New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-18
Second Officers
Training Camps 10
Be Opened Aug. Il
War Department Gives Out
Location and Qualihca-
tons for Instruction

A second series OF officers training
courses to provide officers for the sec
ond quota Of 100000 men to be drafted
will open August 81 and continue until
November PC. according TO announce
ment lust made by the War Depart
mont The course will be based ON
practically the same scheme Of instrucc-
zion as now prevails in the sixteen o.
fcers' training camps throughout inc
country.
opportunity- at least this year LOT
those not In military service or 'nose
above selective draft age. ne wal
Department announces that malureu
and experienced men are preierred 70
fiji higher grades-those OF hrst ileH-
tenant. captain, major and a rev Heu-
tenant colonies 20 command the sec
ond increment Of 100000.
Applications are already pouring INTO
army Headquarters at Governor ISL
and. where more than 1000 have Volun-
tcored Several hundred applications
have been received az the army Office I'D
Forty-fourth Street.
Location Of Camps
The camps will be located as follows:
Fort Mcpherson. Georgia two campsl
For Divisional Area II, New YORK Cohete7-
eional Districts i TO 20. and taking m Ne"
York CITY. and for Divisional Area NIl' IN
Guiding Alabama. Georgia and lorlda'
Fort Oglethorre. Georgia ,two, camps -
For Divisional Area III. New YORK congress
sional Districts y 10 AZ ana enIS' nv ana IN
Congressional Districts 10, IL. ~, TO- TO- ~,
% and 2S and Divisional Area VI. includlnG
Tennessee. North Carolina and South caro-
lima. $500, t.
Divisional Area l. including New England
STATE. and Divisional Area New Jersey
Delaware. Maryland District OF Columbia
Fort BENJAMIN Harrison, Indianapolis
three campsl-For Divisional Area w.
Pennsylvania Congressional DISTRICTS NOT n, ~,
cludcd in Area III; Divisional area VIM
(Ohio and West virginia.. and DIVISIONAL
Area TX Indiana and Kentucky.
Fort Logan II. Roots, Arkansas two
canpsl. or other place % be DESIGNATED
For Divisional Area Y wisconsin and Michi-
GAM, and Divisional Area MI lhislsslppi'
Louisiana and Arkansas.
Leon Springs, Texas 1.-TWO camps FOR
Divisional Area XI llhnoisl. and Divisional
Area XIV Texas. Arizona, New Mexico and
oklahoma.
kota. South Dakota Nebraska and Iowa., and
Divisional Area XIV lKansas, Missouri and
Preside. San Francisco Tone camp For
Divisional Area XVI utah, wyoming, Mon
tana. Idaho Nevada. Oregon. Washington
and California;.
Quota Per Population
Each of these camps will have a
quota equalling the population OF the
divisional areas according 90 the census
Of 1915, multiplied by .OOOl6. This will
give to each divisional area about 1000
men, and will insure an equal basis Of
representation TO each state IN the
Union according to population.
The following qualifications are an
nounced:
Members Of the officers reserve corps. line
section. who were not able 90 attend the first
series of camp training courses reserve Of
fcers Of staff corps. under fifty years OF age.
with at least two months of service IN war :
men who have had experience IN infantry.
cavalry or artillery.
army. recommended in March. 1917. for tenn
porary appointment IN case Of war; who were
unable TO attend the training schools for
regular army AFOREMENTIONED officers in
April. 1917. The maximum aye limit Is
fifty.
Maximum age limit. fifty.
Men Of proper qualifications mad eligible
for the officers reserve corps by the army
appropriation Of May T.. 1917. Maximum
axe limit. fifty
Men who have qualified for commissions
under General Orders No. A.. War Depart
ment. 1915. MAXIMUM age limit. fifty.
Citizens Of tho nited States who have had
wan service In >he present war az officers or
non-commissioncd officers OF the line Of
Allied powers Maximum age limit. forty
four.
Men Of exceptional qualifications who ten
dcrcd their services 20 the government prior
TO June 3. 1871, and who have been listed
under General Orders No. 81. War Depart
mcnt Maximum age limit. fifty.
Citizens with valuable military experience
and adapthbility for commissioned grades, and
citizens Who have demonstrated marked ahil-
ity and capacity for leadership and arc clear
ly adapted for military service in commits
stoned Rrhdes. Maximum age limit. forty
four
The War Department states that the