Evening star., 1915-05-10
Dates Fixed for Joint Regular
Army Field Artillery
Camps.
Benefit OF OFFICERS
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD
System of Instruction to Be Follow
ed, in Which District Militia
Will Participate.

Plans are about completed for the
holding of the summer schools for
National Guard officers, joint regular
army field artillery camps and joint
sanitary camps. At Tobyhanna. Pa.
and Sparta. Wis. the medical depart
ment will hold its joint encampments in
conjunction with the field artillery
The system employed for the instruc-
tion of National Guard field artillery
will be the same as that which was
used at Tobyhanna last year. Besides
Tobyhanna. camps will be held this
year at Admission. Ala: Sparta, Wis. !;
Fort Riley. Kan; Fort Sill, Okla. and
Monterey. Cal. Previous to the open
ing of the joint camps. officers schools
will be held at all these places with
the exception of Admission and Fort SILL
District Represented.
According to reports received at the
War Department, there will be at the
Tobyhanna camp one of the largest
schools ever held there. The District
of Columbia will send three non-com-
missioned officers; Connecticut, two
commissioned and three non-commis-
stoned officers: New Jersey, one COM
missioned and five commissioned
officers: Massa achusetts. all of the on
GERS at the headquarters of the 1st Bat
TALON. Field Artillery. and an addi-
tional commissioned officer, two non
commissioned officers from the same
battalion. two commissioned and three
non n-commissioned officers from Battery
A. two commissioned and eight nom
commissioned officers from Battery c.
Pennsylvania will send ten commits
stoned officers, Rhode Island four non
commissioned officers. Louisiana seven
commissioned officers and fifteen non
commissioned officers. New York state
has not sent in its list, but IL is UNDER
stood that forty commissioned and non
commissioned officers at least will at
tend from that state.
Dates for Artillery Camps.
The following are the dates of the
Joint army and militia field artillery
camp at Tobyhanna. Pa. and the or
ganizations so far announced that will
attend:
New Jersey. Battery A, June 1926;
Battery B, June 1927.
Rhode Island. Battery A, June 20-27.
Massachusetts,, 1st Battalion. July
Connecticut. Battery A. July 1927.
District of Columbia, lst Battery,
July 1927.
Virginia. let Battalion. July ss-Au-
gust s.
Pennsylvania. Batteries A. B. and
D. August 1927
The I'd Battalion of the Sd Field Ar
tillery. stationed at Fort Myer. goes
TO Tobyhanna The troops will leave
Fort Myer May II. stopping at the fol-
lowing places en- route: Gaithersburg,
Frederick, Emmetsburg. Heidlersburg,
Shiremanstown. Clarkes Ferry 0ie over
one day). Chapman. Bloomsburs. shick-
EhinnE "ifl<aGharra
vile. Field Hospital No. 8 and Am
hu1ance No. s. at the Walter Reed Hos
pital. will make the march with the I'd
Battalion from this city.
Course of instruction.
The War Department has completed
all arrangements for conducting a very
thorough and complete course or
instruction during the coming summer
for the sanitary troops of the organ
ized militia. In conducting these camps
the instruction work will be divided
into two classes: First, camps of in
struction or schools for officers and
on-commissioned officers Of the mi
Ntia: second. joint camps of instruc-
tion for field hospital companies and
ambulance companies. In connection
with the camps of instruction arrange
nlents also have been made for giving
the officers of the Medical Reserve
Corps. United States Army. in active
list. the benefit of this work, the plan
being to conduct the camp for a period
of two weeks. the first week to be for
the militia officers. the second week
for officers of the Medical Reserve
Corps. who at the present time number
nearly 1900. all of whom are subject
TO call in time of need and few Of
whom have ever had any field expert
eHce.
For these camps a schedule of in
structlon. including both theoretical
and practical work, has been devised,
which will begin Monday morning and
terminate the afternoon Of the follow
ing Saturday. II is contemplated to
provide at these camps a complete field
hospital. ambulance company, regi-
mental infrmary and such other equip
rent as will be necessary to offer every
facility for giving a thorough and
practical course of instruction.
The new equipment which has been
adopted by the general STAFF for the
sanitary troops also will be used at
'hese camps. thereby giving all who
themselves with il.
For Sanitary Work.
The dates and states assigned to the
sanitary camp At Tobyhanna are as
fol1ovs:
June 3i-2s. for militia ofrcers and
non-commissioned ofioers of the New
England states. New York. New Jersey.
Pennsylvania, Delaware. Virginia. West
Virginia. Maryland and the District of
Columbia: and Juno 20 70 July 3, for
ofncers. Medical Reserve Corps. U. s. A.,
inactive list
schedule for the Joint camp of in
struction for held hospitals and am
buiance companies of the militia at
Tobyhanna will be as follows:
From July Is to August g. one neId
hospital and one ambulance company
Of Massachusetts militia, one field hos
pttal and one ambulance company OF
North Carolina; from July 10 to %, two
field hospitals of Pennsylvania one
ambulance company of Tennessee
July &c to August T. one field hospital
and one ambulance company New
Jersey: one field hospital and one am
bulance company. Connecticut; August
to IA. one ambulance company, New
York. and one field hospital, District
Of Columbia.