Evening star., 1917-06-03
MORE MATURE OFFICERS
DESIRED FOR THE army
Men Over Thirty.0ne to Get Prefer.
ence in Second Series of
Training Camps.

A second series Of officers training
camps will be held between August 81 and
November 2e in eight locations. to develop
omcers for the second increment Of 600, 900
men to be called into service by the Sc
lective draft. Adjt. Gen. Mccain announc-
ed yesterday.
In general qualifications for admission
to these camps will be the same as for
the first series, but a strong effort will
be made to obtain men above thirty one
years Of age. and the number admitted to
training will be smaller than in the pres
ent camps.
Applications must be sent to the COM
manding generals Of the department In
which the applicant lives between June
is and July Is. Citizens between the
ages of twenty years and nine months and
forty-four years are eligible.
Camps in the South.
Some Of the present sixteen officers
training camps will be abandoned in
the second series. and all selected for
the second training courses are located
in the southern part of the country,
where the weather will be good
and the areas from which applicants
will be assigned are as follows:
Fort Myer. Va.-Vermont, Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
land. Connecticut. New Jersey. Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
Fort Mcpherson. Ga.-New York city
and contiguous territory included in
congressional districts one to twenty
siS. inclusive; Alabama, Georgia and
Florida.
Go to Fort oglethorre.
Fort oglethorpe. Ga--rhe greater
congressional districts twenty-seven to
forty-three; the northern part of Penn
sylvanta, including congressional dis
tricts ten. eleven. fourteen. fifteen. six
twenty-eight: Tennessee. North Caro-
lima and South Carolina.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.-The
southern part Of Pennsylvania, includ-
ing part Of congressional district twen-
and Kentucky.
Fort Logan H. Roots. Ark, "or other
place to be designated"-w wisconsin
Michigan. Mississippi. Louisiana and
Fort Leon Springs. rex.-1llinois
Texas. Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa.
Fort Riley. Kan.-Minnesota. North
Dakota, south Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa
The Preside, San Francisco-utah
Wyoming: Montana. Idaho. Nevada, Ore.
gon. Washington and California.
OA0o1 OnCe18 Oe81Teo.
The announcement Of the camps saws:
The second series Of off1cers train
Ing camps will be held with the definite
mission OF producing a body Of line off-
GERS: capable of filling all places in the
grades above lieutenant. and many Of
the places in the lieutenant grades OF
the second 100000 troops
The minimum age limit for all is
twenty years and nine months. How
ever. in order to attain the experienced
CLASS OF men desired. preference viii
be given to men over thirty-one years
OF age. It will be difiicult for men
under that age to qualify except in rare
instances where the applicant has pre-
eminent qualifications or unusual mill
tary experience. Men certified as ac-
ceptable for the first series Of camps.
new their applications If they were not
directed to attend the first series OF
camps.
Applications must be made between
June Is and July Is. All applicable
received after July 15 will be returned
The application must be accompanied
with the names Of three responsible
citizens Who know the applicant"