Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-06-18
TRAINING CAMP
FOR YOUNG men
TO BE OPENED AT CAMP MEADE
MARYLAND, ON AU-
GUST tST.
NO CHARGES WILL BE MADs
Splendid Opportunity For The YOUTH
OF The State To Secure Val.
liable And Healthy
Experience.

offered this summer by the govern.
ment to 1000 young men between the
ages of 16 and So who reside in Penn
sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and thu
District of Columbia. This Citizens
Military Training Camp will last TO-
thirty days, commencing on Angus
LIST, and will be held at Camp Meade,
Maryland, about half way between
Baltimore and Washington.
Attendance at the camp will not
cost one cent to any of the candidates
who are selected to go. They may
either pay their railroad fare from
their homes to Camp Meade and BIT
reimbursed as soon as they arrive al
the rate of five cents for each mic
travelled, allowing an ample margin
for meals and other expenses en- route.
or if they prefer they will be fur
nished with ticket before they leay'
home and allowed not to exceed $50
day for their meals while travelling
Upon arriving at Camp Meade eacl
man will be supplied with complet,
set of uniforms and equipment He will
then be assigned to quarters In COM
Portable permanent barracks. Wher
mess call sounds he will find a well
cooked meal all ready for him paid fol
BY the government and prepared by
army cooks who are now going through
special course Of training at The
Camp Meade Cooks and Bakers
School to prepare them for duty at the
camp. All the mess attendants will be
supplied from Regular Army regiment
stationed at Camp Meade. Should Ii
have need OF it at any time he will fine
well-equipped hospital free Of charg'
with competent army surgeons ant
dentists.
In return for this he will be called
upon to devote his mornings to mill.
tary drills and exercises under the
direction OF officers specially selected
from The Infantry School at Camp
Benning. Georgia for duty as instruct
ors, and will be encouraged to spend
his afternoons in athletics and games
under the supervision of officers spe
cially trained to supervise such &C
tivities
While he will live in permanent bar
racks, he will frequently take shori
hikes through the beautiful rolling ant
wooded country of Southern Maryland
carrying the infantry soldiers field
equipment and ending the march by
going into camp and spending the
night under canvas If the weather is
good. Some OF his meals In the field
he will cook for himself in his ines
kit and others will be served to him
from rolling kitchens.
The military part OF the days pro-
gram will include demonstrations of
ali the modern military weapons, s,ich
as Tanks, Artillery, machine gums and
tie .ch m0ftars by veteran regular
troops stationed at Camp Meade, as
weil as the actual drills In which the
candidates will take part, 1t Is hoped
taat they Will become sufficiently In
terested to affiliate with the National
Guard or Organized Reserve when
t1ay return to their homes, thus fitting
themselves to DE leaders instead of
followers if they should ever be called
upon to serve their country in case
OF another war, but attendance at the
camp involves absolutely no obliga-
ton, moral or legal, to perform any
further military service.
OH duty hours will be we'll provided
for, and candidates will be encouraged
TO spend all their time in CAMP b,
providing them with amusements SO
that they will not want to leave it
There will be movies and other forms
OF entertainment every evening and
frequent concerts by some of the fne
Regular Army bands stationed al
Camp Meade. The religious atmos
phere will not be neglected. Two
chaplains will devote their entire time
TO the Citizens Camp and to the man.
agement of a service club where can.
dldates will be entertained in their
spare time. Other chaplaiRs of six
different denominations on duty with
regular troops of the camp will be
available for advice and counsel.
The Military Training Camps Aso.
citation. composed Of graduates of pre-.
vlous similar camps held at -platts.
burg, New York, and other places, are
IN active charge of receipt and for.
warding of applications through their
nearest local representative, O. O.
Ellis, Room 404, Title Annex Building
II East Fayette street, Baltimore. but
II he cannot be conveniently reached.
information and application blanks can
be secured and arrangements made to
obtain without charge the very simple
physical examination by writing to the
Commanding General, Third Corps
Area, Fort Howard, Maryland.
Applications should be forwarded as
early as possible, as the final selec.
ton OF applicants must be made well
In advance of the opening of the camp
on August LIST. In case the number
or applicants exceeds the capacity OF
the camp, vacancies will be appor.
toned by counties in proportion to
their population, and the individuals
selected by a method which wifi In
cure that each locality and each indi
vidual applicant has an equal chance