Jefferson Barracks Citizens Military Camps - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Lemay, MO)

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THE CALL OF THE CAMPS THROUGH THE WOODS on a morning hike in sunlight and shadow gives each man a sense of comrade- ship and ,a disciplined feeling of his part in team work or play. - T published in many training centers and on the Annuals which are prepared at many camps as a record of the month in training. This significant sanction of the camps by educa- tional authorities and institutions was a large factor in enrollment. Economic considerations led many young men to the summer training. A large and increasing percentage Was made up of young men from ofiices, stores and factories, who Went to the camps under the expressed approval of their employers and with the sound conviction that a good record in the training center would be a factor in future HORSEMANSHIP is an envied accomplishment at a CMTC, where youngAmericans seek to rival the centaurs ofbmythic fame. Page Sevevzteen v v v v v .v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v v v v v v v ' nv.v.wmv.vmv.vmvmv.vmv.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.n , o

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9 i .ri L .-1 X THE CALL OF THE CAMPS I if 5 .-5 pay and advancement. Some companies granted T an extra two weeks without wages, most gave the full month with pay and a few allowed attendance for four weeks with pay in addition to the usual two weeks' vacation. One company in a large manufacturing city sent twenty-three men to a training camp, where the president of the organ- ization visited the group on several occasions. The young men were an important element in the camp life and made their definite contribution to the social whole. The wisdom of this step on the part of the company was reflected later in the heightened morale of hundreds of other young employees who planned to win another year a similar assignment. Most of the great corporations of the country-mercantile, manufac- turing, railway and banking-registered their sup- , , 4 Wa- X A . A . port of the CMTC in these significant ways. They , , did it not merely from patriotic reasons in support of the National Defense Act, looking to the security of the country and the stability of our institutions, but also because experience proved that camp train- ing brought them more ambitious, efficient and conscientious employees, and gave their young men a purpose, a sense of .obligation and a realization that only intelligent indus- try leads to personal success. The infusion of the city worker into the groups from the -farms and from the schools and colleges made for a mingling of all types in a democracy which can hardly be duplicated outside the CMTC and which reacted most favorably on the mutual relations of employers and employed. The young man who FOOTBALL TEAMS go to camp for summer training. EXPERT COACHES are in charge of every variety of sport in each CMTC. - Pa ge 1Vi1zelee1z 'VV V VVVVVV V 'VV' V' 4 ? M E vvvvv vvv vvvvvvvvvvv.vmv.v.v.n O . ' Q 'v