The Mena weekly star., 1921-05-05
MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS, CIVILIANS
youne uqls'sMsn Men. to Be Given ositlng at Cam ?, Pike This Summer at uneIeS San's xpense---RequirerAents ~
 for Admission.

Citizens Military Training Camps are to be conducted bS the War De- partment during the-eoming summer for the training of young men who have passed their sixteenth birthday and who are not over thirty-fve years of age. These training camps will be opened not earlier than July 18th nor later than August 10, and will continue for one month. They will be modelled and fashioned after the plattsburg and similar officers train ing camps that were run by the War nepartment during the World war to taraining officers for the expanded army.
 The objects of these citizens train- inc camps are to bring together young men of all types, both native and for eign born; to develop closer national and social unity; ta stimulate the in- terest of the youths of this country in the importance of military training as a benefit to the individual taking such training and as an asset vital for the problems of national defense.
 The camps will show the public by actual example that camp instruc- tion. of the kind contemplated will de- velop the. young men physically, men tally and morally and will teach Americanism in it's true sense thru patriotism and self-discipline, result ing in greater national strength, both civil and military.
 There will be no obligation resting on the men who attend these training camps, other than that they shall properly conduct themselves during the period of the camp and receive the instruction given.
 At the close of the camps, the young men will return to their homes without being tied up with any con- tract or agreement of service. This is simply plan to give the young men all the benefits of few weeks training without enlisting them in any of the military forces of the United States.
 Applicants for these camps must have average general intelligence and be of good moral character. No edu- cational qualifications are prescribed or required. Each candidate, before admission, will file certificate from a qualified physician stating that his health and strength are adequate for the course of training, such certificate to be on the official blanks to be furrS ished to the applicants; also certifi- cate from schoolmaster, clergyman, priest or rabbi to the effect that the candidate is of good moral character and average general intelligence.
 t is the desire of the War Depart ment to train the maximum number possible in the appropriations made by Congress. Transportation charges of applicants will be paid to and from camp. Subsistence will be furnished without charge to all men attending the camps but they will not receive pay
 Tn the Seventh Corps Area, which embraces the states of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, two camps will be conducted-on at Fort Smelling, Minn., which is situated on the edge of Minneapolis, Minn., and the other at Camp Pike, Ark, which is adjacent to Little Rock, Ark, Applications to attend the Citizens Military camps will be sent to the Commanding General, Seventh Corps Area, Fort Crook, Neb, Attention Major Lenmon: All applicants re- ceived will receive careful attention and every mans claim for attendance will receive the utmost consideration