Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1917 — Wants Applicants For Second Officers’ Training Camp. [ARTICLE]

Wants Applicants For Second Officers’ Training Camp.

Washington, D. C„ July 3rd, 1917. The statement that mature men wOT be given preference for the second series of Officers’ Training Camps seems to have been misunderstood in some quarters. This preference will only apply where qualifications are equal. There is no intention to bar out applications from men under thirty-one. In fact, examining officers have been instructed to. regard the ages from twenty-five to thirty-five as the most suitable. 'J here is also some misunderstanding about the necessity of previous military experience. The government is looking promarily for successful and forceful men and military experience, though desirable, is not strictly necessary. (Signed) GENERAL McCAIN, The Adjutant General.