Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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SmciAk Ounaan WAR DEPARTMENT, ExiraeL • • • 3. By diret ' ton ai the PiTaidcnt» 1st Lietncoant E scin A. Hickman, Im Cavalry, t detailed a professor of military sdeticr ' «nft ia«Hc» at Wentwortb MQitary Academy, Lexington. Mi»- Mtttrf. to inkc effect January I. IW, and will proceed to Ihat placi .iikI ri |«tft in i fnon to the »ttperimcadeni of the ncadcnty (or liii) accofdlnsiy- Tlie travel cn{oiitcd b twmaaqr for the AONA R aiAFTEE. Ututeiunt GtHerat. Chiff of Staff. OrtncfM. ' . P. C AJNSVVORTH.

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Summary of c dvantages r. li tlic oldest and largest Military School in the Middle West, and has been uiiitlvr the Wim npanagement from the very lieginninji of its history, a period of twenty-seven years. n. ft ha« the services of an active U. S. Army officer, detailed by the War Department, as Professor of Military Science and Tarlio, It i . rated hv tlie War Department in Cif A ! ' ' ' bSg ieJI ' d|a?» pf ' JiiiU- HT}i ' ycliiM ls. riiLro lire oiiiy l ' in tlii ' class iii the L ' ntled States. 111. The expenses are low, cunsKk-nng the advantageii offered. tir. The location is a town of schooli. and this colleclion of acboc s secnres many advantagres that onealene does not possess. It {sonty 43 miles from Kansas Citjr. It i not an individual enterprise, hut in inco! (|p ittij4 AO bdongS» to a fKBinl ofdtinbA(i« Tt hgA 919 ' ii t wlialcvcr. ' I ' hoc facts insure pi ' mianencc. ' l. SituaictI on the ljU){f$ of the Missoori River, with natural drainage, unr health record is un- rivaled. V ' ll. Our buildings, excepting the armory hall, arc of brick and stone, were censtrucicd for their present uses, are heated by hot water, and arc liphled by gas and electricity ' I1L We ticlicve the tir.st duty of a teacher of boys to be the development of true manhood, and his principal labor, character bttil iis, and we work to these ends. IX. l y an act nf the Missonri I..ef;istatQre, thi.4 schttd] was made a poet of the National Guard an annu.nl inspection h State officers wn- rdt»isd, And all jpniiii|ittiua tii|e A«« d«my receive eoiiiini!t| i(Ma a» aecontJ liciitcnnuts in the Xatiiinal luard. X. Special atlcntiim jjivcmi to all farms of SehfKd Athletiieis; XI. It prepares for the leading: Colleges and Universities, for the National Academics, or for life. XII, It maintains a departmeat in Manaal Traininf , and a complete Busiucsjt Courste. XIII, A separate department for small boys from 11 to 14 years of age. iUV. Ire| r! vjcni«iiita and- additioos agf i iiiiif in eo $40jQ0D witbin tiie last twit yearai 4

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%A Post p£ the National Guard. AN ACT To amend Ctmim iil- the Reraed Sutuiiai - ' ifl ' .Stste of Misisoiiri. in}, entitled The MilHu, by uMdang; it new Hfliclr, to be known •» Article II. entitled F lntili liitiR a (MMt t f the Natiinml Guard of Missouri, at Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mis-sottri. lit it enacted by the Getieral A i(embty of ttie State of Miiwuri as follows: SKnidN 1 ' I liat Chapter 1 12 of the Ri v i nl Slaiulc of the Stiiif iif tls lllri, ctititlril The Militia, lie and the same is hrrrhy anirndfd l t iiaclinii a.acw Utid«.ll9 tie iBMnm «l Air Cle U. and to read u follows : ARTICLE n. E«tal li ' liinR 3 F ' fist of tlir Xatioiut Gttard of Miiudad at WeittworUt Miliury Academy. Lexingioit. MissNiri. ti9Ma. Wcntworth Militai.v Ac-idcmy. The Wentworili Military Antdemy at Lexington, Missouri, is hereby eoiutitnted a pr M in the National Hirard iif Mijtsoitn. and the govcmor i hiTcliv dirci-tt ' l I ' r ui.I. fnr the anrn!.il iii [ i c-i- :! Iiv :ip[i.iint- in|t fiir till!. |uir|Hi-ic a cihihi ' ttce r.f thiii rmnil,! r-., n r. ■tnitu-rnlnl re-ipfCtivcl.N hy the adjulriiH ku . r;(!. llu- SUsU- -ii|K-rinlL ' iiiltiit ni pnlilic inMruction. and the prciiiL-iit nf thr State Ixi.inl i-f lnulili lite ipM-rmor if furthermore auihori cd and dirccicd to appoint and commiMian the afficeri of the Academy as ofr cer« of the National Guard of Missouri, to rank ai follown: The iiDpcrin- tcndent BA colnnri ; the prindpal a« Uentcnant-colmtcl ; the cunt- tnAndnnt at major; the qiiartrr-tnasler as major; the ' •nrK ' ' in a ' major; the adliit.i:it a- c ijiciiii : c profesMirs lu lapi mis ; the graduate as »ccond lieutuuuit . Ii(o|hiqf,.jA U S act aluiil be cilH)aii ' tiul 16 MHitte in .Mii iMiiBIWB tHH ' : Wit