The Independent . on, stood thistest well. It is well to state before go-ing further that the Plattsburg Plan inthese wartimes gives the student-officersin three months more actual physicalwork than is laid out for the regulararmy recruit in six. And between thequantity and quality of mental instruc-tion in the two cases there is no com-parison. Under the present systemstudy is translated into action and ac-tion into study at a rate that can behandled only by men of alert minds andbodies no matter what their age. Justthe other morning there was a hikein light marching order in the mistand rain
The Independent . on, stood thistest well. It is well to state before go-ing further that the Plattsburg Plan inthese wartimes gives the student-officersin three months more actual physicalwork than is laid out for the regulararmy recruit in six. And between thequantity and quality of mental instruc-tion in the two cases there is no com-parison. Under the present systemstudy is translated into action and ac-tion into study at a rate that can behandled only by men of alert minds andbodies no matter what their age. Justthe other morning there was a hikein light marching order in the mistand rain. And as the poncho-coveredofficers-to-be finished the first stage ofthe march and sat down to rest underthe dripping trees of a countryside by-way, the commander expounded thesimple but imperative needs of march-ing men. What better time or place forit? Assuredly none. A word now about the personnel ofthis interesting Second Company, whichmay or may not continue to be the bestexample of Plattsburg progress. There.
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