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

Page 23 text:

SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC w ff 5 I l 4' W 'K TOM R. WYLES Secretary, MTC14 camp from reveille to taps and from the opening to the closing day of the month in training. Physical health and strength are at the same time a condition of admission to the camps and a prime consideration in the daily schedules. Each candidate is subjected to a careful medical examin- ation at the time he applies and again When he reports for training. Special exercises are prescribed in case of need and at the close of camp there is another physical examination Which registers his bodily growth and often carries sug- gestions to parents for their future guidance. Thus the doctrine of H keeping fit iscarried to hundreds of thousands of American homes and camp ratings become the standard measurements of community Well-being. The social and religious phases of the Citizens, Camps have been developed also With the utmost care. Army Chaplains are the first to Welcome the incoming candidates and opportunity is afforded not only for Worship adapted to the different faiths, but also for a personal contact, which is often more Page Twenty THEY'RE FF O -True sportsmanship is the spirit in each CMTC. -'-V-'V'VN-VN-'NAV-VN-Y-V 'VV' V-V-'N-'N-' 1 ' v.v.v.v.v.vmv.vmv.v.v.v.vmvm-v.v.v.v.v.v.v.vmv.n ' a

Page 22 text:

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

Page 24 text:

..-W A .. ,g- ., .. .,,---- , - A 1 .- 4 -- -1. SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC TO THE VICTORS are offered rewards in many kinds of military and athletic contests. ' s The daily program has been successfully evolved in these seven years to meet the purpose ofthe camps and the capacity of the men enrolled. These are for the larger part in the first year, or Basic Course, Where the instruction is limited to the Infantry. An increasing percentage each year is returning for the succeeding courses, the Red, the White and the Blue, in the first of Which the young men may continue the Infantry Work or elect to enter and thereafter remain in the Cavalry or Artillery CField or Coastj. In some camps there is instruction by the Signal Corps and it is likely that presently ,there may be elementary teaching in at least the theoretical bases of Aviation. Enrollment in the if CMTC does not carry any military obligation, but the best graduates are reckoned eligible to be examined for commissions in the Urganized Reserves, some compete for appointment to the United States Military Academy and many enlist later in the National Guard. All camps are under a military discipline, considerate but effective which has its outcome in a sense of law and order and a prompt obedience to recognized authority General Pershing has noted also that the men grow more aggressive, more confident, they get the spirit of leadershlp and initiative and in every Way become better able to meet the problems of everyday life Character building is thus a definite contribution oficamp training. It is coupled with a better feeling of citizenship Which emerges not so much out of the few hours given to teaching the basic factsand principles of life in our democracy as out of the entire life of the A GREEK STATUE OF TODAY A SOMETHING NEW MARKS EVERY DAY AT CAMP Page Nineteen v v vv vv vvv vvvwvvv vvvvvv vvvvvv 3 . Cl . 7 7 . . . . . N , 7 , , . . I . . , 1 i v ' YAY. 41. minimis s 474 u AY. Q 1 .UAW n A 4 0 n 4707415 nVaVaVo A Q . A 5 . . ,