Show Y I West Point at War WarBy By Mal laJ Gen Francis B Wilby Sup Supt 0 of Woe West Point Academy Being Being- a newspaper columnIst and reporter Is a new experience for me However I feel that I can give you youa a Reporter s Report to the NatIOn from West Point whIch should be beof beof of interest to every red blooded American I wish that everyone could visit West Point for lust Just one day and see what I see You would get an inspiration that you cannot help but feel when you see the men of the Corps and what they arE doing They are not only fitting themselves for winning thiS war but also for wm win winsing sing the peace and prevent ng It if possible the recurrence of such an another another other world conflagration as v e are pass ng through today As you know a cross section of American youth IS selected tram from all parts of the country to come corne to West WestPoint WestPoint Point They are selected by the most democrat c of methods many ot of them b by ng competitive ex examinations Starting with these young men we aim to develop a rigorously ly trained officer soldier a Job whIch Is great greatly ly iy facIlitated by the fact that the Cadets themselves sincerely desire to make the most of the opportunity they have here bere With the rapidly changing weapons and new methods developed in modern warfare we weare weare are constantly working to keep up to date and give the latest most accurate Information and training to the Cadets WALTER WINCHELL is OB oa s tour of duty outside Coot Coat nests U S Du Of ne neb b s absence bonc w JJ it subS tut tale taleThe The Cadets learned and were do- do doing doing ing everything a thoroughly trained enlisted man ought to be able to do doand doand and before the Summer was over they looked 1 ke veterans Summer maneuvers don t end the story of tough training at West Point Summer maneuvers are Just a phase of the year round program whIch Is built to tram train fighting leaders Every minute of the 16 hour day W 6 a m to 10 pm p m IS filled by a tIght schedule ot of instruction study and cs plus tactical training m in the arms and branches ot of the ServIce The program IS designed to turn out officers schooled in all types of army operatIon and each Cadet IS familiarized WIth the use ot every weapon from the pistol to the airplane So one can see the West Pointer Is TOUGH physically and mentally lie He has to be beAt At the close of the Summer the Cadets came back into the class classrooms classrooms rooms for what we call academIcs During the Winter months emphasIs IS placed upon academIc instruction while the schedule in tactical tram train training mg ing IS somewhat reduced A reporter probably would say that we have a hIghly mathematical and stiff eng course Per Perhaps Perhaps haps that IS right but the West Point curriculum alms aims at teaching a man manto manto to think to reason and to draw sound conclusIOns exp eased essed clearly and concIsely Mathematics and the sCiences provide th s training of the mind wh ch we bel eve Is so essen t al m in order to produce the finest mil tary leaders I am happy to announce that this week the West Point instruct on IS be ng gIven a first hand inspection by some ot of the leading educators ill in our I have my mv ted Doctor Compton Pres dent of the Massa Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Doctor Hopkins President of Dart Dart- Dartmouth Dartmouth mouth along with the princ pal mull mill tary experts on training m in our Army today MaJor General Bull Bullot Bullof ot of the Re Replacement Replacement placement Training Center of the Ground Forces Brigadier Huebner of the Tra fling D VISIOn of the ServIces Services Ices of Supply Brigadier General Edv Edwards ards ot the Training DIvIsion of at atI atthe I the War Department General Staff and Colonel ot of the Flying Training Command ot of the Army Air Forces to meet confer canter and revue v our plans for the ne v 3 year course at the MIlitary Academy With this course we to propose produce a graduate havethe of West Vest Point who w 11 have the finest education and training It IS lOSS i oss ble to afford In the time ava available able By constantly keeping abreast of the latest developments we aIm to do the Job whIch America and Americans have asked aked us to do In doIn the days ot Robert E Lee and U andU S Grant West Point produced men to meet the challenge of that era John J ng fulfilled his task in the days of the Kaiser During the past Summer over 2 West Pointers went through the most rigorous field maneuvers that have been held in the hIstory of the Acad Academy Academy emy Every phase ot of combat tram train training mg ing was given the Cadets They worked they sweated they maneu vered maneuvered over the hills and through the rivers ot of northwest New York State as well as here at West Po nt They had a good taste of how modern campaIgns are fought During these maneuvers some of the toughest cOmbat earned Carried out by the problems 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