Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-24
District Will Be Well Repre-
scented at Military Maneu-
vers Next Month.
ABOUT 900 STUDENTS
At THE THREE. PLACES
Instruction to Be Given at Burling.
ton, Vt: Asheville, i. c., and
Ludington, Mich.

Washington will be well represented
at the three students military instruc-
ton camps to be held next month at
Burlington. Vt: Asheville. N. c., and
Ludington, Mich. According to reports
received to date by Capt r. Q. Van
Horn of the general staff at the War
Department who is in charge of these
camps. about 800 students from educa-
tional Institutions in all parts of the
country will attend the camps to be held
this summer. 1t is estimated that about
800 students will attend the Burlington
camp. and that there will be about 700
at each of the two other camps. The
attendance at last years two camps was
30 students. That those Young men en-
joyed and appreciated their experience
in practical military instruction is shown
by the fact that the great majority of
them will attend the camps to be held
this year.
So far applications have been approved
for 300 students to take part in the en-
campment at Burlington, 40 at Luding-
ton, and 30 at Asheville At Burlington
Capt. Oliver Edwards. 9Th Infantry, will
De in command, and the regular troops
In attendance will consist of one COM
pany of the 9TH Infantry, one troop of
the I'd Cavalry and the band of the 9Th
Infantry.
At the AshevilIe Camp Capt Preston
Brown, 18th Infantry, will be in COM
mand. and Troop X, 9TH Cavalry, from
Fort Myer. Va. and the band of the list
Company of Artillery, from Charleston
81 c.. will be present. The camp at
Iudington. Mich, will be commanded by
Capt. George III. Shelton, 10Th Infantry
and the regular troops in attendance will
consist of one company of the 10Th In
fantrv of he Ca,
the band of the Sd Infantry, from Madi-
son barracks, N Y.
The following is list of Washing
ton boys whose applications for permits
sion to attend the camps this summer
have been approved by the officials of
the War Department and the particular
camp to which they have been as
signed:
the Columbian Preparatory School,
Russell D. Tibbetts of the George
Washington Law School, Edward 7.
Taylor. jr;. of the University of Colo
Tado, Edwin l. sibert of the New York
Military Academy. Eugene c. Rice, jr.,
OF George Washington University,
Henry W. Nicholson of Stevens Insti-
tute of Technology. William Nickel of
George Washington University. Harry
G.. Hodgkins. jr.. of George Washing
ton University. Roderick B. Dunlap of
Columbian Preparatory School, III. n
Driggs OF the Cheshire Comm School,
John ]. Chisolm of the Maryland Ag-
ricultural College, Paul Bradshaw of
George Washington University and
sity
Asheville. n c--Reihl Arnold of East
ern High School, John r. Boyd Of West
ern High School, william dec. Ravenel.
II, of Western High School, Carl A. III.
Ries OF Mckinley High School. Jesse e.
Porter of Mckinley High School. Richard E
Shands Of Western High School, Alfred
X Shands of Western High School Maui
rice P. Freeman of Business High School.
Sharies E. krey of Mckinley High School.
Edward n Jones Of Western High School.
Gilbert c. Clark of Eastern High School,
watson Davis of Eastern High School,
Edward I.ightfoot of Western High
School; Llewellyn D. Nicolson of Western
High School. William W. c. Scott of Cen
trail High School. Wallace NJ Yater of
Eastern High School, William r Shoe
maker. jr.. of Western High School. Jo-
tory School Rufus S. Lusk of George
town University. Frank H. H Nolte Of
Georgetown University, Henry H. Green
% Of George.own lTniy ersity. John L.
sity, Waiter c. b Morse of Princeton
University. Clark f. Morse of Princeton
University, Summarized Mccartney OF
Washington and Lee University. Harrison
]: Polk of Episcopal High School, Alex
andria Va: Richard K. Sutherland OF
Yale University. D. B. B. Morse of Catllo-
nc University, ana. Julldn ~ Miller, JO-
seph r Sheean and R. Wilmer cooksey
of the Army and Navy Academy
Ludinston, Mich.--Robert ]. Tucker of
the Catholic University, whose home is at
Mt. Clements, Mich. 4.
Capt. Van Horn expects that there will
be many additional applications from boys
in the District and elsewhere He says
they should be sent to him as soon as
possible the quota for the camps is
being rapidly flied and only short time
remains before the opening of the camps
July next.
Objects of Camps Explained.
The purposes Of the camps are explain
ed in statement recently made by Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood, former chief OF
staff
The object of the camps" said Gen.
Wood, is to give to the young men of
the country who are DESTROYS of accept
ing it the opportunity for a short course
in military training, in order that they