The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-07-13
l6 APPLICATIONS
FOR OFFICERS
RESERVE FILED
DIR. Dearmont Receives Many
Applications for Fort Riley
Camp.
ONE PROFESSOR AND
STUDENTS APPLIED
Will Be Sent to Officers Train
ing Camp August q, If
Accepted.

A total of sixteen young men, in
Guiding nine students and one pro
fessor of the State Normal, have ap
piled to DR.. w. S. Dearmont, presi
dent of the school and a member o
the local Training Camps Association
for admission to the officers traininl
camp, near Fort Riley, Kans., which
will open its second encampment, Au
gust q. These applications were
made following the announcement OF
the War Department that any young
man Of military age would be admit,
ted to the camp after passing the men,
tai and physical examinations.
The camp at Fort Riley is maintain
ed for the training and instruction
of young men who become members
of the reserve corps of officers for the
huge draft army, which will be select
ed in a short time and be sent to the
training camps about September 1
Some of the applicants for the officers
training camp were published in The
Tribune yesterday, and complete list
is given today.
Those who have applied to DR.
Dearmont for tn eadmission to the
camp are:
F. A. Groves, Louis X. Juden, Earl
Schultz. w. F. Leming, J. c. Logan
Lyman H. Reed, all of the Cape; H. l..
Bowman, Old Appleton, Mo-; Elmer
Foster, Illiopolis, ILL.,; w. C. Maxwell,
Illiopolis, H.; C. C.. Zimmerman,
Hermann, Mo-; o. L. Whitener, Arab,
Mo-; Roscoe Pierce, Marble Hill, Mo-;
Frank Huff, Williamsville, Mo-; Will
liam Althuser, Caledonia, Mo-; Donard
Mccullough, Morley, Mo.
Mr.. Logan is the assistant professor
of agriculture at the Normal School.
All those following his name are stu
dents of the institution excepting Mr..
Zimmerman, who is now superin-
tendent of the schools in Hermann, Mo.
1t was announced some time ago
that only single men, who had passed
their thirtieth year, would be accepted
for the training in the second camp
of the officers reserve. 1t was found,
however, that under these circum-
stances a sufficient number of men
could not be found to fill the quota of
officers necessary for the army.
DR.. Dearmont received letter from
the War Department several days ago
explaining why the second call was
made, and urging him to lay before
the young men the advantages offered
them in the army. The letter signed
by Major Barry of the United
States army reads as follows: -.
"Our country is conspicuous of
force, progress and prosperity in all
fields of human endeavor. This re-
suits from the liberty of thought and
action which we all enjoy.
''The constitutional guarantees that
have made this possible are now in
danger. If these guarantees live, it
will only be through Americas men
who bring to our military establish
ments the same thought, energy and
leadership that have made their peace
full pursuits successful. Those who are
achieving success in peaceful pursuits
do so because they have within them
native ability which would make them
equally successful in military life.
"Successful men must now give
their knowledge and energy to the or
ganization and direction of military
force. For successful military leader
ship they should be specially trained in
the Officers Training Camps.
Millions of young men will soon be
called to arms; they have right to be
led and directed by the best men OF
the country, and an appeal is made to
men of this type to come forward and
enter themselves for the Officers
Training Camps before July 16th-the
last date for filing applications"