General Wood'qs Address
Following is an extract from the
address made last Commencement
to the officess and cadets of the
Penn State regiment by Major
General Leonard Wood, showing
interesting "possibilities„ for col
lege cadets:
A reserve must ,be behind the
militia as well as the regular army
in order that it may be filled up
and made ready for service in case
of war. But even when these two
forces are filled up to 'the limit, we
should still have to raise about
400,000 volunteers. This would re
quire something like 17,000 officers.
'The question is: Where are we go
ing to get them 7
I believe that the following
scheme is a good one:
We have at military schools
throughout the country officers of
the regular army, active and retired,
on duty as instructors in the mili
tary art. The number of pupils at
these schools is something over
25,000. If we could take from the
four or fi\ e thousand students who
graduate at these colleges each
year, say, 800 young men who are
recommended by the military in
structors as being of the right type,
commission them for one year in
the regular army as provisional
second lieutenants, junior in rank to
all second lieutenants in the regular
establishment, give them full pay
and allowances of second lieuten
ants, and at the end of a• year dis
charge them, such as qualify, with
certificates of fitness for the
posi
tion of an officer of volunteer in
fantry, cavalry, field
.or coast artil
lery, we should accomplish a great
deal toward building up a reserve
corps of officers, and we would
adopt an economical and effective
method of securing them, for noth
ing can be so frightfully ,an 4 Nvoe
fully expensive as to develop them
at the cost of the lives of thousands
of our men, lives thrown away due
to lack of preparation.
Morever, the young men serving
for a year with the regular army
would in a measure serve to offset
the absenteeism bt' officers incident
to duty with the militia, schools
and colleges, recruiting service, etc.
Again, it would
.give us an oppor
tunity to select from these, young
men for the regular ( t4camination for
appointment to the army from civil
life. I believe the plan would be
an attractive one to a great many
youngsters in these schools, who
have a desire to fit,:thqrn's'elves for
possible military service. They
would be able to leave the service
with a considerable amount of
money in pocket, and the year in
the regular establishment would be
of all-around benefit to them. They
would be sought for by the militia,
and as our reserve is built up would
be available for assignment as
officers of the reserve force.
We Wonder
It Soph strategy or Freshman
numbers will win weld Saturday.
Study Your' Wheat ,1 !
If the yield and quality arc bad
good it trill pay ) on to make the
do it. The usual wheat fertilizt.
Use 6 to 8 per cent. Potash, instead of i to 2, and balance
th, phosphoric acid of the bone or phosphate.
Tell Your Dealer about this Now before the fertilizer salesman
•nr our free book." Fall Fernlizers."
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stating quauntY
DONT FAIL TO LIGHT UP
one of our line of cigars before start
ing on that walk to the office. It will
put you in good humor and you'll start
the day's work with a vim. The El
Premero cigar ought by rights to be
sold for more than its price which is
only five cents. It is certainly the
equal of many cigars sold at a higher
figure.
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IVATCH 'PHIS SPACH
Resolutions
Whereas, it has pleased God in
His infinite wisdom to call from
this life our classmate, Walter S.
Fey, be it resolved that we, the
class of 1915 of The Pennsylvania
State College, extend our deepest
sympathy to his relatives in their
bereavement.
Furthermore, be it resolved that
these resolutions be entered upon
the minutes of the class and pub
lished in the Penn State Collegian.
And furthermore, let it be iesolv
ed that a letter of condolence be
sent to the family.
Committee: R. P. Radcliffe, I. E.
Long and Wm. Homer.
Presbyterian Church Dedication.
The new Presbyterian church will
be dedicated with appropriate serv
ices on Sunday, October 5, at 10 45
o'clock, the sermon to be preached
by the Rev. R. P. Daubenspeck, D.
D , of Huntingdon, Moderator of
the Synod of Pennsylvania.
The church has been built during
the past year at a cost of about
$55,000, and is a very imposing
structure.
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you must do better. If they are
•in better. A better fertilizer will
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You can dress as well as any
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You'd pay $lB or $2O or $25 or
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fabrics and other materials; maybe
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make it cost a little more
But there's the same smart style,
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