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Show 1 " f! ; Our New Army Reserve I I j By Frederic J. Haskia. I t WAPHIX.TrOX, Jure 1C The firrt A:iiertfau citizen iesi-rve o'.neers, elu-c:ited elu-c:ited in tin' reserv e ni fil ers' I'.'.T.nins corps, will be co:ninissiu!!L J this summer. sum-mer. This event will mark the beslnnin? of a rltizoii armv for t ii eoiuitr..-, wiiich will make a iaiie ianUisie army unnecessary, ar.d wi'.l aiv, make it laiposslble for nn emergency aunin to find the UiriteJ States Rithout an :i.Jc.)uate supply cf men wu.i military training. Tiiore are now nearly a h'jmlroil tnoti-sar.d tnoti-sar.d vmm; men in the K. O. T. C. units at Lva.lum- colleses ami universities. At six of thy priiu'ipni camor.mvtHS some of them will gather this summer for a eourse of six w.-cks' Intensive military traiiiin. Willi spevial attention to marksmanship. marks-manship. This reserve officers tralnine corps so, ms to be onnfus.-.l in the minds ot most persons with varices temporary war organizations. As a matter of fact, it is a permanent system for the trainin? of American citizens ns army officers m order to form a reserve that can be ealied out in emer ei:ev. It was created by the national defense act of UH. lnirms the war it was temporarily supersedei by t.ie reserve officers' training camps, waieh were designed to produce trained officers in a short time. Now that the emergency is past, the war department Is returninK to the R. O. T. '., as one of its most important peacetime projects. The committee on education Rrfd special tralnir.u of the Reneral staff is charged with the conduct of tiie U. O. T. C. 1 he work r.f this committee is already be-cinnimr be-cinnimr to show results, as the reports from the various K. O. T. C. units tiir.niiliout the country at the t cinnlns of tiie pres-nt month sliowed a total enrollment en-rollment of ieh'ir'.") students in e.iuca-tional e.iuca-tional institutrons. as compared with :nl.-iiJ;l :nl.-iiJ;l students In lis institutions a year ao. This total is ox' ected to increas" rapidly, as a lares number of schools have filed applications for units, which have not yet been approved. The It. O. T. C. is designed to give voumr men who desire to become reserve officers a four vears' course of military trainin-,- in connection with their resular sch, ol "wort. It is a van of military trainintr which does not interfere witn the preparation of youns men for civil life. An ' Instif iitinn. to secure ft unit, must acrec to maintain not less than 100 physically physi-cally fit students of not less than H years of nee. , Tho P. O. T. C. is divided into senior and omior divisions. The senior units are established at Institutions which require a foar-vear course for a decree, and at a few essentially military schools. Junior vnito are maintained at secondary scncols and h!sh schools. The course of train-Init train-Init in senior units is divided into the basic ani advanced courses, each of two ears' deration, students isn up for the four years, and completion of the military CTirs'e is mado a nrere'iuisite to eradu-at'on eradu-at'on in their academic work, l-ai'ure of an institution to see that its students fu.-f fu.-f ,;i renditions agreed to on hecotn- irr members ot the 1!. O. T. C. would result re-sult m the withdrawal of the unit from tiie school. sin Sent who Ins successfully com-pb-tel the basic course and has been recommended rec-ommended f..r the advanced course, signs an a er. emeu t with t!'C cmcrtlOTtlt to ro-upeete the advanced course, and attend at-tend s-a-h summer trainlmr camps of ap-proxin ap-proxin ately six weeks' d.uration as the Senear.- cf war mav pres-ribe. In return re-turn for his services, "the student Is civen commutatmn of rations bv tiie eovern-ment. eovern-ment. all the year ri'.nd. with the exception excep-tion or the tii" he mieht be ca.le.l upon t spend in ciiir'i. when his food is lur-nshel lur-nshel him. At the prfs.-nt time commutation com-mutation ..f rati r.s amounts to about e - ent- a ilnv. Ti is j avuuent lias prov'ed heiifiil to vmtn? ir.en workins their way tlir-euh co'.le.e. Tiie stud' iit a'so acrees to ncpt a re-serxe re-serxe comiriss'on if he is found ouaiifiei at the en.! ,h f. ur ears. and serve as a res.-rve offKir for ten vears unless sooner discharged. .Te.ni.r units rstab'ished at secondary scliools and hbrh s-liools trive tiie stu-c.em stu-c.em a sour. 1 n iliiary training, although trad a.ites of biniur units d. not au'o-n au'o-n ati, allv he -oire reserve t;:'icers. The four vears' joe. or course is considered substantially t'e equivalent of the two '. e.iis' b,s: c. -ir-e in tie senior tinlis. so that a htud.-'it wl.o has had four years in t'e n. C. T. C. In ki--h s'hool can. if t.mi.d Ti.ilified. enfr the advance 1 course when he pvvs to eel'ev:o Tl'On he wcul i 1 o able to ulify for a coniml.-slon in two jiars. '11. Is s'-nirrep six T!. O. T. C camps o: six weeks" fieiitio'i v 'u be eld nt th." f"i-lowir.i: f"i-lowir.i: cant nuients: t'amn I'eans. Mis ; ,';i;n;i I.-'. a . i ("amp ..icliarv Tavlor. K , ; Camp K irsten, k' iti.; ramp Cus'er. Mi 'ii ; nn I 'ii,,i. I'al. Thi ramrs will be h-'d from Jure :l to August :. All expenses of the s'ndeets will be paid bv the cov erno'oet vh' e at ra'np. Sfile'.'S Ht'.-Uelim: tbe'Se eamis wlM eiv. n n:te---,;ve p-aeMcal military training ani will live llie bfe of soakers durinc t'io pel I d. Ail st' de.its who hav e S'Cned the e," tract tor tho advan el ourse at t' e various oo.b'us are reeuired to nt-'eed nt-'eed the camp tl .a vear, wiih tiie exception excep-tion ef tl.o-e who. duriiu: the war. were at r. nular training can'; -, where prac-Mcal'v' prac-Mcal'v' the s.,:ue iusl ruci ion was civ ell. Memhrrs of junior uniis under certain restrict re-strict i,ns an t. nee un.i quulifi,.it.oi.3 are permitted to atleud. T'irt roeiolb n of rife practice M en-coiira,;" en-coiira,;" I in every possible way in the It. lb T. r. This ,ar. the rules of the 1 a'innll rillo mate' .-s. whicii are to be li.l! on the riavy rltle ranee at ('Hldvve l. N. .T., prov ide fer the i artielpa i Ion of one team from i.e h , f the K. O T. t. t-am-liur (Minis. These tei"is will be se'e ted bv cor ipet 1 1 loc . arid tiie students fortunate fortu-nate enoimh to secure p'aces on the 1ea:us wll; bo Ivpii a trlji to the rifle c'asi!,. ef the vear at rovernment ex-pen",'. ex-pen",'. It ! be'ie ed ti nt this event will ur, atly stimulate Interest in small arms' fiilnc nnn'iir the sluietit soidiers. The value of u a rk s a"i nsh ip was n ore than ever pioved In ths war. and triin'nvr of tills ciisia Uer la con-hfieied ef I nest i m H hie value All stud ants are t luT'i' ; chl y tiainrd in j-auee praciiee at the suminr c.a'n-'S. In ad.lltbm to she-'tlavr practice which they m-t at th.e'r tesle-dive schools. I'r. 'he preheat plans, the K. O. T. r. o'feis tl,e stu lent traliil-,; In all tirms and branches of the military service. Te-hnhtii institutions are showing .1 keen desiie to reeure units of tUe teciinbui! servi.e,. such a slcual i',':ia, motor, trail-port, ccast urtilierv', ordnance alai enctneers. I l-'or purposes of ndmlnistrntion nodi control the ceuntrv Is divided into twelve' H. I T. l dislrlels. In each dial: lot there Is nn tie ue, -tor. w ith n.--estaris in1 direct dvii.',, of t'l,. mill. In Ib.v . o I, c rind a. hooi... poll-let head. iuai tors me 'oe.itcd at tho follovvlnr ,..-: llosten New Vo-k. I'hi'acb'iph'a, 1H!...Th. N.'sh-Vllh'. N.'sh-Vllh'. tMllirlais. I .'il..; I'hic.u;,., Mill'io. an-lls. Kane,., ,'!,-, m. ; Austin. San rmiiij',',1 and SeoUane. The i; ii. T. ,'. is provlns; very popular popu-lar Willi 111 ;h sch ol sl'idenls. lu eerlaln iir-e eiliea. the huih schoois I'.'Psoildil I to lortn inalor nuns. (cnr ,.xa mple. th.e he-h schools of ,'liieauo maipiai'i a iuulor milt, lie slrcmilll ot which Is 1 '.'',;. 'p0 this null an. ,, fleers have I n as- sh'lied, and Ihe sll'dellls tile ma 11 1 1 c U 1 1. v.-KleMt v.-KleMt Inlerest In Die tralnlm; llfier ellles vvbbll have e-l a b! I s be, . uniis Include I , Holt, (.'bo e'an !. Mein-l'1:!'. Mein-l'1:!'. lea Anr.eles, San b'lanciaco. Salt Inl.o i'iy. (i;,l,ui, Miiuicapohs and Indianapolis. |
