New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-26
Rush at Local Offices Adds
$50 Names to the APP
proved Lists
Undergraduates Lead
Applicants from Offices Out
number Shop and Out
door Workers

Twelve hundred more New Workers
applied yesterday for admission TO the
PIattsburg school for officers, which
opens on May 8. The Offices at Gov
errors Island and 10 West Forty
fourth street were crowded all day
The mental and "sizing up tests
foored % per cent Of the applicants.
About COO who had fulfilled these re-
quircments previously were passed on
through the humping, jumping and
probing procedure which comprises the
physical examinations This eliminated
81 per cent more.
Applicants Passed Total 500
The crist Of the third day Of the
army mill is represented in the 450
new names Oh the approved list for the
instruction camp, which raises the
total TO 500. Twenty-seven hundred
who have passed the general tests await
the verdict Of the doctors. Although
only $500 may be admitted to the
camp, it is desired to get as many as
possible on the lists so that still higher
standards may obtain in the final Sc
lection.
The men who will 20 20 the camp
will be chosen by the camp command
ers, who Will be named in a War De
partment order which is expected i'm
mcdiatcly.
4 thousand Of the days applications
were taken at the uptown bureau.
After the blanks were properly filed
out the men filed past Captain
Mathews, who examined their creden-
tials and records Of previous service.
All day long the stream passed
Mathews in review. There were beard
less undergraduates. who led all other
classes Of candidates. veterans OF the
Boer or the Spanish-American War.
lawyers. railroad engineers, brokers.
soldiers Of fortune, clerks and old
time regulars.
Nathews's questions varied with the
men. Just a look was enough TO con-
vince him that some were not made for
army life Others he released reluc-
family with an invitation 70 try again
after the first rush.
So far the Office men who have ap-
piled outnumber shop and outdoor
workers. and honors are about even
between business and the professions
All Take an Oath
Mathews gave the oath TO the men
he selected i'm companies Of about
twelve. This was what the prospective
officers sWore to:
acknowledge that have enlisted Tor
the full period OF not exceeding three
months for instruction At the United States
Military Training Camp 20 be held at .
commencing May g. 1917. and agree 70 obey
the rules and regulations for The governing
Of said camps and do sOlcmniy swear tor
affirm that ] viii bear truth. faith and
allegiance 10 the United States Of Amer
lea and thrt during the period Of said
d. camp. unless sooner discharged by compe-
tent authority. will obey the orders of the
President of the United States and the
orders Of the officers appointed over m,
according 20 the rules and regulations
established by the Secretary Of War and
10 accept such appointment in the Officers
Reserve Corps "a may be rendered 10 me
by the Secretary OF War.
The College Of Physicians and Sur
GeOns was opened TO recruits taking
physical examinations. Major Richard
Derby, Colonel Roosevelt's son-in-law
surgeon in charge. had thirteen doctors
al work An hour is required to asccr-
tam if the applicant is physically fit
The course Of instruction at Platts-
burg and the other camps has been
agreed on by the army experts. Cen
/ orally, the principles Of British and
Canadian tactics in modern fighting
have been accepted in preference to the
French methods, as best adapted to
Americans.