Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
GADE ROCKIES
AIMED FOR OFFICERS
ftees Will Enter Training
School at War Camp
Tomorrow
ANY TRY FOR HONOR
List will Be Made Public Today.
Philadelphians Sent
Home
sp a star Correspondent

a NANNY MGADE, hurliTai Hlus' JdI. "
X n Philadelphia boys by the scores who
+ MN selected for the National Army
4 have made their vit from the ranks
4 and are on their way to commissions.
Little Penn's training camp for Of
GcerD will open tomorrow, and today the
4 4cnor list OF men who ha won the
ffight to attend that school is to be
made public.
s On this list are scores OF Quaker city
ooyB who for long weary weeks have
osrvggled with fundamentals In the
renks OF the 3l5th Infantry, 312th Field
artillery and various other units in the
liberty Division.
They have worked like Trojans TO
make good and today will reap their
rswird for faithful service. Approxi-
mately $50 men have been picked for
the training camp. and II they work as
hard In the next three months as they
Nave since their arrival. commissions
as second lieutenants will be awaiting
them on April 8.
Y y. winning "A place IN the West Point OF
Maryland Is the biggest honor that any
man can win at Little Penn, for 1t
stamps him as model solder. nat
ura1 leader OF men and III ,inber as a
cornmandng officer in Uncle Sans army.
SYSTEM OF SELECTION
Under a system evolved by the War
Department each company commander
recommended 10 per cent of his men
for admission tn the training camp and
q plucking board appointed by the di-
vision commander was given the task
Of pruning this number to IL per cent
That means that approximately one
man In every five recommended by the
company commanders has been actually
selected and all who have been chosen
by the plucking board can res, assured
that they are 100 per cent perfect
Pruning down tho list OF candidates
was difficult and unpleasant task for
the plucking board. This board consid
cred the mental and physically qualities
OF the men, impartialy and as carefully
rs possible.
In justice to tho rejected candidates
u must be said that failure to win an
appointment to the training camp Is no
reflection upon their ability. Many OF
them who possessed the natural quail
.hcations failed to measure up in the
mental tests. while many men who pos
cess brilliant minds were found wanting
in those attributes which serve to make
m officer. Tho list OF successful candi-
dates is to be made public today and
early tomorrow morning the lucky Sc
iActs will say good-by to their bunkies
end take up quarters In the barracks
stt aside for the future officers.
200 SENT HOME
More than 200 men were rejected from
the division today, and among that num-
ber were forty-one from Philadelphia.
The latter are:
Thurman Otto. Local Board no. As:
George G. Paden, Local Board No. 10:
James Colyado. Local Board No. 3; Will
Ham s. Sage. Local Board No. II Louis
Altkrug. Local Board No. 81; Tony
Tanuci and Tafy Anthony. Local Board
No. 2 Harry Brownsworth. Local Board
No. IA; Charles Cohan. Burnice X. Me
clintock. Willis Schaffer and Samuel
Strickler, Local Board No. Z: Nathan
9psrling. Julius Russell and George w
stead. Local Board No. 40; George =.
HAdding and stephen !. Schoheld. Local
Board No. 4s: Walter MacBrlde and
Oscar I. Bach. Local Board M. 30:
Noah II. Jordan and George i. Hastings,
Local Board No. 30 William j. Miller,
Local Board No 1s: Thomas G. Glib
bons and Albert o. Gross. Local Board
No. 20; Raymond W. Reeves, Local
Board No. Al Charles Lackes. Local
Board No. 22'; William J. Moran and
William Hagarty, Local Board No. 46:
Anthony Demaro, Local Board No. 80.
George Reese. Local Board No. 28
Michael T.. Rafferty,. Local Board No. 35:
leslie r. Ransom, Local Board No. 81;
Richard +. Donovan. Jr., Local Board
13ro. 26; Otis Walker James Il. Hines,
Iames III. Cooper. Joshua Outtcn. Vincent
4. Hayward. Levin Gosley, Thomas r.
Samuel and Emery Graves. Local Board
No. So
From places near Philadelphia the fol-
lowing were included in the list Of re-
t<ctions:
John j. Perry. Conshohocken Harry
Slower. Ogontz; William NJ Powell. Bryn
4awr; William J. Hassan. Llancrch
wallace Bucher, Skippack: Joseph J.
D0nahue. William A. Brady and Charles
y. Devinney. Essngton Ralph Il. Frank,
9eorge f. Richardson. Frank Wells. Al |
bert M. Kentopp and William II. Gold |
Uoylestown.
81 TAFT TO SPEAK
Former President Taft will visit this |
oAntonment on January 2S and will re.
main until the evening of the following
4oy. He Is making a tour Of all the |
41ntcnments under the auspices OF the |
~ c. A., and the soldiers here are
4Dthvsisstic over his coming
NJ. Taft is a warm friend of Judson
1&c)<im the general secretary for the
~. ~. G. A. here. and although he will |
~ Tho guest Of Brigadier General W. J. /
N1chcison. the acting division COM
wander. no will also be entertained bv
0F. McISim. A division review for the
1ormer President will be arranged. and
there will be other military demonstra-
tions.