Citizens Military Training Camp - Sentinel Yearbook (Fort Sheridan, IL)

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'iff THE SENTINEL I ,K xi PAUL B. IWALONE .Uujnr fJl'VIl'7'lLl, U. S. Army Cnmmnnrlimg Sixth Corps Aron Priya' Tram' fliy-.rfcw IL , ,- n ' l.v.v-VN-v.v-vs v v v V v.v.v.v-v.v.v.vN.vv V Us v v .v.v.v.v.v-v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.vv . I I v 1 1 - I Q 0 v A

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'Qhxx Y THE SENTINEL OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL SIXTH CORPS AREA CHICAGOJLLINOIS September 7, 1928. To the Citizens' Military Training Camp Students of 1938. You have participated in and made possible another successful year in the Nation's Citizenship Training. The assistance rendered the Government by the Military Training Camps Association, the Civilian Aides to the Secretary of War and every individual of the procurement organization was of the highest order this work was so well performed by the procurement personnel and medical examiners that the number of non-arrivals and rejections at camp was exceedingly small. The student body attending camp this year was of high type and gave evidence of ability to meet the standards of responsibility which the Gov- ernment offers to graduates. The great benefits derived by you in camp are well known. None are more important than that you carry back to your homes and schools the lessons of patriotism, courtesy and willing service which were taught you. The increase in attendance from sixty-three young men in 1913, who paid their own expenses to and from camp, to a total of over thirty-five thousand five hundred this year, is clearly indicative of the approval of this great national movement to which you have contributed by your presence and cooperation. With best wishes for your future success as citizens of our great Nation, I am Yours very sincerely, fr! PAUL Major General, U. S. Army, Commanding. Pagz' Tzvmzly-x1',v . I

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I ff THE SENTINEL i i CMTC ENROLLMENT In the early days of the Citizens' Camps there was frequent mention of 'grecruiting or L'procurement . When this type of voluntary training was instituted in 1921 there was need of much effort for publicity in order that the young men of the country might learn of the new opportunity afforded them. The Military Training Camps Association was asked by the lliar Department to extend its invitation to the camps and this was done so effectively ,that 40,000 applications were filed for the 10,000 available places. This test of popularity once made, great care was thereafter taken in limiting the time for registration in order that needless dis- appointment might be avoided. Never- theless, each year applications have far exceeded the capacity of the camps. This does not mean that enrollment became automatic. In the one year when it was thought to be so and when lhIAI!f'UH ll. S'l'oKl-:H !'uInn::l, Infzmlrff Chief of Stull was made the number of applicants for which Congress had made provision was reached, and then greatly surpassed, only by special effort in- the last few weeks before the opening of the camps. This experience sufliced to prove the need of making clear the advantages of the CMTC to the young men who come each year to the minimum age of admission. The problem never has been one of filling the training centers. This would be easy of accomp- lishment by even a little intensive effort in a few populous sections of the country. Indeed, a prelate of one church said some time ago that he could, and would if it were so desired, fill all the camps of that summer with young men from the parishes of his own diocese! ln 1928 one State recorded applications so early and so rapidly that it threatened to absorb the entire quota of the eight States in that Corps Area. Congress desires, however, that this opportunity little early announcement of the prospective training Cm.. Mnxrox A. l'lLLIO'l l', Jn. flvljlllrlrll Ilrnrrnl Sixth Corps Area I 'age 7'm'r1Iy-r'1'gl1l Q I N.V-V.v.v.v.V.v.v.v.v.v.v.V.9.V-VN.l.v.v.vN.v.v.v.1.1.' 1 ' VN.V-VN-UN-vN.VNw.vN.v.v.vw-v.V.VN.1.V-1-vnswh ,X i r 'i f '