Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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4 W E N I W n R I H Mill I A RY A i A D E M V Wentworth a Class A School. Recognized by order of the U. S. War Department. An officer of the Army detailed to the Academy by order of the President. WAR DEPARTMENT. Washincton. January 11. 1912. (Extract.) • •••••• 5. By flirection of the President, Kirst Lieutenant John Cocke, Kifteenth Cavalry, is detailed as professor of military science and tactics at Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington. Mo., and will proceed to Lexington, and report in person to the superintendent of the Academy for duty accordingly. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. (1835001 D A. G. O.) By Order ok the Secretary Of Wak. Leonard Wood, Official: M ii«r tl,n,ral. Cln. f of Staff. Henry P. McCain, Adjutant t;,»,,, tl. Special Orders. No. 9. U. S. Army Regulation under which Army Officer are detailed at Wentworth and the Cour»es of Instruction regulated. WAR DEPARTMENT. General Orders, No. 86. Washington. May II. 1910. ParHRTaph W. , Army Regulations, as amended l General Order . No. 12 ). War Department. June 2 ». 1909. is further amended to read as follows: 15:1. The militnrv educational system of the I ' nited Rtutes comprise : 1. The Military Academy at West Point for Ihe education of cadet . 5. The Military department of civil institutions at which officers of the Army are detailed under the provisions of law. The detail of officers at these institutions is announced, and Ihe regulation govern- ing the courses of instruction therein are issued, in orders from the War Department. By Order ok the Se« -retary ok Waii: Official: Henry P. McCain. Taskkr H. Buss. Adjutant Cinrnl. HrirxuHn- Cent ntl, ArtinQ Chief of Staff

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T ' It «h the o KfMtrru ictfraH wfttyear . W na l ?en un- i» xmcorporated at • f an arf rr U, 8- •oun River. wTTn rmfOYiV •arpri»«, but M board of MOM. the Ml»- it has • Armory wen? con- .,C »«DV- and tUam. and are lighted by gtu 1 «i 1 maae ork m »n » i WmmL ' .i. ' ' work all dif it, thr »draJrtajtn» nffMOT not met. tbeac | v Tb« location I in a to im of jchooi , and th» collection of schools secures many go that one alonl. itfiyfVti In? the dtvelopmrnt 1 true matt- and w» fr«im KanHan th ' n, n«r« u» illustration tJxm JfO, and a complete Bi both .cua, an 2 , fL rtment I for the leading ' Colk for the National Aeade- X. It or for life- It maintains a department in Manual Business Coura ■i ' n fta.amall boy. from fv TK-Tr We - Cot ir iaM Mr» cf aye. vifjTwo momlMTn pssfftSS faculty devote five nights every fajn larg paJf, e ' fc tutoring the f«rt rhj|adui. anl students ' tvenu. XnT.Ithaaat system of reaching in school. In ath letics it surpasses all other prcparatory schools and colleges t West Reception of liovernor Herbert S. H mi ley and his stiff at the dedication of the Santa Y- Trail marker, erected at Lexington. Mo. 9

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L E X I X Ci T O X . M I 8 S () I K I 5 Wentworth a Po«t of the Mi«»ouri Militia. General Ore the School ' Status. General Orders, No. 13. STATKOF MISSOURI. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL ' S OFFICE. CITY. May 20. 1909. (Extract from Art. ¥11, Sffc 59.) Any military ' school or college within the state, whose organization is essen- tially military, all of whose students are habitually required to be in uniform, in which discipline is constantly maintained, and one of whose leading objects is the development of the student by military drill and by regulating his daily conduct by the principles of military discipline, and a t which institution an officer or officers of the Regular Army of the United States are detailed by the War Department, either as superintendent, commandant or professor of Military ' Science and Tac- tics, upon application to the Governor, after an inspection by the Adjutant Gen- eral of the State, shall, upon his recommendation, be constituted a post of the Militia of the State. • •••••• STATU OF MISSOURI. THK ADJUTANT GENERAL ' S OFFICE, 479L Jefferson City, June 7th. 1909. The Superintendent. Went worth Military Academy. Lexington. Mo. SIR: — I will accept the inspection report, herewith returned, and will approve your application for recognition under the terms of Section 59 of the enclosed bill. Very respectfully, F. M. R I ' M BOLD. Adjutant ( iciural. Abtillxhv Dhili. Thu work w carried on in the Springtime until the Cn.l«-Ui acquire proficiency.