The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-06-13
BOYS
TO MILITARY
TRAINING CAMP
Homer Raycraft, Will Gibson,
Harley Harris and Walter
Cook of this County Left
Tuesday for Utah

Bent upon receiving the benefits to
be derived through attendance at the
Citizens Military Training camp of
the 104th division at Fort Douglas,
Utah, this month and the forepart of
next, ia young men from Nevada,
five of them from Douglas county
left Tuesday for Salt Lake City.
Nevada will have its own company
of young men at the camp this year
for the first time as the result of
the increase in the quota from this
state from 33 to more than 100. This
quota is out of all proportion to the
population of Nevada and the in
crease comes only as result of the
work of Captain Philip Overstreet,
who heads the study of military
science at the Reno high school.
Captain Overstreet will have
charge of the Nevada company this
summer, says the Reno Journal.
Nevada was the first state in the
union to secure its full allotment of
the training camp and so enthusias-
tic was the response to the campaign
of Captain Oyerstreet to induce
young men to attend the camp that
the war department raised the quota
three times to care for the number
of youths who wished to CO..
A recent letter from Colonel T.
NJ. Anderson, chief of staff, who will
be in command at the camp, says
"This inspiring response to the call
of the government for young men to
attend the summer training camp is
striking evidence of the patriotic
spirit of Nevadans."
The nature and purposes of the
training camps are set forth in a
letter sent out to high school prin-
ciples of Nevada by w. ]. Hunting,
state superintendent Of schools. The
letter follows:
"The citizens military training
camps conducted by the government
are primary schools in citizenship.
They are under the charge of the
war department, since that is the
only branch of our government,
which has the personnel sufficient to
give the various types of training
offered in them. The camps are ad-
by carefully selected Of
ficers of the regular army, the ma
tional guard and the reserve corps
according to a standard of discipline
which is appropriate to voluntary
civilian training and which promotes
. Of
and respect for law and
ordder. No military obligation at
taches to enrolment for three sue
cessive summers in these camps and
the daily schedule, while providing
for military drill and instruction in
the morning hours, is given over In
great measure to citizenship train
ing through lectures, discussions and
reading and the physical training
through a variety of outdoor games
and sports under expert supervision.
1.-THE government pays all neces-
sary expenses, including transporta-
ton; for the 80 days of training and
young men, between the ages Of IL
and "a are eligible for admission.
The religious welfare of the camps
is in the charge of devoted chaplains
of different faiths and the social life
is under the direction of experienced
army hostesses. Wholesome recre-
alton is provided for the evening
hours in the form of lectures, con-
certs, amateur dramatics and NOV
ing pictures. Army surgeons and a
small well equipped hospital guaran-
tee proper care in case of illness.
The young men are comfortably
quartered in large, well-foored army
tents and are nourished by varied
diet, with the best meat, vegetable
and fruits, prepared by we'll trained
under the ddirection of experienced
mess officers.
Walter Cook of Genoa, Harley
Harris and Hommer kaycraft of
Gardnerville, and William Gibson
of Minden, will represent Douglas
county at the training camp, these
young men having left Tuesday even-
ing for Utah.