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There are still positions open to members of the University who wish to act as artillery scouts in the new Headquarters Detail, First Battalion Field Artillery, Massachusetts Voluntary Militia. The training will consist in riding, scouting, map-making, signalling, and general artillery work. No men will be accepted who would be unable or unwilling to go with the Battalion at any time to whatever place it might be sent. The advantage of this over a summer camp like Plattsburg is that during the period of training a man is actually in the army and liable to be called upon...
Bringing the discussion down to more specific problems, Mr. Walton A. Green '04 spoke on "The Federalization of the Militia." He pointed out the difficulties of having an efficient army, when it is divided into 48 units, and he showed the uselessness of a militia to a state itself which is paying for its upkeep. "The police power should be exercised by a mounted constabulary which is capable of doing so, and the army should be inside the control of the federal government where it can be efficiently maintained...
Besides regular infantry drill at the University, there is a half-course in military science open to Juniors and Seniors who have attended one of the summer military camps or completed a year's service in the Militia. This half-course is counted towards the degree...
...Window" by an unrevealed author, and "Harvard and Military Training" by J. A. L. Blake '02. The former vindicates the purpose of the Regiment with the remark that "Harvard men realize that the College is only of value as it serves the nation." The latter favors enlistment in the militia, with the University courses and Plattsburg as supplementary work. Mr. Blake evidently considers the college man a distinct specie, for he says, "The College man will meet in the militia... many men of a different type from his, and that on a footing of absolute equality." The college...
There follows a sketch of the organized militia, and of the various summer military camps. Chapter XII is a narrative of a battle as it is really fought, explanatory of the part played by the various branches of the service, officers and men. The remainder of the book consists of advice to citizens in time of peace, and a creed for soldiers in time...