The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-16
BIG CAMP At FORT SHERIDAN
Army oficers Ask Kenosha Men to
Send in Applications for Place in the
Camp Of Civilians and 1t Is Expected
That Many Will Go.

country men in all lines Of business are
going into the government training
camps In order to be trained that they
may be able to respond to the call of
the nation in case their services are
needed for war.
The United States Government is
offering chance for Kenosha men to
get this training and the Telegraph
Courier received from Central Head
quarters of the United States Army in
Chicago the following announcement
Of camp at TT. Sheridan at which
Kenosha men viii be welcomed. The
announcement is as follows:
A Military Training Camp for bust
ness and professional men will be held
on the military reservation, Fort
Sheridan, Illinois, during the period
September 20 to October IL, 1915,
inclusive.
The camp will be held under the
direct supervision of officers Of the
United States Army.
The purpose of the camp is to offer
an opportunity for business and pro
fessional men of military age to quail
fly themselves for efficient service to
the country in case Of need.
Attendance at the camp will not in
crease either the legal or moral obliga-
tions of those who attend. The inten-
tion is merely to equip those taking
the course of training to fulfill with
more efficiency and usefulness obliga-
tions which are already laid upon them
as citizens Of the United States.
The success of the Young Men Is
Summer Camps for military training
which have been in operation for sew
eral years has demonstrated the effec-
tiyeness of a short and intensive
course of military training in qualify
ing educated men to aid in filing the
great deficiency in commissioned of
fcers that would immediately arise in
case a national emergency required the
raising of large volunteer army.
The course of instruction is designed
to this end rather than for training
for service in the ranks.
Tn view of the utter lack of a re-
serve body of officers necessary to or
game and command volunteer troops,
attendance at the camp is in the opin-
ion of the best military authorities AN
important and most useful public
service.
Course of Tnstruction-Tn Instruction
will be furnished by officers of the
United States Regular Army specially
detailed for the purpose. The course
will comprise company and battalion
drill, the mechanism and use Of the
modern military rifle (including target
practice), military hygiene, tactics,
strategy, etc. Such troops of the reg
ular army as may be available will CO
operate in the military instruction and
in the different field maneuvers, exer-
cises and demonstrations These will
include exercises in the different arms.
including signal and medical corps, the
purpose being to furnish the basic
training for all branches of the land
service which can be supplemented
later by specialization according to the
preference and qualification of the in
dividual, so as to give to the men op-
portunities to follow the branches for
which they may be best qualified.
Maneuvers with regular troops repre-
senting the opposing force will be held
toward the end of the camp.
Routine-The mornings will be- de-
voted to a progressive program Of in
struction in the duties of soldier,
from those of private to company
commander. The afternoons will be
devoted to more specialized instruc-
ton, including courses, among others.
in military map making, signalling,
military hygiene, ETC. Tn the, evenings
lectures will be given and discussions
held on various military subjects.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS must be citi-
zens of the United States, they must be
of good moral character, physically
qualified, and must attend for the full
period, unless compelled by actual
necessity to leave before that time.
They must conform to the rules and
regulations prescribed for the govern
ment OF the camp, the commanding Of
fcer having authority. to discontinue
their attendance upon violation of such
rules and regulations. Those who have
been members of the National Guard
or have had other military experience
may apply and on approval may at
tend for less than the prescribed
period. As the military training is pro
gressive, the second and latter part Of
the camp-from October LIST and Oeto-
Der Sth, respectively, is recommended
for such men. Men of sufficient ex-
perience may be used as officers ana
Inon-commissioned officers for the vari-
Gus organizations in the camp.
transportation Applicants authoriz-