The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-29
$4,000 men TAKING
MILITARY TRAINING
Bankers, Doctors. Lawyers and Mcr
chants Learning the Science
Of War
,RE DRILLING ALL OVER N>TIoN
Ma ior-t.encrai Wood. Aftcr Western
"Trip, Tells Of tho Widespread Inter
est-BuIIctin l. Issued Outlining
Course.

New York. Dec. 2S.--Tn nearly every
large city in the country hundreds of
business and professional men. among
them some Of the best-known bank ars,
la wyers. brokers. merchants. phs 81
clans. and men in other walks OF life,
iu their respective communities. are
undergoing a systematic course Of mil
itary training, with regular army and
National Guard officers as their in
structors. The total number of men
SO euga ged in various parts OF the
country is estimated at between 10000
aud 5000. OF which number about
2,hD9 are citizens of New York city.
In Chicago the number in training
is about LOO: in Cleveland about
500: III BOSTON. about I 500; in phiIa-
delphis. about 1000 in Buffalo, about
500. and in Baltimore. about 900.
other cities In which large bodies Of
citizens have taken sdva ntage Of the
opportunity to better themselves in a
military way are Pittsbure, Washing
ton. St Louis. San Francisco, T'rovi-
dence Denver New Orleans. and
many others.
ajpr-General Leonard Wood. com.
handing the Eastern Department OF
the Army on Governors Island. yes
terday told Of the increasing interest
In wise and conservative military in
struction now being manifested by
business and professional men. Gen
erai Wood has Just returned from a
Western trip. in the course Of viii II
he met the officers who are directing
the training work In Chicago, Cleve-
lard and buffalo. The men who are
giving of their busy hours to take the
training receive instruction in State
armor~ies and other places where there
is drill room Practically all OF the
instruction is given at night. generally
In two periods OF an hour or two each
week
General Wood said yesterday there
was every reason to believe that at
least 5000 business and professional
men would attend the various train
ing camps that were to he organized
next summer. 1t was prOba bic. he
said. that a full brigade OF ROCKIES
would attend the camp at Plattsburg.
II was also announced that the train
ing camps. which would be held at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, near Chattanoo-
ga Tenn, in April. and probably in
May also, would be open to men from
all parts OF the country. and ii was
believed that the whole country would
he Represented In the enrolment. The
first camp, It Was announced Ye-ter-
day. would open ON Monday. April 3,
1915, ana iast four weeks. ana IT con-
diticns walranted, 81 was said. a sec
end camp would follow the first A
third camp FOR students OF UNIVERSE
les and colleges will he organized at
Oglethorpe on July 5 next. Pupils in
the senior a,assas OF high schools will
also be eli gibie for the students camp.
The expenses of the camps at
Ogtethorpe Will he about $50 per
man for the period Of four weeks,
This includes railroad transportation
coming from and 70 points south OF and
including 81. Louis and Washington.
TRANSFORMATION for greater distances
will increase proportionately the total
expense ~ those who go 10 the camp
from points In the North, West and
Southwest
In 4 bulletin issued Yesterday from
Governors stand the following infor-