Weekly journal-miner., 1917-05-02
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

q am looking for the brains of the country
 Major W. F. McCreary. L. s. A., was speaking, and those eligibles who chanccd to be sitting around the luncheon table at the St. Michael, perked up and tried to look uncon- scious of the compliment
 It was the best attended Luncheon Club meeting in many months. in spite of the fact notice was entirely ! by word of mouth and sort of i'm promptu. The meeting was called in order to permit Major McCrcary to outline to a body of representative men of Prescott, the plan of the war department for training young men to be officers of the huge war army the nation is preparing 10 send to France
 Introduced to the crowd, Major McCrcary rcminisccd awhile, stating that he was the son of soldier who had fought through Arizona under General Crook
 We arc proceeding under the pro- visions of the bill passed yesterday. We arc going to refer to it as the uni versal service measure. We don't like that word conscription and arc going to can it, as not a good Amer ican word.
 This army WIG raise will be the greatest the world has ever seen. l don't except the splendid German army when I say this
 Here the speaker was interrupted by applause.
 "This army will consist of half a million men. The nation has been divided into l6 districts in each of which an cncampmcnt will be estab- lishcd to train 3OOOO men.
 q am looking for the brains of the country. We can get millions for the rank and file, but our trouble, like that of the European nations will be to get men 10 officer the regiments. lt will take 10000 men to officer the first contingent of half a million pri- yates. We want the younger men, but also the maturcr men. Those of previous military experience will be given preference. Many colleges have now prepared to give courses in military science.
 The camp at the Prcsidio. Sar Francisco, to which l am to certify candidates. will handle 2,500 men. They will be given one months in tcnsivc general training, and then divided into the departments they show preference or aptitude for, such as the infantry, cavalry, coast and field artillery. signal corps and cn- ginccring corps. We now want men of general good education. Later, we will want doctors for the ambulance corps, lawyers for headquarters and businessmen for the commissary dc partmcnt"
 Major McCrcary stated the train ing school was to open on May &. but later in the afternoon, received word that the opening was deferred until May A.
 At the end of three months train ing, the men now being divided into the corps they prefer. there will be given compctitirc examinations by which the graduates will be ranked. By this timc-\ugust l5- the frs; contingent of 5OO,OOO privatcs will be in their training camps and the men trained at each of the officers training schools will be assigned to duty shooting military knowledge into tho | recruits.
 This work will take six months. X, the end of that time, ii there is any warning left in Europe, the officers and mcn will be transported tC France, there to receive six months training in the rear line French trenches, before being sent to the firing line. This entire course will be for hardening and training the men. but the latter part of it will bt tor toughcuirig the nerves and steady ing the men so when they go under fire. ii will not be as entirely raw re rruitS.
 It is tentatively arranged to pay the officers $lOO per month during thci' three months of preparation. All equipment and subsistence will be except laundry and tobacco. The following, is>sucd by the de partmcnt of officers training schools. gives technical and official iniorma ion to the would-bc commander:
 Object of the Camps
 The sole object of these camps is