| Show UNIVERSITY MEN PETITIONING FOR MILITARY DEPARTMENT REGENTS AND PRESIDENT ASKED TU TO INAUGURATE MILITARY TRAINING Committee ommittee Appointed By Student Executive Board Draws Up Petition President Wid Widtsoe States Approval Of PlanA Plan V A PETITION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. U OF U. U Lady and Gentlemen We the undersigned respectfully petition that a department of military science and tactics be established at the University of Utah under the regulations as specified In General War Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment Order No 49 and also that application be made immediately to the General War Department to detail an officer at the University University University sity of Utah for the balance of the school year to train men under the Reserve Officers' Officers Corps etc This petition is in the Chroni Chronicle le office and is to be signed by II patriotic students V YA Agitation is rife on the campus forthe for forthe forthe the establishment of a department of military science and tactics in the col col- col- col lege The training of college men for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of preparedness in case of war is the program to be tie carried out within a very short time according according according accord accord- ing to plans which are being pushed rapidly toward tow ird realization A corps of University students will train at Fort Douglas and he be e equipped by hy the government government government gov gov- when the plan is carried out i AThe The above petition has already been drawn up and signed by hy several prominent students and when it is is granted a call will be he m made de for volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- from the student body hody to form forma a military corps Some time ago application was made for the establishment of a military military mili mill tary organization here in conjunction with Fort Douglas No word has been received from Washington however of any tiny action having been taken In view of the strained relations between be ibe- between tween this countr country and Germany and and the imminence of war several students began agitating for action in this mat mat- ter The volunteer r scheme was laid before the executive board hoard of th the A. A S. S U. U U U. by Clark Young and it was acted upon favorably at once A working committee consisting of Young Wendell Smoot and Ed Banning Banning Banning Ban Ban- ning was selected hy iby the board for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of getting the measure I through The committee presented its plan to President Widtsoe and he gave his assent and promise to back hack the proposition provided enough students students students stu stu- I dents should through petition signify their desire for such a scheme At least one hundred names must be af af- fixed to the petition and from present present present pres pres- ent indications it will be toe no difficult matter to obtain treble that number Early next week President Widtsoe will present the petition to the board hoard of regents after which volunteers will willbe willbe be he called for Sor and the request for an officer to be detailed here wired to the war department The college would simply be stepping stepping stepping step step- ping in line Une with other institutions throughout the nation by making this move Many other colleges have ve such organizations The Yale battery hattery is isone isone isone one of the best known Professors and students alike are in sympathy with organizing a University University sity sit company compau Bennion said that in the light of the present situation he was heartily In favor of it and that it deserved deserve the backing of every college college college col col- col- col lege student Dean Leary also favors the proposed plan and other prominent faculty members have likewise expressed expressed expressed ex ex- pressed themselves themselves' for its establish establish- ment Some time ago there was a military corps at the University The early records show that military drill was one of the matters emphasized in in inthe the earl early catalogs of the University A Awell well trained well trained bod body hody p of students were organized organized organized or or- in the and several University University University Uni Uni- men joined the Utah volunteers volunteers volunteers volun volun- in the Spanish-American Spanish war The organized drill however was abandoned before this time and has never been heen seriously considered until the present time |
