The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-24
PROMOTION
ROAD open
TOLERATED.
Many Vacancies in Of
ficers' Corps Must
Be Filled
ALL REGIMENTS
FOUND SHORT
First and Second Lieu
tenants Are Very
Scarce
RV VAROID D. WTICOT

CANT. CUSTER BAIT {. T.
CREEK, Mich, sept ga little
hguring This morning developed
some startling information regard
ing the excellent chance which has
come 20 ambitions conscripts To " IN
officers commissions Every regi-
ment in camp d. short from 20 20 30
OF the officers which the regular or
ganization demands This shortage
is all the more pronounced IN the
depot brigade. which has taken
many officers from The division
This week nearly 200 second lieu.
tenants were sent 90 North Caro-
lima 10 help train the National guard
OF Oregon and Washington
First lieutenants are particularly
few. Most OF the good material for
first lieutenants az Fort Sheridan
was made into captains. and the
majority OF The first lieutenanfs
here are regular army men who
have been promoted II the second
training camps nh mp The National
army regiments now formed, II IT,
certain that officer material for the
second draft must come largely from
the conscripts Of the first draft
Cold figures prove this Ambition
can take man long way from the
ranks in a short time IN The Ameri-
can army now
The site for the rife range has
been tentatively selected and laid
out. One continuous firing line will
serve for the ranges up 10 300 yards.
and another firing line viii serve
the longer ranges Across the road
will be the machine gun range.
Regular battle scenes VIII be fea-
tured there Conditions Of attack
will be reproduced. and no firing
will be permitted until the enemy"
targets are within - yards OF the
machine gun emplacements II
takes nerve and experience 20 with
hold fire until the enemy is within
rs yards. That nerve and expert
ence will be developed here.
The first Chinaman has come 70
Camp Custer His name is Woo
Sun, he halls from Detroit, and he
has gone 20 the third company OF
the twelfth battalion OF the depot
brigade. He is a cook by trade and
he's cooking here More like him
are earnestly desired
Mike Marck from The first di.
vision OF Detroit, arrived in camp
Thursday afternoon Early Friday
morning a sentry found him lying
unconscious on the ground He
was quickly taken 20 hospital
and for time his life was des-
paired OF because OF his exceedingly
high temperature Later Marck be-
came better and his case was dag
nosed as laryngltis In the base hos.
pital is one upstate man with
slight attack Of appendicitis and
another who 'keeled over from ex-
hanstion yesterday.
1t is a wonder that more men do
not keel over" when they arrive.
Frequently men travel all day with
out anything 10 eat until they reach
camp. Some delegations had break.
fasts yesterday morning before the
most OF the state was awake, and
had nothing more to eat until late
in the afternoon The army cant
feed men ga.l tAey get here. and
local boards are 10 blame for this
privation. The Camp Custer policy
now is 10 feed men AZ soon as they
come and are assigned. regardless
OF the hour
Detroit local boards have done
splendidly IN caring for their men
en- route and in sending complete
data regarding them
Some OF the men are penniless
when they get here, but not all.
Eighty men from Detroit were as
signed 70 one artillery battery Frt-
day. That night the captain said