The Morgan City daily review., 1919-05-13
Physical Training to be
Given al: Camp Roosevelt

/ invited to take the course in military
physical training to be given during
July and August at Camp Roosevelt
near Muskegon. under the direction
of Captain F. /. Beals of the United
States army. 1t is expected that
$4,000 boys, young men and older
men will undergo training there this
summer.
| Camp Roosevelt is intended as a
living memorial to the principles of
military and physical fitness which
the same suggests and it is being es-
tablished by the Chicago Board of
Education with the sanction and sup
port of the war department. Primar-
lily. the camp is intended for the field
training of the youths who are men,
bers of the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps of the Chicago high
schools. where more than thirteen
thousand boys are receiving military
physical instruction as part of their
high school course. In order to stim-
ulate general interest in military and
physical preparedness, however, Camp
Roosevelt will be all-American and
recruits will be received from all
parts of the country. At the execu-
tive headquarters of the camp. 81
North LaSalle Street, Chicago. appli-
cations are steadily coming in from
practically every state in the union.
The instruction at Camp Roosevelt
will be essentially military, although
recreative athletic features will serve
to soften the rigor of strictly mill
tary program.
There will be training in drill for
nations, setting up exercises, bayo-
net practice. trench digging, grenade
throwing, Workmanship, ground avi-
alton. tank and motor service signal
ing. map making and all the kindred
details of army life. These instruc-
tion classes will be given under the
supervision of Captain F. L. Bea1s
as commandant. with the assistance
of forty commissioned and non-com-
missioned officers retailed by the war
department for the Camp Roosevelt
activities.
As further cooperative step. the
war department will furnish equip
ment for the camp and the recruits.
Although the camp is primarily for
the boy of high school age. it will not
BE limited to this single group. Boys
over twelve years of age will be adj
mitted. and for the younger lads a
special course of instruction in scout
craft and woodlore will be arranged.
The next class will be the boys of
high school age who will follow out
the military regime of army life.
Young men who are out of high
school and in the beginning years of
business will constitute the next
class and the fourth class will con-
sist of business men up to forty-five
or fifty. No age limit has been placed
upon the business man. AS long as
he can follow out the military pro-
gram and line up for Chow" three
times day he will be admitted and
will be given the full benefit of the
training.
The camp will be situated at Lake
Harbor, near Muskegon, Michigan.
one of the best known vacation points
along the lake. Facilities for base
ball, rowing, swimming, hiking tennis
and golf are accessible to the camp
location and may be enjoyed by those
who do not find complete interest
and recreation in the intensive train
ing program being outlined by Cap
tain Beals.
The health Of the recruits will be
fully safeguarded by staff of ply
sicians and nurses. Religious envir-
onment will be supplied by the Y. M. |
c. A., the Knights Of Columbus, the
Jewish Welfare Board and other SIM
liar organizations.
The camp will open July s and will
be conducted in periods of two weeks.
No recruit will be accepted for less
than two weeks, although enlistment
may be made for two, four six or
eight weeks as desired. An enroll
ment fee of $l00 will be charged and
there will be = daily charge of $lO0i
for each recruit for the training,
mess privileges and other expenses.
Beyond these charges, everything
will be free to the recruits. The prin-