The Colorado statesman., 1918-07-27

The war department has established
FIVE central officers training camps. at
which civilians and enlisted men vii!
he trained for commissions in the Of
ficers' reserve corps. Infantry train
ing camps are located at Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Va; Camp Gordon, Allan
ia. Ca. and Camp Pike, Little Rock.
Ark; field artillery at Camp Taylor,
Louisville, KY, and machine gun at
Camp Hancock. Augusta, Ga.
These training schools will be run
continuously, new class being admit
ted monthly. The course of training
will be four months at the infantry
and machine-gun schools and three
months at the field artillery school.
The schools are open to qualifed en-
listed men in all branches of the serv-
ice except coast artillery, signal corps
and labor units. The number OF civil
ians admitted will be limited.
To be eligible for admission candi'
dates must be between twenty years,
eight months and forty years; citizens
of the United States. and not horn In
any of the countries with which the
United States is at war or allies OF
such countries. Enlisted men must
have the moral, educational and ply
steal qualifications required of an Of
fcer. Civilians must be graduates OF
high school or have pursued an
equivalent course of instruction. be Of
good moral character. and have the re-
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In addition to the above qualif1ca-
tions. candidates for the field artillery
must possess thorough understanding
and working knowledge of arithmetic
and plane geometry. Trained civil, me-
chanical. electrical, mining and arch-
tectural engineers are desired. CIVILIAN
applicants will be certified by the army
officer on duty as professor of military
science and tactics at the educational
institution nearest the residence of the
applicant.
A chiIdren's recreation drive is on
TO continue during July and August,
under the auspices OF the chiidrens S
bureau. department OF labor, and the
woman's committee of the council OF
national defense. 1t will culminate
in patriotic play week" SEPTEMBER
II. in which the work of 11.WoOoo
women In organizing recreation in
10000 communities will come to an
end.
"To he strong for victory the ma
tion must let her children play" said
Charles Frederick Weller, associate
secretary of the Fairgrounds and Rec
reation Association of America. No
time nor money can be spared from
war-winning activities. but the Win
ming of the war depends on man pow
er. and man power cannot be sustain
ed in any nation without health and
wholesomeness in the children.
Far worse than exhausting Ameri'
ca's financial capital would be the ex-
haustion of child life, which is man.
power capital.
england and France began as the
United States has been tempted to be-
gin-by letting the children pay TOO
heavily for the war in child labor In
creased delinquency, overtaxed nerves.
weakened bodies. and premature
deaths, but England and France turned
to lift war burdens from the children
by giving them chance to play. There
is urgent need to give our boys ana
girls an American square deal-their
safety valve of play"
The postal censorship board, post of
fce department. announces that trans
Iators of Spanish are in demand Mt
New York and other port cities. These
positions are open to women who can
translate accurately and quickly.
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, in charge