Arizona republican., 1917-04-29

United States, there IS keen interest III this branch of patriotic service and so the following official statement submit ted by Major H. L. Lauback of the Nineteenth Infantry concerning the .tizens' military training camps. south- orn department, for training the First l0,0 900" officers will be of interest: This official statement is as follows:
 Training camps, for the purpose specified above, will be conducted in the southern department under cOndi- tions specified below. These cOndi- tions have been prescribed by the war department, and there is no authority to make any change in them, and ap7 plications from those who do not meet these prescribed conditions will not re- ceive favorable action.
 Object of the Camps
 The sole object of these camps is to instruct and train, selected citizens of this country to become officers of the citizen armies to be created for use in the present war with Germany.
 Length of the Camps
 The period of this instruction will be three months. Attendants must be present throughout the course.
 Bate of Opening
 All camps will open on May s, 1917.
 Obligation for Military Service
 Those who attend these camps must undertake the following three obliga tions:
 CD To attend for the full period of three months.
 e(2) To accept in the officers reserve corps any commission rendered at the close of the instruction
 (3) To take an oath of enlistment for the three months of the camp, (unless sooner discharged by proper authOrity) in which they swear Cor affirm) to bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and obey the orders of the president of the United States and the officers placed over them dur ing the period of the camp.
 Transportation
 Transportation from the attendants home to the camp and return. will be furnishen by the United States, the exact manner in which this will be done has not yet been decided.
 Subsistence
 Subsistence while at the camp will be furnished by the United States with out cost to the attendant.
 Uniform
 The uniform will be furnished at the expense of the United States, in some what the following manner:
 (a) The applicant is urged to furnish his own uniform in advance. After be- ing accepted as an attendant, he has the privilege of purchasing this uniform from the government at cost price, plus 10 per cent, which will amount to about S15.00 A pending law provides for re- endorsement those who have purchased their uniform in advance. (b) Upon reporting at the camp and ,depositing S10, a uniform will he fur lnished the attendant. to be returned to 1 him at the conclusion of the camp. If no article furnished has been lost or damaged other than by fair wear, the deposit will be returned; or in the event of loss or damage, balance will be returned after the cost of the lost or damaged articles has been deducted. Arms, Equipment, etc. Attendants at the camp will be fur nished cots. bedding, arms and equip ment by the United States.
 Qualifications for Attendance [ The following may attend these camps:
 1 CD Those who are members of the ! officers reserve corps in infantry, cay airy, field artillery, coast artillery or engineers or have taken the eXamina = ! ton for such but have not yet received their commission.
 l @ Any white man. male citizen of l the United States who, on May s, 1917. | will have passed the age of twenty 1 years and nine months and who will no; yet have reached his forty fourth birth day, and who is of sound physical con dition. of good moral character and of good education-a college graduate, or | ! senior in college, or clearly a well educated man.
 | Members of the regular army or of 1 the national guard in federal service may apply through regimental com handlers to the department comman- ' der
 All those who have heretofore applied l for eXaination for the officers reserve corps Gncluding those who have been | eXamlned) and who have not actually l received their commissions as officers | from the adjutant general of the army should disregard all previous action anc at once take steps to attend the train ing camps. Those who have been ex- amined and recommended by examin. ing boards will be certified withou l further examination, if they will ad. dress letter to the officers in charge officers reserve corps, Fort San Houston, Texas, and request d certifi
 ate; ,hey will also be commissioned a. fast as possible.
 Course of Instruction There will be a course of instruc ton in each of the following arms: En Sineers, cavalry, field artillery an, | infantry.
 Suspension of Examinations All regular examinations for the of ficers' reserve corps are suspended, a the plan now is to pass all candidate through these camps of instruction an, n ' at ability for commissions. Method of Making Application Applicants must attend the cam which is assigned as the place of in struction for all candidates from hi home state. This assignment is as fol lows:
 Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas to the camp near Little Rock, Arkansa. Oklahoma and Texas, to the camp O the Leon Springs Military Reservation near San Antonio.
 Arizona and New Mexico. to tn Presidio, San Francisco, California. In the states mentioned above, ther will be soon established number c city recruiting stations, some of whic have been in operation Tor some week past, where information and applica tion blanks may be obtained. There will shortly be sent to each (
 these centers, one or more army of flcers who personally will examine eac l candidate, to determine whether h \ should be certified for the camp. The applicants who have been favor ably certified will then be furnishe
 transportation to the camp, and wi be directed to report on a given da, Examining officers will be sent at a early date to the cities named here