Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — Military Training Camps Association of the United States. [ARTICLE]

Military Training Camps Association of the United States.

Bulletin to all divisions and blanch chairmen. The following instructions have been sent by the department commander to all examining boards in the central department: “Hereafter you will have all candidates who apply to you make out applications and you ■will conduct examinations of such applicants without referring their cases to these headquarters. The full names, addresses and branch of all accepted candidates so examined will be transmitted daily by mail to these headquarters. Strike out on ail approval cards tinder second indorsement the wards: And 'has authorized 'him to report with his duplicate copy to the camp above indicated.’ Invite attention of candidates to directions on back of card requiring camp commander to select, and notify such accepted candidates as are authorized to attend. Accepted applicants may report not earlier than May Bth, not later than May 14th. Give widespread publicity to this announcement.” In accordance with the above instructions any applicant who is able to get in touch with a local examining board will file his application with this examining board instead of forwarding same to department commander at Chicago as heretofore required. In the majority of the cities in the department there will be no examining board. All candidates other than those living in cities where examining board is available will continue to forward their applications to Department Commander, Federal Building, Chicago, 111. Who is Going to Lead Your Troops? Now that conscription is a certainty and will soon be in force it is up to the people of your city to decide whether their troops will be Jed by their own citizens or by officers from other cities or states. The only way to insure the leadership of your people by your own fdlkxw citizens is to send in at least one application for every one thousand of your population.

Get Receipts Every candidate should secure a receipt from the railroad ticket office if he has to go to a different city to be examined; a receipt when he leaves ■his home station for the training camp, preserving Pullman Stubs if used. If uniforms are purchased, receipts should be obtained for them alliso. This is to facilitate reimbursement by the government. Expenses at Camp The (government will .pay all expenses at the training aanrp, . paragraph eleven, page four of Circular of Information, refers to subsistence at the caipp and means that the militaryauthorities in charge of the camp are authorized to expend 50c per day, per man, for subsistence. Men inf attendance at the camp will have nothing to pay for subsistence and need not concern themselves with this paragraph. Pay at the Camps AVe’ have the following telegram from out New oYrk committee: “We are advised by member Military Affairs Committee House of Representatives Army Appropriation bil'l would provide hundred dollars a month for officers’ training camp students and full pay according to rank for all commissioned officers reserve corps and those recommended for commissions.”

Final Date for Applications No final date for receiving applications has been announced. There is still roo far every one qualified to attend these camps, Special effort should be made to have all applications filled out and maield to Commanding General In Chicago or presented to boards for direct action before Saturday, May sth.