The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-07-05
CALL FOR SECOND CAMP.
Another Contingent to Go to Oele-
thorpe.-(iood Men Wanted.

The second contingent of South
| Carolinians for Fort Oglethorpe is
now being sought The States ap-
portionment is 256. The camp will
open August -. Governor Manning
issued the following statement Sat
urday, in urging efficient Young men
! to come forward to do their part:
South Carolina men who are quail
flied as leaders are wanted by the
war department as candidates for
cmmissions in the officers reserve
corps. 1t is imperative that the right
sort of men answer the call, so that
the new American army, to see active
service under the Stars and Stripes
on the battlefield of Europe. will he
efficiently Differed. 1t is not enough
that men who happen to graduate at
military colleges and schools apply;
men with capacity for leading men
are wanted-and needed. This is the
last chance that those not in military
service will have of obtaining COM
missions.
South Carolina answered the call
to the first Oglethorpe camp in a
splendid manner. Some of the ap-
plicants were not able to attend the
camp because South Carolina exceed
ed her quota. 1t is important, for
the good name of the State, that
South Carolina men do as we'll for
the second Oglethorpe camp to open
August q. All applications must be
submitted by July IS. Those desir-
ing to serve their country as officers
are urged to ask First Lieut.. H. T..
Pillans, Coast Artillery corps, I. S.
A.. the Citadel, Charleston, for the
necessary application blanks which
give the required instructions and
information.
The war department announces
that it is particularly anxious to have
the applications from the men who
are between the ages of 81 and "A.
as commissions as high as lieutenant
colonel will be issued. This does not
mean that younger men are not
wanted-they are-but that the army
has particular need of mature men.
Lieut.. Pillans, the State examining
officer, would be pleased to furnish
all desired information on request,
and those desiring to apply are urged
to do so Immediately, and thus pre-
vent hurtful congestion at the last
moment.
Accepted candidates for the. Off
GERS reserve camp will be given their
transportation to and from the camp;
they will be given subsistence and
uniforms; they will be paid 500 a
month during the period of training.
Lieut.. Pillans reports that the re-
sponse in South Carolina has been
slow. This is not as it should be.
Time is short and men who wish t6
secure commissions in the reserI :
corps are asked to communicate with
Lieut.. Pillans without delay.
1.-The new American army must be
efficiently officered. The whole coun-
try is vitality interested in this. South
Carolina must not be excelled by ANY
other State in furnishing good Off
GERS. The war department, for OBJ
vious reasons, desires to be in posi-
tion to select the best available men,
and this selection is practicable only
through the system of officers train
ing camps.
THE press of South Carolina is re-
ouested to use this statement in its
entirety and to give other helpful
publicity to the matter of getting
men to answer this call at once
Such publicity will be in the nature of
patriotic service