The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
TROOPS FROM ARKANSAS, MIS- SlSSIPPl AND LOUISIANA WILL
 coNGREGATE AT FORT LOGAN n. ROOTS.
Reserve Officers and Applicants for Commissions in the New War Army Will Receive Intensive Military h. structions.

W III ItCtiNe llJeUSlNe military in structons was authorized today by l Secretary Baker.
 The camps will be opened May | and the courses of instructions under officers and non-oommssioned off
 cers of the regulars will begin May s. In selecting locarions the war de. partment was guided largely by the lines of the proposed divisional train ing areas. The places selected are:
 For Arkansas, Mississippi and
 Louisiana-Fort Logan II. Root. Ark For Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota.
 South Dakota and Nebraska-Fort Smelling, Minn.
 For Missouri Kansas and Colorado
 Fort Riley, Kan.
 For Oklahoma and Texas-Leon Springs, Texas.
 For Montana, Idaho Washington. Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah. | Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico- The Presidio, San Francisco. | For North Carolina. South Carolina
 and Tennessee-Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. l For Georgia Alabama and Florida Fort McPherson, Ga.
 For Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky | Fort Benjamin Harrison. For Michigan, Illinois and Wiscon sin--Fort Sheridan. III
 | For the New England states--Fort Ethan Allen, or iuch other points in New England as may be designated by the commanding general of the ' eastern department.
 | Reserve officers and others admit
 ted to the camps will be notified to re- Iport between May and at the
 camps nearest their home. Those se- | lected for admission may receive | transportation, subsistence and uni Horns at the expense of the govern ment although it is believed most of l them will have their uniforms in ad- vance
 The maximum attendance at every camp has been limited to 2,5O0 The war department would prefer larger attendance, but the serious shortage of regular army officers makes it un- wise to attempt instruction for more than that number for the present During the first month the student officers in each camp will be divided into 15 companies, regardless of the |arm of the service for which the in. dividuals are destined. The qualifi- cation of each man will be studied with a view to assigning the neces- .sary numbers for further instruction lin the separate arms. At the end of the month the men will be reassigned in the necessary proportions for the formation of nine infantry companies, three batteries of artillery, two troops of cavalry and one company of en eineers. Others will be selected for the coast artillery and sent to Fort Monroe, Va. or Fort Winfield Scott, Cal. to finish training.
 Those remaining at the division camps then will receive two months additional training, at the end of which regular army officers will se- lect from each company, troop and battery the officers for one regiment of their respective services.
 The plan contemplates providing carefully selected officers for 16 in- fantry divisions and two cavalry diyi- sions by the time the supply depart. ment is able to furnish equipment and machinery can be put in motion for recruiting enlisted men.
 The total number of officers requir- cd is approximately 10000. Men of the more matured age and experience as leaders will be given preference. Army officers believe that the camps will turn out the number Of officers needed by the middle of July for ser vice with the first 500,000 increment og volunteers or conscripted men.
 Strong emphasis is giveo by the war department to the necessity of having "the first 10000' the best that the country can produce.
 The minimum age of those who at tend is fixed at 20 years and 9 months, the maximum at A years.
 IL is planned to have the students at colleges throughout the country who are members of the reserve officers training carps selected by regular army officer instructors at the instl- tutons and admitted to the training camps.
 At present the war department has no authority to order reserve off cer to camp for the three months period on a pay basis. The department expect, however. that the men of the combatant services, infantry cavalry field artillery, coast artillery and engi neer sections of the reserve corps will find it possible to attend camp for the full period even without pay. The na- tional defense act, under which the officers reserve corps was created, priyides that the reserve officers may not he ordered to active duty, even for
 15 days. unless congress has appropri- ated money for this specific purpose.