Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-11-22

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the army doctors for physical exam
nation.
Every youngster with ambition 70
serve his country must know that pos
sIbly he will not be given the oppor-
tunity, for II IL conceivable that the
civilian physicians may have overlook
cd some ailment which the army doc
tors will discover, and It Is also bare
ly possible that something may have
put the young mans running gear out
Of order between the drafting and re-
porting time.
The lists In the possession Of the
war department are those Of young
men certified for service by districts
and this means largely, Of course, by
counties. They will be assigned tenn
porarily to companies accordingly.
NeIChbors at home will be nelghbOrs
In the camp for some little time, and
perhaps for the entire period Of the
war. although this depends to a con-
siderable extent upon chance and to
some extent upon the young soldier
himself
Infantry Gets Most.
Al every camp In the country there
will be q brlgadler general into whose
charge will be committed the regi-
nents intended for the artlllery'serv'
ice. Most Of the youngsters will be
put into tile infantry for II Is the pre-
dominating branch In numbers, and In
a sense In striking power. II there Is
time enough before the separation Is
made into brlgades OF infantry AMI
artillery. IL may he that there will be
a process Of selection for service In
the big gun arm. II is probable that
some men who may express q desire
for the artillery will he given chance
TO become cann0neers, but for the
main part companies will be told OF
to form the artillery regiments with
out any regard to the specific inclinn'
lions Of the individuals.
This is inevitable because any young
man who Is intelligent and physically
flt presumably will make good field
artllleryman. There are so many ar
tillerymen needed that personal selec'
ton would he impossible except where
men have applied and have given rea-
sons why they think they are particu'
larly qualified for the roaring serv.
Ice.
Al some Of the National army camps
the barracks have been built to accom-
MEDIATE companies Of $50 men each,
while in others the buildings are large
enough TO accommodate company units
of 80 men. 1t Is probable that In the
camps where each set of quarters have
room for only 40 men the company
temporarily will include only that mum,
Der, but later the new basis of assign
ments will be used and 100 men will
be added TO each formation.
After the young soldiers have been
trained to some extent and are ready
for distribution among the different
arms of the service represented In
the camp. an opportunity will be given
to those who wish to apply for places
In the aviation corps, or any other
branch of the service. Men who have
had training in mechanics and who
seem to be fitted temperamentally for
the air service will have their applica.
lions endorsed favorably by their COM
pany commanders and forwarded
through the proper channels to the
chief Of the signal corps Of the army
for action.
Picking "Non.c CONS"
One Of the problems Of the officers
Of the new army will be the selection
Of noncommissloned officers for the
various companies. Many Of these will
be needed. It 10 true that there Will
be some seasoned "non-coms" on duty
and that other places in the chevroned
ranks will be filed by men who took
the training at the officers reserve
CORDS camps, but who failed to get
commissions, but there will be hun
dreds Of places yet to be filled and to
appointments to these the privates OF
the selected army may aspire.
As soon as the assignment to COM
panies has been made and the regula-
lions Of the camp are established the
young soldiers will be given instruc-
lions In the care Of their persons, in
the care of their equipment and In
their duties to one another, to the serv-
Ice and to the flag. Nothing In the
necessary teaching line will be over
looked, for the morale Of an army
must be as right as its material.
The training camps are big schools.
They are presided over by school teach
ers who have been trained for the pur-
pose, men who have been through all
that the young soldier is required to
70 through. The West Point graduates
have a much harder time at the Mill
tary Academy in the first year Of their
course than any young soldier possibly
can have In the training camp. The
officers who rose from the ranks have
been privates themselves, and the
younger officers who have been ap-
pointed from civil life have had the
hard, grinding training Of the officers
reserve camps. No young soldier will
be ordered to do anything which the
men who do the ordering have not 10
their time done themselves.