Arizona republican., 1922-04-23
FULL SCHEDULE FOR
MILITARY TRAINING
CAMPS IS COMPLETE
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| WASHINGTON, April ga full
| schedule for summer military train
| ing this year under the new military
| policy of the government has been
completed at the war department and
| is now in the hands of the corps area
commanders, who viii supervise the
work. 1t covers the places, dates and
purposes of scores of camps to be
held over the country beginning June
15 if congress provides sufficient
funds in the pending army bill
Training work for the reserve Of
ficers and the trainig corps that
supplements that branch of the citi-
zen soldier machine. is included in
the schedule as well as the civilian
training camps modelled on the old
Plattsburg plan, the national guard
and the organized reserves. Virtual
ly every military post or national
guard camp site in the country will
be in use and in all close to 250,000
civilians are expected to get a taste
of army life during the summer
months.
Last year about 10000 passed
through the civilian training camps
and 100000 through the national
guard centers.
In round figures the encampment
training schedule worked out and.
and which awaits only the action OF
congress In making funds available
to set 1t going in mid June, provides
for 5-day training periods for 10000
national guardsmen. 10000 reserve
officers and specialists, and longer
periods for 10000 student members
of the reserve officers training corps,
and $4,000 civilians in the civilian
military training camps. The fuii
strength of the regular army OF the
United States will be thrown into
the training work, together with the
full equipment Of the troops.
In the hands of corps area COM
manders are the detailed charts
showing Just when each camp is 10
open and the course of instruction to
be given. National guard and organ
ized reserve units are assigned py
number to each army or national
guard post available to each state
and every branch of modern military
science will be dealt with.
In effect. a skeleton mobilization of
war time army lasting over the period
from mid-June to September. is
planned. 1t will be a cross section
widely scattered over the nation OF
the war army of two million men
which, trainers of the present national
defense act designed to make avail-
able for defense in a matter of weeks
instead of months. should the need
ever arise.
To aid regular officers, some 900
reserve officers will be called as in
structors in the civilian military
training camps, their work being, IN
addition to their own Is day training
with the regular troops. Most OF these
viii be men with overseas experience
to back them if the departments ex-
pectations are realized as to the num-
ber who will volunteer as instructors
Underlying all the work is care
fully prepared training doctrine Tor
the entire army worked out under
General Pershing's supervision as the
basis on which all military training
under the government is to rest.
Whatever individual camp command
ers do in laying out each days pro-
gram will be in accordance with this
doctrine in order to make sure Oh
co-oriinated effort and the lighting
efficiency of the whole force. should
| it ever be called together.
The recent declaration Of the war
| department that the man with rifle
and bayonet will still be the basic
unit Of war, was a part of this doc
trine as was the decision that Ameri-
can troops should devote only q
fourth of their time to training for
defensive operations and the remain
ing to preparing to attack. That
spirit, it was said at the department
today is to govern all camps this
year.