Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-19
CAMP DEWEY BOYS IN FLORIDA CAMP.
Juuior Naval Reserves Who Were at kitenaua Now in the Sunny South.

. A recent special from Palm Beach Fla. says:
 On so-acre tract of land on the shores of Lake Worth. some two miles outside West Palm Beach. there has ljpst been opened a school which IS paxticnlarly timely. There ambitious youths between IA and IS years of age are receiving, without charge, training to make of them sailors and officers for Americas new great mercnant marine fleet
 srhe school is the newts waterside training camp of the United States Junior Naval Reserve, which had it's beginning in New York city. and ex- iefs for the sole purpose of training American boys for sea service in American ships.
 Schooling in the Open.
 Among the outstanding features of tnis Florida school, which is officially lnown as Camp Josephus Daniels, IS mat 1t was laid out and built by the students themselves. 1t has no school buildings as. such Its students gain their schooling mostly in the open alr or on the water in power boats ana ship's cutters. Instead of imposing dorrnitories it has for living quarters exceedingly up-to-date tents w1en raised floors and frame walls.
 One feature not usually founo m me ordinary institution of learning IS stoutly built Guardhouse, guaranteeo to restrain tine most onSueperous SUI dent The students themselves make this .guarantee, and they should know, for they carefully built that guard ho,,sa with their own hands. and While if has not vet been occupied, they are exceedingly proud Of It.
 Opened at ,kitemaug.
 camn Josephus Daniels this winter ,,i1I accommodate more than 200 Doys, ,.snresepting practically every state IT 4he union. It is the third and biggest camn school of the United States UT. {. ;or Naval Reserve. The first scnool ,vss onened in the spring. of 1915 dt K;tprraug. UncasviHe on the Thames, Conn and is known as Camp Dewey; 1t is a permanent summer scEooi l. where intensive training IS g1yeE. Ihe second school was established al CoI- uns Christi, Tex, in the f2-il or ySlo, and is known as Camp kjonn raul m the reason that all c5foIt is betng con ceIitrated in the rctgor ana DisSer school at West PI.ra Leach.
 The oi-ganiZa! On has local posts Tn nsn,, nart5 oe lte United States where hoys of frer.i .J to IA years Of age re- ceive Etsu. first incentive toward a e,ecfe,,.si- :fe Boys who snow the czl,.5ces aptitude at those posts are .'.us;... as students for Watersloe
 Drill for Land and Sea Service. !; 'InEthe local posts the boys receive military drill and instruction. @
 Training in the waterSide camps is an intensified development or the "oIk begun in the posts. In the camps ~he hoys come close to living an actual sea t;Fs Srhev have infantry and artillery G,.ilI as methods of insulting discipline. They have daily work with power hosfa and cutters. They learn to swim 5n6 cain rudiments of navigation and cnarnsnship. Their schooling in ordl- nary. studies is continued at the same time ,,!,s
 g,he cadet in Camp Josephus Dan ;sls t,lnbies out at 5.S0 o'clock in an swers to the first, call Ten minutes TatAr reveille is sounded. Beiore 2 nt EreaiSfasts. at SIS, he goes throusl his setting-up exercises Tn conlp.i.s .,.s rnruation. After breakfast comes tns ,;1orning fatigue duty: which conslsl' oe cleaning up tents. making peas EaJing everything ready for inspection Tine assembly, for school call sounds a SIS, and from then until 1l-So, tn' r71iddav mess hour, the cadet is bus! in class or study.
 GIn the afternoon comes class Woll along nautical lines and various drlli and nianoclvres At , o'clock the mes call sounds and. following that IS recreation 3erict, when the cadet ! j.st ro i5is own devices within the hrl ffs of .t,,o car,5p At 7.39 come, som more aettilg-llp e&erciss:;. and at o'cTock in the Nevening taps are sound ed
 Week Erd l-et-up.
 The program is bit less strenuou Saturdays and Sundays. the orGinar olass work being abandoned on thos two days, and cadets go or jar,nts ar hikes to places of interest. Ar even ing. feature of every day is tfe inTor nal gathering of cadets and instruct ors. when there are talks and nue. singing.
 The comniandant of cadets, Majo Willis J. Physioc.4 South Carolinia' is a soldier by training. Militar schools, the United States cavalry an the Roosevelt Rough Riders gave tl' major his training. Service as an in structor and co7Daa ndar of cadets : military preparatory schools gae hil his insight into boys.
 Over s.1co Enrolled.
 More than S,0G0 hoys have laeer CT rolled in the various posts ard camp State camps are contemplated fro,
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