Citizens Military Training Camp - Defender Yearbook (Camp Meade, MD)

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T- THE DEFENDER --- CHARLES B. Prius Dr. Henry S. Drinker is the Hon- orary President of the M.T.C.A.and the much beloved President Emeritus of Lehigh University, where for many years he showed the greatest interest in the development of the R. O. T. C. He has a country-wide recognition as an ardent supporter of voluntary train- ing, and is a wise counselor in matters of national defense. Page Sixlffn M. T. C. A. Officers Charles B. Pike, the President of the Military Training Camps Asso- ciation and the Chief Civilian Aide to the Secretary of VVar belongs to a family long prominent in the business and social life of Chicago. He was first identified with the training camp movement when he enrolled at Fort Sheridan in 1915, and thereafter helped to found this Association in which he has been an active member and officer for six years. Nlr. Pike is a graduate of Harvard University and the new- ly-elected President of the Racquet Club of Chicago, which represents a sport in which he has won a national reputation PIENRY S. DKINKER

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-- THE DEFENDER --- make known the Citizens' Nlilitary Training Camp opportunity the YVar Department and the Association have used airplanes, radios, moving pictures, billboards, poster cards, electric signs, window displays, banners, bands, public meetings, private conferences and much newspaper space. After all this effort it is quite certain that hundreds of thousands of young men of suitable age throughout the country have no clear idea of the Citizens' Military Training Camps and that until the camps shall have been established for a num- ber of years the prime difliculty will be the lack of adequate publicity. ln order to make the camps better known the Military Training Camps Associa- tion has encouraged the formation of visiting committees at each training point. lt has offered at every camp bronze medals for excellencen for the most soldierly candidate in each company and in addition has secured prizes for military and athletic contests. Looking to the future of the Citizens, Military Training Camps the Association endeavors to gather candidates at every camp into a permanent organization by States and Counties. If you have enjoyed your month oftraining tell all your friends about itgwrite toyour Congressman and to the two Senators in i your State and let them know what you have gained thru the Citizens' Military Training Camps. Get into touch early with . the representative of the hlilitary Training l Camps Association in your county. If you do not find one listed in this book write to the State Civilian Aide and he will tell you ' both name and ad- dress. Above all, sign E up early yourself for next year's camp and let the Citizens' Mili- tary Training Camp Officer at your Corps Area Headquarters put you down as a volunteer recruiting agent for the training of 1924. lVIore camps- larger camps-better camps, year by year is the wish of THIS MILITARY ' TRAINING CAAIPS Maj. Gun. U. S. .-lrmy l,1aoNAnn Woon Pngr l'l'flrf'lL

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-- THE DEFENDER -- Charles S. Dewey, the Treasurer of the M. T.C.A., is Vice-President of the Northern Trust Company of Chicago and influential in the finan- cial affairs of the city. He is a graduate of Yale University, lQO4fSClC11Il6CD and during the lllorld War served as Lieutenant, U. S. N., first as Aide to the Commandant of the Great Lakes Station and later on the Battleship Nlississippig a mem- ber of the Episcopal Church and of the following Clubs-Chicago, University, Onwenstia, Saddle and Cycle,etc.The Sec- retary of the Associa- tion is Tom R. lVyles, Vice-President of the Detroit Graphite Company with head- quarters in Chicago. He served during the World War as Cap- tain in the Q. M. C. - Cimiuaas S. Dlawicv after his training in the first' camp at Fort Sheridan. Dr. George F. James, the Executive Secre- tary of the Military Training Camps Association, formerly 'Ibn R.Wvi.ias Dean in the Univer- sity of Minnesota, had been for many years widely known in the teaching profession as college instructor, writer and public speaker before he was appointed an assistant director in the Army Educational Corps of theA.E.F. Immediately after his return from France he became identified with the M. T. C. A., and is now in charge of the National Headquarters in Chicago. G1-:oasis F. -IAM:-:s Pngf Secirallrwz