Evening star., 1922-08-24
STUDENT SOLDIERS
TO END TRAINING
Reviews, Drills and Other
Contests Will Conclude
Work at Meade.
MEDALS FOR WINNERS
Star Praised by Secretary Weeks
for Part in Bringing Men to
Washington.

The 100 student soldiers OF the
citizens military training camp VINO
have been training at Camp Meaoe'
Nd, for the past three weeks Will
receive their last commands TO-DAY
and by O'Clock Saturday morning
all those who took the training course
will have left for their homes.
Today the camp is astir. Relatives
and friends Of the boys are lnsi.sa .,,a
guests to the final activities OF the
day At noon or l o'clock daylight
saving time. q luncheon was served
at the white House." as the camp
headquarters is known: shortly aIter
a horse show and track ana nelu
meet We're scheduled to be heid, az
the end of which Mayor William +.
Broening of Baltimore will present
the prizes to the successful contest
ants.
To Get Medals.
At the final review. to be held at
( o'clock Col. c. o. Ellis OF Balu-
more will present medals to the sue
cessful red and white" winneks Of
the camp These medals arc offered
by the National Citizens Military
'Training Camp Association TO tne
best all-around soldier in each unit
The reds" are the first-year men
and the whites second.
Five Washingtonians are included
among the winners:
Reds-Frank NJ Flint. Company A.
infantry. 40 Wooten avenue, Chevy
Chase. Md.
Alvin T. Basford. Company F. in
fantry. SIS Longfellow street north
west.
Kean McNally. Battery B. field ar
tillery. a5Ol Connecticut avenue north
west.
Whites-Bernard G. Quinn. Com
pany A. infantry. lst Battalion.
Paul j. Mitchell, Troop A. cavalry
squadron. zoos Columbia road.
The winners were adjudged byitheir
records established throughout the
training course in the unit to which
they were assigned.
Tomorrow the men will turn in
their government equipment, draw
ceive their civilian clothes. which
they surrendered three weeks ago
Secretary Weeks Thanks Star.
Secretary Weeks of the War De-
partment. in a letter received today.
expressed his appreciation to The Star
Tor making possible the review in
Washington Monday morning. His
letter, in part. follows:
Il wish to thank The Evening Star
Newspaper Company for the generous
donation which made possible the re-
view by the President of the citizens
military training organizations from
Camp Meade on Monday.
Such parade of young Americans,
whose summer training was volun-
tary and without pay, in the capital
of the United States in review before
our President at the base of the
Washington Monument and within
q Momnria1
spired the highest patriotism in those
fortunate enough to be present. and
carried significant message to all
Americans on the obligations Of a
citizen to his country.
While we hope, as the generations
before US hoped. that our citizens
may never be called upon to defend
our country on the field of battle, we
are resolved that future generations
shall profit by our experience. and
that America shall be prepared as
far as voluntary training will per-
nit. We do not wish the safety Of
our country jeopardized. her young
men unnecessarily sacrificed, nor her
economic life paralyzed by frantic
efforts of her citizens to prepare
after the cataclysm is upon them
War is horrible enough without max
ing it more horrible by omissions
on our part.
ASIDE from military considerations.
if l were certain that there never
was to be another war. that there
never would be any cali for men for
military purposes or police duty. 1
should still advocate that young men
be sent to military training camps
moral. educational and patriotic value
of the camps more than compensates
the nation for the effort and money
expended
The following letter from Maj. Gen.
c. j. Bailey. commandan of the Sd
Army Corps Area, was received by The
Star:
THE very creditable showing in
Washington yesterday by the mem
bers OF the citizens military training
camp from Camp Meade was made
possible by the public spirit and gen
erosity of The Evening Star.
THE appropriation for this and similar
camps were insufficient this year to per-
nit these camps to be filled to their
capacity. and to undertake many meas
ures which We hope to bring about in
the future and which will add to the
his potential value to the national de-
tense.
Enough has been done, however, to
demonstrate the value of this training
both to the government and the recipient
and we hope and believe that these
young men are returning to their homes
the better physically, mentally and
morally for their brief military training.
We cannot hope to make trained SOL
diers in any such limited time, but the
principles of discipline and the rud-
ments of the school of the solder have
been so absorbed by them that tie re-
view yesterday before the President
demonstrated the result Of intense train
ing when applied to young and iutelli-
gent men, eager to learn.
In providing the means to bring
the command TO Washington for this
review The Star did more than fur
nish an interesting and creditable mill
tary exhibition for the people who
Witnessed it. The widespread public
ity that will result from the presence
of President Harding. and his grace
full address to the young men, and the
made by the young SOL
diers in the National Capital by their
excellent work, will be Of the great
est help to the movement hereafter
and this / feel we owe to The Star"