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Show MILITARY DRILL OF HIGH ! SCHOOL CADETS FAVORED Huruipil Geoiqe A Elton Srys It Develops Mm hood md Patriotism, Is in No X Sense Harmful SIJTE national preparerlnfM has be-coma be-coma a qneM on of RMt In port sod mneh has been a d abo t ni Utarr t a ninj, in the schools uj,ortt en of tho salt Lake s hool 8 naT recel d nan nq r I em over tho Un tod sta rtlati o to the ,rk tho local h gh senool en le h. In response to these nquir es ( eorge Entou supervising pnn ipal of the valt Lako h ih school, has prejaroi a statement aeft ng forth tho salient foa t res of tho silt v rk here and in domng tho bti en Profesor haton i statement is an tol owa This a the s xteenth ea sin e the Ytork wa rue ipd in thla sohool For he fl he ears th or a b e her t has bee a eg;u q r at tor a I boya n t re Hn ae o d years, unless exo sad b t e s o 1 phys clan on aooount of so ne ph s cal dlsabl tty The comn saloned ocHoers a e ohoaen from the third and fo r h earn the non comm ssloned offlrsrs fro ha second year hoys An offi cars m nlna; school Is carr ed on o he resular work of the schoo Standard Held High 1 o be el rtble for an of Scerehip a cadet must be pausing In at least flf oen ho rs a week of prepared work or the equivalent of suoh work, must also have alrallar y passed in Hh ork of the previous sen ester He nus ha a and nalntalo a c ean ro ord no far as deportment s concerned Reprehens b s oonduot wl 1 deprive an ofncer of h a eon mission He tnust pass a rig 1 wr t en examination In n ta y ta t s He must have the pe so a e en ent neceasai to com and A 1 appointments are made y he Lommandant w th the sano on of the principal The 1 omes th ee t mes a week Monday Wednesday and Friday from n o 1 40 p m sen e from drl 1 without ofrice per salo la treated aa tn a and se e e punished r ho k or he first month Is con rined o sq al and company n arch ff ca a hen h and sett ng up es e The a na ua of arms ake up The exero see are con el o ghout the vear Practice en p to n snd a all aesjlne la t. en toward he end of the .ar T a a done In e regu ar time en abo e In add on to this one of a cadet s open periods Is taken ca h week for instnic on In first ad and dancing These classes are held n tho gymnasium Easy to Get Uniform In addition to the drl 1 require ments. gymnasium class uork Is re u ed of all boys In the third and fo t ears This total counts one rertl tn the sixteen necessary for hraduat orC T e unifoim Is reg a on In all rs spects and a furnished by it C Lil ey & Co. Columbus Ohio The rest nc ng cap s S 6 50 TI e uniform at this price s the result of a keen npet t on on the part of manu facturors some years ago. It Is with ut quest on he best suit for the onev made and wi 1 last two years eas y on less o tgrown. Each cadet must bu his on un form, all other qu pment s owned and furnished by the board of odu at on In connection with the organisation s an exchange department for caps and unlfo ma At he end of the drill period ( he two years) each cadet who does not wlsn to eontlnus Lhs work Is asked to give over his uniform to the school This is cleaned re paired pressed snd stored b the quartermaster In case a cadet Is unable to purchase a uniform, one of these s furn shed him free of charge I case a cadet haa outgrown his unl form he mav make an exchange Thus. Instead of it being a hardship upon anyone to purchase the uniform the cadet organisation has proved a real benefit by furnishing the uniform free whenever there Is need. Excellence Achieved The two high schools have well equipped rifle galleries for target practice Regular classes In this practice are held Although the work Is optional a large number avail themselves of the opportunity to Im prove heir marksmanship. In 1SH our team won the Astor cup for best shooting In the National league. Previous to taking up the work every boy Is examined physically If in any case Lhere Is phi steal d sabOlty which would be aggravated by the drU work exemption Is granted. The Instructor Captain Wllllsm C Webb is not a West Point graduate but la an expert drta master He Is an artillery captain In the National guard and commanded the Utah bat tery In the Philippines during the sir The three gTeat events for ths cadets are the military ball held about the first of March, Governor's day (a grand field day) about May 20 and the encampment afcout two weeks after the close of school In caae of a trip such as we made this year the encampment does not take place We had last year about S50 cadets ncludlng a fun band of forty p eces. a bugle and drum corps of twenty four pieces and a signal corps of ten. We anal probably have at least 600 In the battalion thla year Good Guns Used The gun used Is a Krajr carbine remode ed for bayonet, and costs from the Un ted States government about V with cartridge be t and box. swing strap and bayoneL There Is no agree, ment with the government that the Individual shall give of his service la case of mil tary need. If you wish to make a success of the work you shou d make It a re qu rement for at least two years Better not have It at all than to have t on an optional basis. The principal and h s teachers must be solidly be h nd the wo k A lukewarm attitude would be faUl to the success of this a nlng For the past ten years the organlza tiorj has been steadily and cons st ently growing n numbers snd Influ ence There Is no tendency or de s e on the part of the boerd of education the teaching faculty of the school or the g udents themselves to d scont nue the a n ng On the other land le he one hirtg above a 1 otl ers of wh n we are Justl proud I say th s from the standpoint not only of the school but of the clt sens of Sa t Lake The work Is accepted bv the boys without any question This year there were but two requests to bo excused from drll and these were f om boys who have been going to school in some other place before omlng to Salt Lake There is a great deal of enthus asm In the or gran zatlon and for the organ zatlon w thin the schooL We want It and be eve In it and If It were put to a vote w th the membe s of the school past and present as to whether military drl shou d be 6 s continued or even put upon an op tlonal has s the propos t on wou d be o erwhe mingly defeated Inculcates Patriotism There s no occas on to fear he ucat on of a dangerous m 1 tary spirit In the m nds of growing- bovs as the result of th 5 tra nine It the effe owe! of l till8 or., com" Patno sm Jhi. if u he, tlme w" come when aU this balderdash talk abou he each ings M m tar sm w I cease T ere has been so n u h of h s sort of heresy going the rounds la e hat there is a real danger no of i still ng real man iness nto bovs the J8 Shtlng- sp r but of inducing i?.m, 10 a e'oven y mo al attitude wnicl makes for coward ce Mav our bojs never g ow to be me w th out a country and maj our coun try never fat of ha lng men who can and wi 1 defend her In the near future we shall have a leaflet prin ed which w 1 embody all the Information conce t ng the cadet wo k n he Sa t Lake h gh school I sha 1 be p eased to send ou op es of s w en it s pub shed I am a f rm be e er n the ml tary dr 1 for hi?h school boys for many reasons ph s ca and moral and hope vou n roduce it in vour schoo a It e a n v has done wonders for us |