The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.3, page 350, June 1893, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers To Julius B. Ramsey ''Tuskegee, Ala.] June 2nd t~8933 Dear Sir: According to promise I now write to say that we shall be glad to give you the position as Commandant in this institution for the coming school year. The duties clef this position include the care of the young men in all respects, the drilling of companies, boys' studyhour, inspection of rooms, general disciplined etc. We can pay you for this work $30 per month and board for Thea first year. Board will include room lights, fuel etc. all expen~ses] except travelling. We should like for you to be here by next September. Yours truly, Booker T. Washington TLpS Con. ~o6 BTW Papers DLC. ~ Julius B. Ramsey was a graduate of Hampton Institute, class of 1893. General Armstrong recommended Allen Washington, another senior, but Robert R. Moton recommended Ramsey instead, and Hampton employed Allen Washington as Moton's assistant. Moton said of Ramsey that he was the ''Senior Captain'' of the cadets, that he had spent three years in the school's pastors' class, and that he was also a good painter. ''They are both good drill-masters having had special instruction from Army officers during this and other terms,'' wrote Moton. (Moton to BTW, Mar. 24, 1893, Con. pros, BTW Papers, DLC.) Ramsey became ''Major Ramsey'' as commandant of cadets at Tuskegee for many years beginning in 1893. He taught military science and was also in principal charge of discipline of the men students, inspecting their dormitories and marching them to meals and classes as well as conducting military drill. ''I planned,'' Ramsey later said, ''to take a profession—the exact one not decided upon—intended to go to Oberlin when I was asked to come to Tuskegee. And for several years after coming I would say 'this would be my last year.' '' He saw it as his responsibility to develop ''obedience, politeness, reliability, promptness, cleanliness in person and in surroundings, physical endurance, physical development, respect for authority, and respect for their fellows.'' ( ''Hampton at Tuskegee,'' undated typescript, ~ 9 ~ 5, Con. 959, BTW Papers, DLC; J. E. Davis, ''Hampton at Tuskegee,'' Southern Workman, 44 tOct. 19~5], 53~-32. The typescript was an early draft of the article and contained matter later eliminated.) 35O