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...Council has received a letter stating that any fellow who is in college and physically fit can go to Plattsburg regardless of his age. This new ruling will allow many men to sign up who have been prevented from doing so previously by the age limit of eighteen...
...principal object of the school is to prepare young men for public health work and especially to fit them to occupy administrative and executive positions, as health officers, or members of boards of health, or secretaries, agents, or inspectors of health organizations. To this end, lectures, laboratory work, and other forms of instruction are offered by both institutions, and by special instructors from national, state, and local health agencies. The subjects embraced in the courses of study have been selected to cover a wide range, including medical, biological, hygienic and engineering sciences, together with practical health administration...
...therefore, seemed wise to continue our policy of encouraging students to look to the summer training camps for their physical drill and for their practical field training; but, in order to fit them for that experience, and to keep their interest active, we organized a course of military lectures, to be given by officers of the regular army, and prepared rifle ranges where students could have target practice. We are convinced that more can be done by leaving the military drill to the summer camp, and by emphasizing, within the university itself, the intellectual elements of a military education...
...proper preparation. When the Civil War broke out, it became necessary to train a large body of men; and on account of the absolute lack of officers, it was necessary to train the men and the officers at the same time,-hence the great delay in producing an army fit for offensive work, the time for decisive action being delayed for at least two years. It was not until after Gettysburg that either side had an efficient weapon of offence sufficiently flexible to move and to obey, without delay or hesitation, the supreme orders of its commander-in-chief...
...would be fallacious to state that its members had rounded out their knowledge to such an extent as thoroughly to fit them for even the multifarious duties of the subaltern. Military science has progressed so much in recent years as to require the highest degree of training on the part of the officer. To exercise intelligent command of troops, to know how to lead and to care for men, to make brain and body meter with the greatest gain and the minimum loss, mean close study and constant application covering a period of years, not months...