The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-06
CHARACTER OF MEN WANTED
FOR AUGUST TRAINING CANE

4 second series of Officers Train
ing Camps will be begun August q.
No applications for thtse will be con-
sidered later than July IL. South
Carolina is allowed a quota of 2o6
men for the second camp for this
district which will be held at Fort
Oglethorpe. Ga. The War Depart
ment is anxious to have men between
the ages of 81 and A years in this
camp, though many younger men will
of course be accepted, and all eligible
men are urged to apply at once.
First Lieut.. H. T. Pillans, Coast
Artillery Corps, U. S. A, is the ex-
amining officer for South Carolina,
and applicaDts should address him at
the Citadel, Charleston, S. c. Appli-
cation blanks will be sent to all men
requesting them, and also a memo
randum of information setting forth
full instructions and information re-
garding the camp, the Fay, etc. Ac-
cepted men will receive transporta-
ton to and from the camp, subsist-
ence while there and pay of $100 dur
ing three months of training. 1t is
important that interested men apply
without delay as the time limit for
applications is July 10.
Show Your Patriotism.
1t is believed that the poor show
ing is the result of lack of under
standing on the part of the public
of the purpose of the camps, the
chances offered, and the method OF
procedure to apply for admission to
the camps, and not due to any lack
of patriotism. South Carolina will
not admit, and should not admit. that
it is less patriotic than any other
state in the Union The submission
OF an application to attend these
camps is a patriotic act. All red
blooded men with proper qualifications
should show their patriotism by sub
mitting their applications at once.
= To provide officers for the drafted
forces of the National army, the
War Department has adopted the pol
lev of commissioning all new off,
GERS OF the line (Infantry, Cavalry,
Field and Coast Artillery purely on
the basis of demonstrated ability af-
ter three months observation and
training in the officers Training
camps. Thus, the appointment Of Of
ficers of the new armies will be made
entirely on merit and free from all
personal or other influences.
Sixteen Camps.
AS an emergency measure to pro-
vide officers for the first 100000
drafted troops the War Department
has put in operation sixteen officers
training camps with a total attend
ance of about 10000. These 10
camps correspond to the territorial
divisions in which it is planned to
raise troops under the Draft Act OF
May 1S, 1917 These camps, which
began May Is, 1917, are expected to
provide line officers we'll qualified as
to character and training and suff1cl-
ent for the first increment of 5oO,-
900, with a reserve for that increment.
Following the policy of commls-
sioning officers on demonstrated
worth, it is intended that, after the
first increment of 100000 has been
organized, officers will be obtained
by promoting officers and men al
ready in the regular army, National
Guard, and drafted forces, thus giving
to those who have volunteered or have
been drafted for military service tutl
opportunity to earn promotion to the
exclusion of those not in actual mill
tary service.
The period devoted to the organ1za-
ton of the first 100000 must, there
fore, be devoted to training and Sc
lecting officers for the second 100000
to supplement those promoted from
troops in service.
To meet this situation a second
series of Officers Training Camps
will be held beginning August q,
1917, with tho definite mission of
producing a body of line officers Gin
fantry. Cavalry, Field and Coast Ar
tillery) capable of filling all places
in the grades above lieutenant and
the cotton belt too much rain has fall
len in many places. The latter part