New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-16

W. will come into his own on Au1r,4 a
when seven of these training camps vii,
be opened in the Second Corps Area. Of w,i.,
Governors Island is the headquarters.
Last year the first Citizens Military rr,i,
ing Camp opened at Plattsburg. It's syco.u.
was instantaneous, and the results If = 49,.
50 generally satisfactory that this yea, ~.
War Department enlarged the plan n ~.
absolute limit Of the appropriations made q.
carrying on this class Of work by Conyrss.
At Plattsburg last year the camp va. H..
tied to infantry alone. This year there vii,
be seven camps of three courses each. tho p.s
White and Blue, and at each Of the camps ana
branch or another of military training will /.
taken up.
The principal infantry camp will b. :,
plattsburg, which is really the birthplses -
the training camp idea. The cavalry cann Ard
engineer camps will be at Camp Dix, Nj
while the coast artillery, field artillery and
signal corps will be conducted in locations IN
which the particular work in which thew ara
Interested may be carried on advantageouslv
The Red camps will be attended generally
by young men who have had no previous mill
tary service Age limits for these are axsd
at from seventeen TO twenty-five.
TO the White camps will go young men WIN
have either completed the course of the Red
camps or who have had past experience in
the army, National Guard or organized re-
serves and veterans of the World War.
. The Blue camp, the highest Of all, will be
attended by young men who have proved them.
selves worthy to be carried into a course in
which officers for the Officers Reserve Corps
are made from those applicants who qualify.
This briefly is the plan upon which the train
ing of John Doughboy ir is based, the plan
which is to make him part Of the great citizen
army of the United States, which, with
minimum of cost, will be so arranged that in
the event of war it can be called to the coors
with an absence of the turmoil, deaths and
other unwelcome fruits of unpreparedness
from which this country has suffered 80 long
Major General Robert l.. Billiard, in CON-
mand Of the Second Corps Area, under whose
direction the camps will be held this year, Is
an enthusiastic proponent of the training camp
idea and of John Doughboy jr.
In discussing the plans for this years camps
he said:
THE foundation stone of the Citizens Mill
tary Training Camp idea is to teach young
men not the art of war but the art Of pesce
country which is armed and has reserve
of trained men need expect no sudden attack
upon its peace, its property and its citizens.
and each Of the young men who attend these
camps and enter the ranks Of the Organized
Reserves becomes a defender of his country
merely by his presence on the list and his
readiness to respond to the call of the colors
in case Of need
Nations must be loved by their citizens, and
there is something in the military service
which causes men who have worn the uniform
to have q very great regard indeed for the
country and homeland whose flag they salute
each evening at retreat.
"The entire plan of the camp is based upon
the incubation of ideals and the extension OF
the Americanism of those who attend.
The program of the camps has been 50
arranged as to provide a month of healthy
life to the young men who attend. Drills VIII
form only part of the training. There Will DC
outdoor exercises, marches, demonstrations
trained units, lectures, games. amusemehss
and"-his eyes twinkled-"a mess which ID
seldom known in the army"
The mess of which the General spoke IS 10
be the best mess ever served in the unlteo
States Array. Well-known New York hotels
have volunteered the services of their chefs as
directors of the mess, and the government mas
provided a ration allowance which is about
three times that provided for the resvlar
soldier.
This has been done not through any idea
of coddling the young men who attend, pu'
simply in recognition of the fact that they are
volunteers, and as such are entitled TO chicken
pies, cake, ice cream and other luxurles wnleh
the army usually knows only upon holidays.
Following out the policy of making the
camps democratic, the youngsters who attena
the c. M. T. C. this year will not be waited
upon by soldiers, as was the case last yeal'
this being due to the manly stand Of last years
students, who protested against this as unoem'
ocratic. One of the students wrote IN TINS
regard:
"The camps would be slightly improved !.
we waited on ourselves in the kitchens anu
dining rooms instead of having some one "
wait on US
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