Show p- p Preparedness r p r d es Fl Plans n Outlined Outlined 1 past ast Heroes Heroes' Deeds Recalled W. W W. W training raining of Youth Y ou Is Urged elation of Agricultural Colleges to Making of Soldiers Explained By Frank C. C Greene has It that was quite proficient in tho the military mill mili lazy tary arts art but nowhere has any record been found of or his prowess lh Ut the plow to which he So so o Is It with Colonel Putnam The American schoolboy is bly not far tar wrong when ho he concludes hat In the calling of oC the colonel tho the olon made mado a a. Rood good soldier out of ot farmer mediocre m. Imagine m then an arm army of or the tho United Unite Q later Utes officered by a corps of ot highly officers officers who are arc I and amI Rood good farmers too ho aro are equally at home in the ration station or the tho anthropological I laboratory who can Identify alfalfa wee 11 as alJ easily n ns as they can work out a. a problem in advanced guard duty I That is what wo we are arc coming to and two dozen agrarian West Vest Points have now OW commenced making such colle colleges es ess urist urft Agricultural 49 s tho the name nam b by which such sueh schools arc are commonly known With half of or the world at atar war ar and he the situation apparently such that the United States 8 n night might for tho the p pa past Uit t two years cars have havo been drawn rn Into the struggle gle gle le the backwoodsman does not live w who O is burled so o deep in the brush that he has not heard tho the national cr cry for for preparedness HOWLS AT CONGRESS f Congress A has been literally howled 1 fat for falling to enact legislation that could provide pro for tho the national defense Propaganda has bas been launched bunched maes mass meetings have o been held flags lass waved and startling word motion and pen pictures drawn of tho the terrible calan calamity ty that would befall us if It somo some lan land grabbing grabbing grab grab- rab- rab bing biDS gan gang of oC foreigners should decide to settle ettle on Staten Island Inland With the frenzy Induced b by Americana somewhat abated however however how how- ever I eminent men of at affairs both military mil and nonmilitary have taken the problem In hand y I 1 Ono One of their first discoveries was the fact that ever eyer since 1862 the country country country coun coun- try has had Just exactly tho the legisla legIsla- legIslation legislation tion or organization fin and institutions of officers officers Ier I- I heeded let ded for Cor producing tho the army cers cers er lack of or which has been so decried b by the alarmists f 1 Those Institutions had not been producing producing pro pro- army officers however merely h because public sentiment was not in In favor of a crop of that variety But Bu now pow those same eminent men who are arc solving our problem of national de defense defenso de- de ha e quietly mado made those institutions Institutions institutions effective o and already they have havo planted planted the seeds teeds from which Is to I spring the first cro pot por military lead lead- ers It will be ready for the harvest within two years and from that time on ona 5 a crop will be bo obtained er c every year AGRICULTURAL TURAL COLLEGES i It was In 1862 that congress passed the the he law establishing n. n agricultural colleges colleges col col- leges and extending federal al aid to them The law was Inspired by br a condition condition con con- similar to that which Is causing the tho nation grave concern tO today l 1 The civil war war had emphasized the I I country's need for Industrial preparedness prepared prepared- ness and for more army officers Farsighted Far- Far sighted d legislators devised the a agricultural tural colic collate e as an Institution that would give the government a coordInated coordinated coordinated ord co group of or trained producers manufacturers and army officers t Then camo came the revulsion of feeling I against everything military or n naval nyal yal which followed the civil ll war A young nation had bad a sore to he heal l an and an empire em em- pire- pire to It needed pro producers moro than It nc needed led soldiers to so the agricultural colleges devoted their attention to tho the country's demands Under tho the law they had to Include military training in their routine and amI thc they did so flO BO but In merely a perfunctory perfunctory tory manner Tho men regarded It as asa a a. nuisance that hOo hod hied to bo ho endured and the they devoted as little time as ns n. n possible to it says sas the head of or one institution Frankly rankly ho continued military was a n. Joke The school gave e a It Just sufficient nt attention to b h he assured as as- d of at the federal appropriation and i no more FAR REACHING EFFECTS I I But Hut now all nIl that is changed Military Mili i i tary branches branche's have come ome to bo be as important Important Im lm- In the tho a agricultural coll colleges as asare asare j are aro studies pertinent to treatment of or tho the soil Boll To Just two factors Is the I change chango of or iron fron due One Is the tho trend of or public l sentiment in favor of oC military mili I tary training the other Is the creation I I of or tho the officers Ie reserve erve corps corps I The act that made mado that i went ent through congress ss without attracting at- at any particular attrition but hut buts butis I ts is s effects are to ho bo far Car reaching tilt ut It went into effect February 1 t and an I I just Juat what was needed to vital vitalize lo e act lct of oC 1862 Already Alread- the I iral ral al colleges a have havo commenced work Jer der its provisions I Briefly the act does doe this for foi the tho colleges colleges It It ides them I th a a. faculty qualified to tench teach mil mil- try 1 science clence members of oC which mil mil-I are 1 Aid by tho the war department It en- en enI I IUra the tho student to take an Inter- Inter j I I V 1 t m 11 military affairs by bv furnishing i with h free freo uniforms and allo allowing ln I him 9 9 per month for tor subsistence while I he Is studying military subjects NOT ON SURFACE I Even moro more important however is a feature of ot the law that ml might ht not appear appear ap ap- pear on ties While providing n training it has broken the J I back of oC militarism and military militar caste castein castein in tho the United States For under the new system tho the graduate of tho the mili military tary division of ot the agricultural collego collego col- col lego is eligible ble for tor immediate appointment appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment as a second lieutenant in the United States army len Even I l ven en HO so wont won't the West Nest Pointer look down on tho the shave sha tall tail from Ames or Port Fort Collins you ou ask Quite true West Vest West Point may ma try it It but with tho the entering the arm army at the rate of ot at least two hundred hundred hun hun- dred pt per r year car and bringing with them tho the breezy Western Vestern democracy it is easily seen that the Ute beast t of oC snobbery will be ejected by sheer force of oil num nunn bers Throughout the United States are arc perhaps two dozen agricultural colleges colleges col cul- col- col leges large enough to be important sources source of oC cogs for tor the coming cominS' military mill mili tar tary machine The They arc are scattered l Cr from m Ithaca N. N Y to COT Corvallis OreA Ore AT A LOGAN UNIVERSITY Typical pt perhaps of at the changes brought about by an awakened public sentiment nn ani J the creation cre-allon of the of officers officers' ot- ot leers leers' rE reserve erve corps are arc those which have o taken takE place at the Logan Utah Institution since February 1 I. I Where we wc Cormer formerly had a group of I Imen men going listlessly and half heartedly hearted- hearted l I ly through a series of oC somewhat Juvenile juvenile Juve juve- nile military exercises we wo now have hayo a wideawake class of oC young men who arc are studying military science in earnest arnest said ld Dr E. E G G. G Peterson president of the Ule institution Many of oC them he continued will make the military branch their life liCe work It will of course be two years before we produce a class of finished officers After that thata a n class clas in m military III tar science will be I graduated s every two years ears and eYer every member of ot every class cluss will be qualified quail I tied fled for dut duty as an aa officer in the regular regular regu- regu j lar army Many will no doubt accept I commissions immediately on leaving i I tho the school and remain permanently Inthe in inthe the army I I I I I i But Dr Peterson Is not a militarist I Gold lace is fg foreign to his taste and as asan asan an nn educator of oC agriculturists and manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers man man- he ho emphasized tho other side of oC the picture FROM THE MASSES It Is IR from Crom the masses that wo we draw v j jour I our student body he said and the thc thel I officers we wo graduate will still be of ot tho masses Not only onh that but hut under this I system tho the army will not draw an nn unduly un unduly un- un duly large number of oC producers rs from I the thc ranks On the other hand there will bo be created a n large arge class of men qualified for army service but engaged aged I in civil il pursuits Though trained as lS officers they will still be agricultural college collego graduates Past records show that agricultural college graduates g have ha I made good producers and so will they I 1 think Industrial preparedness was waa I Ione one of ot the objects sought by the men n who framed the law of 1562 which brought tho the agricultural ag colleges Into I being being- Now It is to ho bo attained After tho the present law has been In operation two years e there will be available a at lit the I I governments government's command a corps of oC trained producers producers husbandmen husbandmen en engineers en- en enI I manufacturers and transportation tion lion experts c- c who experts who will also be equipped d 1 with military experience I GERMANYS GERMANY'S ORGANIZATION I It is 19 such a corps of men that has mado made Germanys Germany's wartime domestic or organization organization or- or the wonder and en envy enof of the world for Cor we wo have come to learn that or-I or the administration of the nations nation's productive productive pro pro- powers is as Important in war wartime I time as is the direction of ot her armies Agricultural school graduates will be be I qualified to so administer our re resources resources re- re I sources and they will be found ready I Ito to step Into tho the harness when tire the call r comes cOlnes As AI the the tho work In the tho agricultural col col- col- col I I leges is now organized every student Is to receive military training for two years Then it becomes optional optIon l with him whether he be shall devoto devote his at att attention at- at t nUon to perfecting himself In the tho of officers officers' officers officers' of- of rs' rs school or 8 specialize in III pursuits of at p peace acc Nor is 19 it likely that tho the agricultural school training system will fail fall through lack of at federalization an as experts have haye concluded the national guard system has failed tailed The agricultural schools are supported largely by state appropriations appropriations but the tho military classes ar arto are arc areto to be be- divorced from state to influence ARMY INSTRUCTORS Army officers are aro retained as tho the instructors The They arc are of at course paid by the tho war department Instructors at each colle college e aro are to b bo be changed chan every three years earB so ISO that the tho possibility of oC an nn Instructor becoming subject to local 1 Influence will be I largely ar cl removed A ArI rI rigid ld system of oC federal inspection willbe will willbe willbe be maintained and the coIle colleges es have havo been beets given I to distinctly understand that the moment their work falls be below below be- be low Iowa a set standard their generous In IncomES IncomE'S Incomes incomes In- In comes comE'S from tram tho the government will bo be removed re re- re moved mo Military J training traIning- given Riven will bo be both practical and theoretical with daily dalh practical drills drUb and lessons In military mili tar tary training In addition each cach student graduated in military science must have o experience In a summer training camp Notice hal bas Just been heen issued by hy bythe bythe hythe the war waz department however that on account of the J present scarcity of ot of Af- leers no summer summt r camps will be held this year ear Thus will be boy from the tho thereat great reat democracy of oC inland America become qualified as her defender deCender In either the sciences o of peace or the sciences of oC war war- |