Letters to the Editor

letters to the editor. officer training. i was interested in frances dingman’s article (january 12, 2001) on officer training. because i think she would like to know about details, i want to comment on this: “beginning in 1905, when a new western headquarters was established in chicago, some were sent there from the west coast for training. the course then took nine months in a more formal setting…”. my mother, griselda “della” rapson ringle, was trained in chicago in 1912 (or maybe 1911). i am sure she told me the training session was a week or two less than six months, and that they had two sessions every year. following her six months of training, she was made a cadet-sergeant for the following session and was then promoted to captain. edward ringle (r), major denver, colo. e-mail. send your letters to the editor to: new frontier (letters), p.o. box 22646, long beach, ca 90802-9998 or e-mail us at: safrontier@aol.com the editor reserves the right to print short excerpts from letters.