Bisbee daily review., 1913-11-21
WAR DEPARTMENT
 ANNOUNCES PLAN
 FOR STUDENT CAMP
College Men Throughout Country Will Receive Mili- tary Training Next Year and be Qualified for Duty

WASHINGTON, Nov 20.--MajOr l General Wood has announced through war department bulletin plans for the college students hillary camps next year. The bulletin reads in part
 Tn view Of the great success of the two experimental military camps of instruction for students of eduea- tional institutions held during July and August of the past summer at Monterey. Cal. and Gettysburg. Pa. the War department has decided to repeat them in the ensuing year
 The object Of the camp is, as be- fore, to give to the young men of the country who are desir4ous of accept ing it the opportunity for a short course in military training in order that they may be better fitted to dis charge tkeir military duty to their country should it ever stand in need of their service. The time selected for these camps (summer vacation period) is intended to enable collegE men to attend with the least incon- yenience and greatest instrucuonai advantage to themselves.
 In addition to the above patriotic motive of attendance there are to Se considered the physical benefits de rived by the students from the active, healthful outdoor life of a military camp for the summer vacation, and this at less expense than is usually required when away frcm home. These physical benefits are of great and permanent value at this studsnt period of their lives, when the pur suit Of their studies during the ha.-. ance of the year requires a certain amount of confinement There are also the mptually broadening intid- nee derlyed from meeting and being intimately associated with students Cf other we'll known institutions. and the opportunity afforded for athletic training and contests, Es well as tn p no,elt. of the experience itself, all contributing variety and interest toi the program.
 Another gain to the student is cer- tain increase in his economic value due to the increased business ef1-' ciency acquired through habits of dis cipllne, obedient, self-control, crdsr, command, and the study of organiza- ton and administration as applied m irst-ciass modern armies.
 The benefit of Jthese camps to the
 
 spirit, without which a nation soon loses it's yirility and falls into decay; they spread amIIsg the citizens of the country a more thorougb knowledge of military history, military policy, anZ military needs. all necessary to- the complete education of a well equipped citizen ih order that he may himself form just and true opinions on military topics.
 As military asset the value of these camps is inestimab.e. They afford the means 1f materially .n- creasing the present inadequate per soEnel of the trained or partially, trained military reserves of the United States, and this increase consisting Of a class of educated men from wh.ch in time of national emergency large proportion of the volunteer commis- stoned officers will probaD J be dawn ana upon whose judgment and tra.I- ing at such a thme the lives of many other men will in a measure depend.
 The ultimate object sought is not in any way one of military aggrandize- ment, but to provide in some meas- HFe a means of meeting vital need confronting us as a peaceful and m military people, in order to preserve the desired peace and prosperity through the only safe precaution, viz., more thorough preparation and equip ment to resist any effort to break such peace.
 Only those will be allowed to at i tend who are students in good stand i ing of a frst-class university, eo,lage. CT in the graduating class at nish or i preparatory schools; recent uniyer. sity or college graduates. and those l Aho have receive1 a satisfactory oiii- l cial War Department certificate of at I tendance at a previous student carp. | Applicants must be citizens Of the ! United States or have declared tbeiT intention Of SO becoming; IS to 90 | years of age, inclusive; of good moral character, and physically qualified.
 Students must attend for the laH period of five weeks, unless compe led by actual necessity to leave before that time. They must during th.s period render themselves subject to Ire rules and regulations prescribed for the government Of the camp, the commanding officer having authority to discontinue their attendance, with hold certificate or both, upon viola tion of such ordinances.
 Students viii te required 10 pay their traveling expenses to and rom sthe camp: this item will be made as
 small as possible by selecting the several camp sites in as central a location as may be found practicable e. giving due consideration to average .,syel from the homes of those attend