Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-07
CITIZEN SOLDIERS
START CAMP LIFE
More Than $50 "Processed"
at Fort Eustis-Training
Planned Monday.

Special Dispatch 10 The star
FORT EUSTIS, Va. July Motor
buses. trains and private automobiles,
all laden with human freight. poured
into this post yesterday. bringing here
upward of $500 boys from Virginia.
MARYLAND. Pennsylvania and the Dis
trict of Columbia who will spend the
next 30 days learning the secrets OF
military life in the citizens military
training camp. The camp period
opened officially today and win con-
tinue until August 4.
The young men. ranging In age from
II to upward of IS. began arriving in
the early dawn. when several score OF
them debarked at Yorktown from the
Baltimore steamer, TO be checked In and
loaded aboard chartered .abuSSes for
transportation to camp.
Early Camp Routine.
From the baggage tent the new ar
rivals went 10 the refreshment booth
operated by the camp hostess, assisted
by members of the Girl Scouts. Here
they were served hot coffee, lemonade
and hot dogs" and after brief
interval were conducted to the big
warehouse and issued barracks bags.
Once inside, they were conducted
through the irmprovised physical labora-
tories. where medical and dental off,
| GERS were stationed to make physical
examinations Those candidates who
/ were found physically fN were dis
| patched to the quartermaster depart
ment in the same building, where they
checked in their civilian clothing and
were issued uniforms and equipment
| Those who failed TO pass the physical
examination were taken Immediately
| TO the finance Office. where they drew
| travel pay TO and from the camp. later
| being placed on trucks and sent TO the
| railroad station to begin their journey
| back home.
From the quartermaster storehouse
! the candidates passed into the fitting
| tent where officers from each of the
| companies were in attendance TO super
| wise the fitting of clothing.
After the fitting. the men went from
| that phase into the chaplains tent,
where the camp chaplain catalogued
| them according to UNCONVENTIONAL affil-
iations questioned them regarding thet
| education and explained to them de-
tails Of the religious work of the camp.
where their particular denomination s
chaplain might be found. ano presented
to each handbook of the camp.
The next phase of the processing was
in the finance office. where the men
| were paid mileage To camp thence
through the annual booth. where they
were permitted tn subscribe TO the
camp annual If they cared TO do so
and then loaded aboard trucks for
transport TO the barracks of the COM
panies TO which they were assigned
Once at the barracks, they were taken
in charge by company officers who pro-
ceeded at once to perfect the organiza-
ton OF the companies into platoon
section and squad divisions
Training Planned Monday.
/ Al noen approximately $50 men had
| been proccssed these coming from all
| sections represented at the camp. 10
| George Z. Fox ri Stanton. Va. went
the honor Of being the first in line at
the receiving tent. while Henry d
Green. III, Of 1860 Columbia road
Washington, p. c., who claimed the
honor Of having been the first TO com
plete the processing last year came
out second today because of "A hitch
somewhere along the lire. He was one
Of the first three or four to start
through early this morning
II Is expected that the processing OF
all candidates will be completed today
The organization Of the companies
probably will be completed Saturday. ~
that on Monday the regular program oi
training may get under way In earnest