Norwich University - War Whoop Yearbook (Northfield, VT)

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AAAA A s - -kv A L .... ,... x V' Lzanaj - film' The American Literary: Scientific Academy in 1820' THE EXPANSIO and DE ELOP ENT of 0B ICH UNIVERSITY N the year 1819, the seed of an educational revolution was being sown in the Green Moun- tains of Vermont. The sower was a man of excep- tional vision and action -a former student at Dartmouth College, a graduate and former Super- intendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a retired Captain of the United States Army. His name was Alden Partridge, founder of the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy. Through the changing for- tunes of war and peace, political fads and educa- tional theories, Norwich has maintained its original identity and perpetuates today the vision of Captain Alden Partridge. To Captain Partridge, the military aspect of the school was an essential and highly useful ap- pendagev to the civil education of his students, which would qualify', them for the correct and efficient discharge of their duties. . ffwhen th country may require their services. It is to the development of this military aspect of Norwich that we devote this section of the 1 C Q55 WAR WHOOP. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MILITARY When the Ameri Military Academy opened its doors to prospective 9, It was staffed by six professors. The can Literary, Scientific and cadets in 181 military cadre consisted of one man, Captain Partridge himself. The military cadre at Norwich today consists of 21 officers and men. In his ca- pacity as 'CProfessor of Military Science, Part- ridge taught military law, permanent and field fortifications, field engineering, the construction of field batteries, artillery, the principles of gunnery, a complete course of military tactics, the attack and defense of fortified places, castramentation, ancient fortification, the ancient tactics, particularly those of the Creeks and Romans, with a description and discipline of the phalanx and legion. As the military concepts of the world changed, so did the training at Norwich change. In the I82O,S, the Academy offered, in addition to militia training, the best instruction available at that time for naval officers. This course in navigation and seamanship was so efficient that many lieu- tenants and midshipmen availed themselves of the instruction afforded. Captain Alden Partridge then moved his institution to Middletown, Con- necticut, in 182 5 to expand this naval element in Norwich training, but unfavorable action by the Connecticut State Legislature caused him to return his institution to Norwich in 1828. In 1866, the Cld South Barracks in which Captain Partridge had organized his first academy, burned to the

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rolled in the Reserve Gificers Training COTPS- Ifpon completion of the four-year course and recommendation of the Professor of Military SCI- ence and Tactics, cadets are eligible to be com- missioned as second lieutenants in the OHHCCTS Reserve Corps. . At the beginning of each academic year certain students in the senior class are selected by thC President of the University and the Professor of Military Science and Tactics for scholastic excel- lence, outstanding qualities of leadership, and aptitude for military service. These cadets are designated as Distinguished Military Students, and upon graduation, if otherwise qualified, are eligible for direct appointment into the Regular Ariny as second lieutenants. One of the notable features that distinguishes Norwich from other military institutions is the placing of full disciplinary responsibility upon the non-commissioned and commissioned officers of the Cadet Corps with the supervision of the Gom- mandant. Noizwtcn AT YVAR War was the sounding board of Alden Part- ridge's philosophy of education. Here would be the Hnal test. Norwich men had already made their mark in the civil affairs of the country. What would be their record in conflict? In 1847, Truman Bishop Ransom, then Presi- dent of the University, resigned his office to ac- sion for service in the Mexican War, m was killed while leading his command at cept a commis Ranso the battle of Ghapultepec. He was the first il-, lustrious example, the prototype of a citizenry- trained-in-arms. In the Civil War, 599 graduates of Norwich were activated. Among the great generals was Grenville M. Dodge, while many other Norwich oliicers gained distinction. General Dodge later distinguished himself as the builder of the first transcontinental railroad. Admiral George Dewey, who attended Nor- wich from 1851 to 1854, gained fame in the Spanish-American War. He completely destroyed the Spanish Fleet in the Pacific and became known as the Hero of Manila Bay. You may fire when you're ready, Griclley is a phrase familiar to every student of history. There were 738 Norwich men active in various grades in World War I. Eighty-seven per cent of these men were commissioned oflicers, and of all those who were commissioned, sixty-two per cent held rank above second lieutenant. There are positive records of twenty-tive citations made to Norwich men, and there are known to be many other citations of which we have no positive record. Within twenty-four hours from the time the news of this country's entrance into World War I had reached Northfield, the President of Norwich, ifW'Q8Q!.'z:1 Two views of the campus as it appeared in the early 1900's.