Word: plattsburg
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...program for tonight follows: 1. Bonnie Dundee Glee Club Mister Moon Glee Club 2. On to Plattsburg Banjo Club Football Medley Banjo Club 3. Instrumental Speciality Jazz Band 4. Schneider's Band Glee Club Up the Street Glee Club 5. Piano Solo a) Fantasie Impromptu b) Minuette By F. W. Ramseyer 6. Swing Song Mandolin Club Laughing Eyes Mandolin Club 7. Quartet Specialty Portfolio, Schacht, Combs, Hill. 8. Rose of the Rio Grande Banjo Club Journey's End Banjo Club 9. Australia Glee Club Good Night Ladies Glee Club 10. Fair Harvard Glee and Mandolin Clubs
Despite the discouraging attitude of Congress toward army affairs, the War Department advocates of "preparedness", managed during the month of August to start no less than 27,000 young citizens on the road of military training. The Citizens' Military Training Camps, worthy successors to Plattsburg of antebellum days, struggled for mere existence in their first season, 1921; this summer they were a tremendous success. The training was well planned, mistakes of the previous year were corrected, and the benefits accruing to the government and to the men taking the training were fully as great as even the most optimistic could...
...needless to comment on the Plattsburg plan of supplying men trained in times of peace who are able to serve as officers in any emergency. Too many of us know from experience the complete success of the plan to warrant a repetition or details. To the men who conceived the Plattsburg idea and put it into execution the country is greatly indebted. At the present time there is a feeling that one emergency just past precludes the possibility of another for ages to come; that even if this is doubtful, there are enough trained war veterans to take care...
...gigantic force if volunteers can be found able to back this permanent nucleus by training during the summer. We do not need to be persuaded into admitting the benefits of such training; perhaps we do need to see our duty in doing what we can to maintain the Plattsburg plan--by far the most serviceable and economical--for the nation's defense...
...PLATTSBURG BARRACKS...