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

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f I ,S -f Under the StateAides functioned the County Chairmen, one for each county, and the Town Committeemen. This MTCA was very effective. Applications were sent to the Divisional Chiefs of Staff who developed them and, when completed, forwarded them to the Corps Area Headquarters, where the orders were issued. Elopements were IOZ. ,THE FULL PACK The distribution of applicants through- out the Corps Area was general and very few counties lacked representation. Arkansas, Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska procured their quotas, all being over one hundred per cent. The highest percentage was at- tained by Arkansas, which reached 227q,, or 127W over its quota. The next was South Dakota with I24q3. Nebraska was third with 123W and Iowa fourth with 11575. The geographical areas from which candi- I dates were ordered to Camps are as follows: , T Fort Snelling-Minnesota, North Dakota, CHARLES H, ENGLESBY South Dakota, Fort Des Moines-Iowa and Civilian Aide for South DakOta Missouri, north of the Missouri River, Fort , Leavenworth-Arkansas and Missouri, south of the Missouri River, and Kansas, Fort Crook-Nebraska and part of Iowa. In addition, six hundred candidates were sent to Jefferson Barracks at St. Louis, coming from Arkansas and southern Missouri. From Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Neb- raska and Kansas, over four hundred elected' to pay the extra expense to go to Fort Snelling. y ' SCHOLARSHIPS ' Scholarships were offered in the Seventh Corps Area during the 1927 CMTC training' season as follows: Kemper Military School, Boonville, Mo., one, value 8800, Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Mo.,one, value Sgoo, Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., one, value Sgoo per annum, for as long as the student I remains at the institution, Went- worth Military Academy, -Lexington, Mo., one, value 8800, Creighton Univer- sity, Omaha, Nebr., one, value 550, for 'one year in the College ofArts and Sci- ences, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, two, value S150 each, good for four years,provided the student main- tains a good record, Ottawa Univer- sity, Ottawa, Kansas, one, value 5560, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., , one, value 5125 per year, for four I years, Pillsbury Academy, Owatonna, . fi Minn., one, value S350 for one year. CARL F, G, MEYER ' Civilian Aide for Missouri Page Thirty uVnV-Y-1.1 4VaYgVn14Y4U-YaYnV-YuVaV V Y V V Y ' YaVnfuvufnVnVa'4VuY4Y4'a'aY.V4'aY V u'eYAYaVuVaYcVnVaV4Y 9 0

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THE FULL PACK swf l la 4 Fnoivr E THE oonrs AREA ooMMANDER . W TO THE CMTC MEN OF THE SEVENTH CORPS AREA: Your record this year has been a proud one. This has been a banner year for the camps in attendance, in conduct and in progress. To command so fine a body of young men from the heart of America is a high privilege and a distinctive honor. One of the lessons you have learned is the lesson of loyalty-loyalty to yourselves, to TENNEY ROSS- Colonel, Infantry, U. S. Army Chief of Staff your comrades, to your squad, to your platoon, to your company, to your camp, to your state, and to your country. Take this spirit of loyalty with you to your homes, your schools and your business, and success will avvait you in your chosen walk of life. Take With you the habits of simple living, right living, clean living, Which you have learned in these camps and you will aid our country to become a better and a greater America. T part from you all with regret and I hope that many of you will return next year. May our good-bye be only an an revoir. FREDERICK S. YOUNG HARRY A- SMITH Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, U. S. Army CMTC OHQICGT Maj'or General, U. S. Army Commanding Page Twenty-feven , , , , ,,, , V 1 vvvv .v.v.vmv.v.v.v.vmvvvv.v.v.v.vvvvv , 1

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THE FULL PACK PROCUREMENT IN . f It 1927 V ,Again the Seventh Corps Area procured the largest number of applications for the CMT Camps of any Corps Area, with a total of 8568, or over Iooo more than in 1926. The number of candidates actually reporting at camp was 5423, the original quota fixed by the War Department being 5ooo. These candidates were distributed among the several camps as follows: Fort Snelling, Minnesota .... 1524 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas . . 1723 Fort Des Moines, Iowa ..... 874 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. . 661 Fort Crook, Nebraska ...... 641 ln addition, 421 candidates of the Sixth Corps Area were trained at Fort Snelling. 'The standard of qualifications of candi- dates was maintained and the total of arrivals in camp was almost the same as last year, although the quota this year was 5oo less. THOMAS A. PEARCE Colonel, Infantry, U. S. Army Chief of Stall, 88th Res. Div. This Corps Area has never failed to get l its quota into camp since the beginning of DWIGHT W. RYTHER Colonel, Infantry, U. S. Army Chief of Staff, 89th Res. Div. the CMT Camps. The plan of procurement, which was the same as used heretofore, consists of an organization made up of the Military Training Camps Association, the Reserve Divisions, the RegularArmy Recruit- ing Agency, and the Regular Army and the Reserve Oiiicers' personnel throughout the Corps Area. The Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War for the entire Seventh Corps Area is Gould Dietz of Omaha. Functioning under his supervision as State Aides are the follow- ing' J. C. Conway . Little Rock, Ark. C. H. Flnglesby . Watertown, S. D. W. B. T. Belt . . Omaha, Nebr. C. S. Huffman . Columbus, Kans. C. B. Robbins . Cedar Rapids, la. C. F. Cf. Meyer . St. Louis, Mo. W. C. Macfadden . Fargo, N. D. T. Bergen . Minneapolis. Minn. Page Twenty-nine 1 ',y,1,y,1,1,v,1,1.1,1M!,YJn'4' Y V V V V V U V V V Y Y V V 1 1 Y Q VnVa'aYsY Y VQYQVQVNA l I