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

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0 THE STORY OF THE CAMPS X I RELIGION IS THE FOUNDATION of Civilization. Services for men of every faith are held at ap- propriate times during the camp period, and candidates are urged to attend. Spiritual advice is never lacking. Chaplains have regular hours for individual conference. American youth gathered in the tleniocracy of good-fellowsliip al the training camps. With hardly :t dissenting voice a quarter million of parents, fathers and mothers, have testified to the output in good character of the ClVl'l'C. During the World War all denominations co-operated in establishing religious ser- vices in every training center. The same thought is carried throughout the Citizens' Camps of today. Everyone is encouraged to participate in public worship. Chaplains of the Regular Army and of the Reserve, aided by leading clergymen of various denomin- ations, join in affording the opportunity. Unanimous public ap- proval comes to few move- ments in this country,but the Citizens' Camps have received it. Pulpit and Press, manu- facturers and merchants, pat- riotic societies and women's clubs, mayors and governors, state and federal senators and representatives have registered their endorsement. Large employers of labor have with one accord increased the camps' attendance by allowing additional vacations with pay and organized labor in the American Federation has by formal resolution pledged its own support. Civilian co-operation with ROBERT C. Dzxvis Maj'or General, U. S. Army The Adjutant General Page Y'f'1.irlr'r1z 'Va'-Un'-'uVn'qVa'nVuY4'NJ-Y.V-Vnfnl'-Y.'n14V.VpVn'a'n' U ' Infnfnfnf-V.1o'4'nVo'u'sVn'.'.'4Yn7-Vafa u'u'nY4'aV.Va'aVA Q I

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f if l governmental policy has been conspicuously ex- emplified in this move- ment. The Military Training Camps Associ- ation initiated the pro- posal for voluntary camps and used its nation-wide organization for their success. The War Department recog- nized its eiforts by the appointment from its membership of Civilian Aides to the Secretary of War for every corps area and state, and they. were authorized in turn to appoint county chair- men and committees, as the ofiicial agency for the enrollment of candi- dates. Through visiting committees, by provid- ing medals and prizes for excellence in military and athletic events, in the 'organization of candidates into local groups for future work the Association has made a distinguished record. The responsibility of securing suitable candi- dates for the CMTC rests primarilyon the THE STORY OF THE CAMPS f . - CorpsArea Commanders, ' CHM?-LES B- PIKE splendidly supported by P'md'm' MTCA the Regular Army Of- i Chief Civilian Aide licers detailed as Chiefs- of-Stafij of the Reserve Divisions. With unstinted civilian co-operation the enrollment of men comes gradually to be rather the selection of the best from the host of applicants. The War Department has consistently observed the limits set by Congressional appropria- tions. The Adjutant General closes enrollment when full quotas are secured. Otherwise, applications would be each year two, three or four times greater than the places available. The Citizens' Military Training Camps have in five years grown as rapidly as appropria- tions allowed. Congress has granted yearly increases in funds. A new situation presents itself, however, through the comparative depletion of war stocks, in both the Ordnance and the Quartermaster departments, which have hitherto been available for the camps. Much more money will be needed, therefore, for next year quite aside from the additional sums requisite to meet the normal increase of enrollment, but it is not doubted that Congress will respond, in the future as in the past, to the evident desires of the people in connection with the Citizens' Camps. Colleges and universities have given this year most striking endorsement to the CMTC. A considerable number of institutions have established camp scholarships, among them Page Fourtffn 'V' .v.v.v.v.v.v.v. v v v v.v.v .v.v.v.v.v.!.v.v.v.v.v V V V V V- V V V V - 4