
two years and will cover many subjects which cal
he GROUPED under these heads: Military, mitar
engineering civil engineering, electrical and me
J chanicaI engineering. s.
There will be d cadet school for the completion
! az training of cadets who have not completed tn
/ full course at the military academy; school 70
! reserve and National Guard officers; school 70
line officers; d correspondence school for reserv
/ and National Guard officers covering the lutte
81 engineer ofcers DIT the various branches Of th
|. reserve and National Guard. Naturally laTg