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

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at THE DEFENDER them in the public press. No other cur- rent movement makes so direct an appeal to fathers and mothers and to young men thruout the country. Newspapers, journals,and magazines of all kinds have widely announced the opportunity of camps. The Xklar Department and the Camps Association hdilitary Training have responded to public interest thru messages by airplanes, radios, moving pie- tures, billboards, poster cards, electric signs, window displays, banners, bands, public meetings and private conferences. Special writers of national fame, notably Arthur Brisbane and Frank Crane, car- ried the message ofthe camps to millions of readers. ln order that this opportun- ity might be fully known the Wlar De- partment prepared and widely circulated two illustrated posters, one 4o x3S and the other Cin colorsj I8 x25 , the latter used also in smaller form on the official application blanks. together with a map which indicated the training centers in all parts of the United States. The gen- eral program of the camps was formulated Gicoae is l . .IAM ics lfA'rruli:'1' S1'c1'rm1'y, .ll7'C.-I Tom R. Wvrrzs Srrrrfnry, .l 1' TI -I under the direction of l3t'ig.General llugh A. Drum, CLS., and the camp personnel was in the charge of Brig. General Charles l'l. hlartin. G.S. Other oflicers associated with this work at the Wlar Department include: l.t.-Colonel Royden lf. Beebe, l.t.-Colonel Raymond XV. Briggs and Captain Charles C. l.owe, ORC. Corps Area Commanders issued their own camp announcements in llt- tractive form,notably in the l ifth,which printed a 12 page illustrated pamphlet with the cover in colors. Civilian Aides generally assisted with supplementary publicity material, particularly in the Fourth Corps Area where li. C. Riley, Civilian Aide for the State of Florida, prepared, printed and distributed an artistic I6 page booklet enriched with well-chosen photographs of camp life. hlr. Riley placed also thruout l lorida window card announcements of Camp McClellan tin colorsl from art sketches designed at the National Headquarters ofithe hlilitary Training Camps Associ- ation. Pugr Fifmrn NaY.Y-VaV1V1QV:YnV:VA'uv-VnVuVnY4YnVuvAYsV4YaYuY-VnV:VaVsV4Yn'oYa7uV:YuYNnYvYlVnl1 G M I G V-'INA'AY.UsYn1AYnYAY.751AYAYqvpv17171Y-Yuvov-'nVnYNnYlYsWYovsVoVnV-Yu' Y Y I

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THE DEFENDER f B- ? MILITARY RECORD MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES HENRY MUIR UNITED STATES ARMY Born in Michigan, July 18, 1860. Appointed from Michigan to the United States Military Academy, graduated june 14, 1885, standing No. S in a class of 39 members. Served continuously as an ofiicer of the Regular Army from graduation to the present time, passing through all grades in the Infantry from Second Lieutenant to Colonel. Graduated from U. S. Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1895, standing No. 1 in his class, and after- ward serving as instructor in both law and engineering. Served at several Army posts in the West until the breaking out of the Spanish American War. Participated in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba, June 22nd to July 17th, 1898. Served in the occupation of Cuba and afterwards in the suppression of the insur- rection in Philippine Islands. While in the Philippines was detached fora tour of staff duty with China Relief Expedition, 1900. a OL1VEIiI'I. Docxisav, -ln. Colonrl, lnfawlry, U. S. flrmy CMTC Ofiicer FRANK S. COCIIEU Colrmrl. lrifrmlry, U. S. .-lrmy Chief of Sta1I' Upon the creation of the General Staff in 1903 he was detailed as one of its first members and he served thereon for four years. Served as Inspector-Instructor of the Illinois National Guard, 1911 to 1915. Served at various posts in the United States, the Philippine Islands, the IVIexican Border and the Panama Canal Zone until the United States entered the World War, when he was commissioned Brigadier General of the National Army, August 5, 1917 and subsequently promoted to Major General on November 28, 1917. Appointed Brigadier General in the Regular Army on November 0, 1918, and Major General, Regular Army, March 8, 1921. Served in the operations of the American Expeditionary Eorces in France in command of the 28th Division fPennsylvania National Guardj during its fighting on the Marne, the Oureq, the Vesle and in the Meuse-Argonne Page Szufnteen .....v.v.. ..vvv .v . ... . v .v.v.v .EM I C v.. ..... .. .. ... .v..vv .v.v.v.v.v.v.v...v.v..