Show TRAINING CAMP RAW I RECRUITS FAST 1 TO LEARN MILITARY TRAINING CAMP I Monterey Aug 2 Three Three weeks weeke of ot Int intensive In- In in- in t training In practical soldiering has hill developed developed a 3 regiment of ot ra ray v recruits recruits' re recruits re- re ma made q up from eve every y profession and walk in in hi life lite Into a body of ot men that has lias made the staff of regular il army army officers In charge of their Instruction instruction In- In here proud to command them them It Is Js the consensus consensus of opinion Among non the officers that the m men n have hava Accomplished in three thre weeks by hy means Of the Intensive methods employed what ordinarily requires nearly as many months In garrison training When the the- themen men arrived l in camp the majority of ot them had never before shouldered a gun Comparatively few had any conception of the school of j I IthE the soldier But the same impelling force that abandon- abandon led the men to voluntarily t their ordinary duties for tor a month mont has swept pt them along through the elementary elementary elementary ele ele- stages of their training with such rapidity a as to surprise officers with long military experience Well Drilled Men I In three weeks' weeks time they have been given the manual of arms the school of the soldier target practice problem of Df offense and defense bridge building defense construction demolition map reading and making and many other of study A comprehensive course of lectures has been given by bythe bythe i the officers In conjunction with the drills amis I From a raw bunch of rookies who formed ragged lines three weeks ago for their first drills they have now developed into a a well drilled regiment regiment regiment regi regi- ment that can go through a review with precision and snap One of the outstanding features of oft t the e camp Is the aviation corps recruited re recruited recruited re- re from the pick of the gamp camp amp This corps will form the nucleus of ot a I reser reserve aviation squadron in California Califor Califor- nia with one company having headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters In Berkeley n and tl another with headquarters In Pasadena Thero There are t tour four ur civilian flyers in the corps two army aviators and about students Three monoplanes monoplanes mono mono- planes and one biplane ar arc at the disposal disposal dis us I of the flyers Another machine Is being assembled In tho construction shop I Instructions in Flying Acting officers have been appointed from among the tho recruits and these are carrying on the flying instruction under under un un- deri der der the supervision of Capt Harold Geiger Gelger and H H. de R. R Muller both aviators in the coast artillery corps I George Wolff of San Francisco is sergeant sergeant ser- ser geant of ot the first company Ely Browning of Berkeley Is sergeant of ot the third crew and R R. T. T Cheatham of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Francisco Is c corporal of the same W W. Mayer of Berkeley is acting commander commander commander com com- mander of the second company W W. A A. Lamkey of San Francisco aviator G. G A A. A Steffan of San Francisco master and E E. P. P Howard of Piedmont acting first sergeant E E. K I Martin of Berkeley Is also so an acting I sergeant in this company and R. R C C. Puter of Berkeley is acting corporal I IThe The squadron is divided Into two companies companIes companies com com- each company comprising four crews Last Week to Be Hard I I The closing week of the encampment encampment encampment encamp encamp- ment promises to be one full of ac ac- ac- ac tion The feature however will be bethe bethe bethe the two-day two hike today and Thursday There will be an en engagement on the tho first day and at night camp will be made at Pebble Beach The return hike on Thursday will be over the I seventeen-mile seventeen drive I This morning the big target shooting II competition will be held on the Presidio Presidio Presidio Pre Pre- sidio range Ten men of each company company com corn pany making the highest In the I preliminary shoot of a week ago will participate A number of silver trophy trophy trophy tro tro- tro- tro phy cups and medals offered as prizes together with the general interest of of have haw made the me men mep in marksmanship this one of the most popular events of of the encampment i |