The Philippine review (Revista filipina) [Vol. 2, no. 1]

5i8; ' - ' 58 1 rHE PHILIPPINE REVIEW ing lack principally the features that are distinctively military. Such men, if piloted through a short course of intensive military training, can absorb much and are usually better material for officers than are the average of the individuals who offer to organize companies and regiments of volunteers in time of war. The "Plattsburg" training system was devised to supply a demand for officers when many are needed and time for instruction is short. A comparatively small number of such camps has provided the United States Government with more officers than its new National Army required. The Officers' School, National Guard, was organized and maintained on the "Plattsburg" principles. The scope of the course of instruction experienced by our National Guard Officers was that of the typical Plattsburg camp. The technical administration of the Officers' School was wholly in the hands of professional soldiers, officers of the U. S. Army, and all instruction was given by them. The War Department and Philippine Department officials cooperated in every way with the Insular Government, to make the training a success. The course proper included, under infantry drill regulations, the school of the soldier, of the squad, of the company, and of the battalion, instruction in the use of the saber, in the giving of commands, the handling of men; company administration and paper work; map reading, sketching, and sand table practical work; the duties, advance, rear, and flank guards, patrols and outposts; attack and defenses; marches, and use of the rifle; first aid; athletic drills; interior guard duty; supply and transportation; under the field service regulations, the planning and construction of trenches including bomb-proofs, and special emphasis was laid upon modern trench warfare with its specialties, bayonet fencing and bomb throwing. At the end of two weeks, officers of the Medical Department, of the Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps, and of the other staff corps and departments, with the exception of a few specially selected to take the complete infantry course, were tante, carece de los rasgos que son peculiarmente militares. Esos hombres, cuando son sometidos a un curso de intensa instrucci6n militar, pueden absorber mucho, y, ordinariamepte, constituyen un material mejor para ser oficiales que la generalidad de los individuos que se ofrecen a organizar compafifas y regimientos en tiempo de guerra. El sistema de instrucci6n de "Plattsburg" tenia por objeto suplir la demanda de oficiales cuando se necesitan muchos y el tiempo para su instrucci6n es breve. Un numero relativamente corto de campamentos como ese ha suministrado al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos mAs oficiales de los que necesita su nuevo Ejercito Nacional. La Escuela de Oficiales de la Guardia Nacional fue organizada y funciona sobre los principios de "Plattsburg". El plan de instrucci6n seguido por los oficiales de nuestra Guardia Nacional es el mismo que el adoptado en el tipico campamento de Plattsburg. La administraci6n tecnica de la Escuela de Oficiales estuvo encomendada completamente a militares de profesion, oficiales del Ejercito de los E. U., que estarain tambien encargados de la instrucci6n. Cooperaron diariamente con el Gobierno Insular en el 6xito de la instrucci6n el Departamento de Guerra y los oficiales del Departamento de Filipinas. El plan de instrucci6n comprende, con.arreglo al reglamento de ejercicios de infanteria, la escuela del soldado, de escuadra, compafila y batall6n; instrucci6n en el uso del sable, en las voces de mando, instrucci6n del soldado; administraci6n de una compafifa y trabajos de oficina; examen de mapas, trazado de planos, y trabajos prActicos en tablero de arena; deberes de las fuerzas de vanguardia; retaguardia y flancos; patrullas y avanzadas; ataque y defensa; marchas y uso del fusil; primera cura; ejercicios atl~ticos; servicio de guardia interior; suministro y transporte; con arreglo al reglamento del servicio de campafia, el trazado de planos y construcci6n de trincheras, incluyendo las a prueba de bomba, dandose importancia especial a la guerra moderna de trincheras, con sus especialidades, esgrima a la bayoneta y lanzamiento de bombas. Cumplidas las dos semanas, los oficiales de Sanidad Militar, del Cuerpo de Ingenieros, de Comunicaciones y de los demAs cuerpos y departamentos del EstadoMayor, con excepci6n de unos cuantos elegidos especialmente para terminar el curso de infanteria, quedaron relevados de asistir

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