Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-05-17

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lodging, medical attention, uniforms
arms, equipment, ammunition, laundry
and recreation.
The practical military training given
at the Citizens Military Training
Camps will consist of series oil
three courses. known as the Red,
| White and Blue courses.
The Red Course provides basic
training limited to simple fundamcn-
| tails. In the Infantry red Course are
included the mechanism OF close and
I extended order drills. ceremonies, pre-
! lininary Instructions in rifle practice.
/ rifle practice on the target range, mus
| kerry and fire problems. The pro-
grams Of the Red Course Of Cavalry.
Field Artillery. Air Service. Engi
necrs and Signal Corps will be confn-
/ ed in general to basic disciplinary and
practical training OF the same elemcn-
tary character as prescribed for the In
iantry Red Course. Physical develop
mcnt. care Of equipment, personal
hygiene, discipline ali d morale, will
also be stressed Age limits for the
Red Course are seventeen to twenty
five years.
The White Course is intended to
qualify students as noncommissioned
officers OF the Organized Reserves.
Students OF this course will ordinarily
be selected from members of the
National Guard. Organized Reserves
and qualified citizens. who. have had
prior military experience equivalent to
the Red Course. Students will be
instructed partly by the actual per-
Torrance of the duties of noncommis-
stoned officers. and partly in schools
of application established at these
camps. Age limits for the White
Course arc Is to 70 years. However,
no student who successfully COM
pletcd the Red Course i'll 1921, will
DC barred from the White Course in
1922 on account of age.
The Blue Course provides more adj
vanced training for warrant officers,
and selected noncommissoned officers
of the Regular Army, National Guard
and Organized Reserves, and for quail
fled citizens with view to their being
appointed as officers in the Organizer
Reserves. This course includes spec
ialized instruction in the duties of
junior officer in the branch selected
by the candidate and for which he is
| considered best qualified by reason of
| previous experience and education. All
candidates for this course must have
completed the training prescribed for
the Red and White Courses. or the
equivalent thereof. Age limits for the
Blue Course arcFl9 to ~ years of age
Applicants who have prior military
| training in any of the three compon-
ents Of the Army OF the United States,
especially veterans of the World War,
! may be accepted for any of the three
courses. if not over IS years of age
Physically fit male citizens between
the ages indicated for the various
courses are eligible to attend these
camps. provided they are of average
! Intelligence and good moral char
qualifications are required. except that
applicants for the White Course have
grammar school education. or its
equivalent. and applicants for the Blue
Course must have high school cdu-
/ cation. Or its equivalent. Almost any
average young man can meet TIE
physical requirements for tie Red
| Course He must have not less than
| two inches chest eNpansan and weigh
not less than one hundred pounds.
stripped The heart. eyes and ears
must be good and the teeth scrvicab.c
The minimum physical requirements
| for the White and Blue Courses are
practically the same as for the Red
Course. but slightly higher. A certifi-
cate as to moral character from a
school-mastcr. clergyman. priest. rabbi.
officer or eN-officer of the IIuited
States Army, Navy, Marine Corps or