Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1923-03-29
CITIZENS MILITARY TRAINING
CAM AGAIN TO BE HELD
THIS SUMMER AT Ft.ET
DOUGLAS. CTtH

:. Salt Lake city, Utah Mar De-
$ partment plans for next summers
; Citiz en- S Military Training Camps are
+. now tak.ng definite shape. Informa-
' ton has been receive that the camps
viii be held throughout the country
th, same as last year excepting funds
available will limit the number of
lstudents that can be accommodated.
Eight hundred students will be al
lowed for the Camp at Fort Douglass
which draws its personnel from Mon
tana, Idaho. Wyoming, Utah and
Nevada. The success of last years
camp assures that the required num-
| Der of candidates will be readily OBJ
tanned in this area. Therefore it be-
hooves any young man who wishes to
attend TO make application at an
early date.
This year the camp will be held
July 26th to August gath. All stu,
dents will be under canvts instead
of as last year only part, for camp
site has been selected at the south end
of the reservation near the target
range, and a water system, shower
baths, ETC., will be installed as soon
as the frost is out of the ground.
The age limit this year has been
changed for new candidates so that
the maximum age for admission is
twenty-four years instead of twenty
seven as last year. The minimum age
limit still remains seventeen years. !
However, this limitation does not ap-
ply to students who attended the
1921 or 1922 camps. Accepted car
didates are required to be physically
fit, possessed of average Intelligence.
be able to read and write English, and
be of good moral character Every
candidate must be vaccinated against
smallpox and typhoid fever, unless
he has already been immunized or
has had these diseases. Medical Of
ficers of the Army, Navy and Public
Health Service. rs well as many Med
ical Officers of the Organized Re
serves will immunize such candidates
as live in their vicinity free OF charge
against smallpox and typhoid fever
Basically the objects of these camps
are to bring together young men of
all types, both native and foreign
born; to develop closer national and ,
social unity; to teach the privileges.
duties and responsibilities of Ameri-
can citizenship; to stimulate the In !
Lerest of the youth of his country In !.
The importance of military, training !,
rs benefit to the individual taking !
such training and as an asset vital in :
The problem of national defense.
TO show the public by actual ex-
ample that camp construction Of the :,
kind contemplated will be to. the Liz.
ing of their sons; will develop them :,
physically, mentally and morally; will =
teach Americanism in it's true sense.
mus stimulating patriotism and self /,
discipline, resulting in greater ma :
tlonal strength, both civil and mill
rary
Also this training will better sua1t- =
" young men for effective service as !,
american citizens through courses ;, =
IN physical development, citizenship :,
and elementary military training.
DescriptFe folders have been pre-
pared, giXlks) in detail thel reoafr-i '
mentS Tor candidates, and their duties /
1T these camps. These are being dis
trlbuted to the same agencies as last
year, i. e., Chambers of Commerce, !
American Legion Posts, Army Posts, =
Army Officers, ETC., Throughout the I,
area. Should any young man desir- =
ing to apply for this course not be- a
able to obtain one of these folders in
any Their way he should write to the :,
Ch1ef of Staff, 104th Division. U S =
Army, Dooly Block, Salt Lake CITY .
Utah, Il