Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-19
PORTO R|CANS Join
us. NATIONAL ARMY
Training, Camp Established,
With Prospect That Island
Will Supply 1000 Men.
pP0IIn 0E CITIZENSHIP
PROUD OF CITIZENSHIP
Special Cablegram to The star ana New
York World.

Special CabIegram to The star ana New
York World.
SAN JUAN. P. r.. August 1S.-The
training camp for the Porto Rico con-
tingent of the officers Reserve Corps
will be opened on August 81, with prob
ably goo candidates in attendance.
officers sent from the states and by
some of the officers of the Porto Rico
regiment who have been called from
the Panama Canal Zone for the pur-
who come from the states will remain
to serve with the National Army bril-
gade which Porto Rico is expected to
furnish This brigade will number
1000 Most of the applicants at the in
sular training camp will receive COM
missions as first or second lieutenants.
few gaining higher rank.
The course of instruction will be iden-
tical with that of the camps in the
states and will last three months. The
candidates will enlist for that period.
at the same time agreeing to take
whatever commission may be offered
them. The commission calls for an en-
listment for FIVE years. unless sooner
discharged by the War Department,
though active service will be only for
the duration of the war. The men will
receive 800 month. and 10 cents
day for food allowance. shelter and
clothing. though 1t is suggested that
the work will be facilitated If they buy
their own uniforms before the camp
opens.
Americans Seek Commissions.
or the candidates thus far accepted
twenty five are continental Americans,
with Porto Rico as their legal resi-
dence. The others are native Porto
Ricans. Col Towushend is much
pleased with the general fitness of the
accepted candidates. and he expects to
see fine lot Of officers graduated. He
has toured the entire island to examine
applicants, thus insuring selection by
an experienced officer.
The camp site at Cazey, where Henry
barracks are located is considered the
best in the island for the purpose. The
barracks have ample room to accommo-
date the student officers. The sandy
soil of the camp grounds quickly alb
serbs the rainfall. making drilling at
all times possible.
Among the Americans who have been
accepted as candidates are George w.
Lewis, William T. Tardy, jr.; L. @. Nc
Guigan, Robert r. Holm. Noah Shepard,
Clarence H. Tingle, John S. Lowden.
william L. McGoodwin, Guy Wilbur
Farrar, George Kahnt. Harry Jubb.
George v. Keeland. Gordon Orr Spauld
ing, all of San Juan; Milton A. Hill,
Areciba; Charles Nufr Presburg. Yanco;
L. M. Higgins. Searles Fowler Thomas,
Hector A. Pietti, Ponce, and George
Thomas, Zayas.
, There is no doubt that through the
selective draft a fine brigade will be
| obtained. Adjt Gen. John A. will
| son, exhibiting a letter received by
| him day or two ago. said: There
will be no trouble in CONSUMPTION as
long as this kind of spirit is shown"
The letter, from Mayaguez. signed by
four young men, read:
| Signed below you will find the names
| of four young men who full of love for
the nation that has built the general
welfare of our beloved island, and
proud of being citizens Of the greatest
nation in the world. are willing to con-
tribute. even with our lives to the de-
Tense of the kingdom of democracy in
the world. and do hereby ask you to in
clude our names in the first recruiting
to take place"
The signers of this letter are CAST
miro Lopez. rural teacher; Manuel Perez
Garcia, special agricultural agent for
the food commission; Pedro Matos
Belyis, student of the agricultural COL
lege; Victor Luciano, associate editor
of La Bandera Americana (the Ameri-
can Flag.
In Bayamon the federal authorities
took prompt steps against three men
accused of issuing and circulating cir.
culars which. translated. read: Begin
your protest Prevent your sons from
being chopped up on the battlefield by
having them refuse to enlist" One of
the men has been held in IS 600 ball to
await trial in the federal court