Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-16
TRAINING SCHOOLS
FOR THE OFFICERS
in RESERVE CORPS
Twenty-fiv Thousand Com
missions to Be Issued
Three Months Course Pro
vided For.


Ing applicants for the $4,000 commits
sions probably to be issued in the Of
ficers' reserve corps, will be estab-
lished on or before May / according
to advices received in Boise. No def
mite announcement has been made as
to the location of the school for the
western department.
The Military Training Camps asso-
citation, composed of men who have at
tended one or more civilian training
camps held in previous years, has &C
tually taken UP the work of securing
satisfactory applicants for new train
ing schools now that the civilian
camps have been abandoned for the
year. This association has each year
maintained an organization to recruit
for the civilian camps so that it's gen.
eral officers are fully equipped to take
up the new work.
IDAHo'S REPRESENTATIVE.
H. H. Burton of the Idaho Power
company, has been appointed as Ida
hos representative to take the place
of A. l. Matthews of Payette, who has
moved to Salt Lake. No separate Or
ganization of the training camp men
in the state had previously been I'M
dertaken, but all had been separately
advised by the western department Of
flee at San Francisco as to what steps
had been taken in connection with the
officers reserve corps, The Idaho rep
resentative Is to act as a source of
available information with regard to
the officers reserve corps. and will CO.
operate with the army recruiting office
in obtaining applicants for this divi-
sion of the service. Other Boise men
besides Mr.. Burton, who attended the
civilian training camp at Fort Douglas,
Utah, last year, are ]. b. Bennett,
George H. Marshall. c. H. Stotts,
George M. Bisbee and 8. /. Barber.
LIEuTENANTS NEEDED.
1t has been announced that appli-
cants are particularly needed for COM
missions as first and second lieuten-
ants, and that for a period of three
months, probably beginning May l, the
applicants for such commissions will
be placed in a training school conduct
ed by the government at some point
not yet announced in the western de-
partment. Applicants for a commits
sion as second lieutenant must be be-
lieutenant between 20 years and nine
months and 80 years, those for first
Lieutenant between 20 years and nine
months and SO years. The applicants
before entering the school must first
pass a physical examination, and must
submit three letters of Recommended
ton covering their moral character
and probable capabilities. Upon en-
tering the school, each applicant will
be required to agree to accept a COM
mission In any grade that shall be
awarded to him at the completion OF
the course, but no guaranty is extend
ed that any commission will be grant
ed. The applicant, after meeting the
required standard, will at the close OF
the training school, be recommended
for commission in a grade deter
mined upon in view of the amount and
character of his military training. II
the applicant has had little or no mill
tary training, he may nevertheless be
recommended for a commission as a
second lieutenant, provided he comes
within the age limits, Is a college
graduate, or senior in college, or clear
ly well educated man, and provided
he has demonstrated in business, ath.
letics, or other activity, that he pos
sesses, to an unusual degree, the abil-
ity to handle men.
EQUIPMENT FURNISHED.
Transportation to the training
school, sustenance. uniforms and
equipment will probably be furnished
by the government. 1t is at present
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