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I , 3 if , IJ. .J -f if , THE INFANTRY SCHOGL HE OLD ADAGE Great oaks from small acorns grow has never had better exemplification than found in the growth of the Infantry School. Starting seventeen years ago as a very small bubble on the surface of the Army's training pool, it has become not only the largest special service school in the United States but also in the world. History tells us that as far back as 1826 there was established at jefferson Barracks, Missouri, an Infantry School of Practice, hav- ing to do with the training of foot soldiers in musketry and Infantry tactics. However, it was not until the year 1907 that the present conception of the Infantry School took form, for it was in this year that General MacArthur, while commanding the Pacific Division realized the necessity of co-ordinated training of the Infantry, especially for greater efficiency in the use of the rifle, and consequently directed the organization of a School of Musketry at the Presidio of Monterey, California. There practical and theoretical instruction in the use of small arms and the theory of machine gun fire was given to the selected officers and men of the division. There was also organized a Department of Experiment, a smalluedition of the same Department now functioning at the Infantry School. The courses were of three months duration and the classes were necessarily small, never consisting of more than eighty officers and men. The start in the right direction had been made and greater results were to' follow shortly. The Monterey school was the first step taken toward battering down the time worn theory that Wars were won by mechanicians and technicians instead of by Infantry in attack with rifle and bayonet and the auxiliary Weapons. It took a big step toward proving to the service that there is no sphere of training so vitally important as that of the Infantry. It succeeded in establishing a truth clearly demonstrated by the World War, that the most vital role in combat is played by the foot soldier and that on a highly trained and efficient Infantry rests the ultimate success of all armies. As the excellent results of the Monterey school became apparent thru- out the service, the value of this training was recognized and efforts were L 1 1 is N 2 s' 5 - 'T ' XL 'Q fu Q ' ga N. up fu :iq -Q l 'Wy