The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-19
TRAINING CAMP
MEN HAVE REAL
WORK EACH DAY
Officers Have Gigantic Task
in Training Officers,

in Training Officers,
FORT LOGAN II ROOTS, Ark.
May l9-tSpeual)-ln In lust three
months time the highly efficient army
officers are attempting TO teach at the
citizens training camp here, as much !
IN condensed form, as IS taught 10 the |
West Point man IN four wears That |
IT is a gigantic task and one that |
means an extremely Suii schedule oi
/ drill field practice and study for the !
rookie goes without saying
$500 at Camp
| There are 300 students IN thl, |
camp, practically all Of them men with
college education, gathered from the
four states OF Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Mississippi The few
who have not the advantage OF a col
lcge education have had considerable
/ military experience. AL having passed
the rigid physical examination given
applicants, arc expected to be able to
stand the riRorS OF hard outdoor work
at the same time they study and recite
Just as N the schoorOom for several
hours each day
The DAY starts at s 80 o'clock with
an hour and a half for toilet break
fast cleaning up the barracks and
ground outside and other miscellaneous
duties Then there are two hours Of
drilling followed by three hours OF
school work before noon After mess
there IS police duty ior twenty mn.
utcS and school opens agaln at ! ~.
lasting until ~ when drilling again
become the order OF the day At ~
the retreat is sounded and mess soon
follows From then until 30 the stu.
dent is Tree within the boundaries OF
the camp
Full Days Work.
Two hours OF study follows, the men
arc ordefed 10 get ready for bed al
Q 20 and lights go out at 10 The
first weeks training although light
has given every student the impression
) that this sixteen hours schedule, ten
OF il actual labor, constitutes full
o. days. work without any reservations. A
! half holiday Saturday and full holt
day Sunday constitute the only breaks,
For the first period OF the three
y months training. from MAY Is 10 June
c IL, all students whether thev intend to
t enter infantry, cavalry field at,illery
] or engineers corps, pursue the same
course Practice marches. school oi
. the soldier. semaphore signaling, squad
drilling and sighting with the army
rifle constitute the frs, weeks Sched.
ulc
The second branches out into N,
manual Of the bayonet and Saber. anC
gradually target practice and all thu
other details OF actually CONDUCTING
open fighting in the field are added L
the schedule. At the same time prac
tice marches are continued, the burdel
carried by the men being increase,
gradually until il is the full field XII
similar to that now carried BY the sol
dier in Europe. weighing sixty-fiv
pounds twenty-five miles a day is III
maximum march required with thi
burden.
Special Courses Planned.
After June 10 the infantry cavalry
field artillery and engineers will pur
sue SPECIAL courses adapted to eaoI
branch OF the military service Mill
tary tac,kS will he added TO the sohoo
work and the finishing touches adde
to the outdoor drill
There are fifteen units in the tranin
camp. including nine companies OF in
fantry. two troops OF cavalry. three ba,
teries OF field artillery and ono CON
pany of engineers. In charge OF each
tactical or instructor captain. stu
dent captain leutenants, first sergeant
guides and squad leaders. The Studei
captain and his subordinateS are r,
Sponsiblc for the discipline, appearanC
and department OF the members OF h
company He directs the company III
der orders from the instructor captai
All OF the instructor captains arc We
Grams in military service and most
them arc graduates OF the United Sta,
military academy at West Point At Il
head of the entire camp is Col Robe
l. Bullard of the Twenty infa
try, who commanded the brigade on Il
border las, summer which included d
Oklahoma Natonal guard
Officers Of the Camp.
Other officers Of the camp are:
II Adutant Capt John r. Bubb. 81
tecnth infantry; senior instructor. Nj
III 4 Wilcox. Sixth infantry: quartz
master Capt + $ Young, Quarterma
ter corps; engineer officer, Ca
Robert $. Thomas, engineers. sem
surgeon, Lieut.. Col William +. Lew
medical corps; frs, company. Ca
Samuel w NoyeS, Fourth infantry: S,
ond company Capt Clenard McLaug
lin Seventh infantry; third compal
Capt William X Naylor, Ninth inia
try; fourth company. First Lieut., w
liam { Rose, Eighteenth infantry: III
\ COMPANY Cap, Edward +. MEGA
| mon, Third infantry; sixth compar
II Cap, Ralph Mccoy Twenty. fourth
ian,ry; seventh company Capt BRA
G. Ru,tencu,ter, Eighteenth iniantl
eighth company, Capt Thorne Stray
Thirty fourth infantry, ninth compa
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