Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-25
EIGHTEEN ENROLL
FOR CAMP CUSTER
MEMBERS OF HIGH SCHOOL r.
o. c. TO TAKE SUMNER
TRAINING.
ALLOTMENT FOR CITY SCHOOL
PERMITS SIX MORE TO GO
Special Camp for College and High
School Men Provides Adequate
Training and Exceptional Eduea-
tional, Amusement and Athletic
Privileges-To Leave Hero June IS.

Eighteen members of the high
school junior r. o. 7. c. have made
DUPLICATION for training during the
summer at Camp Custer. Mich. The
allotment for the local school is
twenty four, permitting list of six
more to be submitted before the end
OF the present week. Three or four
cadets who had made, application
for admission to the camp find it i'm
possible to go, because of removal
from the state, taking summer Jobs
at the close of school and for other
reasons. The supplemental list will
be made up of boys who decide dur
ing the next few days to take adj
vantage of the offer Of the govern
ment to furnish practical military
training under the most competent
instructors.
The local squad will leave June 10
and will spend six weeks at Camp
Custer, going thru the regular mill
tary camp life. The camp is open
to members of the junior r. Q. T. c.,
over 16 years of age, who receive
the consent Of their parents to en-
roll.
College and High School Men.
The summer r. o. T. C. camp is
arranged annually for college and
high school men. An instructor in
the r. O. T. c.. in sending notice to
the parents of this corps members
states:
II was at the camp last summer
and I can state that a finer lot of
college men could not be found and
that they were all keen about the
camp"
The student receives a ticket to
and from his home station to the
| camp. his lodging and all his meals,
| nicely prepared and served.
The principal object of the camp,
military training to qualify the stu
dent for the R. 0. T. c.. is not the
only aim Of the training. The camp
provides not only military instruc-
ton but a vacation period of recrea-
/ ton combined with mental and
physical development. The govern.
ment provides uniforms, arms AMI
equipment while at camp The
student is taught regular habits OF
going to bed and arising at certain
hours, to keep his living quarters
and clothing clean and orderly. H,
is trained to keep his health anG
avoid disease. thorough course II
athletics is given with plenty Of
outdoor training. The camp is ex.
pected to give the student goo,
health. correct bearing to teach hin
to walk properly and think logically
to come to a decision quickly. to pre-
pare him for better citizenship an,
to increase earning capacity in civ
life.
Camp Near Battle Greek.
The camp is four miles west O
Battle Greek, Mich, on the direc
lire between Chicago and Detroi
The camp site is four miles long an
two miles wide along the Kalamazoo
river and has an elevation of Loo
feet. Two small lakes are within til
camp area.
The target facilities include
| pistol range where seycnty-two me
may fire simultaneously; machin
sun range. where seventy two ma
chine guns may. he fired simultan
eously at l 600 yards range: riff
range. with special course &C" wit
lSS Targets. mid-range firing. wit
seventy-four targets and long rang
firing, with three targets; Class
range. composed of two Glass "s
Z ranges, suitable for almost any fiel
problem.
Baseball. tennis. handball basket
q ball and swimming afford recreation
Amusements are provided wit
y movies every evening dances, club
, rooms hostess house, Red Cross, J
: NJ. c. A., and X. of c. Lectures an
talks i,y prominent educators al
provided and there is a library ,