The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-04-28
Location of Camps
and How to Join.

! tLSCdlloH Oh >dhPs
and How to Join.
Applicants must attend the caml
which is assigned as the place of IN.
struction for candidates from then
state. This assignment is as follows
Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkan.
sas, to the camp near Little Rock
Arkansas; Oklahoma and Texas, te
the camp on the Leon Springs Mill
tary Reservation, near San Antonio
Arizona and New Mexico, to the
Preside, San Francisco, California.
In the states mentioned above
there will be soon established mum
Der of city recruiting stations, sons
of which have been in operation fol
some weeks past, where information
and application blanks may be OBJ
tanned. There will shortly be sent
to each of these centers one or more
army officers who personally will ex.
anime each candidate, to determine
whether he should be certified for the
camp. Applicants who have been ia,
vorabIy certified will then be furnish.
ed transportation to the camp, ano
will be directed to report on a giver
day
Examining officers will be sent al
an early date to the cities named
hereafter, to examine applicants. The
exact date cannot now be stated. As
soon as the date can be determined
for any station, notice will be insert
ed in the newspapers of the locality
showing the address of the station.
Pay of Men
Attending Camps.
Existing law does not authorize of
Ifcers of the Reserve Corps being or
dered to these camps, nor is there al
appropriation available, at the presen'
time, for their pay. Under these cir
cumstances, all that can be done il
to urge officers of the Reserve Corp:
to attend under the same condition:
as other candidates. Present law ane
appropriations authorize only pay
ment of transportation, subsistence
and clothing. The passage of wa
appropriation measures may improve
this condition any day.
Each applicant will be examined
personally, in order that high stan
dard may be obtained with respec
to character and sobriety personality
address and, force; reputation ant
standing i4~ his community; whethe
Ihe is likely to command the respect o
officers and enlisted men; whether h
has adequate education.
There is no mental examination
but simply an inquiry into the ap
plicant's educational attainments. l
he has attended military school o
lcollege, he should submit diploma o
|certifcate of graduation, if he gradu
] ated, or (if he did not graduate)
certificate Of the amount and char
Iaeter of training satisfactorily com
1 Ipleted thereat. If the applicant ha
served in the regular army or nation
!. lal guard, he should submit his sdls
fcharge papers when he applies.
Applicants should have themselve
examined by a reputable physician q
soon as possible, and present the ply
Esician's report with other document
when they apply for examination. |
order to expedite examination, pros
!, pective applicants should CAREFUL
read the Instructions IN TINS memo
: randum and have everything in reae
mess for the examination, includin
/ letters of recommendation diploma c
, certificates of graduation, physical e1
aminations, etc.
) All correspondence in connectlo
with joining these camps should b
I addressed taDo the recruiting offle
| nearest the applicants home. If h
! does not know the location of sue
: office, he should address the Officer
{ Charge of Training Camps, Souther
2 Department, Fort Sam Houston, Sa
r Antonio, Texas.
Recruiting stations for Louisiar
r will be located at Baton Rouge, Ne
: Iberia, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Ru
i ton, Shreveport, Monroe and Alexa1
dria