The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-08-13
LEARNING WAR AT
CAMP JACKSON
Citizens Military Training Camp has
Done Much Good Work and
Proven an Entire Success


Camp Jackson, S. c.. Aug. 13.-The
men of the citizens military training
camp are now camped in pyramidal
tents on pretty sand hill overlook
ing the 200 targets on the govern
ment reservation. The hike from
Camp Jackson was not long one,
but was made with full packs and not
a cadet "fell out" on the march. The
first morning was devoted to the
pitching of the tent camp and instruc-
ton on the operation of the targets
in the pits, while actual range prac-
tice was taken up in the afternoon,
following demonstration of an in
fantry regiment in attack made by
the regular troops of the Fifth Divis-
ion for the benefit of the training
camp.
This problem assumed that COM
plGte division of the enemy was
based on Sumter, S. c.. ard was ad-
vancing on Columbia. The local troops
had been pushed back to the neigh
borhood of Camp Jackson and sa-
lient was formed in friendly lines
pushing in the direction of the Camp
jackson water tanks. One regiment
of infantry was detailed to reduce this
salient as preliminary to larger
attack designated to drive. the "red"
forces back to the Wateree river. For
the reduction of the salient the 61st
Infantry was assisted by the trench
mortars and 37mm guns of the entire
regiment and the problem brought
into play every weapon now used by
infantry troops and demonstrated the
fire power of infantry troops.
After the methods taught in the
late war, the firing of the guns, the
advance of troops and the entire prob
lem was based on time and for the 80
minutes of the trench mortar and 81
nm fire. assisted by machine gun
barrage from three machine gun COM
panies, now a part of the infantry
regiment, the designated target was
harassed and literally shot off the
map, so great was the fire power of
the combined infantry arms. No prob
lem given the troops of the Camp
jackson camp has yet been SO inter
esting and the demonstration was at
tended by not only the men of the
training camp. but by large number
OF officers of the Fifth Division. Sew
eral citizens from nearby communities
also attended the demonstration.
That the Camp Jackson citizens
military training camp has been a
success is best proven in the words of
one of the cadets. Robert I. Keys, of
Sardis, Miss, who has prepared the
following statement, with the subject,
"Has the Camp Jackson C. M. 7. C.
Heen a Success ?"
There is only one way to Judge the
success of any movement, and that is
by the results obtained Results are
the acid test applied to men and move
nlents in the world today. This being
true, has the G. M. 7. G. accomplished
what it has undertaken-that is, CIV
en- the men, who have attended the
hasic principles of military training
i think that it cannot be successfully
contended that all the men who have
attended this camp have not made
rapid progress in the mastery of this
training. Every fellow has gained a
pretty good idea of the school, of the
soldier, manual of arms, scout work,
skirmishing, and what is just as inn
portant, how to keep clean physically
and the importance of sanitation. All
this has been taught by competent
officers, especially trained in their
lines. Any fellow who has attended
this camp and kept awake could be
rapidly whipped into well drilled
and disciplined soldier in case of ma
tional emergency on short notice. And
be it said, to the credit of the boys OF
the C. NJ. T. c.. large per cent of
them have been alert and taken ad-
vantage of every opportunity to learn
something of the art of war. If we
are to Judge by the results, the C. M
T. G. has been successful.
ct is needless to say that the mer
of the C. NJ. T. C. have been helped in
many ways. Those. who came expect.
ing to have a hard time, and those
who came expecting holiday affair
have all been disappointed. Those
fellows who had an older brother in
the late war, and had heard him tel
of his experiences at the training
camp, expected to find the same in
tensive training here, but he found
things better than he hoped for. The
fellow who came expecting to liz
around in the shade. has found things