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...Connecticut National Guard; there can be little doubt of the futility of the whole mobilization of the militia, and of the total inadequacy of the militia system and of--lots of other things! There can likewise be no doubt of the fact that the members of the Batteries under command of Colonel Danford in New Haven and in Tobyhanna last summer did their work so creditably that the history of the organization and of the way Yale responded to the President's call, will long be remembered as a glowing chapter of Yale history...
...uniforms will be worn. C. CORDIER, Captain, U. S. Army, Command...
...time. On first glance it looks as if Harvard was lagging behind other colleges in training college men for reserve officers, but on the contrary Harvard, living up to her traditional reputation, is carefully searching for the most efficient economical method of making young men capable of leading a command. After the authorities have diverged from the well-beaten paths traversed by everyone and have found a new and better method of obtaining the common object, Harvard will be found where she was last year in the van of the preparedness movement...
Plans have been made for the establishment of an elective course as an addition to the college curriculum and the War Department will give the plan its complete authorization. Colonel Danforth, U. S. A., who has been in command of the Yale Battery since its establishment a year ago, will be in roil charge of the course...
...competent captain or an efficient lieutenant requires not only a theoretical knowledge by study, but also a practical knowledge by actual experience. When an officer gives a command he should know it is properly executed, and should be able to show his men how it should be executed; he can only do this after being properly instructed himself. Therefore I say that a good part of the allotted time should be devoted to practical instruction. I mean drill. All-other reason and a vital one is, that an officer should be capable of estimating intelligently the physical capabilities...