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

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THE SENTINEL f XX Wlll'1I'IliPIli l'. linoonooon 4 Civilian Aide for the State t1f,W1Nf!llllHlll detailed in May for duty as CMTC Oflicer. ln this capacity he iinished a remarkable record in enrollment and later visited all the training centers of the Area in preparation for the work of the coming year. The success of the Citizens' Camps both in the enrollment of candidates and in the conduct of training depends everywhere on the Commanding General. ln the Sixth Corps Area the exceptional results secured were guaranteed in ad- vance by the wisdom, experience and enthusiasm of Major General Paul B. Malone, who received this detail early in the vear. At Fort Sheridan the citizens of Chicago and Milwaukee united in offering through the Military Training Camps Association special funds for athletic equipment, entertainment and prizes for the 2,0CO younglmen of this camp. Scholarships at the University of Chicago, at Northwestern, De Paul and Mar- quette Universities, at Carroll, l,ake Forest, Ripon, and Wheaton Colleges, Pngr' Thirly that the Sixth Corps Area, by the test of final quotas, surpassed all others in the training of IQZS. The administrative personnel of the Military Training Camps Association under the presidency of Charles li. Pike. Chief Civilian Aide to the Secretary of iVar, includes the following Civilian Aides: for the Corps Area james Simpson: for the State of Illinois Paul Butler: for the State of Michigan Phelps New- berry, for the State of Wisconsin iVhecler P. Bloodgood. ifVithin the Area the following are Chiefs of Staff of the Reserve Divisions at this time: for the 86th Division Colonel Howard R. Perry: for the 65th Cavalry Division Colonel George T. Langhorne: for the 85th Division Colonel Fredrik L. Knudsen and for the IOISL Division lit. Col. George R. Greene. The management of CMTC allairs in the Corps Area rests with its Adjutant General's Office under charge of Colonel Milton A. lflliott., slr. To this department of Corps Area Head- quarters Major Burton lfi. Bowen was Gi-ionom R. GIIEENL: Lfrut. ffulunrl, l .'l-U. S, .-lrmy Chief of Stinli, 101541. Div. Org. llcs. .v.v.1.v.v.v.v V-VJNJ.1.1.v-Y-v.v.v.v.v.v v.v.v v 1 1 I ' nv.1.1-V-mv-v.v-WVNNN.VN-UN-7.1-1-I-1.1.1-v.v v v I

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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 '

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,f at the Bradley Polytechnic Institute and Illinois Wesleyan University were open for competition. All of t hese f f is scholarships carried free tuition for one year and most of them were renewable. The final enrollment of young men for CMT Camps in the Sixth Corps Area is indicated as follows: Camp McCoy 171, Fort Brady 253, Fort Snelling 3c6, Jefferson Barracks HS4, Camp Custer 968 and Fort Sheridan 1995. A marked feature of this year was the great interest in voluntary training manifested by the business and profes- sional men and by the women in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and many other communities. Mr. Simpson, Mr. Butler, Mr. Newberry and Mr. Bloodgood gave much time to their work as Civilian Aides and had able assistance from Mr. W'aldo and Mr. l.ear in Detroit and Mr. Bark in Milwaukee. Local committees, like the one in Cook County under the chairmanship of Mr. Mitchell, enlisted the support of inliuential citizens and the Chiefs of Staff of the Reserve Divi- sions commanded the services of officers in the Regular Army and the Reserves. THE SENTINEL 4 , I l'111c1.1-H Nnwnicxuu' Civilmn Aide for tho State of Mivliigmx liuwrow IC. Iiowi-:N ' .llujm', Inflmlrlu CMTC Ollir-er -l0IlN J. M1'1'r:11 1, . MTCA Chnirrnnn for Ciwifk County Pagr Tllirly-om .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.- 0 , ' ' . nv.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v-v-v.v.v.v.nv-v.v.v-v.v.v,v.v,v,v,,,