, 1921-06-16
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Want to spend 80 glorious dayl
TINS summer as the guest OF th3
United States Wal Department. with
every expense paid?
Want a new khaki uniform. excel
lent food and living accommodations
medical and dental treatment-al
free?
In short. do you want to be
minute man. 1921 model?
II you do here is the chance
Congress has erected a citizensl
military training camp in each OF
nine different states. Opening un1
der the auspices OF the war DEPART
ment. these camps constitute part
OF a national system of training foI
the national defense.
1t is planned to bring togethe1
young men Of all types. both native
n foreign born; to develop closed
national and social unity: to teach
the privileges. duties and responsi1
hilities OF American citizenship. I'd
give them a thoroughly good time. |
The war department plans to show
the public that camp instruction
during 80 days this summer will not
only he to the liking of youngeu
~ "" ma IL VII ueNcIUU.
them physically, mentally and NOR
ally.
The camps are the direct out
growth OF the P%lattsburg, New York
camps OF 1913-14-15. Now, as them
the government that ii i'd
a patriotic privilege to train these
camps.
A certificate OF character is ne1
cessary This may be given the ap1
! plicant by a schoo1master, clergy
man. priest or rabbi. Only physi1
cally fit young men will be accepted
and they must have passed their six1
teenth birthday. The age limit i'd
IS.
Applicants must nave average gen1
eral intelligence, but no educational
qualifications are prescribed or rel
quired.
Each candidate must file a certi1
ficate from a qualified ~physician'
setting forth that his health and
strength are adequate.
Candidates will be required I'd
submit to vaccination unless they
can present a doctors certificate
showing that such vaccination and
incubation has beer administered
within the last three years.
To enlist fill out the accompany1
ing coupon. Then send 1t to tho
Military Training Camp Association
No. 10 West 44th Street. New York.
or to the same association in tho
Mallers' Building. Chicago.
After receiving the coupon the
camp association. acting under Oh
rection OF the War Department, will
send the applicant an official applA
m tt~r hl1-1r o1~toli-- IL 1891
tons. On the blank will appear 4
space for the certificate OF charactef
to be filled in. as well as a space for
the doctors certificate.
This blank quickly filled and dis
patched the candidate will be adj
vised whether or not he la accepted
II accepted. the applicant will be
furnished first-class transportation
to the camp site. or. II the candidate
prefers to pay his w fare, he will
be reimbursed in cash upon hi
arrival at headquarters.
The country Is divided into ninS
corps areas and the camp in eaci
will accommodate approximately l.,
100 men. Their locations and thu
dates OF opening follow:
First army corps area. for New
Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Connecticut. al
Camp Devens, Mass, opening August
!.
Second army corps area, for New
York. New Jersey and Delaware, al
P~lattsbnrg barracks, N. Y. opening
August Z.
Third army corps area, for Penn
%sylvania. Maryland and District of
Columbia. at Camp Meade. Md.
opening August /.
Fourth army corps area. for North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Louisiana, at Camp Jack
son. S. c.. opening July IS.
Fifth army corps area, for Ohio,
Indiana. West Virginia and Ken
lucky. at Camp Knox, Ky, opening
July 81.
Sixth army corps area, for Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Illinois at Camp
Grant. ILL.,. opening July 81.
Seventh army corps area, for
North Dakota. South Dakota. Mime
sofa. Nebraska. Kansas. Missouri,
Ark. opening August /. and at Fort
Smelling. opening August |.
Eighth army corps ares or Colo
RADIO. New Mexico. Texas. Oklahoma
and Arizona. at Camp Travis. Texas,
opening July Is. and at Fort Logan.
Colo. opening August /.
Ninth army corps area for Wash
ington. Oregon, Idaho. Montana,
Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Cali
fornia, at Camp Lewis. Wash. open
ing July 6, and at the Preside c.e|
San Francisco. opening July 6, al IN,
Post.