Evening star., 1927-03-20

Wanted: Five hundred ed-blooded
youths from the Washington district
to enroll in Citizens Military Train
ing Camps this Summer for a month 8
training in soldering, athletics and
good citizenship.
With the announcement yesterday
that Camp Eustis, Va, will open It's
gates July to August for begin
ners or first-year men with no pre-
vious military training, washington
headquarters of the Organized Re-
serves is planning to conduct an ac-
tive campaign to exceed the quota
allotted to the District of Columbia
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
counties.
Aside from Fort Eustis, which pro
vides basic and infantry courses for
youths from Maryland. Virginia and
the District of Columbia, four other
training centers will open the same
time for men who have earned ad-
mission to what are described as the
Red, White and Blue courses for
more advanced training. These are
Fort Hoyle, Md, for Field Artillery;
Fort Monroe, Va, Coast Artillery;
Fort Myer, Va, Cavalry, and Fort
Humphreys, Va. Engineers.
Those desiring to take training in
the Signal Corps will attend sixth
camp at Fort Monmouth, n. j., which
opens from August 5 to September 3.
1900 Men Total.
A total of 4,sOO men is to be ad-
mitted to the various camps in the
Sd Corps Area, and while the allot-
ment for the Washington district, in
Guiding nearby counties outside the
Net, 80 90 ~ IIcs
307 men, Col. Andrew Moses, senior
executive officer of the Washington
headquarters, has fixed an enrolment
of 500 as his objective. This is in the
expectation that some of the other
districts in the Sd Corps Area will fall
short of their full quotas and va
cancies may be filled from those on
the waiting list.
Washington's drive for membership
in the Citizens Military Training
Camps will be conducted through a
representative citizens committee.
Vice President Charles G.. Dawes is
honorary chairman of the District
committee and has as his executive
assistant, Capt. Charles Demonet, a
reserve officer who has taken much
interest in the Summer camps. Maj.
r. p. Lemly of Washington head
quarters VIII CO-OpcIdIS Win tAAS
citizens committee and information
about the camps may be obtained by
applicants from the headquarters In
the Graham Building, Fourteenth and
e streets, whenever desired.
VIII Conduct Drive.
The citizens committee will cam
vass the homes and schools of the city
thoroughly this Spring, in an en-
deavor to bring before the public the
physical and educational values or
the training camps. Washington will
be plastered with posters describing
life in the camps and 1t is planned
to make frequent use OF motion pic
lures to arouse interest in the train
ing courses. Individual members OF
the committee will be in charge or
these various activities of the cam
paign and employers, for instance,
will be urged to arrange vacation
periods so as to release young en-
ployed men during the month of the
encampments
The members of the District com
mittee and their various duties, as
announced yesterday, are as follows:
Public speakers, Walter c. Clephane;
high schools, Col. Wallace M. Craigfe;
trade bodies, Isaac Cans; patriotic
organizations, Mrs. Eli A. 1elmlck'
press publicity, G. HI. Hites; Masonic
bodies, Sterling Kerr; veterans or
ganizations, r. e. B. McKenney;
motion picture publicity, G. U. Pay
cite, jr. advertising. John E. Shoo-
maker; medical profession, DR.. Charles
s, White; knights of Columbus, c. F.
OConnell; personal assistants to Capt.
Demonet, r. P. Parrott and Z. p. Van
HiSe.
County Chairmen Arranged.
Each county outside the District, in
Maryland and Virginia, also will have
a county chairman, to whom ap-
plicants should apply. These are as
follows: Prince Georges County, Md,
First Lieut. Kent r. Mullikin, Laurel,
Md; Charles County. Md, Joseph A.
Wilmer, La Plata, Md st. Mary's
County, Md, Elliott Z. Hunt, Leonard
town, Md; Montgomery County, Md,
Lieut.. Col. William F. Fischer, liz
New York avenue, Washington;
Arlington County, Va, Second Lieut..
William NJ. Glasgow, Alexandria. Va;
Fairfax County, Va, Capt. Guy N.
Church, East Falls Church: Loudoun
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