Show SEEK BEST ME t TO LEAD ARMY to carry out an extensive plan ut of selecting applicants for the second reserve officers training camp a state committee and many subcommittees have been appointed by the military training camps association of the united states these committees work in conjunction with capt L it II hall ball in charge of the local tion in an effort to obtain only the most intelligent and competent men nion in the state for training in the camp according to the plan outlined an applicant must first apply to captain ball for an application bland which after being properly filled out is sent to the subcommittee in the district in which the ap applicant resides this applicants cants record in his own district is then investigated and filed with the state committee the latter committee passes on the applicant and sends its recommendations to captain dall ball who after seeing every man personally makes the final selection all persons contemplating entering the camp must see captain ball or write for an application blank before july fully 1000 applications are expected to be made while it is estimated that perhaps win be reported satisfactorily to the state committee by the subcommittees about are expected to be turned over to captain ball who will make a final selection ot of sixty eight quota the plan of 0 obtaining the candidates for officers is carried out in every city of the united states with a population of 2500 or over J C cutler chairman S A whitney john pingree and dewitt knox compose the state central committee they selected john A groesbeck as secretary the committee to handle the work in this city is composed of john D peters J E halverson and IV T davis th P corn ailtee yesterday and organized with mr peters as chairman and mr air davis as secretary i along with the instructions enumerated above the committee has a batch of circulars giving more mare detail of their work and one feature not included a la 13 the requirement that applicants mus must be 32 years of 0 age or else they are disqualified at the outset there is one exception to this rule however and that is made when an applicant under that age shows exceptional talents tor for the work designated the committee is now to receive the applications of all those who desire to become officers and take tak e va aae e special training to be given to perfect them in that activity |