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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909. Excerpt: ... ARMY OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECH MEN. Fort Niagara, N. Y., April 11,1909. To The Editor Of The W. P. I. Journal: --When I suggested in my letter to The Journal that it should put before the undergraduates at Tech some facts about the army, I had no thought that I would be the one to be called on to give those facts, but I will endeavor to give as much information in as few words as I can. In the first place, I am in the Infantry which is probably the least technical branch of the service; but, in the past year, I have had charge of two jobs of concrete construction, have been in charge of the installation of a buzzer signal system on the target range, and have had a topographical map to make. The two technical branches are the Engineer Corps and the Coast Artillery Corps. The Engineer Corps is open only to the ten highest graduates, each year, at the Military Academy. The Coast Artillery is being filled mostly by appointment from civil life, graduates of technical schools being preferred and even offered inducements in the shape of the acceptance of diplomas in lieu of examination in most subjects. The popular idea seems to be that practically all army officers are graduates of West Point. As a matter of fact nearly, if not quite, fifty per cent. come from civil life or from the ranks. The West Pointers, of course, are commissioned on graduation, and as there are usually about one hundred in the class and as there are normally about two hundred vacancies in the army each year, the balance has to be filled in some way. This balance is overcome each year by holding an examination, to which are admitted certain enlisted men who have filled the required preliminary conditions, and civilians holding authority from the Secretary of War. The examination is competitive..


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235743948
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 116
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235743942
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 222 gr

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