US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Eustis, VA)

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xr Q ,r stantly increasing appro- -- priation for this purpose has been insullicient each year to provide room for all the young men who desired to enroll. Camp capacity has grown from I0,000 in IQZI to 36,000 in 1927, hut even in this last year there were 20,000 more applications than places. This growth has come solely through greater appreciation lay young men and by their parents of the oppor- tunity that is offered. lt is certain that, if Congress will provide the necessary funds, young men will lill the camps up to the maximum that can he trained hy the oflicers and l10ll-COIll- missioned oiiicers of the Regular Army, with such help as the Organized Reserves can give. ' Some theories of social, economic and political organization have won public support in the United States only through intensive pro- paganda. This is not at all true of voluntary SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC training or of the camps wlnch incorporate this CHAN N I, qlmm,RAH idea. 'I he. I-louse of Atldjnr C,-,,,-,-,,1, U, 3, ,1,,,,5. Representatives and the The Chit-l ol Stall' Senate authorized them il FIELD ARTILLERY shares with Infantry and Cavalry the t th ' 1 d ' ' - in Coast Artillery is given on the Atlantic and the Pacific andptliiigrgiilfaof Meeiilcg? camps' while trammg Pagr TlIl.ff1'1'll n A n 1Y.'n'nYu'nv-Y vnvn' Y Y Y I -V-'If'-V-V-'-V-V-'M' ' ' ' ' ' ' r.v.v.v.v.v-vw.v.vmv.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.

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SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC A TYPICAL HOSTESS HOUSE--Here is the atmosphere of home! Women, trained for service, play the part of mothers, supervising and guiding both rest and recreation. x FOR GOD AND COUNTRY -Full attendance at church services and the constant influence of Army Chaplains show stress on religious life and quick response by the men of the CMTC. Pagt' Twflw U

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'ibgpx lf SEVEN YEARS OF THE CMTC Lutz VVAIH, Major Gmznal, U. S. flrmy 'l'he Adjutant General in response to public opinion and the camps have grown by reason only of their proved re- sults in better health and citizenship for the young men who attend. lflven the Military Training Camps Association, the recognized civilian agency of the War De- partment, has done no more than to help make the opportunity known year by year to young men as they reach the proper age for enroll- ment. Thisworkisdone by the voluntary efforts of county chairmen and committees throughout the country and at a minimum cost in organi- zation. However, the area and population of the country are so great that it is no simple task merely to announce the Citizcn's Camps so that young men everywhere may be informed of what they offer. This could not have been done if it had not been for the unfailing cooperation of the public press. News- papers have devoted each year to the Citizens' ,fri Page Fourtufn EARLY TO RISE -Group calisthenics are the first exercises of the day. .v.v.v.v.v.v. v v v v. mv v. .v.v v.v.v v. . v r.v.v.v.v.v.v-v.v.v v v v v.v.v.v-v-v v v v vv v v.