Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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Wentworth An Hoimmt SchooL RecogiiiMd by order of the U. S. Wmt DefMrtmcnL An cffiMr «f titt AM| :MilMl to A» leliilBy Hr ««iir WAIt jbXPAKtMEMT. Annul. Ciin, WAmtNOTON, ScptaaMr-A tnL By direction of the President, First Lieut Reiolve P. Palmrr, ' i ' wi nty s.jtond f, 18 detailed M pn fe«Mr of military acience and tactics at Weiiiwortii Military 4. Infantry, Academy, Lexington, Mo., to tak offoct SepCetnbar 18, 1914. Lieut Palmer will pr»- eaod on that date or an Roon thmaftar as nractieable t« Lexicon and r«pairi i» pwim to tiie superintendent of the M«4«Bgit W . Hw.tnHWi dlWCtod !■ IHWMinr to ' iaantary service. (2202125 A-A. G. O.) • ••••• By Onat or thx SaaastAnt or Wai. U. S. Army RcfaUtMiu uader which Amy Officers are detailed at Went QncniAi. OmiKss, No. 86. Wasuinctok, May Ullk. Paragraph 453. Amy Regnlatiani. as nroended by General Ordan, Me 128, Wlr OtfHUtment, June 2fi. I ' W!, is furthrr ampnded to rrnrl sis foDowa: 453. The miiiiaiy eviui ' ut lnhuS system oT llir rtil ' i istate compriasii 1. The Military Academy at Weiit Point for Uie education of caosts. • • • • • • 5. The Mfl ttary Department of civil iastitiitieM Sit irliUi VtBatn of 0)« Amy are dotailed under the provinioni of low. The detail of offlccra at theiie inatltutionsiseMtoa m Sdt Wdtts reKuI t iion K ' ' ' ' ' rn- Inc the e«tir «a of inatruetiona tharaia ar« iaiwsi, e srieW flWW W War department. RXnky p. McCain, AijuUtnt GtmmraL W«ntworth a Post «f ilM» the School ' s Status. STATE or MISSOURI. THB .AIMirrA.ST Gr..S-E3tAL ' 8 omcE. JBranoD (fieiroet ram Art. Vlt, 5«c 5$.) cm, Key lA, IMlr Any military school or college within the state, whose organixation la easefntiatly military, oU of whose students arc habitually required to be in uniform, in which dis- cipline l» constantly maintained, and one of whose leadinjr objacts ia the development or the stndeat by militavy drlU and by ragulatinv hta daily conduct by the prindplae of military dtadpline, and at which institution an officer or oOeen of the Refalar . rmy of the Unitod Stntrx arr detailed by the Wnr IVpnrtment. either aa superin- (rndni!, loiijmantlntit or professor of .Miiitnty S. imi r .-iii l Tartics, Upon application to the Governor, after an inanection by the Adjiit.inc ; -iiri .ii of the Stuai suul, upon his rseeiqiiijiidiitH j jMM9lM d post Mi j ' - ■ STATE OF MISSOURI. TRS SSJUTAirT OKNttAt ' t OffUM, 4791. The Supi ' riritrriJrn ., Wvnlwurth .Vlilitarv Academy, Lexington, Mc Stt: — I will aeeept tlM inneetlon report, herewith returned, and will approve yotir ipliMttak Or rmtT f eadar the terms ttt SeetiOa 19 «t ths tnclooed bill. Vecy rsqiactftdly, F. U. Bvwnui, Cou f utN, U. . A., AND A vnrji

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I. It is the oldest military schQ ,jbi the Middle West and has been imdM ' vA-Ji imB mnnagcTTirnt for rhirt)r 4is yean. II. Its location is a town of sdiooto, iq ttw hi| bInflRs of the Mlasmiri River, forty three miles ea»l of Kansas City, on Uie Mis- aouri Pacific Railroad and the Santa Fe TML III. It is dcslsmated by the War Popart- ment as one of the ten UONOB SCHOOLS oftteUititeAStetas. IV. Itls»imk«f Q» NitimdSwvdof WmouA V. WUla not denominational, it is a Christian iduwi and all tem fK rs arr rc- qpifad to b» a w B uhtST t of some evangelical i vCHiWHa VL It has a, new xymnasiara affofdtnff unsurpMnsd ftwfl HWw tot iihyiitel tns t ru o ' tion. VIL It hM nrnkOB of athlrtics which Nadiea every stttHiiai ' Vin. It is not nn individual enterprise, but is inoorporated and btfongi to a bowd ot triMeea. ItfaasnodriM. Thaw Acts inaowt pAnmmncs. IZ. It hdtevas the fittt duty of a teacher of b«9ra t9 b fli % id0| tt«kt (tf true man- hood. aadhkrsrtlriMldkar insr. X. Individual in«tn)c(ion for backward boys, manual training, a separate hospital with a tmined nurse, and a swimming pool are aooM ipadal f tarea of tha aehool.

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OaUwn. JuuuB A. HMK U. S. Infaatiy. Maj. Joseph A. Hanlby. ■tospcrtcr (lonernt. Mi-fouri Nnllmnl ' luard. J. D. Elluk, a, B., a. M., U. S. GoawnoHT I wwwuw .(tarn), BmMjm Pauw Ckmw) Board of Trustees JiDGE Richard Field. Piesi I ' tit. I ' m. Mnri irsfin- ' rnU ct: th Jtank. T, ■■:imj:(iii,, Ma, Mjt. WAi.Tru H. WiUiDELL, Seci-eury. VriT.. .rK ngiott Savinr Bank. Ma. J. G. CSENSHAW. Ua. Joan E. Btntmii, fOPiaB Wm. G. McCaueland. TniptUNM. Mrrehiint, LexinRton, Mo. Mr. J. 0. LEStlEUB, Jlcal EUUtc D«U«r, UsingtoD, Mo.