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Camps in the Eastern Department will be divided into a Northern section, which will encamp at Plattsburg, N. Y., and a Southern section, which will probably be located at Fort Oglethrope, Ga. The dates as announced are as follows...
...rudiments of military science, so that he in time of need can quickly in turn train green recruits? For --and I speak from experience--if a few of our violent jingoists as well as a few of our rabid pacifists could be induced to spend a summer at Plattsburg, they would on the one hand have impressed upon them the awful horror of real war, and on the other, the only true means by which this calamity can be avoided. E. S. ESTY...
...Therefore the proposed plan has been designed to teach as much as possible, but primarily to arouse interest in military affairs, and to teach each individual how much there is to learn and how little he knows. It is hoped that the proposed scheme will create great interest in Plattsburg. In fact, the whole plan may be considered as a part of the general Plattsburg movement...
...Every member of the Regiment is expected to become a member of the Correspondence Course conducted by the Army for Plattsburg men. This consists of monthly problems in map work, and tactics. Answers are sent to the War Department, are there corrected and the solution with the most prevalent mistakes are sent with the next problem...
...reality should show their sense of responsibility. Said President Wilson in his message to Congress: "It would depend upon the patriotic feeling of the younger men of the country whether they responded to such a call for service or not." Harvard men have patriotic feeling; their showing at Plattsburg demonstrated that. They will respond...