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

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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

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I 1 P 1 I l S N THE CALL or THE CAMP 1 f 1 5, ,r f THREE TIMES A DAY-the most popular place in a CMTC. Z 2 is v LIBERTY THEATERS are crowded for ooncerts, plays and movies. Page Eighteen ONCE A DAY, or night, this represents the supreme delight of camp. O eva n . ' v v v.vw.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.1w.v.y,v,q,y,

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THE CALL OF THE-CAMPS tif ToM R. WYLES Secretary, M TCA took the summer training for its direct effect on his own work and the corpor- ation which made it easy for him to attend have shared equally in the well- acknowledged results of increased eco- nomic efficiency. Endorsement of the CMTC by the leaders in American life was a vital factor in camp enrollment. Many young men went to the training centers because of hearty encouragement from men and women whose judgment they highly valued. They learned that the Presi- dent of the United States and thirty-two Governors had sent their sons to the CMTC. They noticed that the Secre- tary of War and high ranking officers of the Army reckoned the camps the best place for their own sons. Mothers knew that the Federation of Women,s Clubs stands by the principle of adequate defense for country. Fathers read that organized capital and organized labor were a unit in support of the camps.. Young men noted that senators and rep- resentatives in Congress made frequent inspection of the training centers and went home each year with the determin- ation to vote for larger appropriations. They measured public interest by the M.. . . Mem, X , . KEEP FIT is the motto of the CMTC. Mass calisthenics and ' d' 'd 1 ' ' scribed and results are noted by army surgeons. In lvl ua corrective exercises are pre' Page Twenty ' 'VV' vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv vv .v.1.v.v.v.v. , N. . . . .v. ,, l . . . . 0 . . l