Weekly journal-miner., 1917-05-02
M'CREARY SEEKING
 OFFICER RECRUITS
Luncheon Club Hears About U. s. Plans To Equip War Army With Trained
 Leaders at the Presidio School
Length of the Camps

Length of the Camps
 The period of this instruction will be three months. Attendants must be present throughout the course. Date of Opening
 All camps will be open on May Is, 1917.
 Obligation for Military Service Those who attend these camps must undertake the following three obligations:
 CD To attend for the full period of three months.
 @ To accept in the officers re- serve corps any commission rendered at the close of the instruction. (3) To take an oath of enlistment for the three months of the camp, (unlcss sooner discharged by proper authority) in which they swear Cor affirm to bear true faith and allcgi- ancc to the United States of Ameri- ca, and obey the orders of the prcsi dent of the United States, and the officers placed over them during the period of the camp.
 Transportation Transportation from the atten- dant's 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.
 | Subsistence
 Subsistence while at the camp win be furnished by the United States without cost to the attendant Uniform ] The uniform will be furnished at the expense of the United States, in somewhat the following manner:
 Cal The applicant is urged to fur nish his own uniform in advance. Ar ter being 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 10 about S15.O0. A pend ] ing law provides for reimbursement those who have purchased their uni form in advance.
 (b) Upon reporting at the camp and dcpositing Sl0, a uniform will be furnished the attendant, to be re- turned to him at the conclusion oi the camp. If no article furnished has been lost or damaged other than by fair wear, the deposit will be re- turned: or in the event of loss or damage. a balance will be returned after the cost of the lost or dam aged articles has been deducted. Arms, Equipment, etc. Attendants at the camp will be furnished cots. bedding. arms and equipment by the United States. Qualifications for Attendance
 The following may attend these camps:
 CD Those who arc members of the officers reserve corps in infantry, cavalry. field artillery. coast artillery or engineers, or have taken the cx- animation for such but have not yet received their commission.
 (2) Any white man, male citizen of the United States who. on May 8, 1917, will have passed the age of l twenty years and nine months and | who will not yet have reached his forty-fourth birthday, and who is of sound physical condition, of good l moral character and of good cduca tion-a college graduate ,or a senior in college, or clearly a we'll educated man.
 Members of the regular army or of the national guard in federal ser vice may apply through rcgimcntal commanders to the department com mandcr.
 All those who have heretofore ap. piled for examination for the officers reserve corps GncIuding those who have not actually received their com missions as officers from the adjutant general of the army, should disrc- gard all previous action and at ouce take steps to attend the training camps. Those who have been cx- { lmincd and recommended by c.,amin- ng boards will be certified" without 1 further examination, ii they will ad , dress a letter to the officers in charge, , officers reserve corps, Fort Sam Hou- ( 'ton, Texas, and request a certificate: hey will also be commissioned as asst as possible
 Course of Instruction \ There will be course of iustruc- ion in each Of the following arms;