ARMY SCHOOLS. New inventions and rapid progress in the development of materials cause radical changes in the methods of mak ing war. It is necessary to have post-graduate instruction in many forms to keep pace with modern improvements. The American military educational system now comprises: The United States Military Academy; the Army War Col lege; the Army Staff College; the Army School of • the Line; the Coast Artillery School; the Engineer School; the Mounted Service School; the Army Medical School; the Army Signal School; the Army Field En gineer School; the Army Field School for Medical Officers; the School of Musketry; and the Field Artillery School of Fire. There are also schools for training bakers and cooks for the army. The educational scheme con templates that beginning his career in the garrison school, every officer shall fit himself thoroughly for the duties of his grade while advancing to the Army School of the Line, the Army Staff College and the Army War College; and in this way it is expected that the nation will eventually have at its disposal a highly trained body of officers.
United States Military This school was established in 1802 and designed for the practical and theoretical training of cadets for the military service. Upon com pleting its course satisfactorily, cadets are eligible for promotion and commission as second lieutenants in any arm or corps of the army, the duties of which they have been judged competent to perform. The super vision and charge of the academy are in the War Department under such officer or officers as the Secretary of War may assign to that duty. In conformity with the provisions of section 1331, Revised Statutes, the chief of staff is, by direction of the Secretary, charged with the supervision of matters in the War Department pertaining to the academy. See