Milford chronicle., 1925-03-20
CITIZENS MILITARY
TRAINING CAMPS

/ the War Department in Kent county
Delaware, as chairman of the com
mittee in charge of the 1925 enroll
ment campaign for the Citizens Mil
itary Training Camps.
AS Prof. Schantz is also chairman
of the Military Training Camps As
sociation committee, the effect o.
General Summerall's action is tt
place him in complete charge of all
activities on behalf of the summer
} camps throughout the county.
At the same time General Sum-
neral notified Prof. Schantz that
the War Department has plans under
way for a system of quotas to allOt
vacancies to each county m proper
tion to the number of it's residents
thus enabling young men from all
sections to attend the training. Prof.
Schantz said that under the new
plan every young man in Kent coun-
ty who can meet the requirements of
the camps will be given an opportu-
nifty to enroll.
With more boys expected to apply
than can be accommodated at the
camp this year, only those who en-
roll early can be assured of being
finally accepted and ordered out for
the encampment. The first to obtain
complete enrolment are to be given
preference. Complete enrolment, as
explained by Prof. Schantz, includes
the proper filling out of application
blank, statement as to candidates
character signed by a reputable citi-
zen, physical examination, and inno-
culation.
Here are the official rules for en-
tering:
Age limits, II to "a years.
You must pass physical exami-
nation.
Your general intelligence and NOR
al character must be certified to by
your teacher, clergyman, or other
responsible citizen.
Camps open July and rim
throughout the summer.
All expenses, including food, uni
forms, and railroad fare to camp and
return, are paid by the Government.
There is no obligation for future
service in the Army, National Guard.
or Reserves if you begin this train
ing.
Doctors in practically every town
have volunteered to examine appIi-
cants without charge, and Army.
Navy, and Marine recruiting stations
everywhere have put their facilities
at the disposal of the C. M. T. c. !
committee. 1t is also planned that
many prominent citizens of Kent |
county who hold commissions in the
Organized Reserves will be put on a
limited duty status to assist young
men Of the county who wish to en-
roll.
Instruction, as in former years,
will be grouped in four classes, cor
responding to the four summers COW
cred by the complete C. M. T. C.
course. Students entering for the
first time will be sent to Plattsburg.
famous the world over as man-build-
ing center. There only the elemen-
tary steps of soldiery will be taught.
most of the thirty days time being
devoted to athletics, citizenship stu
dies, marching, and camping.
Five other camps which Kent
county young men are eligible to at
tend will be conducted this year.
These are the advanced camps.
where graduates of Plattsburg con-
tlnue their studies in the c. M. T. c.
Here the student may select
some particular branch of the ser
vice in which he wishes to qualify as
I first-class fighting man.
If the Cavalry attracts, there's a ,
course in horesmanship at Fort Eth t
IN Allen, Va. Then at Madison Bar c
'acks, N. Y, field artillery will be
aught; at Fort Hancock, N. j., c
coast artillery; at Fort Du Pont, L
Del, Army engineering, and Camp g
7ail, N. j., signal corps work. t
How a day at camp is passed is fl
Explained by War Department cir i;
ular: a
First call at 6:3O a. m. Setting-up g
xercises for Is minutes. Breakfast. b
O'Clock. Then at 1880 begins a
0ur-hour period, taken up with y
hysical and close-order drill. Ii
The afternoon, from 1 to 4 D. m. p
variously spent with supervised -,
thletic instruction, such as SWIM u
ling, boxing, and wrestling; organ N
ed athletics, such as baseball. and u
'ack and field games, and recrea- o. o.
onal sports, such as tennis, hand 81
all, and practice of football SQUADS. o.
Social diversions begin after the Us
7ening meal. Wholesome and ele- sc
ating recreatiOns play an important nj
lie in the aim of the C. M. T. c. Ac- CT
'rdlng to the War Department, is
ey really supply one of the most D.
lluable educational and instruc- fir
Onal features of the whole pro- ly
am. ga
mot all play" is warning note be
unded by the circular. There is co
Ork to be done," it says. Drills, hi
arches, field maneuvers, organized ch
hletics, schools, and lectures will I'll
given. We do not promise the re
ung man a vacation-for that i'm III
les idleness. ga
But in the give and take of camp m pe
e everyone fares alike. All have W. W.
g same duties to perform. The IMa, An
es1dent's son and the farmers boy, ai,
e Governors son and the clerks f aJ
y, the millionaire's boy and the
'rking widows son each shares
work and play. Standing should
to shoulder they form ties of mu-
II comradeshiD which last through ,