Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
Citizens Military Training Camps
BY FREDERIC J. HASKTN.

Of the military service. At 36 camps
there will be Infantry courses. Field
Artillery instruction will be given at IL
camps, Cavalry courses at nine, Coast
Artillery at six and Signal Corps in
struction at four.
This diversity of instruction means
that, while the number OF applications
in total is already large, there remains
plenty of openings in all branches OF
instruction. because many Of the appli-
oants cannot find places in the line OF
instruction whcih they desire. The big
gun work of the Coast Artillery, for eX-
ample, is only available at Fort Adams.
r. l.; Fort Hancock, N. j.; Fort Mon
roe, Va; Fort BarrancaS. Fla. and
Forts Scott and Macarthur, Calf.
Many men who would like this work
which is valuable as mathematical and
engineering training entirely aside from
gunnery, cannot afford to travel TO the
camps where it is available.
Cavalry instruction will be available
in every corps area except the second.
and Cavalry trainees from that area
will be accepted in limited number In
camps in the 1st and Sd Areas. at
Fort Ethan Allen, VT, and Fort Myer,
Va. Other centers for Cavalry training
win be Fort Oglethorpe, Ga; Camp
Knox. KY; Fort Sheridan. H.: Fort
Des Moines, Iowa; Fort Bliss. Tex, and
the Preside of Monterey. Calf.
Signal Corps courses will be held at
Fort Monmouth, N. j.: Fort Benjamin
Harrison. Ind, and Forts Bliss and
Sam Houston, Tex.
Where to Make Application.
Enrolment for the Summer training
camps are made through the nine
corps headquarters of the Army, which
are located as follows:
First Corps, New England, Army
Base, Boston, Mass; I'd Corps,
New York, New Jersey and Delaware
Governors Island, N. Y; Sd Corps.
Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of
Columbia and Virginia. 31l st. Paul
street, Baltimore, Md; 4th Corps,
North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida. Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
Atlanta, Ca; Sth Corps, Indiana,
Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky,
Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio: eth
Corps. Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin
1919 West Pershing road. Chicago, III:
7th Corps, North and South Dakota,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Missouri and Arkansas, Army Build
ing, Omaha, Nebr.; 9Th Corps.
Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico
ana Arizona, FOrG sam Houston. Tex,
9th Corps, Washington. Oregon, Idaho.
Montana. Wyoming. Utah. Nevada and
California. the Presidio. San Francisco.
Some Of the C. NJ. T. C.'s this year
will be held in conjunction with
Reserve Of1icers' Training Camps, or
|, with National Guard Training Camps.
or both. Regular and Reserve Oficers
for the instruction work are being
designated. and at many Of the camps
and forts the trainees will have op-
portunity to see Regular Army units
functioning.
Aviation instruction for Reserve pi-
lots Is given at specially designated
centers and there continues to be q
growing list of applicants for this, as
| for regular cadet flying training, both
military and naval.
Aside from the fun OF camp life and
the general BENEFITS derived from the
free Government camps, military ex-
pertS calculate that the free tnstruc-
ton courses at the c. M. T. C.'s would
cost about $3.50 per man for tuition
at private military schools. It does
not cost the Army that much directly
FOR instruction, although the whole
cost Of the c. M. T. c. program is con-
siderable, and Congress has necessarily
| kept limit on the number Of men who
may be trained annually. The De-
partment of War authorities who are In
terested in the growth of these camps
are in hope that the increasing volume
of applications will tend to persuade
Congress to allow more and larger
can1Ds in future wears