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under tin- Art of ('oiiKrt'H of Mutcli 3.
1879
WEPNKSDAY, OCTOHKR 2, 1912
Tho Nobraskan Ih In rocolpt of a
statement from tho Chanrollor'H office
presenting tho position of tho Univer
sity anont military drill, which It taken
pleasure in publishing.
MILITARY DRILL.
The reason for the preHonce, In tbo
curriculum of the University of Ne
braska, of military Hclence daten back
to 18G2. when Abraham Lincoln signed
the bill which oHtabllHhed the "land
Krant colleges " This as well as later
and similar bills granted certain lands
and annual panionts to institutions
maintaining instruction in "agriculture
and the mechanic arts," with the fur
ther )io ision that military instruc
tlon must bo included In this ua
such Institutions wore established In
eer state m the Union In Nebraska
the State UnUersity leeches the funds
from the fedeial tieasur), and in re
turn Is obliged to furnish the kind of
Instruction, Including militar science
provided for b these acts of Congress
All the fedeial legislation on the sub
ject, from lSOU to date, includes the
words, "ineluditiK military training"
From the arious federal funds the
Unhersity receives about $100,000 a
year From its landed endowment,
also recehed from the national o
eminent, it reeoUos about $2r,000
more Receipts of this entiie sum is
conditioned upon the maintenance of
a inllltar) depattment, though but a
small fraction of the amount is spent
for mllitar instiuctlon Moieover.
the War Department furnishes the
Unleisit. without charge, a regular
armj otlicer who seres as piofessor
of militar science, it loans the Uni
verslt some $10,000 of arms and other
mllitar equipment Perhaps this equip
ment Is not worth $lo.uoo, but at any
rate that is the amount of the bond for
its safekeeping which the government
requires of the University
Would L8e Rating.
If tne authorities were to excuse
any great number of those now re
quired to drill, or in any other way
fall to keep the military department up
to standard, the Institution would soon
lose Its rating with the War Depart
ment This would mean that the
ofllcer now detailed here and the equip
ment now furnished the University
would bo withdrawn, In other words,
Nebraska would bo obliged to main
tain Its military department at Its own
expense The national government
might go farther, decide that the Unl
verslty was not maintaining "military
training" as required by Congress, and
withdiaw the above mentioned funds
If spending Its own money in main
talnlng the military department neces
sary to obtaining these funds would be
bad for the University, losing them
altogether would certainly be far
worse
As to tho value of drill Itself there is
some difference of opinion To the
average young American, however. It
is safe to say that a little vigorous
discipline and a little mild hardship
are not Injurious Hoth the training
and the exercise are likely to be a
good thing Where religious scruples
or physical disability interfere, or
where a self supporting student, if
compelled to sacrifice hi s working
hours to drill, would have to leave
school, exceptions may be recognized
Where none of the exceptions applies
the net result of a few hours' drill a
week is probably beneficial rather than
otherwise
Favor Peace Idea.
Most of the members of the Univer
slty faculty are thoroughly committed '
to the peace movement America's
geographical position lias simplified
her military problem, so that even now
our army, regular and militia is prob
abl as small as it will be when world
peace and international disarmament '
,ivtx lealities A small defensive arm
is all wo shall ever need Its duties'
must be limited to resisting invasion!
and preserving order For these pur '
poses a militia which can in case of
necessity be called out has advantages
over a standing army If in home cases
less effective, It does not stimulate
even the mildest form of Jingoism U
is as olllcers of such a mi'Mia that
drilled University graduates aie ex !
peeted to serve Since it enables the
country to resist invasion and at the j
same time makes unnecessary a stand '
ing army and the militarism which
may accompany it, such a militia is in
realltv one of the best guaranties of
peace As in Switzerland, the Ameri
( an citizen soldiery must be a purelv
defensive one. not to be used for pur
poses of aggression Hence, in accept
ing the federal grants which compel
them to include military science in the
curriculum, the University authorities
feel that they are aiding rather than
retarding the peace movement
The authorities Intend to administer
the rule requiring drill so as to avoid
unnecessary hardship to anyone With
the money received from the federal
treasury much of the University's most
effective work has been done As the
report of last spring's government in
sped ion shows, Nebraska's military
department is one of the most elllcient
in the country The University Is not
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