The University leads all colleges in the East in total enrolment for the Plattsburg camp this summer, according to the figures prepared by G. S. Connolly of the New England enrolment headquarters. The total enrolment was 6,277 men up to and including May 1. Of this, 4,000 are either college or high school graduates. The University's representation of 731 men is the largest number enrolled from any one college. More than three fourths of this total, however, are graduates; the undergraduates numbering 185. The Princeton undergraduates enrolment doubles that of Yale, but the alumni enrolment from Yale greatly exceeds that of Princeton.
Six other colleges in the East have enrolments exceeding 100, counting both graduates and undergraduates. These are Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ranking in the order named.
Training at Plattsburg Outlined.
An outline of the Four Weeks' Course of Instruction given at Plattsburg under the Direct Supervision of United States Army Officers follows:
Instruction Memorandum.--The day's work is divided into three periods: the first from 7.45 to 10.45 o'clock is used in drill; the second, from 11 to 12 o'clock, is given over to drill or theoretical work; and the third, from 1 to 4 o'clock, is devoted to voluntary work in cavalry, artillery, infantry tactics, signalling, or topographical sketching. Each man elects any one of these branches of service for afternoon's work, and after making his selection, reports every afternoon to the United States officer in charge of that particular branch of work.
First Week's Instruction.
Monday, first and second periods: Organization of camp and companies; third period: Informal talk by company commander.
Tuesday, first period: Company drill-school of the soldier and squad, and the manual of arms; second period: Description, care, etc., of the rifle; third period: The assembly and manipulation of the infantry pack.
Wednesday, first period: Company drill; school of the soldier in squads and platoons; second period: Talk on camp sanitation by camp's surgeon; third period: Voluntary work begun.
Thursday, first period: Company drill; school of the soldier in squad, platoon, and company; second period: Talks by the company commanders on fire direction, control, and fire discipline; third period: Voluntary work.
Friday, first and second periods: Extended order by companies; third period: Voluntary work.
Saturday, first and second periods: Extended order by company. Special stress laid on infantry attack with reasons for formations adopted in advancing the attack; third period: Voluntary work.
Note.--Reveille (5.45 o'clock A. M.) is always followed by "setting up" drill exercises. Retreat (5 o'clock P. M.) is followed by a short drill. There is no instruction Sundays. On week-days, evening lectures sometimes are given on various military subjects.
Second Week.
Monday, first and second periods: Close and extended order. Establishing the firing line.
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