Evening star., 1922-06-11
MANY ARE LISTING
FOR ARMY TRAINING
Young Men of D. c. Apply for
Admission to Camps of
Instruction.

Applications are being received In
large numbers at the headquarters Of
the Sd Corps area. Baltimore. Nd
from young men of the District OF
Columbia who wish to enter the Army
training camps this year. The camps
open on July -. at Camp Holabird.
Md; Camp Meade, Md: Langley Avia-
ton Field, Va, and Camp Humphreys,
Va.
of the total of 2.25o vacancies in
the camps allowed the Sd corps area.
which comprises the District of
Columbia. Maryland, Virginia and
Pennsylvania, liz are for the Dis
trict alone. There are still vacancies
for District men. but it is urged that
those who intend to take part in the
camps should send in their appli:a-
rions quickly. as they will be able
to get their choice of camps. The
applicants are allowed d first and
second choice of camps. and if the
first is filled up they are assigned
to the second
VIII Give Details.
The ed Corps area will send TO the
War Department late this afternoon
full details of the number of appii-
cations.
In enlargins the activities of the
citizens military training camps the
War Department has authorized the
establishment of an engineer inStruc-
tion camp at Camp 4. \. Humphreys,
Va. from July. 81 to August 20, l92Z.
This post. built as wartime camp
on the old Fairfax estate, has been
made permanent Army post ana Is
the site of the Engineer School. where
engineer officers and specially Sc
lected enlisted men receive technical
and advanced training. The post is
ON the Potomac. four miles from
Mount Vernon and eighteen miles
from Washington. In addition TO the
Engineer School. the 18th and 18th
Engineers are located at Humphreys.
The engineer training camp is eN-
pCCtcd to prove attractive to men
considering a career as civil, electrl-
cal or mechanical engineers. Though
primarily infantrymen. trained to
light with the rifle and bayonet, the
engineer is further called on for
technical work of almost every de-
scription. The modern army is q
complex body and the functioning of
its machinery is up to the engineer
Mapping, bridging, roads, railroads.
water supply, electric lighting. search
lights and camouhage all fall to the
engineers. No branch of the service
offers so many fields. An engineer
can be horseman. foot soldier or auto
mechanic, surveyor or carpenter,
black ksmith or craftsman.
Division of Courses.
will be map reading. and reconnois-
in the engineer camp-red, white and
blue-is followed; red for the first
year men, white for men who have
attended a previous camp, and blue
Tor men in their third year of train
ing. The red course trains man to
be soldier: the white course fits
him to be enrolled on the rosters of
the organized reserves as nom
commissioned officer, and the blue
course, when successfully completed.
qualities a man as a second lieutenant
in the reserves.
In addition to his training as an in
fantryman, the student at the engi-
neer c. NJ. T. c. will take up rigging.
military bridging. explosives. gas de-
fenSe and road location and construc-
ton. For the advanced courses there
will be map reading and reconnais-
sance, eQuitation. mapping and light
railway construction and operation.
The officer candidate takes up admin
istration and military law. together
with various allied subjects.