Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-10
CITIZENS TRAINED In Arms
War Department Offers Citizens Mill
taFy Training.
At EXPENSE OF THE GOVERNMENT I
Boys and Young Men Between IS and
IS May Apply-Fine Chance for
Physical Development.
Bv Frederick J. Haskin.

DIV I1donIII.
Washington, June 9-Those. on both
sides Of the present heated debate as
to whether the United States Should
have q large armament, or q small one
will presumably agree that the wal
department Is doing q good thing In
offering to American citizens this sum
mer military training at government
expense without any obligation tc
serve in the army.
Those who believe that America
should be prepared must surely rejoice
at this project to train 10000 young
men in arms. At the same time, it has
been said many times that if a nation
has q citizenry trained in arms, there
is little need for a standing army. If
there were half million men In this
country who were trained as soldiers,
the argument of those who favor a
large standing army would be consid-
erably weakened. And since the tax
ing of this training is purely volun-
tary matter, and since it carries no OBJ
litigation to serve, there Is nothing au-
tocratic or militarstic about 1t, its ad-
vocates point out. Besides this, II
means physical examination and eN-
cellent physical training for the men
who take it.
Although the number Of applications
already on file exceeds the number of
men that can be accommodated TINS
summer, the war department wants
more applications. This Is for two rea-
sons. In the first place, the men sent
to the camps are to be chosen IN fixed
quota from various vocational classes,
so that it may not be possible to use all
of the present applicants. Besides this
the war department hopes to increase
the size of the camps and wants q long
list of applicants from which to draw
in future years. and probably as evil
dence to show congress the popular
demand for this training So II you
are interested, send in your applica-
tion.
Eligibility.
This offer applies to all boys and
young men between the ages OF 10 and
IS years, at the civilian training camps
which are to be opened in army corps
areas all over the country. There Is
no string attached. requiring entrants
to serve any period Of time in the
United States army. All those whc
take this training and prove capable
at it, will gain a degree of eligibility
for commissions in the army II they
even do desire to enter the military
service at Il later date.
The plans now being formulated for
such camps contemplate month Ol
training for 10000 young American cit
izens. It is hoped that these camps
may prove satisfactory enough for ar
rangements to be made on a larger
scale in the future. Lieutenant Colo
mel Totten, who Is in charge of this
work, says that approximately 5000
applications have already been filed. Ii
is planned to have from 1900 to 1.50(
boys in the camp Of each corps area
The quota will be filled with the great
est care possible to give boys from al
walks of life chance.
In order to be eligible, the applicant
must, in addition to being within the
required age limit, be an American cit
izen. or at least have taken out FIRST
naturalization papers; be. physically
fit though no rigid specifications VIII
be necessary: must take the regular
anti-typhoid prophylaxis and be vac