Show IB OY MILITARY A emeral wood tells plan to train nations youths former army head indorses endorses Indor ses student instruction camp university of illinois men enroll for army school michigan also washington maj gen leonard wood ex filet of staff of the army has sent bent out to school superintendents all over the country a letter andors ing the student military instruction camps to be held during the coming summer referring to the fact that these camps have the hearty in dor of president wilson and former president taft as well as leading educators gen wood says bays knowing the benefit of a certain j amount of 0 military training to a nation nadon and that in the united states uch such training cin can be obtained only hy by voluntary effort and that the great majority of young men are unable to afford this training as given in the various military schools and colleges J general leonard wood the secretary of war has decided to establish four students military instruction st camps the coming summer alch which students blu dents eighteen years of age or over members of the graduating classes at high schools through throughout oui the country are eligible to attend this at tile the minimum cost for food clothing and transportation these camps are of great value got cot only to the student froni from a physical and educational standpoint but to the nation in that it spreads among its citizens a considerable amount of sound military information and increases by jus just that much the number of 0 partially trained men inen who would be available and greatly needed in time of emergency knowledge of these camps their organization purpose and the instruction given is either not generally known or thoroughly understood and such a knowledge to Is vital to success 1 I am therefore writing to bring this matter to your attention and to ask you in your capacity of being in charge of the high schools of your city if you will not bring the same to the attention of such students of the graduating classes who are eighteen years of age or over and who are otherwise eligible to attend the camps will be held at asheville N C Q burlington vt and ludington mich from july 6 to aug 7 and at monterey cal from june 26 to july 31 the university of illinois with 15 students enrolled for the camp at ludington leads all other institutions |