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

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D THE FULL PACK in previous years. The result is due largely to the deep interest which the Commanding General has consistently maintained. The same general plan of procurement was used as in 1924. It consisted of an organization made up of the Military Training, Camps As- sociation, the Reserve Divisions, the Regular Army recruiting agencies, civilian clubs and the Regular Army and the Reserve Officer personnel throughout the Corps Area. At the head of the Military Training Camps Association is Gould Dietz of Omaha, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War. Func- tioning under his supervision are the follow- ing as State Aides: T. Bergen, Minneapolis, Minn., W. C. Macfadden, Fargo,N.D.gM.H. Colgrove, Madison, S. D.,'C. B. Robbins, Cedar Rapids, Ia., O. E. Engler, Omaha, Neb.g C. S. Huffman, Columbus, Kan., C. F. G. Meyer, St. Louis, Mo., and J. C. Conway, Little Rock, Ark. Under the State Aides function the County Chairmen, onefor each county. This MTCA organization was highly effective in producing results and to it may be ascribed in great measure the success of the campaign. All applications procured were sent thru Head uarters to the Divisional Chiefs of Staff THOBIAS A. PEARCE Colonel, Infantry, U. S. Army Chief of Staff, 88th Res. Div. who developed them and, when completed, CI forwarded them to Corps Area Headquarters, where the orders were issued. FRANK P. Amos Lieutenant Colonel, Cav-DOL Acting Chief of Staff, 89th Res. Div. In some instances personnel procurement officers were sent out to cover territorynot otherwise taken care of. The applications were widely distributed thruout the Corps Area and but few counties lacked representa- tion. The following States procured their quotas: Arkansas, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa, all being over 1002, The banner State in enrollment was Arkansas, which reached 17823 or 782, over its quota, the lowest was Minnesota, which obtained but 602, of itsquota. The geographical areas from which candi- dates were actually ordered to each of the three camps are as follows: To Snelling-from the States of Minne- sota, North Dakota and South Dakota. To Des Moines+from the States of Ne- braska, Iowa and Missouri, north of the Missouri River. To Leavenworth--from the States of Ark- ansas and Missouri,south of the MissouriRiver. In addition 500 candidates were sent to Jefferson Barracks at St. Louis! coming from Arkansas and southernMissouri. From Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas 300 elected to pay the extra expense to go to Fort Snelling. Page Twenty-one . . 1 svn' vu 'u'n'l's'4lYh'aYa'n'n'u'a'AvuYu'rVnYA

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THE FULL PACK The National Match Teams are as follows: FORT SNELLING-William B. Becker, Wilmont, Minn., Lawrence H. Taber, Valley City, N. D., Harry H. Sevy, Herrick, S. D., William A. Martin, Minot, N. D., Frederick R. Young, Omaha, Neb. f I W4 'K FORT Des TVIOINES'-JHUICS Campbell, Ord, Neb.g Elihu Lausen Pierce, Grand Island, Neb.g John Bernard Wessling, Carroll, Ia., Fred Thaddeus Bachelder, Clinton, Ia., George Sylvester Deffenbaugh. FORT LEAVENWORTH-Edward L. Wood, Joplin, Mo., John Courtney, Great Bend, Kan., Arthur Edwards, Webster Grove, Mo., Manly Duston, Washington, Kan., Joseph L. Woodbury, Joplin, Mo. ' These teams were assembled at Fort Des Moines and went from there to Camp Perry. The number of men actually trained in the Seventh Corps Area was 4,932, the original quota for the Area being announced by the War Department as 4,900. These candidates were distributed among the various camps as follows: Fort Snelling 1,439, Fort Leaven- worth 1,658, Fort Des Moines 1,350, Jefferson Barracks 485. The Seventh Corps Area initiated a new departure for the CMTC, which is now adopted and developed in a national way by the Military Training Camps Association. The Corps Area secured scholarships from certain essentially military schools to be awarded the best candidates in summer training as tested by athletics, citizenship, drill, marksman- ship and certain technical instructions in the three first courses, Basic, Red and White. The regulations drawn up by Seventh Corps Area Headquarters were very carefully framed in respect to methods of announcing and enrolling, eligibility and credentials. These scholarships represented a very great reduction in ordinary school charge. The College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., offered a 25'Z, reduction on annual charges, the Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Mo., offered four scholarships, each re resenting a reduction of nearly 30fZ,g The Shattuck School, Faribault,-Minn., offered may reduction on its annual charge of 81,0005 the Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo., and the Kemper Military School, Boonville, Mo., offered each a scholarship of the value of 570000, covering all ordinary school expenses Cincluding room and boardj except uni- forms and books. , These scholarships were secured in the Seventh Corps Area early in the year and after that similar scholarships were obtained in the Fourth Corps Area. Representatives of the Military Training Camps Association took up this idea in a somewhat broader way, making an appeal not merely to essentially military schools, but also to colleges andvuni- versities. As a result, Columbia University, The University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, The University. of Chicago and many other institutions offered prizes this year, thus following up a precedent so admirably set in the Seventh Corps l Area. An effectual processing system was used in all camps, adequate prepara- tion having been made a sufhcient time in advance for this purpose. All candi- dates were assigned to ,organizations prior to their arrival at camp and those from one locality were assigned to the same organization as far as practicable. The messes in the several camps were well administered and food was of excellent quality. Melons, fruits, fresh vegetables, eggs and milk, were had in abundance. l Cmu. I . G. NIEYISR Civilian Aide for Missouri Page Twenty-Iwo .v.v.v.v.v.v. nv. 1.1. .v. v.v.v.v-v.vmv.v.v. v -v-1.vaw.v.v.v. V o - V .. ,r ,ww-...,,..,.. . -- e Y ff- 5 , ,, ,... M