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

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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 '

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THE SENTINEL be open on equal terms to all sections of the country and the War Department plans that every County in every State shall have its representatives in camp. This calls for nation-wide organization, for the appointment of County Chairmen and County Committees and for con- sistent local activity. Public interest in the CMTC is hard to overrate. The press of one commonwealth devoted this year fourteen hundred columns to a description and announcement of the camps and this was not, after all, an isolated or very exceptional proof of popular concern. Local organization and local publicity will always be needed, however, to insure a fairly even enroll- ment from both the populous and the sparsely settled sections of the country. The Sixth Corps Area had an original quota of 4300, this number was increased later by one hundredg training was given 4577, including the 306 young men who were sent from Northern Xliisconsin to Fort Snelling. Under the authority of the Corps Area Commander . PAUL I4u'rm:n I A Civilian Aide for the State of Illinois Y . Y Jr 3, ' x . , ,, al n -ll r 'ff , aa.-if' I ,fl , hu' , ,Ln t 4 ,. mi g t . W . . 44 MW.. ' -mf X I . in 1 a ' .Al , 4 .1 S x x'x xlQ7:f?! !,fvh itil w ' , '- til i ' 'J l X 'f r 1' i I 1. -ef y' K , lv 'i lx KN, , V rll it- H K ,ru 3 Civ .l.-mms-1 SIMPSON ilinn Aide to the Ser-retiu'y of War for the Sixth Corps Arun applications were received by the County Chairmen of the Military Training Camps Association, the primary civilian agency of the lVar Department , and were transmitted through military chan- nels to the Corps Area Headquarters. liach County Chairman was asked to form his own local committee of pro- fessional and business men with a representative in each village, town and city. It was planned that each com- mittee should have membership from various patriotic societies, from the American Legion and from the Organized Reserves. Corps Area Headquarters directed its work through the Chiefs of Staff of the Reserve Divisions and utilized Regular Army ofiicers on de- tached duty with the ROTC, with the National Guard and with the Recruiting Service. Physicians, especially of the Organized Reserves, contributed freely of their time in the physical examination of applicants. There was close liaison between the military and the Civilian at every step with the notable result . Pagc Twmity-nine vvvvv vvv vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv vv ,yy17 ,,,n,, vv vvvv ' 4 I. 1 ......m ..n................w - v ,,,,,,,... i.-'ai'-I--I'---.A .45 r 'i f '