Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-26
PINE BLUFF BOYS
 SHOWING INTEREST
 IN ARMY TRAINING
Dozen or More Local Young Men Likely to Attend Re
 serve Officers Camp.

A dozen or more young men of Plne Bluff, nearly all of them college graduates and some of whom have had some military training, are con- slderlng in somewhat favorable man. ner. the desire to enter the training camp for reserve officers, at Fort Logan H. Roots, near Little Rock, and 1t is not unlikely that before May 8, when the school will be formally opened, Pine Bluff will send quite a number of her young men into the training camp.
 The following information rela- tive to the camp, is contained in an official memorandum issued bv the war department:
 Training camps will be conducted 1 Tn the southern department under con- ditions specified. These conditions have been prescribed by the war de- partment, there is no authority to make any change in them, and appli- cations from those who do not meet these prescribed conditions will not re- ceive favorable action.
 The sole object of these camps is to instruct and train selected citi- zens of this country to become offic- CTS fthe citizen armies to be creat- ed for use in the present war with Germany.
 The period of this instruction will be three months. Attendants must be present throughout the course. All camps will open on May 8, 1917.
 The Obligation.
 Those who undertake these camps must undertake the following three obligations:
 To attend for the full period of three months.
 To accept in the officers reserve corps any commission rendered at the close of the instruction.
 To take an oath of enlistment for the three months of the camp, (un- less sooner discharged by proper au- thority) in which they swear Cor, af- firm) 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 during the period of the camp.
 Transportation from the attendants home to the camp and return, will be furnished by the United States: the exact manner in which this will be done has not yet been decided. Sub- sistence while at the camp will be furnished by the United States with out cost to the attendant. The uniform will be furnished at the expense of the United States, in somewhat the following manner:
 The applicant is urged to furnish his own uniform in advance. After hoi ooannfod 4<nc on offnpI0y,t ho hoo the privilege of purchasing this uni price, plus 10 per cent which will amount to about $15. A pending law provides for reimbursing those who vance.
 Upon reporting at the camp and depositing $10 uniform will be fur nished the attendant, to be returned by him at the concluison 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, a balance will be returned after the cost of the lost or damaged articles has been deducted.
 Attendants at the camp will be fur nlShed cots, Deddlng, arms ana equlp- ment by the United States.
 The Qualifications.
 The following may attend these camps:
 Those who are members of the off cers' reserve corps in infantry, cav airy. field artillery, coast artillery or engineers, or have taken the exami- nation for such but have not yet re- ceived their commission.
 Any white. male citizen of the Unit ed States who, on May 8, 1917, will have passed the age of 20 years and 9 months and who will not yet have reached his 44th birthday. and who is of sound physical condition, of good moral character and of good educa- tion, college graduate, or a senior in college, or clearly we'll educated man.
 Members of the regular army or of