Citizens Military Training Camp - Full Pack Yearbook (Fort Leavenworth, KS)

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THE FULL PACK THE' NEWSPAPERMEN'S OUTIWNG at Kansas City, hlo., Kansas City, Kan. and Leavenworth newspapermen and women were guests of the camp on Sunday, August 16. Observance of the church parade, aeroplane rides, the.welcome by General King and Colonel Kinney, a 'talk by Colonel Van Schaick, chicken dinner with the boys, riding, tennis, golf, baseball games, a visit to the Disciplinary Barracks, inspection of camp, a band concert and supper were included in the program. It was the first general gathering ofthe press family of the cities in many years and all enjoy- ed themselves thoroughly. ln all probability, this outing will be made an annual event. The program follows: 9:00 a. m. 9:30 a. m. V 10:00 a. m. 10:00 a'. m. 10:30 a. m. 11:45'a. m. 12:15 p. m. 12:45 p. m. 1:30 p. m. Arrival at Fort Leavenworth CMTC. Observe parade of CMTC students to church services. Golf in charge of, Captain P. C. Fleming, FA, Kansas City, Mo., and Captain Cecil Rutledge, 17th Inf., Fort Omaha, Ride in charge of Captain Earl A. Hyde, FA, Kansas City, Mo., Tennis in charge of 2nd Lieut. Otto L. Nelson, 17th lnf., Fort Omaha. Inspect Fort Leavenworth Air Service Flying Field: Aeroplane flights for toil representatives of press, Major Clinton VV. Russell, Air Service, as pi ot. ' A Indoor Baseball Game: journal Post versus Kansan. NVelcome by Brigadier General E. L. King, Commandant General Staff, and Command School and Camp Commander of CMT Camp: Talk by Colonel C. C. Kinney, 17th Inf., assistant camp commandant. Inspection of camp, company streets and messes. hfless with CMTC students. Informal talk by Colonel Louis J. Van Schaick, camp executive. 2:00p.m.Observe ' 4 CMTC baseball games, or- more golf. 4:00 P- m. Band Con- 4 :Z fi': ' . ' ' 'aavvr-is cert by 17th ln- fantry Band, Fort Omaha, Nebraska. 5:00 p. m. Visit Host- ess Tentg observe trophies, cups and medalsjlor CMTC. 6:00 p. i n n e r with,'CMTC stud- ents. 7:00,p.'m. Band Con4 ce.r't by CMTC student band. - CMTC church ser- vice. Solo by Cap- tain Cecil Rut . ledge, 17th: lnf. Address by Chap lain O. Cohee, Fort Leavenworth Movie,, open air show. y . .. ' l3iuc:,xniz-gi: Liu-gxi-maxi. limo wutcomias IKANSAS Nuxvsr-APER MEN T0 CAMP Pagf Eighty-eiglzl V D ee'-iff 'Q :QV M1 .

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I THE FULL PACK D , I THE PUBLTCTTY DEPARTIVIENT The task of keeping the home folks and others informed of life ntcamp befell Captain joseph XY. Bollenbeck, Infantry, executive officer, Headquarters, Tth Corps, St. Louis. lVeel-:s before camp opened news stories told of prepara- tions for the camp, of athletics and entertainment projects open to the boys, of good food, movies, boxing, dancing and of the reserve oliicers detailed as assistant instructors. . Kansas City, Missouri, newspapers co-operated splendidly in giving publicity to the camp. The Associated Press, Inter- national News and the United Press all were provided with news of the camp. Through their members in Arkansas, Kan- sas and Missouri, the daily press constantly ran stories from 'Fort Leavenworth. Scores of pictures appeared in the Post, journal, Star and Times of Kansas City, the St. Louis Post- Dispatch and Globe-Democrat, the Kansas City Kansan and 'other newspapers. The Leaven- . worth Times ably covered every phase of camp life. During the last ten days of camp '2nd Lieutenant Eugene I . day of the camp. I LIEUT. E. Cl. ZACHMAN CAPTAIN J. W. Bonuzumzcx C.. Zachman, Inf-Res.. of the 'Kansas City Journal-Post was placed on duty as assistant publicity ofiicer. A Practically every student who .won a prize or in any way distinguished himself found that the publicity department sent a special story to his home town. The best photographs taken were sent to the Recrui'ting Publicity Bureau, New York, for national distribution. An average of one photograph or a group of photographs appeared in Kansas City newspapers for each I ' -I Pagz Eighty-nine - . 1 . . - 'aVu'aYnYu'aVaV4'A . . . - - t '