Show A U ne lie S a M S 1111 X an jk 4 S C m 11 C y k 4 it ot o t 7 i r T j N Q A C outdoor church service 7 X r 3 f pr A E K ready eaon aw dutia by ELMO almo SCOTT WATSON more I 1 uncle sam has issued an Invitation Tto his sons to tda attend t ten done one of the great health and clinics 1 which he has in various barf of the country 14 now it if ith that at word clinice clinic 1 hii has a p t somewhat foral forbidding sound to those who should he be roost most interested in this a announcement let it be put this way uncle sam is going to play summertime santa anta clause claue to io young america again and la Is inviting young americans to enjoy e a a month of camp life in the great outdoors as 11 9 his special guests he will pay all the necessary necess necessary ari e expenses anses wholesome es me food uniforms army cots and blankets athletic equipment lauli laundry dry service and medical attention everything that Is normally used in camp life willbe will be furnished free before he be leaves home the boy will be given a railroad tick ticket et to the camp and his meals en route will be paid for the same will be done when he rau returns ms from the camp to his home all of malch Is by way of saying the tenth year the these se popular free man building centers ex known as t the he c citizens military training camps are being thrown open io to ile he young young ni manhood an of these united states during june july and august some young americans between the ages of seventeen en and twenty four years will 4 have there without cost a month of athletic military citizenship and leadership leader P training under selected army officers and specialists from civil life who are commissioned in the a army reserve although Alth bugl they are called military training ning camps the making of soldiers asby Is by no means the ibe aur purpose pose nor ayen even the chief aim of the training ini no obligation tor for future military service of aej any kind Is incurred by trose those who go to camps th only requirement Is that they agree to stay the full SO 30 days of camp campan and obey dobey the simple rules of f good conduct which prevail there while military training amiling Is a part of the routine of the camps their main purpose as uncle sam bees sees it Is to develop the manhood odthe of the t nation by bringing together young joung men men of high ina and al different verent ap types freeall from froe all sections of the country on a common badts of equality and under tho the most favorable conditions of outdoor life to teach deac h them the privileges duties and responsibilities bili ties of american Am citizenship to stimulate the interest inter at of the youth of this country in thi the am I 1 M po of military training as W a benefit to them the nation and the individual taking such tr training RiDing to inculcate self discipline line and oliell obedience e nee and ana to develop these youngsters physically mentally and morally for that reason coolidge once called chec B it L T 0 schools in citizenship and with their emphasis imp haili upon making mi ak these young yo ng men letter b fitted both physically and mentally genially for bie their vir duties as citizens the th aptness of the health and citizenship clin clinics fes characterization Is apparent the 6 OM M T 0 idea pes goes back to 1918 when college training camps for off officers leers we were re i by gen leonard wood Asso associated clater s with their history too Is the name nameon of that exponent of vigorous outdoor life and abid robust amer Ican ism theodore roosevelt ito 0 evelt although leonard wood wod will always b be e remembered as the father of the C M T 0 it was the po powerful f influence of the ex president which aided in the inauguration a baura of the now famous plattsburg Platts burg training camp in 1015 evalue Th the value odthe of the training given in this cani lamp p aias was strikingly demonstrated when the united states was drawn into tha world war t and anci hundreds of trained officers the product of the 06 plattsburg Platts burg camp were immediately available fai or the services vices which were so sc badly needed al result of the lessons learned during the world war the citizens training cams camps as they iw now exist were brought into being in 1920 the n A x i 4 Z life l M M i president hoover commends the C at T ia C to Fathers hers and mothers THE WHITE HOUSE housea stan april 19 1930 mr georgi georce F jarne james N national all executive secretary military training camps camp a 8 north michigan avenue chicago cucaro III i M my dow dear mr J cameo 71 the citizen military e camps camp have ful filled tea year the purpose for which they w were eire they have proved ther thero aselve selves an important means mean toward physical physic and moral d r ho health ithe lo 10 i the individual and civic wel welfare frare la in the halloo tio tion trie the i willingness of young you men to devote a month to this training program for fm better Is I 1 proa of 0 food will in the genari duration tion on which will pres presently fly devolve the wa Balate Int nanc of our social odal and politics politic institutions i i i i I 1 cor commend miend the catl 1 camal I 1 to an all father and mothers mother and t to young yomi men of tillable as air in the hope anid 4 belief bellef that the camps camp will show how themselves themi elve as a useful in the future as a they have been la in the past sincerely yours your 1 HERBERT HOOVER I 1 national defense act was pass passed passerby edby by congress and in that a aade amey year eur the military training campa Camps association of america an organization made up of men who had themselves enrolled in prewar camps campa in the faur our years from 1913 to 1816 1016 appealed to the war department for the establishment of camps for the volu voluntary biary training of young men aut authorized h prized under the national defense act the secretary of war the la W weeks kp approved proved the request and an appropriate item was included in the budget for the next fiscal year when the pro proposal dosal was p presented re lo 10 to congress by the mill atry affairs committees it was heartily supported support id by james W wadsworth Wada worth chairman clairm in of the s senate en dw committee commett ee end bythe by the late julius kahn chalman chairman of the house bouse committee both of whom remained ardent friends of the camps during durine succeeding yeara the first dist appropriation was sufficient tor for ae the training 0 of youn groen at i ten different celiz cen I 1 throughout the country the minimum age of admission was fixed at sixteen years and plans were made for a ai series irles of three courses cours esthe abe red the white and blue i giving one months train ing in ili successive years imater the minimum age was placed at seventeen and a preliminary course the pe basic wai was added congress made the graduates of the tle last the blue C course ourie eligible ford for examination exam leading to a commission in the or er 81 gantzer anizel rei reserves servE sit at the camps Is IB divided into four 0 w s I 1 x L up exercises i courses coursed cour sei the basic red white and blue cow co spending to the four summers which a candidate e an di may attend in the first or basic course youths with no prior training are guided gu aided through elementary drills and given the maximum of all round development exercises As the courses ad yance vance opportunity Is afforded tor for more technical instruction though participation in athletics and hikes Is required at all times according to an announcement in a recent issue of the united states army recruiting news new the young americans who will attend th the health and citizenship clinics this year are ire distributed tri buted as follows estimated location attendant attendance dates date I 1 first corps area ft mckinley mal maine no july 5 baur i 1 camp devens mass july I 1 ft adams R W I 1 July 6 au kug a 1 vt ft ethan allen alien vt July 6 I 1 second corps area camp bix N J uly july 15 lug luff 11 18 ft hancock NJ aa 0 aug aug laug l I 30 0 ft monmouth N J july 2 july 11 ft niagara N Y july 2 july tl 11 madison icks NY Aug 4 1 aur auff SO 30 Platta bure aks N T Y 2300 July 2 july 11 31 san juan porto rico june 20 july 19 note cavalry trainees trainee from second horpi area 40 be b trained at ft ethan allen alien vt in fart C carpi arps aap 60 50 cavalry trainees from rom second corps corpa arall are area to b trained at rt ft myer va in third corps aria third corps area rl ft george smeade GM G meade eade md bid July 2 july 11 ft howard md july 2 july tl 11 ft hoyle md July 2 auy july 1 ft washington md july july 11 I 1 VC ft eustis va 1850 july 2 july st 31 ft monroe va July 2 july 31 ft myer M yer va july 2 july 31 1 fourth corps corpa area ft FC mcclellan ala i June IS 13 july 12 ft barrancas Barr ancas fla june 13 july H ft oglethorpe ga june Juns 13 july 11 12 rt pt screven ga june 13 suly july 12 camp neau beauregard regard LA IA june 13 july I 1 12 2 ft FL bagg N C T jung june it 13 july H 1 I 1 ft moultrie le S C june Juns 13 july 12 fifth corpt corps area ft deij harrlson harrison lad ind 1600 1500 june 20 july 19 1 camp knox ky 1600 july 2 suly july ill 21 ft thomas ky lokot I 1 1000 lO OOt ju july Y 2 july 1 1 I sixth corps Corpa area ft ill III 2000 July 31 aut 21 elbrady ft FL brady mich july 18 auff 16 camp custer mich july 18 aug 18 16 jefferson bite mo 1100 july 7 aug aue 5 camp mccoy wis july 31 ilaug aug 21 note COO 1100 J basic and infantry trainees trainee froni from sixth coref p s area areano to be trained at ft FL snelling minn mini in filmor gaventa i corpt corps ar area seventh corps area ft des moines iowa 00 abic I 1 aur 80 30 ft leavenworth lean kan 1800 auf I 1 auw aurelo 30 vt ft glnn 1200 Aug 4 1 auff ia im ft crook neb aug I 1 aur aug 3 30 0 ft lincoln N D i june IS 16 july 15 note COO basic aid in infantry fantry trainees trainee from seventh corps corp area to be train trained edat at jo fferson barracca Barrack Bar in sixth corps corp area I 1 eighth i corps area camps D little A aria riz july 24 aug 22 ft coffan colo 4 00 juns june 18 july 17 ft sill okla 1000 july 7 aug 5 vt ft bite texas june 10 july I 1 camp brills texas 1200 june 12 july 11 ft francis asi W warren wyo i 60 50 june Juns 23 july 22 aint ml nth 1111 c corps arps area ia del mortie monte ballf SOO July 5 taug aug 1 3 ft macarthur calif KO July joiy 31 11 ft W scott calias ballf KO june 21 july I 1 20 0 pres OU Monterey 0 Mont erty calit calif ca lit July baug 6 aug 3 ft FL missoula BOula mont 15 djune D june 16 july is 15 vt ft donelan Done laa utah july baue a S ft FL goo geo wright Wr leht wash I 1 june jun 21 july Y 2 20 0 jua ft lewis lewis wash 3 r 1 V 1 I 1 vancouver bits wash was h Juns 20 july is 19 N ote 60 basic anil and field artillery trainees fro from rn ninth ninth corps corp area iea to be trained at ft FL francl francis A IS warr wyo in eighth aun aria aek |