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

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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

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vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv VVVVVV SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC K f 4 g. I is ag 'X greater number of men in training and in part to the need both of saving transportation charges and of making the camps more acces- sible to the visits of parents and friends and thus closer to the life of the communities from which young men enroll. Camp locations vary from the seasnore and mountains of the At- lantic and Pacific Coasts to the lakes and prairies of the Middle West. All of them are fortunate in an environment alike of natural beauty and of historic interest. Some are still in cantonments dating from the World War but most of them in permanent army posts and stations. No matter what the location, there is everywhere the same provision of comfortable quarters excellent mess expert training under se- lected olhcers with trans- portation, u n 1 f o r m s equipment, medical care and all other necessary 1 7 7 ' 7 7 0 a l l l CHARLES B. PIKE Prwidfnt, MTCA Chief Civilian Aide expenses supplied and covered by the War De- partment for the train- ing month. , - :iw we f 42:1 vfff 'fy 11 Q . 4. ,,! - MUSIC BY THE BAND gives life and spirit to the marche s and parades. Page Seventffn YV V1 U VVVVVVYVVYYVYVVVYUVVYVYVYVVVV anoVann' ' saucnscyotoopanonssl V I