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Show C. M. T. O. TRAINING AT PORT DOUGLAS, UTAH The schedules to be conducted at the Citizens' Military Training camij to be held at Fort Douglas, Utah, oi June 12, July 11 1!25. have been made up, and are now being revised before being Anally approved by Colonel Col-onel T. M. Anderson, chief of ttafT. 104th division, organized reserves, Halt Lake City. All C. M. T. C. affairs in Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Mon tana and Utah are under his dlrec supervision, and he Is bending every effort to make this year's camp the beat that has ever been held In this area. An Inspection of the schedules reveals re-veals that the day's work will be interesting, in-teresting, and that the instruction will be as comprehensive as is possible possi-ble within the li) day period of the training. Any conception that the C. M. T. C. is a playground for tne young men In attendance will fade away upon looking over what will be done each day by the candidates to gain certificates of graduation. Tne nrst u. o u.is are set asiue iut lu orunmiauuu oi tne compau-,es compau-,es aud baialious. During tuis nine, aumuustrative uetails, incident to the camp are finished in order that trie period of training will not be interrupted. in-terrupted. The thira day starts the actual instruction. To the tune of "tirst call," the citizen trainees will rub their eyes at 5:45 a. m., will gel into their clothes in a hurry, and be in the ranks for reveille roll call at 6 p. m. Fifteen minutes is allowed for the making of beds, and the tidying tidy-ing of the tent. Then mess call is .sounded, and the lirst meal of the day will be "dished up." With breakfast over, each candidate returns re-turns to his company street to police the area. A quick and general clean up Is accomplished, and then each student is given a chance to preparu his uniform andi equipment for drill. Falling in at 7:40, the companies are marched to a central point for massed calesthenlcs, lasting for fifteen fif-teen minutes. From S until 11:30 a. m. the instruction will be along military lines, will be so varied each day to maintain the interest of the students, and as progressive as possible pos-sible to arouse their enthusiasm. Before Be-fore "falling in" again at 1 p. in., lunch Is served, and an opportunity to relax and rest is provided. The afternoons af-ternoons are given over to citizen ship topics, lectures, demonstrations and athletics. At 4 p. m. recall Is sounded and the day's work is over. Dinner oyer, the recreation officer provides niovii-s and entertainments until bedtime. Then comes the best part of the day for the stub-nt who has an ad-:ii:rarion ad-:ii:rarion of all things beautiful. Fifteen Fif-teen hundred feet below him and srretrhin many miles distant aij the lights of S ilt Luke City and the smaller ci:ic-i that e"m to be a part of it. As far a- the eye can see ther-are ther-are even rows of t v.n!;Ung lights, a s'ining endless sisn of peopled com-; com-; munities in the Great Salt Lake valley. val-ley. Far beyond an t'.te dark shadows shad-ows of the Wasatch range, sentinels of the night. As a bugler sounds "taps," the notes being carried far , ie. rhe still air of the night, each andidate goes to Ded with a lasting ' :r,es'-:Ion of the bmuty of a great 'c.'.y cradled in the arms of the greatest great-est and mightiest wo-ka of Nature. The government pays all transportation transpor-tation costs, feeds and clothes tne j candidates, and promises to make better citizens of the young men attending at-tending the camp. Colonel Anderson ' believes that the ability to work and I the ability to play are the two greatest great-est methods of training young men j to be better fitted to meet the prob-i prob-i lems of later life. In the schedules ! of the coming camp it is quite evi-dent evi-dent that he intends to graduate 720 j young men who will go home realtz-J realtz-J 'ntr the great benefits- of training at a citizen?' military training camp. |
