The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-06-14
NEWCAMPSF0R
OFFICERS WITH
AGE LIMIT AT 90
Men of Mature Years Desired
BY Government
COURSE OPENS AUG. 27
Candidates viii Be Developed For
Commissions Up to Rank OF
Lieutenant Colonel.

Washington, June 13.-Brig. Gen.
Henry p Mccain, Adjutant General
of the army, in few days will have
ready for distribution a pamphlet Civ
ing all necessary information to pro-
spectiye applicants for the new of
iicers' training camps which will open
Aug. q and close Oct. 26. These
pamphlets will be circulated through
the Military Training Camps Associa-
ton and the headquarters of the mill
tary divisions of the United States.
More than 100000 will be printed.
The new camps will be for the de-
velopment of officers above the grade
of Lieutenants and will offer last op
portunity to men DESTROYS of obtain
ing commissions through the intensive
system. Mature and experienced men
win be preferred, as they will be
chosen, when eligible, to fill higher
commands up to the rank of Lieuten-
ant Colonel. The following are en-
couraged to apply: Citizens with
marked ability for leadership, non
commissioned officers of the like in
the armies of the allied powers, mem
bers Of the Officers Reserve Corps
who through no fault of their own
were unable to attend the first series
of camps, reserve officers of staff
corps with at least two months ser
vice in war, noncommissioned officers
of the Regular Army who were recon-
mended in March, 1917, but were un-
able to attend the training school. re-
signed officers of the Regular Army,
men made eligible for the Officers
Reserve Corps by the appropriation OF
May 12. 1917, men qualified under
General Orders No. A. 1915, and citi-
zens with valuable military expert.
ence and adaptability for commits
sions.
The age limit is so years, except in
the case of Citizens with valuable
military experience" or capacity for
leadership or those who have served
as officers or non-commissoned Off.
GERS in the allied armies the limit in
these cases being A years. A mem
ber of the National Guard may apply
through the proper channels and, if
accepted, become part of his State
quota.
Prospective students. in reading the
forthcoming instructions, should find
out the place to which their applica
tions should be mailed To write di-
rectly to the War Department means
only confusion and delay. and good
men may lose their chance. due to
the necessity of opening their letters
in Washington, finding out where the
should be forwarded
and, finally sending it on over a
roundabout circuit.
The War Departments circular will
explain all points clearly There will
be plenty of copies, and every effort
will be made TO give them wide circu
lation. They may be had upon request
at divisional headquarters, as fol
lows:
Boston-For Maine. New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut.
Governors Island-For New York.
New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia the District of
Columbia, the Canal Zone, and the
Island of Porto Rico, with the islands
and keys adjacent thereto.
Charleston, S. C-For Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Miss
issippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, to-
gether with the coast defenses of
Galveston.
Chicago-F'or West Virginia. Ken
lucky. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, IL
linois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota. Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Nebraska and Colora-
dc
Fort Sam Houston, Texas-For
Texas. Except the coast defenses of
Galveston,) oklahoma, New Mexico,