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

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SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC f I f F V JK i ,S 0 l LUTZ WAHI. Major General, U. S. Army The Adjutant General in response to public opinion and the camps have grown by reason only of their proved re- sults in better health and citizenship for the young men who attend. Even the Military Training Camps Association, the recognized civilian agency of the War De- partment, has done no more than to help make the opportunity known year by year to young men as they reach the proper age for enroll- ment. This work is done by the voluntary efforts of county chairmen and committees, throughout the country and at a minimum cost in organi- zation. However, the area and population of the country are so great that it is no simple task merely to announce the Citizen's Camps so that young men everywhere may be informed of what they offer. Thiscould not have been done if it had not been for the unfailing cooperation of the public press. News- papers have devoted each year to the Citizens' Page' Fourieen EARLY TO R SE -G I roup calisthenics are the first exercises of the day. - 'V' ' V V 'VV' 'VV'V , ,vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv v N....v..v..v.v..v....-v........v.v.v.va I S ,,,,,,,,,,,,,.U,,HH......, ' 1

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Q19 f x mv.. vvv.v.1 SEVEN YEARS OF CMTC X ' s Hines and the present Chief of Stalf, Major General Charles P. Sum- merall. The Secretary of War, the Hon. Dwight F. Davis, has been as keenly interested' in plans for voluntary military training as was his pre- decessor. The White House, no less than the War Department, has always been cordial to the' development of the camps. Mr. Harding expressed his hope for at least Ioo,ooo young men each year in the camps and Mr. Coolidge speaks of them as essent- ially schools in citizen- ship Which should be more largely attended each year. The Citizens' Mili- tary Training Camps have uniformly received favorable consideration :by the Congress of the United States, which year by year has granted larger funds for their maintenance. The only difficulty has appeared in the estimate by the House and the Senate of popular demand for this training. A con- DWIGHT F. DAVIS The Secretary of W ar BOOTS AND SADDLES -Cavalry is always a popular branch of service at the training centers. Page Eleven .YY V'V AVRAYQVQVQYNQQYAVYY , .Y J -YNyV4YuVo' . M I Q V VY, , !oYn!Q!q!qQY.!N4Vu!Y'YYYAYAVQVQVAVQVA ' . Q o V . 5 1 l '- i

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-V E. V... .r.. V -.-9-f . - :ran N: z N? f SEVEN YEARS or THE CMTC fy C 15 W1 A' stantly increasing appro- I priation for this purpose has been insuflicient each' T year to provide room for all the young men Who desired to enroll. Camp capacity has grown from I0,000 in IQZI to 36,ooo in 1927, but even in this last year there Were 2o,ooo more applications than places. This growth has come solely through greater appreciation by young men and by their parents of the oppor- tunity that is offered. lt is certain that, if Congress Will provide the necessary funds, young men Will fill the camps up to the maximum that can be trained by the ofliicers and non-com- missioned oflicers of the Regular Army, with such help as the Organized Reserves can give. Some theories of social, economic and political organization . have Won public support in the United States only through intensive pro- paganda. This is not at all true of voluntary training or of the camps which incorporate this idea. The House of Representatives and the Senate authorized them CHARLES P. SUMMERALL lllajor General, U. S. Army The Chief of Stalf Wf ZX , Q X. , T QQ, H f ' 42.5 4 . f , ., ? f gg E M 1 ff . 1 ff . 1 E , 1 i ,W . ., , 7 . ' S , .g . , t if , X r fi' XX , 4 f ., , - 34 - at 1 , 7 5 ,Ag ft, . Q Q - ,Q , . ' ' . ' X , fs V, -' .y4W W, f ff ' y v,q,- f ',1 '.1..':,,a4,,55y 1.51, Q f ,F , f ' ,,..,1,f.,.-V ,.., H ff -A . ,, e m i E., ,caf e - 1 , , 1 - l. E 1 E . 4, 1 ...-. , - , ,H ' 7 V -W Q.-wwf as ff ,, sf , , . ,Mwff ww-Q M ,Nw 4 , ww, fa fw X-of wwe ww. swf www -sf eff-X we wg fsA.,,m f X-,wxxffkfxwwyt smsf'f,gc,,f -xfqf, X s f-ff W-5 ' 4 u , .- 1-.ff 4-, M W,-f ff A W f mf- m:f,f,fww sw as fr f -V ,r+swzf,sm4N gy , f , , ' ,, Q . , , . f .,., , f ,, ,. f -sf aww M-XQWM.-,ML .:5,..wS!? fwt.aAf.w:s.ffX L N 1 I -Y , Sn laws. ' tibia ' ,ff A Xt .11Af:NYSSG?Wvw,?f 5fTWSQLQF-f-2wWifv'W?:T,lv'5lQ5hi5S?.ZK5fMal FIELD ARTILLERY shares with Infantry and Cavalry the program at the inland camps, while training in Coast Artillery is given on the Atlantic and the Pacific and the Gulf of Mexico. Page Tfzirtffn am ,N-yi.ggi!-W!oYN.v,v.v.v.mvgy.v.5gmvmVNe!oW 0 ' rN.v.v.vmv-mvmvmvmvmv.1.v.v.v.v.v.vmv.vmn 'b l