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

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, 2. 1? - ' . D Sill! K THE JEFFERSONIAN ixI i ff I f fi' Colonel Raymond Sheldon, Infantry, for the W 86th Division, Colonel Howard R. Perry, In- ' fantry, for the l01st Division, Colonel Gerard It ri. Sturtevant, Infantry, and for the 65th Caval- ry Division, Colonel Alvan Gillem, Cavalry. In Chicago, the work of the Civilian Aides for the Corps Area and the State of Illinois was carried on at Room 705TowerBuilding, 6 North Michigan Avenue,where office space was occupied jointly with the NationalHead- quarters of the Military Training Camps Association, in Detroit, Lieutenant Colonel Wade Millis, Civilian Aide for the State of Michigan, had the courtesy of the use of the office of the Chief of Staff, 85th Division, at 204 New Telegraph Building, in Milwau- lcee,Mr. Bloodgood had the courtesy of the office of Colonel Sturtevant for carrying on as Civilian Aide of the State of Wisconsin. At Corps Area Headquarters, Captain Del- bert Ausmus, CAC-DDL, CMTC Dfhcer, kept in close touch with the county repre- GEORGE GRANT SEAMAN Civilian Aide for Illinois NOBLE BRANDON JUDAH Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War for the Sixth Corps Area sentatives of the Civilian Aides, sent them news items and various other publicity matter at regular intervals. In announcing the CMT Camps, every type of publicity was used. The public press throughout the states of Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin was generous in according space for the news releases which were sent out from Corps Area and State Headquarters. In Chicago, elevated and suburban lines placed CMTC placards on cars and on station platforms. The Associated Press sent out many interesting telegraphic and mail dispatches before, during, and after the period of training. Aglance at the report of any national news- paper clipping bureau shows that space was given to the CIWTC which couldinot have been purchased by any commercial undertaking for less than hundreds of thousands of dollars. Page Twenty-vzivze V Y 'c'u'sYu'4'aVsV5VoYA I C

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Tn T THE IEFFERSONIAN ff g K is Q' Ji ROBERT E. XfVYLLIE Colonel, CAC-GS Chief of Staff imum of 6520 applications be secured in the CMTC PROCUREMENT In the Sixth Corps Area, the 1925 CMTC enrollment organization was again used for procurement for the 1926 CMT Camps with some changes in county chairmen, county committeemen, and medical examiners. Reorganization of the enrollment forces started about No- vember 20, 1925, and continued until March 15, 1926, on Which day the active procurement campaign in the Sixth Corps Area Was inaugurated. The enrollment forces in the Sixth Corps Area at the completion of the CMTC enrollment cam- paign consisted of 248 county chairmen, 2049 county, city, and Ward committee- men, and 1802 medical examiners. The total number of persons in the CNITC forces, exclusive of Regular Army per- sonnel, Was 4099. The War Department director for CMTC procurement required that a min- Sixth Corps Area, and all plans for enrollment were made to reach this objective. The procurement campaign was executed as planned and 6237 applications were received at Corps Area Head- quarters up to and including August 3, 1926, the date of the opening of the last camp in the Corps Area. As in past years, many organizations+social, com- mercial, and fraternal-gave their help to the Military Training Camps Association, which has been recog- nized by the Secretary of War as the primary civilian agency for this purpose. Publicity was carried on under the direction of the MTCA Civilian Aides to the Secretary of War, and the Divisional Chiefs of Staff. The Civilian Aides to the Secretary of War are: Noble Brandon Judah of Chicago for the Corps Area, George G. Seaman of Taylorville for 1Tlinois, Wheeler P. Bloodgood of Mil- waukee for Wisconsin, and Wade Millis of Detroit for Michigan. The Divisional Chiefs of Staff of the 1926 enrollment campaign Were: for the 85th Division, Page Twenty-eight DELBERT Ausmos Captain., CAC-DOL CNITC Officer aVaVs'aVnVo'u'aVnYoVuVA V Y V Y V V . Q 1 Q ' ' V v ' V v V ' '.'N.'.m'.' mm' ' I I . ,

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THE JEFFERSONIAN if if T Much success was attained in se- curing the co-operation and favor- able attitude of employers throughout the Corps Area. The question of developing this favorable attitude towards the CIVITC on the part of the employers is very largely to be credited to the work ofthe Corps Area Aide and of the State Aides in their respective states. Co-operation on the part of the employers took the form of giving extra leave with- out pay, extra leave with part pay, ' and extra leave' with full pay. Ap- proximately 500 commercial concerns made concessions in this manner and 700 candidates attended the CMT Camps in the Sixth Corps Area under some special concession with reference to leave or pay. Much interest was aroused among the candidates at the CIVIT Camps in the Corps Area by the announcement of college scholarships open for award to the most promising young men in the CMTC. The following scholarships were awarded at the CMT Camps in the Sixth Corps Area: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Max Mason, President, one scholarship, value 327000. DePaul University, Chicago, Ill- inois, Very Rev. Thomas F. Levan, President, one scholarship. Wheaton 'College,Wheaton, Illinois, J. M. Weaver, Treasurer, two scholar- ships. I ' Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, Herbert McComb Moore, President, one scholarship, value 35200. Lombard College, Galesburg, Il.l- inois, James Mayo Tilden, President, one scholarship, value iHS150.00. Detroit Institute of Technology, Detroit, Michigan, one scholarship. CARL F. G. MEYER Civilian Aide for Missouri - . u C. CONWAY Civilian Aide for Arkansa Page Thirty ' .1-V-71.717 ' ' ' ' v u a nfavsfiYQVQVQVBVQVQVAWVQRVAVNAQUQQQRYQQQUA I