Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-12
700 COLLEGE STUDENTS
ATTEND R. 0. 7. c, CAMP
'Iwcnty-Four Colleges and
Universities Send
Delegations.
v. W.. I. AND v. p. l. REPRESENTED
VIII Receive Practical Field Instrur-
lion Tor SiN Weeks from ItrEuInr
army Officers nt EdErwood Ar
ncnni. Maryland. Beginning. Jmnr -.
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Special to Tho Times Dispatch
EDGEWOoD ARSENAL MD. June
ll.-Mor" than 100 college students
from tweuty-four colleges aud uni
NerSiticS. Including Harvard Ya'e
ana Princeton, viii arrive here June
IL Ia attend the camp OF the re
s"rfe officers training corps and re-
r"ive practical n"!d instruction for
SIX weeks from officers ana noncom-
missi"ncd officers Of the regular
army
Institutions in tn" New England
states. New York. Pennsylvania. New
Jersey. Maryland. Virginia and the
District Of Columbia viii b. repre-
sented. Tn" students attending the
camp hay. received military lns,ruc-
ton during the past year In the X
- 7. 9. units OF their rcsp"ctlv.
colleges. and tn" summer camp VIII
finish out TIA" theoretical instruction
with held praotic" Upon Eradua
tion from college and IN. completion
OF four years Of work in military
science and tactics, those found pro-
HCicn' Viii b" given reserve commits
sions as lisutenants in tho United
states Army
V. ". J. and '. T.. !. Reprr.rnted.
Harvard. Vale Princeton cornell
. and Virginia Military Institute Vii
be represented at the h"ld artillery
camp. which will have approximate
" 23o students nineteen colleges
VIII 10" represented at IA" infantry
camp which will have apprnxirnatr-
~ i33 students Tho nineteen in
stiutons includ" G'urgetuwu. johns
HppHins University Of Maryland. -
Johns western Maryland. Dr",rl In
siitu:e, Lafar"t,e lchich. C;cttvs-
burg, Pennsylvania Military college.
University "f PENNSYLVANIA. virginia
Mni'"r' institute" Virginia Poly
'"chnic Institute. Pennsylvania state.
r'auntnn f'orK Union. Sewanc.
Nrad"rny. Porter Military Academy
and Bord"ntown Military Institute.
Carefully 'h""~r Instructors.
Northumberland - l.. Townsend
camr commander. opened headquar.
'"i> las, week and - p"rf"cting tn.
preliminary organization OF the camp.
Major J. W. Lang Is .N.cutly. OIL
Ger. and Major K T.. -. iioyie, sub
commander ia charge Of n.ld ar
til!cry. The First battalion. Thirty
Fourth Infantry. !i"utruaut- Colonel
John j. Miller commanding, which
marched from Fort Hamilton. y Y
!" Edg"woud. viii b." IN. Infantry
camp detachment. IN. Second Bat
TALON Third Field ARTILLERY. Major
G =. George commanding. marched
from Fort My.r, Va. aud Will be the
artillery camp h.tnchmcilt The corps
OF instructors has been carefully g..
lcctcd and includes many officers who
are authorities upon IN. subjects
In which they viii Instruct prac-
,caliy AL members III the teaching
force have hah battlcncld experience.
IN France.
students al the artillery camp have
already had their theoretical in.
S;rnction, and viii nave IN oppor-
iunity to act as sInn-rs ~ tn" firing
battery and as drivers Of ,yises and
motor-drawn guns. Will. some Of tho
NOR" advanced students Viii at IN
turn as battery commanders.
Infantry Pr"grnm.
The infantry students Will each
have an opportunity for pistol rlnc
automatic rife machine gun. one.
FOUNDER aud STOKES motor iriug and
viii scr ADMINISTRATIONS Of field ar
tiilcry hiring.
students q, both schools viii be
taught now TO live In the Acid in
camp and bivouac. Screened in
kitchens ana mess halls are being
built, water pipod in, and sanitation
WI! hc OF the hest. but the student,
Will l!v" under canvas. some of the
things taught VIII he FIRST aid, man
reading and sketchiuI. selection Of
camp sites, building OF gun, emplace-
m"nts camouflag-. guard duty. voice
culture and giving OF commands. tent
pitching. h"rScinanship aud driving
for the artillery. minor tactics. scout
Ing and pa'rolinE. interior economy,
administrations. life saving. baseball.
~ INNING ana track athletics
rr",idr HrcrcntI"n.
Ample provision IS being made for
recreation. 1.i"rc win he mt least
one dane" aud band concert each
week. Each company and battery
VIII have 4 baseball team. and
championship series Will II. PLAYED
There wil! b" boxing and wrestling
matches and trips by boat Ia Bal
;imore and Annapolis RaI,imor.
girls and any others whom the sta
dents desire To invite viii assist In
the social activities There will also
u" opportunities for swimming. boat
ing. golf, tennis and volIeyball. Ths
hostess house on the post viii ho
thrown open for the entertainment
"i CIR! visitors at the Weekend
parties
The artillery students will he or
Sanized in three provisional bal
icries. Battery y will be composed
of Princeton and Virginia Military
institute men: Battery Il. OF the men
from Y. NJ. l.. Yale and Harvard;
battery G. of men from Cornell.
Harvard and V. NJ l.
The infantry students Will he or