The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
700 R. O. 7. c, men
FROM "a COLLEGES
WILL ATTEND CAMP
Edgewood Arsenal, Near
Baltimore, to Be Scene
Of Activities.
PROVIDES FOR GIRLS
Hostess Houses and Dancing
Pavilions Among Means
of Recreation.
PROVIDES FOR GIRLS

EDGEwoOD ARSENAL. Nd, June
1O.-More than 700 college students
from twenty-four colleges and uni
veTsities, including Harvard, Yale
and Princeton. will arrive here June
Is to attend the camp OF the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps and
receive practical field instruction
for six weeks from officers and non
commissioned officers of the regu-
lar army.
Institutions in the New England
Estates. New York. Pennsylvania.
New Jersey. Maryland. Virginia and
the District of Columbia will be
represented. Students who will at
tend the camp have received MILL
tary instruction during the past
year in the R. o. T. C. units of
their respective colleges and the
summer camp will finish out the
theoretical instruction with field
practice. Upon graduation from
college and completion of four years
of work in military science and tao
tics those found proficient will be
given reserve commissions as lieu
tenants in the United States army.
-Four Colleges In Artillery.
Harvard. Yale. Princeton, Cornell
and Virginia Military Institute will
be represented at the field artillery
camp. which will have approximate
ly 23O students. Nineteen colleges
will be represented at the infantry
camp. which will have approxi--
mately 433 students. These insti-
tutions include Georgetown. Johns
Hopkins. University of Maryland.
81. Johns. Western Maryland. La
fayette, DreXel Institute, Lehigh,
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Military
College, University of Pennsylvania,
Virginia Military Institute, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. Pennsylvania
State. Staunton, Fork Union. Sc
vance Academy. Porter Military
Academy and Bordentown Military
Institute
Lieut.. Col. G. L. Townsend. camp
commander, opened headquarters
last week. Maj. J. w. Lang is ex-
ecutive officer and Mai. r. L. D.
Hoyle, subcOmma nder in charge of
field artillery. The First Battalion.
Thirty-fourth Infantry, Lieut.. Col.
John ]. Miller commanding. which
marched from Fort Hamilton. n. Y.
to EdgewoOd. will be the infantry
camp detachment. The Second Bat
talon. Third Field Artillery. Mai.
c. p. George commanding, marched
from Fort Myer. Va. and will be
the artillery camp detachment.
Practically all members of the
teaching force have had battlefield
experience in France.
Plenty Of Recreation.
Ample provision is being made for
recreation. There will be at least
one dance and band concert each
week Each company and battery
will have baseball team and
championship series will be played.
There will be boxing and wrestling
matches and trips by boat to Balti-
more and Annapolis. Baltimore
girls and any other whom the stu
dents desire to invite will assist in
the social activities. There will
also be opportunities for swimming.
boating, golf. tennis and voIley
ball. The hostess houses will be
thrown open for the entertainment
Of girl visitors at the weekend
parties.
The artillery students will be or
Eanized in three provisional bat
teries. Battery \ will be composed
of Princeton and Virginia Military
Institute men; Battery b. of the
men from V. VI. l.. Yale and Har-
ward; Battery c, of men from Cor
RellI Harvard and V. VI. l.
The, infantry students will be or
ganized in five companies of ap-
proXimately, eighty-nine men each.
The first three companies will be
composed Of advanced course men
and the fourth and fifth of basic
course men.
Composition of Companies.
according to the tentative plans
the composition of the companies
VIII be: First company. Pennsyl-
yania state. Lehigh. Lafayette,
Pennsylvania Military College and
University Of Pennsylvania; second
company. University Of Maryland,
Johns Hopkins. st. Johns. western
Maryland College. Gettysburg and
SewSnee; third company. George
town. Drexel. Virginia Military In
stitute. Virginia Polytechnic, Fork
Union. Staunton and Bordentown:
fourth company. Lehigh: fifth COM
pany. LehiGh, Georgetown, Johns
Hopkins. University OF MARYLAND,
st. Johns, Drexel. University Of
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania state
and Porter.
Edgewood Arsenal is on the main
line OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
about twenty miles from Baltimore.
The reservation consists of 5000
acres on a peninsula between the
Bush and GunpOwder rivers The.