Milford chronicle., 1921-06-03
TRAINING CAMPS FOR
CITIZENS TO,BE HELD
GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE A MONTHS
TRAINING TO CIVILIANS WHO 50
DESIRE IT.
DELAWARE AT PLATTSBURG
MUST BEiOVER l6 YEARS OF ACE AND
UNDER IS AND PHYSICALLY FIT
TO Be ELIGIBLE.

Thirty days vacation with all ex-
penses paid will be provided by the
war department in a camp at Platts-
burg, N. Y, for residents of New
York, New Jersey and Delaware, be-
ginning August7.
Transportation, good food and other
clothing will be furnished by the war
department to successful applicants.
Plenty of outdoor life, including
swimming, shooting, sightseeing and
entertainment will be afforded during
the thirty days.
1t has been announced that Penn
sylvanians will have the opportunity
of a months vacation at Camp Meade,
beginning August L. Both Camp
Meade and the camp at Plattsburg are
part of a series of citizens military
camps to be established by the war
department in the nine army corps
areas.
The camp at Plttsburg will be mod
eled on the lines of the citizens mill
tary training camps that were held in
, 1915 and 1916. No pledge is required
from any one, altho those who's COM
plete the camp will be given certifi-
Gates and will be eligible for the Or>
ganized reserve, which will include the
new Seventy-seventh and Seventy
eighth divisions.
The men at the camp will be housed
in tents and will be drilled in the Ordi-
nary recruit drill of the army. Much
target practice will be held. Candi-
dates who have had no previous mill
tary training will be welcomed.
Ann1ioofiO1a nav bo 7ooo1a of Of
the branches of the citizens military
training camps association; at any ar
my post, or to any army officer, to any
navy or mbarine recruiting station, or
direct to Major Harvey H. Fletcher,
recruiting adjutant, headquarters, Sec
Ond corps area, Governors Island,
N
Qualifications
Physically fit male citizens who
have passed their 18th birthday and
are not over 35 years of age are eligi-
BILE.
Applicants for the Red course must
have average general intelligence and
be of good moral character. N educa-
tiOnal qualifications are prescribed or
required. Each candidate shall file a
certificate from a qualified physician
stating that his health and strength !
are adequate for the course of training
and a certificate from schoolmaster,
priest or rabbi, testifying /
to his good moral character
Physical examination may be had :
before forwarding application blanks, : :
by applying in person to the nearest !
Army post or station. ALI candidates j.
the camps will be required =
to take the antityphoid-p d-parathyphoid :
and vaccination against !,
smallpox. These may be had at the n
above posts or stations without charge y
TO accepted candidates. These prop -
hylaXis measures will not be required "
Of candidates who can present doc h
5Or's certificate showing that such vac
sination and incubation have been ad- y
within the last three years. ~
Upon arrival at camp, candidates will
)e inspected with view to detecting NJ
cases of communicable dis
.ases.
a Candidates authorized to attend the
amps will be furnihsed at the expense
f the United States, uniforms, equip
nent, subsistence, transportation with la
to and from the camp, ey
AShuCdl aCCeuudlcS anu supplies, anu TO
aundry service. In lieu of transpor- nj
alton and expenses enroute, candi- B.
ates may be given five cents mile TO
rom their homes to Plattsburg and in
etu1n, the money for the return trip ne
} be paid before leaving camp. They ne
ill also be authorized to buy for cash We
cost price, plus ten per cent, Quar- "B
.rmaster and Ordnance property MI
ecessaFy. H.
More detailed information will be Sa
by Headquarters End Corps tho
rea, Governors Island, N. Y, or the ito
ilitary Training Camps Association, att
West 44th Street; New York City, of
. Y. ed