Prepared Leadership

Leadership is as difficult to develop in the Army as in business. The methods that insure success in one are applicable to the other. One of the aims of military training is to produce leaders. The more competent they become the higher the position they are sure to attain. So efficient is the training received by the officers in the Regular Army that many are invited to resign and accept positions of grave responsibility in the business world. In comparative measure efficiency in leadership is also developed in enlisted men, in students of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and in trainees of the citizens' military training camps. Business invariably gives preference to the young man who has had training in military leadership. Many industries provide their employees with 30 days' vacation on pay for the purpose of attendance at a summer training camp, knowing that they will return to their employment better equipped, better disciplined, and in every way much more valuable to themselves and their employers. All the wars of the future will include science and machinery. Trained men will be needed to efficiently use these materials, for efficient leadership, education, skill, technique, training, and thorough discipline are as necessary as loyalty and willingness to serve.