Show SCHOOL BOYS BOIS AS SOLDERS establishment of military urill drill in S schools CITIES THAT ARE interested tho the soldier rover struck the abo boys blead hr inthey tiley are ea easer e r le learners knerr of at drill ten thousand uniformed boys of the american guard will parade in new york and brooklyn on Memo ilal day all IM by TIft cheller johnson a bacheller B ic heltor T la Is estimated that nearly rill school boys boya of new york and brooklyn rooklyn IS w will I 1 I 1 I 1 parade 0 n memorial M c m 0 r lal D day ay with their own drum corps to furnish martial music w I 1 11 th h b an a n ners n ors p loudly w a abing oer their even ranks ranka with an alignment which cannot be improved upon by the regular army troops or fir by tile famous seventh kegl ment theme boy cadets cabets will be one of 0 the most imposing features feature of 0 the great arx governor flower general horace porter the late general henry W slocum n and n d scores of others have all commended the he movement general george acoree W WI ingate to 1 13 at 1 its he acal iid slid and represents tile the grand army of the Ite publia in its light tor for it military training tor for the youth 0 of our country lie lias has appointed special aides on his staff composed 0 ot t 0 on no officer from each state df 11 alson ot 0 the grand army of 0 tile the republic anti anil they are doing fill all they can to the matter A A bill was waa introduced in CO digress at tt the session recently ended by william Willi alin 1 combs carolia of brooklyn and in tile the senate by joaeph it 11 hawley of 0 Connect i cut at the instigation ot of the 0 A it 11 men to provide for or tile the national recognition arcoe ot of tile the movement this bill authorized zed the president to detail regular army officers to the different cities adopt military instruction st as part of the curriculum in their schools these army men were to act os as drill drillmasters masters for the boys anil and would instruct them in the arts art 0 if warfare of the bill author the me oil section laed the secretary of 0 war to loan to the public ordnance and ord nanco nance 8 aborca lore W tor for tile use of 0 the cadets cabets tills rills bill culled called foila h the bluer bitter opp opposition irom front tho the comans womans christian Chr illan temperance union who denounced it as an dangerous erous to public morals this body bioust strong to bear and got cot the ull bill killed in committee general Win wyngate gats holve however cr kiya that another bill will be preben prevented ted at washington in tile the f till all with better chances ol of passage although Althou Kh the national movement Is a new one military instruct instruction inn in the public schools has haa ionic lon been practiced in some cities in boston the system has been most thoroughly worked out probably aud there the bobson school regiment numbers about 1600 uniformed boys in ill new yoi k and brooklyn the movement Is making rapid stilden the american guard has la been formed from the bat battalions ot of the public schools and each cach battalion has I 1 I 1 y r U pa 11 7 0 4 lei lm y marching to their own music decoration day parade this year the ta establish military rr dail in thi lb 18 spread nT aap iap rapidly I 1 ond anil thre e or four our times its as many man bor will mill turn opt this spring as d ald last year A foidl foo dl proportion bothom will be i uniformed and armed cod to f tor they c boive been organ led into re md battalions 0 o of the A airi alcan lc guard all ail oer the country the mill drill is ince meeting drig with faaoi and the schools chool in noat 0 of tl the cities a an wll well a ai aft ft in many of the small t towns are getting into line in ili favor of the innovation no vallon th the e quck tion has become one of 0 national ill lo 10 I 1 importance parlance por Lance rind and has already tan been taken ken vp up in congress as well as an in the ot of most ot of the states A merica america Is a commercial arguo those home who tile the establishment ot of military instruction a part tho the curriculum of the public schools anil and has no need of soldiers sold lorg chi china pit did 1 not need them a yearned year yea rIngo neo and no one can tell I 1 hen ben our need will arl arise 8 e we have a till of 0 mento call the doubters reply tor for every able bodied man between IS 18 and 43 45 li 14 liable for duty in case of war true but how lone ionic did cainas chinas hordes of 0 untrained men stand against the disciplined troops japan put into the field li it Is a common impression that america aron aca Is fate ate front from enemies because of 0 her wealth and great ecat population look fit at tho the civil war say bay many did we riot not put into the ild field I ld an enormous army true again but with the inevitable but we liaa 1144 only untrained re resl J menta composed compelled of raw recruits to contend against ilow how long lone would tile northern army ot of asci and havo have lasted against english french or german troops 0 of years ot of such are the arguments advanced by I 1 me he opponents ot of military instruction tion in ili the ilia public schools and such buell are the replies they invariably meet irom tr orn tile the supporters sup portera of the plan there a are re too some who I 1 he believe that training boys to t tho he handling bandH jiff of fl firearms reania li hlll ill develop a and bloodthirsty spirit while I 1 8 a tow taw theorists oppose the plan on oil the V that the principle principe of military drill to suppress up prita andl vi duAlIty but arrayed upon the other side fild of 0 the question are a host of ad vOca tex ci the grand army of tho the lie y public lii ill really behind the th movement to fabj laan alvo I 1 y 0 in borne boma tile the so noll public I lorly schools di scipione throughout to tho the the C country is 3 president benjamin 0 a ay Ys of 0 tho the harrison plan it Is t good in every t r of 0 atgood for or tb bosq boy good f tor r t he schools and good tor for it lh coun i try atri other othe men whose opinion 1 la valuable men in civil walks walk of at life 11 as an wll well be these tho yr inlaid have beo been 1 I diers ft f geller general Harr teon its number anil and place in line As in turn out on special holl days daya ii an have been the feature ot more titan than one ble big parade ot of real g soldiers ol 01 in washington CIA cincinnati C annati columbus des moines and scores tit if other smaller maller cities and towns the idea is 19 making headway that military drill Is popular among the schoolboys Is evident to any one mho ito sees the lads at drill they willingly give elve up part of 0 their play hour to take lake part in it and the competition for officers positions posit lund is keen on line liaa has but to took look at the air ot of pride with which these youngsters wear their neat little uniforms to appreciate their feelings in most of tho the schools only jonly the jarger jaeger companies are arc uniformed and d find and there hio are ono one or two companies com pailles composed of 0 tile hie br brnger maler and boys which correspond to a drill squad from which hah the flip rank 9 or of the regular regular companies are recruited to begin with the military dinst instruction ruc canles can leg with wilh it mie tint e physical drill than ig 1 usual in the schools and tills in itself Is ii a wonderful advantage to most of the boys As soon oon as a lad d declares c his w m ish to enter the cadet cor corps of the school bagocs into I 1 the he squad ps and Is put through a course or of sprouts tsIP the up which are at west point come first this physical drill teaches him to stand straight to walk straight to breathe properly in choit biaka nukes a now boy ot of him when they have learned to hold their heads erect and their hands at their s idell without looking as aa it the palma were gaurd to lo their trousers leo legs they are taught to face and match marching rind wheeling in ili columns of twos iboa and fouls follows and even more intricate maneuvers the best of 0 the squads at are then put into the regular met cadet corps and allowed to got uniforms and carry guns if the companies have them the rho manual 11 ot of arms Is taught until they can handle their weapons like veterans and then they learn to drill drift la in companies and in battalions battal loni the question of the by bivs a Is ono one of the most important lut but it ft has lf inq fl f 11 VO 1 M I 1 I 1 A a CK ILI A prom drum and rite fife corps of the american guard been solved quite la in most of the schools tc hool the entire uniform necessary tor for one of theme thee public chool cadets cabets costa coots 10 CL 61 discounts Din counts have lave been secured front from big biff dealers b mure the uniforms are bought in quantities and it has ham been found that eliat one ot of the me uniforms to la cheaper I 1 11 kilts lunger I inner and looks neater than an ordinary isch school ool suit of 0 clothes clothed the school superintendents therefore tell the th boys when they are enlisted in the cadet corps coira where they can ret get the uniform it at the low price arranged and their parents buy thodi instead or 0 a or r flonary clothes clothe this 11 her ber of advantages I 1 acty bov will take better care of it blue uniform with bi agai on it than he would ot of in an ordinary school putt cult lie ho wants to look well la in tho the ranks ranka and then hen too the officers iiii reprimand him it if his clothes look rolled boiled the itemized cost coat of 0 the uniform ns As used in a number of new york schools tor for the amerle io in G guard is 13 as follows follow coat dark blue all wool lined brass 1 buttons Lul Lonii ST trousers of tile same material ac belt bell cartridge box baloyot sheath leggings of bron bromn canaii can candus vii isi olai olais s xa 21 cap with silt and letters A C G lw total 1061 some of tile the corps have don away x with ith leggings while one of tile brooklyn schools has haa brought the price down to sofio by getting cheaper materials and doing doans away with some of the ac cou coutre tre ments As to arms general wingate advises wooden guns for tho the mine her boys and real ones tor for the larger lieper ones the former can be bought for 73 75 cents each while real ones cost SG 8 to 13 15 an excellent plan which one of the now new york schools has haa adopted la 13 that of burins from the government men t arsenals nala caston cast oft on rifles w which gicla were used by tile regular army before the arms ca came to into we use these can lie had at low notes batca anil and in full an qua quan s tor for the government hill has many thousands which it Is anxious to soil sell in many schools drum find and life fife corps have been organized and tile the boys march to their own music in drcar parades too in the armory and achrol yards the drum corps lends an air of importance to tho the ceremony and makes the boys boyn feel more like real soldiers than ft N hen ri marching arching without music it Is IH really to see the antt interest rest that the boys boyi take in the thins thing when once alliy get bet into the cadet corps there is always a full organization with offitt rai ra and promotions are generally made according to ability shown in the drill once a cadet Is 11 promoted to be corporal or ft a sergeant you will find him poran 1 t over a book of tactics during its his pla play y hour eager to learn the whole military science before life ills instructors instructor have taught it to him in one or two of the sch noli they have rone gone on eo far as to drill some of the boys in the artillery tactics with wooden dummy RUM guns and in others othi ni signal plena corps ambulance corps and other branches of the ger service have been adda add a to the regular cadete cadets and drum corps what will mill be tile the of all this it Is claimed that our national Kal lonal fuata guata regiments will be kept well supplied with recruits who havo hava learned the tactics bics tics in ili their school days dam and that we me shall have ft a generation nf stronger and better men flat but the grea greatest benefit of the movement and its ultimate object Is 13 to train tile american youth in the art of war without requiring him to lie put through a course of service in the army after he has grown up its as fill they do in other land landa L european countries train all their young men to armi after they have reached maturity by compulsory in the army if american youth youlan j art are taught tile mill tary t ry r ill ments w while bile still in school tills this will be unnecessary under any conditions and twenty years from the time the system becomes preN prevalent preal alent throughout the country an army of millions of men all bred to the knowledge it not the ure of weapons could be put into the held field as fast as they weir armed and 1 it if purl conditions it I had t existed in in china atna six months ago the celestials Celesti als w would 1 d never ibave had to beg beff tor for peace fl from m their Japa japanese conquerors |