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Show The Military Camp at Plattsiig, U. Y. Plattnburg, In northern Now York, Is plcturosquely situated on tho west orn shore of Lako Champluln. Besides Be-sides being a United States customs port and a thriving manufacturing community it is an attractive summer sum-mer resort nnd has interesting military mili-tary and historical asoclatlon. Here Is located an army port with barracks that aro among tho largest In tho Unl ted States. Off Valcour Island near by, on October 11, 1770, tho English and American fleets commanded, respectively re-spectively by Honedlct Arnold and Sir Guy Carlotoji, fought tho first naval bnttlo that over occurred ho tween Great Ilrltnln and tho United States. During tho War of 1812 Plattsburg was tho headquarters of tho Amorlcan forces on tho Northern frontier. Tho famous bnttlo of Lake Champlnln. In which Commodoro Mr-Donough, Mr-Donough, defeated a Hrltish fleet, took placo In Plattsburg Hay, and In n and action In tho vicinity Gonoral McComb repulsed a suporlor British foco. Hut lost month Plnttsburg recolved moro attention from tho country at largo than ovor boforo In Its history This was owing to the tact that thoro was conducted horo n military school more unique than any ovor hold on American soil, or nnywhero olso for that matter, Nearly twelvo hundred men, enough to form oloht full companies at war strength, gathorcd horo on August If for a four wooUs courso of military Instruction. This alono did not make the encampment significant. It was tho typo of tho mon, tho work thoy neeomplUhcd, and tho spirit of It nil that cavo tho ontorprlso Its romarlc-ibV romarlc-ibV rhnrcrlor I'or thesi were nU bovs fro-n i' m.litar; a'uderoy, nor was It n u! lego students' military Instruction camp, such as Its Immediate predecessor prede-cessor at this Ideal spot, Tho pupils I hero wero business nnd professional men, prominent in public affairs and In prlvnto llfo. Among them wero diplomats, Including nn ox-nmbassa-dor, several ox-governors, high city officials, financiers, lawyers, collogo professors writers, physlclnna engineers engi-neers and merchants as well as noted sportsmen, nnd a generous sprinkling of humblo clerks. They camo mnlnly from tho big cities of tho East, Boston, Bos-ton, Now York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dnltlmorc, and Washington with lnrgo groups from many other widely scattered sections. Twenty-six states I In nil nnd tho District ot Columbia wero represented In the camp. Some mon camo from ns far south ns Lou- I islnna and others from the states of Colorado nnd California. Moro than 90 per cent of them woro university graduates and, the professional or business experlenco of tho remaining 10 per cent o-1 so had enough vnluo to bring tho general standard of Intelligence In-telligence up to a very high avcraso. Not moro than a third of tho men had ovor had any previous military training. From Tho Plnttsburg Ito-sponso, Ito-sponso, by Wllllnm Menkel In the American Hovlew of Ilovlows for September. |