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

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l ly ? ,f ul Us 0 v against the voluntary training of the camps. The Roman Catholic Church has declared, in the words of an eminent prelate, that 'ca valuable and permanent contribution is made by the citizen graduates of these camps to our beloved country, in the way of more virile patriotism and a keener interest in the need, in peace as well as in war, of a wise policy of national defense and security . The Jewish Welfare Board has registered its con- viction that the purpose of the Citizens' Camps is an epitome of all that is best in our American ideals: equality, citizenship, patriotism and clean out-door life . The Episcopal Bishop of New York, speaking for ARMY SERGEANTS have won the respect and friend- another great denomination, has Writ- ten of camp training that dit will benefit young men both physically and mentally, it will deepen in them the spirit of democratic fellowship and of service to their country, and will prepare them to perform more fully and effectively their duties as men and as citizens . The General Secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America visited certain training centers last year and reported: I am quite convinced that the camps have a wholesome influence on the boys who attend them, that their effect in inculcating discipline is good, and that any 'militarizing' influence on the boys is prac- tically negligiblen. , The judgment of educators on the value of the CMTC is strikingly manifest in the oHer of scholarships for competition and award at many camps. Fifty leading colleges and universities have made available these prizes, which carry free tuition and are often valid to the winners through the succeeding years of the academic course. These insti- tutions are both public and private, many of them under denominational control, Catholic or Protestant, some were established in colonial days, others within recent decades, they are found in every section of the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Whatever their origin, control or location, they are as unanimous in their approval of the ClVlTC as are the military schools of private foundation. Mention should also be made of the significant action by State Boards of Education in either directing, or recommending to local authorities, the granting of high school credit for camp attendance. The number of CMT Camps has grown in seven years from the orig- inal ten to the present fifty-two. Tl11S IHCTCELSC is dU.C lI1 part 110' tl1C BASEBALL is just one gf many gpm-ts, SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC ship of young men at every camp. Pagf Sixteen uVaY-'4V A V4V.V4'4VaV4VsV.Ya'av. Y V V Y Y Y ' lu'a'nYn'a'uVcVa'o' YsvevovuVgvovafn'u'eYo'mYuvovoYsV0 V ' 0

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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

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... ,-,,.1-I.-vm.. -ends. . .,. . , . L v- 5 G f SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC f Bi' I gi W: Camps space that could not have been pur- chased for commercial purposes for less than many hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have given publicity to the camps because they recognized popular interest in voluntary training, just as Congress for the same reason nas granted the necessary appropriations for the CMTC. A Indeed, no other Governmental activity nas won in recent years such unqualified approval as the Citizens' Camps. The Amer- ican Federation of Labor sent a committee last year to inspect the training at Plattsburg and afterwards in its national convention at . Detroit unanimously declared, We believe that it would be advantageous to all the boys THE CMTC MESS is one reason why the men Of our Qguntfy to take advantagg Of the show an average gain of several pounds within opportunity afforded them in the Citizens' Military Training Camps. They benefit by . the discipline.. It stimulates their patriotic spirit and teaches them the principles of citizen- ship. Our investigation disclosed the fact that the boys who are taking advantage of this course are enthusiastic in their praise of the benefit they derive from this training. It is remarkable what benefits accrue to a boy after spending one month in camp. The Chair- man of the United States Steel Corporation believes that our young men should be trained in such regular and intelligent courses of study and practice as are afforded by the Citizen's lVIilitary Training Campsn. These words express the feeling of employers throughout the country, who have given them substantial backing by the allowance of two weeks' extra vacation with pay to such of their young men as -are reckoned best qualified for this training. Corporations have largely profited by this action thru the better morale of thousands of their young employees who are striving by faithful and intelligent service to show themselves worthy of such recognition. In religious denominations there has been from time to time some dissentient voice or query,but even those groups which have doubted the propriety of compulsory military in- struction in colleges supported by public taxation have not found a legitimate argument the thirty days of the training period. IN OCEAN, LAKE OR RIVER or in pools like this, swimming is everywhere a favorite sport. I Page Fzftefn F V V V VnVoV4VAV4V4VnV4'.YnYuvafuf V V V Y V ' ' YuvaVofo'4'n'oVa'nVAYnVn'4'4'.Va11'sVu'sVn'uVnY5Y4'nVsVoYA I I