Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-23
RANDOLPH MACON BOYS
LEAVE FOR PLATTSBURC
VIII Take Preliminary Training In
Military Under Government
Supervision.
OFFICERS FOR CADET CORPS
Student Army Training Camp to Be
Established Mt College This Ses.
sion and Full Military Equipment
Will BE Supplied to Students.

President r. l.. Blackwell. of RAN
dolph-Macon College, Ashland. has an
nounced that the War Department will
establish at the college next session
unit of the students army training
camps. a recent telegram from Adju-
tant-General Mccain. Of Washington.
was to this effect. and the college au-
thorities have selected two members OF
the faculty and fifteen students to at
tend the training camp at Plattsburg.
~ T., FOR two months Turing the sum-
mer. Those students taking this course
VIII be student officers at the college
when they ret0ru in the fall. and the
faculty members will have a large share
In directing the military affairs at the
college. government officer, how
ever. DR.. Blackwell said. will have en-
tire control of the military features.
or the hftccn students that were ap-
pointed to attend the summer camps at
Plattsburg. two are from this city,. l.
Blanton. 1913 West Franklin Street.
and Thomas a. Smoot. u. D.. pastor Of
Centenary Methodist Church. The mem
bers of the faculty are DR.. John r..
Fisher. professor of French. Ashland,
who at the time OF his appointment was
Y. NJ. c. A instructor Of French at
Camp Lee. and DR.. Z. l.. Cox. professor
OF history. Front Royal. The remain
ing students that were appointed are
James e. Thomas, Roanoke: w. S..
Webb. Lynchburg; w. w. Vicar. Jr..
Norfolk; T. NJ. Simpson. Cass. w. Va.
]. NJ. Roberts. Ashland; n. G. Hall.
Front Royal: w. l.. Oliver, Petersburg:
r. z. Little. Lincoln a T. Hudgins,
Portsmouth; John Knox, Lewisburg. w.
Va: r. e. Garland, Farmville; J. c.
Dickey. Christiansburs. and M. C..
Weikel. Catlett
GIVES STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY
TO QUALIFY FOR COMMISSIONS
The school at Plattshurgh opened last
Thursday. and viii! continue it's summer
course until the middle of September
The majority Of the appointecs from the
college have already gone. few are
on their way and a smaller number
Will leave the latter part OF this week,
DR.. Blackwell said.
In speaking OF the unit that will be
established at the college, DR.. Black
we'll said that II was enormously be-
lieved that the unit was a unit Of the
reserve officers training camp. but. in
fact, II was the same that would be
established at Richmond College. the
University of Virginia. William and
Mary and other colleges and universi-
ties in the State.
The purpose Of the school as out
lined by the War Department is two
fold. First, II will prevent depletion
OF collegiate ranks and keep men under
draft age in college until they COM
plete their academic work. At the
same time II will give the students
an opportunity TO qualify for commits
s!ons when they reach their twenty
first year and are called 10 the colors
All students eighteen years old and
above will be eligible TO enlist in the
student training corps, although enlist
ment is not compulsory. All those
under eighteen will be encouraged to
enroll. The men enlisting will be
part of the army, and whenever they
reach twcnty-one ears and are called
to service they will he eligible TO go
up for commissions. The enrolled stu
dents are not A part OF the army. but
can enlist and become SO when they are
eighteen years old.