The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
.STATEBLOWEST
IN APPLICATIONS
FOR ARMY CAMP
Fourth Citizens Military
Training Camp To Open
In July, Says Norman
HOPES TO PLACE
ALABAMA IN LEAD
Plans Being Completed To
Make Biggest Encamp-
ment In Years

ment In Years
ALAMEDA is at the bottom now in
point of numbers of applications receiv-
ed for the summer Citizens Military
Training camp" Colonel T. r. Moor
man said Saturday, "but before the
camp opens in July we expect to stand
at or near the head of the class in
the fourth corps area. Those who at
tended the camp last year know what
benefits they derived from the camp
and we have something still better to
offer the young men this year."
The training camp this year will be
the fourth of its kind to be modified
under the provisions of the national de-
Tense act Of 1920. Each year, Colonel
Norman said, the camps are growing
better. Many faults cropping out in
the earlier camps have been eliminated.
More attention is being given the So
cial and athletic phase of the training
camp season.
Weekly Holidays
Twice each week the student soldiers
are to be given a half holiday. These
afternoons usually will be devoted to
athletic contests, baseball games and
aquatic sports. Swimming facilities at
the three camps, Mcclellan in Alabama,
Bragg in North Carolina and Ft. Bar
rancas in Florida, are excellent. A GER
tain part Of each day will be devoted
to mass athletics and the evenings will
be given over to social activities.
Special attention is to be given the
athletic side of the camp. The best
talent in the army will be assigned
for duty at the training camps. These
officers, former college stars on the dia-
mond, gridiron or cinder path, will be
utilized as coaches and athletic direc-
tors when not engaged in imparting
knowledge of military science to the
tyros. Under their supervision, track
teams, inter-company baseball teams, and
other athletic activities will be organ
lied.
To complete the Citizens Military
Training camp and obtain a commits
sion as a second lieutenant in the or
ganized reserves, a young aspirant is
required to attend four courses. The
basic red is the first year, and en-
braces instruction in elementary mill
tary training. All first-year men from
Alabama will be required to take their
training at Camp Mcclellan. Those
who select either infantry, cavalry OIL
auxiliary branches also will train there
Excellent Cuisine
Alabamians who have attended pre-
vious camps who select the coast ar
Barrancas, Fla, Applicants for the
fiel dartillery will go to Camp Bragg.
Additional allowance is provided fol
subsistence and special attention il
given to the diet. The kitchens will
be manned by only competent men from
the regular establishment and the
menus prepared and supervised by q
trained officer.
young men applying for the train.
ing camp do not obligate themselves in
any way further than to be subservient
to the discipline while in the camp
says Colonel Norman, except those
taking the blue or final course. They
are required to take their oath before
being awarded their commission. The
purpose of the camp is to bring to.
gether young men of high type from
all sections of the country ON a common
basis of equality and under the most
favorable conditions of outdoor life; to
stimulate and promote citizenship, pa
triotism and Amercanism; and through
expert physical direction, athletic
coaching and military training, to bene-
fit the young men individually and
bring them to a greater realization of
their obligations to their country"
1.-THE department this year expects to
keep sectional groups intact as far as
possible. Acting on this plan we ex-
pect to send an entire company from
Birmingham. A special coach will be
provided for them and they will re-
main together during the camp" he
said.
Requirements
The requirements Of an applicant are
that he must be of sound moral char
acter, be physically fit and possess a
fair education. He must be between
physical defects that can be corrected
by proper food and exercise will be
taken under consideration by the ex-
amining officer and special provisions
are made for the supervision of this
class of students. Previous experience
has shown that these cases where placed
uHuCE tHS care VI competent OlLlCcFs
yield readily and within 30 days Is
per cent qualify physically.
Colonel Moorman states that he will
be glad to furnish information and ap-
plicatiOn blanks to interested young
men or they may write to the c. NJ
7. G. officer, Red Rock Building, At
lanta, Ga. The camp will open this
year one month earlier and in order
to obtain the quota from this state the
campaign is going forward with inten.
sified effort. The change this year was
made in order not to interfere with
other training units that are required
to train in the same centers. The camp
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