The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-23
PATRIOTS HAVE
CHANCE To GET
COMMISSIONS
North Dakota Will Be Expected
to Furnish Quota of Com
manders for Troops
THREE MONTHS AT FORT
SMELLING FOR RESERVE
Men From This District Will
Train at Twin City Post-Who
Will Be Accepted?

Ten thousand officers must be i'm.
mediately provided to command the
! first 100000 troops; the middle west
is expected to furnish one-third of
these-majors, captains, first and sec.
i ond lieutenants. The camps in this
department for the training of these
officers will train $4,000 men if put
to their maximum capacity writes
General Barry of the central depart.
ment in advising the Military Train.
! ing Camps Association of the United
States, North Dakota section, of what
will be expected from it.
Fargo has been made the state
headquarters for this association, and
Bismarck headquarters for the Sixth
judicial district Branch associations
under able leadership have been or.
ganized in every county seat in this
district-Bismarck Washburn, NC.
Clusky, Steele, Napoleon and Linton.
1t is anticipated that the Sixth will
do its part to furnish the $500 Off.
GERS who will form the quota of this
division
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of chairman, someone who will ar.
range for funds should the same be
needed, patriotic physician of high
standing who will make the examina.
tions, someone who will receive the
applications, and a newspaper man,
for publicity.
The training camp for this district
will be opened at Fort Smelling about
\ May H. Attendance at the camps Will
be limited to reserve officers and
candidates for such appointments in
the infantry, cavalry, field artillery,
engineers and coast artillery branch.
es. The camps will last for three
months. -'alD9N
Object Of Camps
"The object of each camp" writes
General Barry, "is the training and
selection of officers for a division and
one additional cavalry regiment.
Maximum attendance at each camp
will be $500. The attendance will be
divided into fifteen infantry compah
les for the first month, and all will
be trained alike for that period. At
the beginning of the second month,
they will be organized into nine in.
fantry companies, two cavalry troops,
three artillery batteries and one en-.
gineer company for the remaining two
months. The object Of each company
is to train all members thereof and
finally select the officers of one regi.
; ment, and appoint the remainder as
additional reserve officers, if cOmpe.
, tent.
"The attendance is limited to the
following: Reserve officers of the
infantry, cavalry, field artillery, coast
artillery, and engineers, members of
: the reserve officers training corps,
Of over 20 years and nine months odd,
and other cadet students of same
age, graduates of military schools,
and other citizens not less than 20
years and nine months old and not
more than A years old.
: High Standard Fixed.
"No one will be accepted who does
not conform to the required standard
with respect to (a) character and so.
briefly; (b) personality, address and
force; (c) reputation and standing in
: his community; (d) likelihood Of his
being able to command the respect
of officers and enlisted men, and (e)
adequacy of his education. Prefer
ence will be given men of valuable
military experience.
. college students are advised to at.
tend the camps prepared for their
home state rather than to attend the
camp provided for the state in which
their college happens to be situated.
Applicants will be examined by boards
. appointed by the department. com.
mander, and certificates of the exam.
lining officers will be sent to the com.
manding officer of the camp con.
cerned From these certificates the
camp commander will select and no.
tify $500 men, if more than that
number are certified to him as suit
able.
Young Man; Older Men, Too
"From these camps and from those
in other army departments will be
selected the first 10000 leaders to Of
ficer the first half-million troops. Not
only young men are wanted, but also
: mature men on account of the need
for officers who can qualify for high.
er grades when additional forces are
organized. 1t is hoped that college
authorities will graduate May 1 all
such seniors as may be selected as
candidates for this camp training.