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Show pi Many Men To Join Hg ! ' ' . .7 '- 1 ':-:o &W$ For Training HPv''' ' Malt'to ever''lBfereatlBg numbertj Ha, wju received by the War depart-1 Hr;, Wt aar traialag for eem-l BfV .1 "l!"'" eetrally .located (per-, Hfp' ""t tralalat camps, according to BSlf, f- i laferaatlM received by CapUla HlM r ' ' Stephea. Abbot, U. 8. A., retired, B "" ' protestor of Military Seleaoa and ' I Tactiet at Ue UUh Agricultural Kg f L College. Caputs Abbot? who hat Kt i beta aeslgaated by Ue War departs H&y ' meat to metre ,tbe applications of $',- civlllaaa who desire to enter lucb BpD . camps, hat selected the following In- fafclf ?" atraetloas from the Information In aaaawAETs r m, hla hands, aa being of particular Bw ' v,ao to tho,e tntereted LaaaaaaVV lfe & K ,' Under authority of the Secretary fBj f- 'l' of War, Central Officers Training k S. ' Schools for the purpose of qualify- Laaaaaflw V' WVr r- '-'' Jng men for commissions In tho nr- BBaKi " '4 i? my of the. United States are estab- BBsaav 14. K ,' ' llshed as follows: For Infantry Hfi . Training; Camp Lee, "near Pleters- j HP burg, Va.; Camp Gordon, near At- J :'''r lanta, Ca.; Camp Pike, near Lit-' Hf t - tle Rock' Ark,; For Fr1d ArUUery HPiM ' '4 Training; Camp Taylor, near Louis- milmh- r ' . TlUe, Ky.; :Fer Msehtae aua'TrtAa- Vtf 3-' lag, Cam. Haaefek, 'Bear Augusta, bbbVI . . Oa. ' Hiu H Tb course et tralaiag at the la- H ; '"try aad Maeklaa Oaa aaaaale i 4 - lMta fKr . Taaa aeeheU 'are Hfil r HKB ta (a) aaUeUd asea of Regular Hlf ;r Amy,Natlaaal Amy aa4Natleal Hk ), Baard, exeept Ceaat. Artillery. Caraa, nl Wgaal Carat aad Laktr UaiU; (). Hi .; atTlllaaa.wlthla the' draft age, ia- M $ daeud lata the arnica far the if Ik'- Me of teadlat the )! (e) - . Halted Uamaer ef eiTilUas' vb- mh $ yoad the draft age aad aot ahaTe?4 BK tf( ' years'af age aaea the data of 'ea- H 15 traaee lata 'the traialag aehael. ; I QCAIJa?ICATK)KB FOR ADMK. K ; won .o ne gcnooriS ' y- " 'To be leUgtMe far admlHlea to a B;' eeatraltrahrtag aehaol, a aaadldata m '" . "aut be hetweea the agea of twaaty Wm y " yearaelght aioatas, aad forty years, Bj 'fo 'must be a cHltea of tho United WM SUtes and aofhare been bora la any Hilt " 'laaarr-aw-is n ' of tho countries with which the United Un-ited SUtes la at war or allies of such eouairlea. Eallatad mea must hare the moral, educatleaal aad fhysleal quallfleatloM required' of aa ofleer. CiTlllaas must be graduates of a high school or hare pursued an eq-ulralant eq-ulralant course of Instruction; must be of good moral character; and must hare the physical qualifications required for a commission In the Officers' Reserve Corps. Requlro-ents Requlro-ents for visual acuity for candidates are as follows: a minimum pt 20-70 in the left eye and 20-40 In the right eye without glasses, correctable cor-rectable to normal, by the use ot glasses, and normal color perception. For the Field Artillery candidates must in addition to the above,, possess, pos-sess, a thorough understanding and working knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, al-gebra, to Include quadratic equations, equa-tions, and plane geometry. A knowledge knowl-edge ot trigonometry and the use ot logralthms Is-desirable. Men having hav-ing had a previous scientific and technical, education aad training arc jafet;,daalrable, .particularly those educated and trUaed'aa civil jaeehaa ieal ., .electrical, mlalag or 'architectural 'architec-tural esgtaeera, v " gMiBOTION OF OAHDHATM Civlllaaa peaseaslag taareqlaite qualltloaUeaa, as ,te edaeatloa, char-aeter char-aeter aadahrslqae, whc.daalr .to attoad a Oaieara Traialag fael W.II1 apalyfer laforaattwi aad Beeea-aary Beeea-aary blaaka faroa. tax .the3 Army .of-Hear .of-Hear ea rdutyaa Kefeeaar at, mlU-, tary aUae,(ad, taeties at tka eda-! aa)iaBal laatltatle aearaat th aat daace. of. the aaplleaat Taw may ha dea 'either la, peraea ar in wrifla;. TaappMcatlea' aad other alaak formal fartshed must; aa MUed aat la deUll aad. ho aeeomaaated by at tall aad ust Ue accompaaled by at least three UsUmoalals by repaUble yeraoaa aa ta goad eaaraeUr, aad a record of the physical txamiaatloa of, 4be applicant, submitted ea pre-scribed pre-scribed form aad made by a reputable reput-able physician. The aPPHcatloa aad accompaaylag Pra will than be forwarded ta the aScer of tho army ea duty aa professor et military act-enee act-enee aad Uctlea ataa, educatioaal la tltutiea naarest the resid'aace et-tfei appllcaat. Upoa receipt ot the a pUeattoa- aad aecesaary papers, eaea aplleent will be aetlfled to appear la paraea.' at hU dwa eipease, at aa appointed time, before aach protestor protes-tor of mlllUry acleaca and Uctlcs, for a preliminary examination, regarding re-garding tho applicant's qualifications qualifica-tions to attend an OflcersV Traialag I School. BTATC8 Of CAIOHDATW Civilians wlthia the draft age desfgaated ta attead the traialag school will be ladueted Jato-the; military mil-itary service for the period Jal the war. All civilian applleaau will be required re-quired to enlist or will fee ladueted for the period of the war before her lag admitted, Civilians aot wlthia Ue draft age designated to attend the traialag schools will be entitled to mileage at the rate of 8 He per mile from the place ot their residence to the designated des-ignated traialag school. All civlllaaa designated to attend training schools shall while in attendance at-tendance receive the pay and allowances allow-ances of privates, first elasfr. All civilians, either Inducted or enlisted enlist-ed at training schools, will be car-rLed car-rLed as belonging to replacement troops, unasslgned. If' discharged from tho training school, they will then be assigned to an appropriate organisation of replacement troops. All men designated to. attend an officers' training school who successfully success-fully complete the course and qualify qual-ify to be listed as eligible for a commission com-mission who hold the grade of sergeant, ser-geant, or a Iowerkrade, will be appointed ap-pointed as ' extra sergeants, and those who hold the grade above that' ot sergeant, as extra noncommissioned noncommis-sioned officers In the grade they now1 hold, In the arm of the service In which they are listed aa eligible. The designation of all successful candidates will be "offlcer candidate", candi-date", which dealgaatloa will be r Ulaed until they are commissioned aa oncers unlets It It. forfeited by misbehavior or subsequent iaeaV clency. . "Officer candidates" will be commissioned com-missioned second HeutenanU of the branch of the service In the United States National army for which they have qualified on vacancies at may occur, upon the recommendation of their .commanding officers. No application will be received or considered by the War department. H. P. McCAIN, The Adjutant General. Special Instructions to guide those appllcanU who are interested In the field artillery central officers' training, train-ing, school for civilians between 20 years, and 8 months and 40 ears of age, and enlisted men of the army, has been established at Camp Zacu-er- Taylor, about six miles southeast of Louisville, ,Ky.. The course will bo about twelve weeks. This will bo hereafter the only training school In the United States for candidates for commissions la the Field Artillery which Includes heavy aad light amd and metor-lied metor-lied artillery. "" ' Civlllaaa. eaterta; thtt school matt agree to aem la the army for tf perledet tj war. If, jthey fall to ,'r. ielva aemmlttM,; thtta wlthia. to drift age.hy'viwUrT aaltotawat ClvniaaVwIU Wihatt laa.rfsW Klmlaary' trautag :"luii " ImMth'arur UdaWatv tf art'ttastat. ThW tha eearae foVsJvlHaMwitl aa Vlrtailly f ear muatha.' ' ' ! 'Bat haallsted maa'ud trUta af-ter;eataHBc af-ter;eataHBc tmstcheal, pl7ta-lleved. pl7ta-lleved. from' Ume 'to' Uma nit "thiy demeattrata uatltaeat to t'atyi aad will be transferrad, to' 'atheif ar ganlsatloaa. ; Caadidatet who tuceeatfUy aam-pleto aam-pleto the coarse will be either ''eom-missleaed ''eom-missleaed Seeoad LleuteaaU Immediately Im-mediately upea gra"dua.Uea ar dtit nated' offleer caadidatet aad teat to Replacement depeU; where their ed-ueattaa'aad ed-ueattaa'aad traialag will be eaatla-ued eaatla-ued and where they will be grraa practical experleaea ia s drllllag, traialag retralU and haadllag ataa, Aa tha'aeedi et the tervlce demand de-mand 'the eeer caadidatet aot eom-missioned eom-missioned Immediately opoakradua-ties opoakradua-ties will he' bommlstloaed Seco'ad LleutenaaU from Replacement do-poU, do-poU, according to demonstrated ability abil-ity and. qaallficatloat, aad -thereafter, promotloa to higher gradet will be by selection. CHARACTER AND QtJAUFIOA now or MrarantED ' The Field Artillery la ia urgent aeed of a Urge aumber t otaeera at the present time. The obiect of tfelt ' school It to trala a body of mea fitted fit-ted to fill the era retpoatibU posl-ioat posl-ioat et'eemmaad la Ue Field Artillery, Artil-lery, aa devery effort will bo made to select mea or exeeptloaal char-' actor aad provaa ability. While it' It desired to give an opportunity to all eligible citlieaa to apply, ao man , should apply whose record U aot la every respect above reproach aad who has Bot tho fuadameatal characteristics char-acteristics to Inspire respect aad cob fldcnce. The Field Artillery It 1b seed of officers who. have had a scientific and technical education, but this it by no meant a prerequisite to selection selec-tion of candidates. It is essential, however, that every candidate should not have or be fitted .through previous pre-vious study, tq .reacquire at' tho school a thorough understanding 'and working knowledge of arithmetic, algebra to. Include quadratic equations equa-tions and plane geometry. Civilians must be graduates of a high school or have .pursued an equivalent course of instruction. A. knowledge-pt. knowledge-pt. trigonometry to Include solution otrtrlanglet ind Igurlthms is desirable., desir-able., ; . . All" candidates must be citizens of the United' States. No one 'it eligible elig-ible who was born in a country with which Ue United States u at war or of tkoalllet of tuck aeeuatr unless he emigrated to'thU aeuatry hajore reaching the, age of; flvji years Older mew or mature judgment, gaiaed through wide exaerleace la butlaesa'aad profeatloaal life, are especially desired. Such mea aeed aot hetlUte to eater Ula school because be-cause on'graduatloa they cannot be commissioned above second lieutenants, lieuten-ants, aa promotion will be by selection selec-tion and should be rapid If they demonstrate dem-onstrate ability. MANNER OF APPLICATION AND PROCEDURE FOR SELECTIONS All civilians will be, required -to mak'e applications to attend Ula school by filling out a 'blank form provided for that purpose in which they agree to enlist for the duration of the war, If over draft ago or by voluntary Induction it within tho draft age, and to report at this school when ordered by these headquarters. head-quarters. After filling out these forma both classes ot civilians will bo examined ex-amined by a reputable physician at Uelr own expense ,or by an army medical offlcer, whose report will, be entered on the application In a place provided .therefor, v Aaecond examination exam-ination will be'iraiatrai before entering en-tering the school anlett UU fere-llmlaary fere-llmlaary examlnatleB was made by aa army medical officer. Theraupoa tali aBfUoatioa will be forwarded by Uefaptlfejto Ue Btarett at- to Ud eaaraetor. ;u " At Maa aaTrmlla Uereafter Ue apalleaat wUl aV aetlfied to' appear at kb) awa axaeaae Mara Ue pre-tetter pre-tetter at military aeieee aad. tae-tlct tae-tlct or other' a'nUerl ajeacy tor 1 examlaatioa aa to 'hla quallfleatloas to atttad Ult Kheol. He 111 be rated, f a4 hla application wlil ho forwarded, for-warded, together wlU the raeem-meadattea, raeem-meadattea, to the tohool. r ' VAfplteattoaa received at the aehael tram aach examiaiag ageaclea will he revtowai aad approved or rejeet- - e4.;aad alieaau will be aoUtie i from 'those headfuartert of tie act , Hob take-. t- Appravad applleaau above Ue draft, age will be required to report at Ula tehee! for ealtttmeat Imme- - dlately upoa receipt of tubaatjaeat 1 notification to do to, hat will re- celra reaaoaable prior, aotlce. Approved applicants" wlthia Ue - draft age will be required at a tub-i tub-i seqileat date to appear before their local board wlthia twaaty four hours after receipt ot tummoai from laid board and agree ta accept or relate .Individual induction. If they ae- 'opt, they will be lidatid iatVthe tervlca aad teat to Ult school with la tevea dayt, "" PAY.ETCETRA V ' " "All civlllaaa walla at tab tehoel, wlU receive Ue ht of a arlvate, first etaat (fit per metrth.)- Upoa gradaatlea aa officereaadldatot they will be appelated to the gradr.of Sergeant aad receive" f 31 per meaU. While at" the school aad after" tuo-ceetfttlly tuo-ceetfttlly graduatfag aa officer aaadldata, aaa-dldata, food, doUlag, beddlag .etc. will bo furnished. A man with a wife must allot not lest than 115 .a montE to her. To this the govern-ment govern-ment adde $15 If childless; $26 if there is one child; "$32.50 If Uere be two children and.. $5. a month for each additional child. . Men within the draft age will be sent to the school at the Government's Govern-ment's expense. Those above draft age will be required to travel to the school at their own expenso but1 will be reimbursed to the exten of 3c per mile. When commissioned second lieu-, tenants, they will recetvo $141.67 per month and allotments will automatically auto-matically cease. Quarters are furnished fur-nished officers but not. for their families, Married second HeutenanU, Heuten-anU, in addition to the above, will receive commutation of quarters amounting to $25 per month, making mak-ing their total compensation S 16(.(7 per month. Officers are required' to pay for' food and clothing. J BTJOOESTIONS'TO civilians Upoa catering the school caadidatet caadi-datet will aot be allowed to keep In the barraekt 'any luggage but a aaad bag or a barracks bag. They should not bring truaka with (hem. Civilian" clothing may sot be worn at Ue school, and will have to be tent home after arrival here or-oth-erwlse disposed of. ARTHUR H. CARTER, Lt. Col. F. A. N. A. Commanding By B. H. DIBBLES, . i-"i Capt. F. A. N. A. Asst. Adjutant. |
