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VOLUME U VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, MAY 11, 1962 NUMBER 2IT 

Banqim^TdB^ 

Held For Cadet 

Piihlication 

Staffs 

Dudley P. Digges, editrprial writer 

for the Baltimore Sun, will be the 

principal speaker^ at the first annual 

Awards Banquet of the Vir- 

inia Military Institute Publications 

f 

oard here Thursday, May 17. The 

- banquet, which will be attended by 

approximatfely 150 .cadets. Institute 

officials, and guests will be the 

occasion for the initial presentation 

of awards and certificates to 

cadets who have done distinguished 

or meritorious work on various 

publications put out by the Corps 

durii^ the school year. 

A graduate of VMI in the Class 

of 1939, Digges has been a member 

of the Sun staff since World Wan 

II and spent a year in Europe on 

assignment to interview leaders ofj 

the,Western nations and make an 

assessment of Europe's political! 

future. During the war he served 

as a lieutenant colonel of intelligentle 

attached to the .Allies' Supreme 

He^dquafters. 

Two awards ibeing granted this 

year honor retired VMI faculty 

members who were closely associated 

with cadet publications during 

their active careers. The Colonel 

John E. Townes award, a silver 

plate and certificate is named for 

* a proftissor of history who served 

for fifteen years as faculty advisor 

of The VMI Cadet, tt will go ta the 

member of the cadet^ staff cited for 

highest achievement in service and 

leadership. 

Similarly, a plate and certificate 

named for Colonel William Couper, 

Institute historiographer for neariy 

half a century, will be awarded a 

member of the staff of the Bomb. 

- A third mai«r award will be 

the Superintendent's ^Pubricatiohs 

- Aârdi' a' silver plate 'and certificate, 

tb be given the cadfet mirn- 

• ber of t^ Publications Board who 

7 ' (Cdntinu^ Oh Page 7) 

Senator Tower Speaks 

To W & L Assembly 

By Frank Frosch 

Wednesday night, the Young 

Republican's Club of Washington 

»nd Lee University present^ Senaor 

John G. Tower, Republican 

rom Texas, who spoke to a partian 

crowd on the views and future 

;ôf the Republican Party and the 

conservative movement in the 

United States. The Senator lost no 

time in presenîhg his credentials— 

,a strong conservative in philosophy 

»and a loyal Rfepubliean in politics. 

One of the highlights of the First Class Trip came on Friday 

evening. May 4th, when Major General William B. Rosson, U. S. 

Army, (above), addressed the class following the Stag Mess at the 

Folt Myer Officer's Club. At 43, General Rosson is the youngest 

Major General in the Army and is currently assigned as Special 

A^sistaynt to ibe Chief of Staff, U. S..Army. for Special Warfare. 

A graduate of the University of Oregon, and a member of Phi Beta 

Kappa, tife General saw combat in the European Theatre of World 

Wal- IX and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross at Anzio. 

Also, he served as Plans Officer for th* U. S. MiUtary Advisory 

Group in Indo-China and vns there in this capacity when Dieobienphu 

fell in 1954. 

General Rosso begaa by stating his high regard for VMI graduates. 

He went even further to say that he hoped to see many of the 

class in the service and that he would consider himself fortunate to 

have VMI graduates in his command. The General received 

his loudest applause when he mentioned Col. Glover S. Johns. Jr., 

class of 1931 and a former Comnumdant, who led the relief Battle 

Group into Berlin at the height of the Berlin crisis. 

. The General then spoke on the challanges facing the personnel 

of Army. He stated that he did not know of a single field 

t^t offered, % greater challange for a young man than the armed 

service and he was most explicit in explaiAing the moral, physical, 

and intelJec^l demands that guerilla warfare has put oa the 

junior officer. 

Foreign 

Conference 

At 

Annapolis 

Relations 

Held 

First Classmen Samuel A. Cle^nent 

and Stanley E. Henning represented 

VMI at the second annual 

The Senator, among other top 

Republican leaders, hopes that-the 

lext two elections will see the esabjishment 

of a two-party system 

ance again the South, thus breakng 

the monopoly held by the Demo 

Tats. He asserted that the "Repulican 

Party represents the true 

outhern point of view, for it is the 

>nly true national party." 

Because of the widespread talk 

; over the purposes and philosophies 

of the conservative movement, 

Senator Tower digressed from national 

affairs to define the conservative 

situation as he regards it. 

"Conservatives have an inherent 

desire to preserve those traditions 

that have made our country great," 

he opened. The fallacy that conservatives 

do not beileve in and recognize 

progress is certainly a falsehood, 

he assured, for without this 

progress our country would not'N^val Academy Foreign Affairs 

have achieved the' status it now j conference, held May 2-5 at the 

proudly holds. But a conservative, united states Naval Academy In 

is a person that wUl not throw off j Annapolis. Maryland. The subject 

our political, social, and economic of the three-day conference was 

Institutions for more personal, "Problems of United States Foreign 

power. 

"We conservatives are the real 

liberals," he then observed. "Mr. 

Kennedy and his group are the 

true reactionaries." He vertiflfed 

this by stating that it is the clandestine 

purpose of the New Frontier 

to sap the power from the people 

and to entrench themselves in 

an oligarchy in Washington. This 

is simply becavse the administration 

has no confidence in the Amerioan 

public to make decisions and 

to • determine the course of their 

liv^s for themselves. "A ruler 

should be completely responsible to 

his people, not the people completely 

to their ruler,' he continued 

sagely, "and the Kennedy clan is 

becoming less and less so because 

they are concentrated solely on 

securing only great power for 

themsOlves and their immediate 

advisors." 

Changing to currant events. Seoa- 

(Continued on Page 7) 

Policy in Latin America." The conference 

was attended by more than 

140 delegates from over 60 institutions, 

chiefly in the eastern United 

States. 

The conferees were placed in 

eight roundtable discussion groups, 

each conferee staying with the 

same roundtable for the entire 

conference. Elach roundtable was 

led by a moderator drawn from a 

university faculty or a government 

department. In addition each group 

was addressed by one or more representatives 

of the country or 

countries being dealt with by that 

particular roundtable. 

Clement participated in the discussion 

on Mexico, led by Dr. How 

ard Cline of the Library of Congress. 

author of several articles and 

books on Mexico and Mexican- 

United States relations. Hennlng 

participated in the roundtable discussion 

on southern South America 

(continued on page 4) 

First Class Trip Is 

Deemed A Success 

By Owen Chambers 

Shortly after noon on the 1st of 

May, the members of the Class of 

1962 departed on their First Class 

Trip in lieu of the Corps' annual 

Field Training Exercises. The trip 

lasted five days in its entirety and 

covered a great deal of territory. 

This excursion gave to all who participated 

a comprehensive look into 

many here-to-fore unseen facets of 

military life. 

Arriving at Quantico, Va., the 

Class was the Marine Corps' guest 

at a Mess Night held at the Basic 

School. The evening began with the 

sound of drums and bugles and was 

followed by a six course meal ser- 

and terminated at the Calvin A. 

Lloyd Rifle Range where the ClaiU 

was given a firepower demonstration 

of the M-14 rifle by Lt. George 

Van Orden, of the Class of 'SI. 

After a quick lunch the group departed 

from Quantico f9r the NIKE 

Hercules Site at Lorton, Virginia; 

home of Battery C of the 71st 

Artillery Battalion of the Washington-Baltimore 

Defense Area. 

After leaving Lorton, the Class 

proceeded to Washington and Fort 

Lesley J. McNair, home of the Industrial 

College of the Armed 

Forces and the National War College, 

where they were billeted in 

the barracks of Company A, Ist 

ved by scarlet jacketed waiters. Battle Group, 3rd Infantry (The 

The guest of honor for the evening | Old Guard). When the group's parwas 

Brigadier General John C. Miller, 

Director of the Marine Corps 

Landing Force and Development 

Center, who addressed the Class 

following a performance by the 

Basic School Chorus. 

Early on Wednesday the Class 

sonal effects were taken care of, 

bhey were then treated to a Filet 

Mignon dinner before departing for 

Fort Myer, Va., and the "Prelude 

to Taps" Pageant. 

This Pageant was given in honor 

of the Virginia Military Institute 

started a short but thorough tour; and included "The Army Story", 

of the U.S. Marine Ck)rps Schools. I "Soliders in Combat", The Old 

This tour began with an address' Guard Fife and Drum Corps, Tha 

by Col. Fenton J. Mee, Commanding Honor Guard Drill - Team, "The 

Officer o? the Training and Test Story of the Stars and Stripes", and 

Regiment, and a glimpse of the , "The Black Manual" (by the Hoo^ 

Marine Corp's notorious "0" Course (Continued on Page 3) 

General Kilboiirne To Receive 

First VMI New Market Medal 

Lieutenant General Charles E. 

Kilbourhe, superintendent emeritus 

of the Virginia Military Institute, 

has been named first recipient of 

the VMI New Market Medal, an 

award designed to be given to 

prominent Americans whose own 

careers reflect the qualities which 

carried forward the Institute's 

corps of cadets in their successful 

charge against Union forces at the 

Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864. 

GEN. 

15. The event will be a feature 

of the traditional New Market Day 

observance. 

General Kilbourne, who served 

as VMI superintendent from 1937 to 

1946, is holder of the nation's three 

highest awards for gallantry. A native 

of Virginia and son of an Army 

officer, he was graduated from VMI 

in 1894 witli a degree in Civil Engineering 

and won the Second Jackson-Hope 

Medal, one of the Institute's 

highe.st academic honors. 

With the outbreak of the Spanish- 

American War, he volunteered for 

service and served as a second lieu- . 

tenant in the Philippines from 189S . 

to 1899, winning the Congressiorial 

Medal ®f-Hon®r for gallantry di.^played 

when he climbed a pole to 

repair a telegraph wire under heavy 

fire. 

In WorW War I wliile on a tour 

of the Western Front he was badly 

wounded in the eye by a mortar 

burst. After his recovery, he re^ 

turned to duty on the Westera 

Front and during subsequent .services 

was awarded the Distinguish- 

General Kilbourne will receive 

the medal at a special ceremony 

to be held on the VMI parade 

ground at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, May ed Service cross for 

exceptional 

heroism, and the Distinguished 

Service Medal and the French Croix 

De Guerre. 

In later years. General Kilbourae 

was assigned again to the Philippines 

and was credited before his 

retirement in 1936 with organizing 

and constructing the defenses at 

Corregidor in which United State.? 

forces held out for months without 

relief after the beginning of World 

War II. 

General Kilbourne now makes hia 

home in Lexington. 

The New Market Medal, intended 

to be awarded to distinguished 

American citizens, was executed by 

Pierre I>aura, Spanish^rn artist 

and sculptor of international rsnown 

who lives at Rockbridfi® 

Baths. 

The bronae medal shows on the 

reverse side a design related to the 

famous painting of the charge of 

the cadets at New Market by Benjamin 

West Clinedinst, which hangs 

in Jackson Memorial Hall at VMI. 

On the other side are the words 

"Duty, Honor, Devotion, Leadership," 

surrounded by dogwood bloasonvs. 

The award of the medal to Gfeaeral 

Kitboume will be followed immediately 

by the traditional ceir*» 

nvony during which the modera 

cadets pay tribute to the New Mjuv 

ket Corps and the cadets who fell ia 

the battle.

Cadcls Charles "Hloose'" Petkham, a squadron leader, and 

W«yii« Custer, one of his crew leaders, hash out a problem at 

last week's Air Force Survival Camp which was a part of VMT's 

annual Field Training Exercise. 

Dean's List Announced For April; 

Seventy Cadet Scholars Named 

The following cadets, having 

made above 8.0 in all subjects and 

having not received an excessive 

number of demerits for the April 

grading period are placed on the 

Dean's Honor List for that period. 

1st CLASS 

Armistead, R. A., Jr. 

Carlton, C. A. B., Jr. 

Carmichael. H. T. 

Cartwright, C. 

Cronk. C. T. 

Elliott. T. N., Jr. 

Fielder, D. S. 

Heivning. S. E. 

Henriksen, T. H. 

.Fackson, L. L. 

Lloyd, C. A., II 

Mitchell. G. S. 

Pacine, H. W. 

Perrin, W. C. 

Stopnowski. J. J. 

Wood, J. M., Jr. 

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McWane Chosen To 

Study In Holland 

It was officially announced this 

week that Cadet John Whitman 

McWane of Milan, Ohio, has been 

awarded a Fulbright Scholarship 

to study abroad next year. Cadet 

McWane will attend Leiden University 

in the Netherlands and his 

field of major study will be Physics. 

McWane has distinguished himself 

as a cadet at VMI. He has worn 

academic stars for his three years 

as an upperclassman, thus having 

attained an average of better than 

8.75 during this time at the In- 

.stitute. He held the rank of Corporal 

his third class year. Regimental 

Operations Sergeant his second 

class year, and is currently the 

Regimental ^ (Supply Officer 

holding the rank of Cadet Captain). 

McWane is an elected class ret)resentative 

to the General Committee 

and holds a non-voting position 

on the Executive Committee. 

In addition to these executive positions, 

he is the present recorder of 

the Honor Court. 

His other extracuiricular activities 

include the Timmoi^ lûsic 

Society, the American institute of 

Physics, and the wrestling team. 

This year he is Vice President of 

both the Timmons Music Society 

and the VMI Chapter of the American 

Institute of Physics. 

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through Colonel Albert L. Lancaster 

who is the VMI faculty member 

connected with scholarship applicants. 

Approximately seven hundred 

grants for graduate study abroad 

for the academic year 1962-63 have 

been awarded under the international 

educational exchange program 

of the Department of State. 

As provided by the Fulbright Act, 

all students are selected by the 

Board of Foreign Scholarships, the 

members of which are appointed by 

the President of the United States. 

Students are recommended by the 

campus Fulbright committees and 

by the Institute of International 

Education. 

Funds used to finance these exchanges 

are part of the foreign 

currencies or credits owed to or by 

the Treasury of the United States. 

Under executive agreements with 

the foreign governments, exchange 

programs, offering opportunities 

,;for American students are being 

carried out for the 1962-63 academic 

year with the following thirty-one 

countries: Argentina, Australia, 

Austria, Belgium-Luxembourg, Brazil, 

Burma, Chile, the Republic of 

China, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, 

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Philippines, Portugal, Sweden, 

Spain, Turkey, the United 

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The international educational exchange 

program -is . designed to 

promote a better understanding of 

the United States in other countries, 

and to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the 

United States and the people of 

other countries. The program also 

provides opportunities for foreign 

nationals to study in American colleges 

and universities as well as 

for an exchange of teachers, lecturers, 

research scholars, and specialists 

between the United States 

and more than eighty foreign countries. 

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Class Trip 

(Continued from Page 1) 

Guard Company). Music was provided 

by the United States Army 

Band, 

Thursday morning the Class was 

transported to the Aberdeen Proving 

Ground where they attended 

briefings on the various laboratories 

and LASER—Light Amplification 

by Simulated Emission of 

Radiation. At the conclusion of this 

demonstration, the group was 

shown through the Proving Ground 

museum and treated to lunch at the 

Officers Open Mess. The afternoon's 

activities included a trip to the 

Munson Test Course where the 

Class was first welcomed by the 

Commanding Officer of the Proving 

Ground, Brigadier General John 

H. Weber, and then given an automotive 

demonstration, which included 

the M151 'mut" and the 

GOER class-of vehicle. 

The automotive demonstration 

was followed by an ordnance demonstration 

highlighted by a showing 

of the VULCAN, a 20 mm air- 

craft cannon that fires 8000 rounds 

per minute, and a test firing of the s 

Davy Crockett missile with its simulated 

atomic explosion. After a 

Chemical Corps demonstration, 

which concluded the day's itenerary, 

the Class returned to supper 

at "Fort McNair and a free evening. 

On the morning of Friday, May 

; 4th, the Class toured Andrews Air 

Force Base, Maryland. After a 

briefing on the Air Force Systems 

Command, followed by a visit to • 

the Sentry Dog Training Area, the 

group was allowed to spend an hour 

Inspecting various aircraft in a • 

static display. At approximately - 

1430 the Class was then shuttled by 

helicopter to the parade ground at » 

Fort McNair, where, later that 

evening, they witnessed a Retreat ! 

Parade by the 1st Battle Group, 3rd 

Infantry—commanded by Col. Richard 

M. Lee. 

Directly following the parade, a 

stag dinner party was held for the 

Class at the Fort Myer Officers 

Club. Honored at this dinner were 

a number of distinguished guests. . 

Among these was Major General 

Paul A. Gavin, Commanding General 

of the Military District of 

Washington, to whom the Institute 

owes its deepes appreciation for 

his role in planning the Army's part 

in the trip. Also included among 

the distinguished guests were Brigadier 

General Robert N. Tyson, Class 

of '32, Assistant Comptroller of the 

Department of the Army, and Major 

General William B. Rosson, who, at 

43, is the youngest two-star general 

in the Army and Special Assistant 

to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, for 

Special Warefare. The evening was 

a memorable affair; together with 

the distinguished guests and music 

by the 3rd Infantry Fife and Drum 

Corps, it will not be forgotten. 

The annual trip for the Class of 

1962 was a rewarding experience 

that was enjoyed by all who attended. 

All those concerned were gWen 

an opportunity to understand what 

their service careers will hold for 

them, and the Class of 1962 feels 

highly incapable of expressing its 

sincere appreciation to everyone 

that contributed to making this 

year's trip a great success. 

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EDITORIALS 

Cadet Waiters II 

There appeared in the March 2 issue of the 

CADET an editorial commenting upon the 

then — recent discontinuation of the position 

of cadet waiter. It will be remembered that 

at that time Institue authorities announced 

that the present food service and the Administration 

had concurred in a decision to eliminate 

this form of financial self-aid to cadets, 

and replace cadet waiters with regularlyemployed 

food servers hired on a more permanent 

basis. The then-prevalent attitude was 

that the arguments advanced on the part of 

the mess hall authorities were valid, but it 

was hoped that the Administration would 

continue to make a sincere effort to aid cadets 

who might otherwise lose an opportunity for a 

college education. 

In the light of recent developments, it does 

not appear that such an effort is being made. 

Many underclassmen who are now cadet 

waiters and who applied for other financial 

aid, received in reply a neatly-executed form 

letter informing the aplicant that, due to his 

lack of need, he would no longer be aided. 

This means that the dissolution of the one 

oportunity and the failure, to replace it with 

another has removed some $15,000 in financial 

aid from the Corps. This, when one 

considers the relatively low cost of an education 

at VMI, is no small amount. 

Another consideration has also arisen; the 

mess hall food service is encountering some 

difficulty in securing the necessary help for 

use as waiters next year. It is felt that even 

though the required number of men may be 

hired, their sanitary desirability and depend^j^ 

bility will be questionable. There is no doubt 

as to the cleanliness of cadets, and their attendance 

at meals and efficiency in serving 

is required for the continuation of their 

scholarships. There is no question that if this 

liew plan is put into effect, the caliber of the 

liiess hatl service will fall sharply. 

Some members of the administration still 

seem to feel that it is degrading for one cadet 

tb serve another, but, as pointed out in the 

earlier editorial, a student performing honest 

work for money he needs has not created any 

caste distinction that should not be, or has 

he caused any problem at other colleges 

where the student-waiter system is used. It 

is indeed true that no cadet at any of the 

three service academies waits upon another 

cadet, but it must be remembered that the 

VMI cadet pays for his education. 

There is certainly no conflict between the 

cadet waiter system and the military tradition 

of VMI, for under this system no cadet is required 

to miss any portion of a military duty 

unless meal formations are counted as such. 

The function of VMI, contrary to the belief 

in some quarters, is primarily to produce 

students and secondly career soldiers, or 

"citizen students," as the case may be. And 

if the opportunity for a cadet to help himself 

produces a more-rounded, better-fitted individual 

than might otherwise be had, then 

this opportunity should certainly be afforded. 

M. J. L. 

Filling The Gap 

During the present academic year there 

kave developed within the Corps of Cadets 

i:wb organizations whose aims and efforts, 

if not spectacular, are certainly significant 

•nd commendable for several reasons. These 

Dean^s List 

(Continued from Page 

8rd CLASS 

Abernathy, T. R. 

B«tchelder, W. T. 

Bneady, J. L. 

BuettDer, W. S. 

Crooin, H. J. 

Pavis, T. W. 

Punean, P. W., Jr. 

KB«i«, T. R. 

2) 

FVdsch, J. F. 

Gerstein, M. E. 

Griggs, E. A. 

Grubb, W. F., m 

Kitchen. W. J., Jr. 

Knowles, R. G. 

Nickel, R. A. 

Rapport, G. M. 

Reid, G. F. 

Rodier, W. 1. 

Kodwell, C. R., m 

are the Civil War Roundtable and the VMI 

Political Society, both begun by and consisting 

of small groups of cadets having an intense 

interest in these respective topics. 

Actually the Civil War Roundtable was 

begun during the previous academic year, 

but its major development and the bulk of its 

âctivity have taken place during the present 

session. Headed by First Classman Larry 

Jackson, the Roundtable has held monthly 

meetings and has taken trips to such spots 

as Fredericksburg and Appomattox, places 

figuring prominently in Civil War history. 

iTie VMI Political Society is even mose of 

a newcomer on the scene, as it was only established 

in Februray of this year. Headed 

by Second Classmen Cliff Miller, the Political 

Society meets twice per month. 

The significance of these groups, of course, 

does not lie in the fact that new organizations 

have been started, nor in the fact that 

they hold regular meetings. Rather, the value 

)f the Roundtable and the Political Society lies 

in the character of their activities, which require 

the very active participation of each 

of their members. Group discussion constitutes 

the greatest part of their activity, the 

basis of. their program, and the reason for 

their existence. Without such group discussions, 

usually stimulated by prepared talks 

from their own members, the Roundtable 

and the Political Society would have no program, 

no business, and little reason for 

being. 

Thus, if they are to continue to function as 

a group, the members have to be active contributors 

to their organization and its programs, 

instead of being merely passive recipients 

of its programs and the other benefits 

of membership, as is the case in so many 

groups. 

This sort of active presentation of ideas by 

the members of these two groups, as opposed 

to the passive reception of programs which 

characterizes many organizations, has many 

commendable aspects. The fact that the members 

are expected both to present prepared 

talks from time to time and to enter group 

discussions at all times requires them to engage 

in independent research, to enlarge 

their knowledge, to develop new ideas, and 

to refine the ideas they already hold. 

Certainly the noblest function of education 

is to foster such independent work 

and to stimulate original thinking. This mission 

is well fulfilled when people are required 

to present facts and ideas and to support 

them, all of which is the chief activity of 

the members in the meetings of the Civil War 

Roundtable and the VMI Political Society. 

The fact that the members must not only 

obtain facts and develop ideas from them but 

must present them orally, and defend them 

if necessary, added incentive to do 

thorough research, to draw sound conclusions, 

and to make an effective presentation. 

Unfortunately there are comparatively few 

opportunities for VMI cadets to do independent 

research, to develop original ideas, and 

to present these facts and ideas orally before 

a group. 

Organizations such as the Civil War Roundtable 

and the VMI Political Society, whose 

activities provide cadets opportunities to present 

and discuss facts and ideas about topics 

which interests them, and indeed praiseworthy. 

It is to be hoped that other cadet organizations 

will follow this pattern, helping to 

fill a rather significant gap in cadet activities 

and cadet intellectual life by encouraging 

their members to participate actively in discussions 

and presentations r. John Adler of 

Johns Hopkins University, Director 

of the Economic Development 

Institute. 

The bulk of the conference time 

was spent in the roundtable discussions, 

over six hours each day 

for the two full daysf comprised by 

the conference. Both Clement and 

Henning felt that the roundtable 

discussions were .extremely wellplanned 

and conducted. On the last 

day of the conference each roundtable 

presented a report to 

plenary session of the conference,! 

summarizing their discussion and 

conclusions. 

Conference highlights came ip 

the plenary sessions which featumJ 

such speakers as deLesseps S. Mofrison. 

United States Ambassador t« 

the Organization of American] 

States; Senator John G. Towerj 

Republican of Texas; Rear Admira 

A. F. Schade, Director Politico 

Military Policy Division, Office Q 

the Chief of iVaval Operations; an» 

Philip H. Coombs, Assistant Secre 

tary of State for Educational ar 

Cultural Affairs. 

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Military Notes 

By Lance V. Bevins 

To the average American, » column 

of this type would havelield 

little interest a few year ago. At 

that time thcrt was not placed 

on the Aimed Forces the emphasis 

that is put there today. Now, with 

almost every American affected by 

it, the people of the United SUtes 

«re showing more interest in the 

American Military establishment, in 

the way that it affects them, in it's 

organization, and it's aims. 

In this column, the Military Editor 

will examine varioiffs aspects 

of the military establishment as it 

is, was, or is likely to be. A wide 

range of topics will be covered, 

from advances in military technology 

to an understanding of 

basic Military concepts. In this first 

column, war, in its various aspects, 

will be presented. 

War is a branch of scientific 

knowledge and the study of war is 

as necessary as the study of any 

science. We must not leave the 

study of war to the soldier, who, 

due to the liature of his profession 

is a practitioner and not a detached 

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process of chailse are divided by 

most Militalry Historians into three 

classifications; (1) political, (2) 

technological,'and (3) organizational, 

institutional, or administrative. 

Sincerwar iV a violent conflict 

between states, many of the problems 

can first be approached from 

the political.- angle. The political 

factors are the aims of the opposing 

states and .the resources-social, 

economic, and diplomatic-which 

each has at their disposal. Karl von 

Clausewitz, the noted 19th Century 

Prussian military philosopher 

has stressed these factors in his 

writings. Clausewitz states that war 

"is a mere continuation of policy 

by other means'. .. its essence, the 

duel . . . Each dries by physical 

force to compel the other to do his 

will;.., War is thus an act of force 

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"Force, physical force, is thus the 

means to impose our will upon the 

enemy is our object . . . wc must 

proportion our effort to his powers 

of resistance . . . expressed as a 

product of two inseparable factors: 

the extent of the means at his disposal 

and the strength of his will 

. . . bear in mind the diversity of 

political objects which may cause a 

war, or . . . the distance which 

separates a death struggle fSr political 

existence from a war which 

a forced or 'tottering alliance 

makes . . 

The second set of factors Is technological—"Force 

armed with the 

inventions of art and science." 

Scientists have become -as important 

in warfare as the politicah or 

the soldier. The remforcement of 

the national state by the 19th Century 

Industrial Revolution and 20th 

Century applied science—in Alexander 

Herzen's phrase, "Ghenghiz 

Khan with the telegraph "—now 

threatens to obliterate Western 

Civilization. As General 'Hap" Arnold 

said, destruction has become 

'too cheap and easy." 

The third set of factors, the industrial, 

administrative, and organizational 

factors in military history, 

are related to both politics 

and technology. They are the parti- 

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at the right place at the right time. 

"Getting the soldier to do this has 

required an increasingly complex 

social organization. The organizational 

factors cover a host of special 

ties-strategy, tactics, logistics, 

communications and training. Strategy 

may be defined as the art of 

bringing an enemy to battle. Tactics 

is the means of defeating him 

in battle. All tactical systems, it 

has been noted, ultimately rest on 

the dominant weapon in use. Troops 

are, or should be, trained to exploit 

their dominant weapon's strong 

points and to minimize its weak 

ones. War is a chess game in which 

the values of the pieces and the 

nature of their moves vary both 

with the training of the pieces and 

the skill of the individual player. 

Logistics, a term 'which came into 

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One of the most important of 

military gifts, in the words of Lord 

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of the 'mechanisms of war', 

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... A homely analogy can be 

made from contract bridge. The 

calling is strategy, the play of the 

hand tactics .. . Calling is to a certain 

degree mechanical and subject 

to conventions; so is strategy . . . 

There is, of course, a wide 

scope for judgment, boldness, and 

originality . . . But in the end it is 

the result of the manner in which 

the cards are played . . . that is 

put down on the score sheet . . . 

Therefore, I rate the skillful tactician 

above the skillful strategist, 

especially he who plays th* 

cards well." 

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Military histories have been written 

to stress the importance of on© 

or the other of these groups of factors-political, 

technological, or organizational. 

But such partial views 

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are usually false. War, to return 

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a veritable chameleon, because in 

each concrete case it changes somewhat 

its character ... composed of 

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On Saturday, May 5, approximately 

two hundred-fifty track and 

field athletes, representing most of 

Virginia's major colleges, gathered 

at Lynchburg for the third Annual 

Virginia State Track Meet. Having 

won the Big Six Championship in 

1957, 1958, and 1959 and also having 

reigned as State Champion in 

1960 and 1961, the Virginia Military 

Institute fielded a top-notch team 

which appeared to be the combination 

to secure a repeat of previous 

years and another championship. 

However, although the team displayed 

great strength and depth 

in the running events, the Keydets 

were picked before the meet to 

finish second behind the new and 

powerfully rebuilt University of 

Virginia squad. This pre meet confidence 

by the expeaits in y. Va.'s 

newly acquired track prowess proved 

to be accurate as the Cavaliers 

from Charlottesville, although they 

did not win, went on to have an extremely 

successful afternoon. Running 

away with seven first places 

and three second places, U. Va. 

compiled a total of fifty-six and one 

tenth points to secure second place. 

Williafm and Mary of Williamsburg, 

pushing the Wahoos the entire day, 

racked up five first places and 

three seconds to finish first place 

in the meet with a total of sixty and 

one half points to become the new 

state champs. Surprising many and 

disappointing some, the VMI Keydets 

finished third as they squeaked 

by the Generals from Washington 

and Lee by a margin of two 

points. Coached by veteran track 

expert Major Walter Cormack, the 

Keydets totaled one first place, 

three seconds, two thirds, three 

fourths, and one fifth place to show 

at thirty-one and one half points. 

Although the showing by the 

team was, in general, disappointing, 

great credit and recognition should 

be given to a number of individual 

performances that sparked the 

the team's spirit and bolstered 

morale. 

Securing the only VMI first place 

of the afternoon, Lee Spessard turned 

in a remarkable and spirited 

effort to win the mile run by a 

decisive margin. Clocked at four 

minutes and twenty-five 'seconds, 

Spessard's outstanding performance 

was his best thus far this 

season, and w,as the most exciting 

of the afternoon. Jerry Paull aTbo 

turned in a good race by finishing 

fifth at 9:30. 

The surprise of the day came in 

the person of the team's captain, 

Ralph O'Harrow. Having only £ 

fairly good season, O'Harrow real 

ly came through in the clutch to 

lead his team in scoring. Rackingup 

a second place in the two-twenty, 

a fourth place in the hundred, and 

teaming-up with Darden Nelms, 

Charlie Watson, and Harvey Sar 

gent to take a fourth in the mile 

relay, Ralph compiled a total of six 

and one half points. 

Les Knowles also surprised a 

great many track enthusiasts as he 

copped a second in the javelin behind 

Richmond's weight ace Artie 

Ventura. Les hurled the javelin one 

hundred-sixty seven feet and four 

and one quarter inches to sneak by 

Washington and Lee's entry. 

Veteran teack ace Charlie Carlton 

turned in his usual outstanding 

performance by winning a second 

place in the two mile run. Displaying 

great drive and fortitude, 

the old "Mustang" turned in his 

best time of the year by being 

clocked at nine minutes, forty-eight 

and four tenths seconds^ Right behind 

him was Jim McMahon who 

grabbed a fourth place with an extremely 

fine effort. 

Charlie Watson also did very well 

by taking a third in the 880. Timed 

at one minute,, fifty-seven and one 

tenths seconds, Charlie came 

through with his characteristic dependability 

to help the team effort 

both in the 880 and in the mile re 

lay. 

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were given by Abe Pat- 

Captain Riilph O'Harrow, who led all VMI scorers in last week's 

state meet by racking up points, is pictured îbove at a recent 

practice session. This weekend the track team journeys to Norfolk 

for the Southern C

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