Smyrna times., 1925-03-25
PROF. SCHANTz NAMED KENT
COUNTY HEAD TRAINING CAMP
is REPRESENTATIVE OF U. S.
GOVERNMENT G ON ENROLMENT
Citizens Military Training Camps are
Better Than Ever This Year and
Appeals are Made to Young Men


General Charles p. Summerall to rep
resent the War Department in Kent
county as chairman of the committee
in charge of the 1925 enrolment
campaign for the Citizens Military
Training Camps, in orders Aissued at
Army headquarters on Governors Isl
and.
AS Prof. Schantz is also chairman
of the Military Training Camps As
sociation committee, the effect of Cen |
eral SummeralPs action is to place |
him in complete charge of all activi-
ties on behalf of the summer camps |
throughout the county.
At the same time General Summer
all notified Prof. Schantz that the
War Department has plans under way
for a system of quotas to allOt vacan-
cies to each county in proportion to
the number of its residents, thus en-
abling young men from all sections
to attend the training. Prof. Schantz
said that under the new plan every
young man in Kent county who can
meet the requirements of the camps
will be given an opportunity to en-
roll.
With more boys expected to apply
that 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 filing out of application
blank, statement as to candidates
character signed by a reputable citi-
zen, physical examination, and innOc-
ulation.
Here are the official rules for en-
tering:
Age limits, II to "a years.
You must pass a physical eXamina
ton.
Your general intelligence and moral
character must be certified to by your
teacher, clergyman, or other respon-
sible citizen.
Camps open July l and run thru
out 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 appli-
cants without charge, and Army, Navy
and Marine recruiting stations every
where have put their facilities at the
disposal of the c. NJ. T. c. committee
1t is also planned that many promin-
ent citizens of Kent county who hOlC
commissions in the Organized Re
serves will be put on a limited duty
status to assist young men Of the
county who wish TO enroll.
Instruction, as in former years, will
be grouped in four classes, cores
ponding to the four summers covered
by the complete c. NJ. I. c. course
Students entering for the first tim
will be sent to Plattsburg, famou
the world over as man-building cen
, ter. There only the elementary step
, of sOldiery will be taught, most o
> the thirty days time being devoted t.
athletics, citizenship studies, march
!, ing, and camping.
. Five other camps which Kent cOun
. ty young men are eligible to atten,
will be conducted this year. Thes
: are the advanced camps, where grad
+ yates of Plattsburg continue thei
/ studies in the C. NJ. T. c. course
Y Here the student may select som
e particular branch of the service i
r which he wishes to qualify as a first
class fighting man.
If the Cavalry attracts, there's
course in horsemanship at Fort Etha
Of Allen, VT. Then at Madison Bal
s racks, N. Y, field artillery will b
rl taught; at Fort Hancock, N. j., coas
artillery; at Fort DUPONT, Del, Arm
2 engineering, and Camp Vail, N. J
" signal corps work.
How a day at camp is passed is e2
lii planned by a War Department circl
lar:
q First call at $50 a. m. Setting-u
exercises for Is minutes. Breakfas
~ Z o'clock. Then at 7.3O begins a fou
hour period, taken up with physics
and close-order drill.
~ The afternoon, from 1 to p. n
is variously spent with supervise
athletic instruction, such as swimmin
boxing, and wrestling; organized att
letics, such as baseball, and track ar
field games, and recreatiOnal sport
such as tennis, handball, and praetiC
of football squads.
Social diversions begin after Il
evening meal. Wholesome and ell
waiting recreations play an importal
role in the aim of the C. NJ. T.
According to the War Department
| theV really supply one of the mo