Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1917 — HOW TO ADDRESS THE BOYS IN KHAKI [ARTICLE]

HOW TO ADDRESS THE BOYS IN KHAKI

Directions for Sending Mail to Men in Service of United States. WHERE CAMPS ARE LOCATED Distribution of Men In the National Guard "and the National Army by States—Officers’ Training Camp. Washington. —Mail for soldiers or prospective officers in training should be addressed as follows: JOHN SMITH, Company X, —— Regiment, American Expeditionary Forces. JOHN SMITH, Company X, R. O. T. C. (Camp in which training) (Town and state; location camp) JOHN SMITH, Company X, Regiment, (Name N. G. Concentration Camp) (Town and State). JOHN SMITH, ' ( Company X, Regiment, (Name N. A. Concentration Camp) (Town and State). Mall for the expeditionary forces will be forwarded by the government with the above address, which will be all that is required in view .of the enforced policy of maintaining the secrecy of the camp location in France. The parenthesis above denoted may be filled In by the following Schedule: NATIONAL ARMY CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ADDRESS AND TROOPS AT STATION. Northeastern Department Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. First Division —Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. Eastern Department Camp Meade, Annapolis Junction, Md. Fourth Division—Southern Pennsylvania. Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. Fifth Division —New Jersey,. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia. Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. J. Third Division —New York State, Northern Pennsylvania. Camp Upton, Yapnank (L. I.), N. Y. Second Division—Metropolitan District of New York. Southeastern Department Camp Gordon, Chamblee, Ga. (near Atlanta). Seventh Division Georgia, Alabama. Florida. Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. Sixth Division —Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina. Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark. Twelfth Division —Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi. Central Department Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich. Tenth Division—Michigan, Wisconsin. Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Eighth Division —Ohio, West Virginia. ■ Camp Dodge, Des Moines, lowa. Thirteenth Division Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota. Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. Ninth Division —Indiana, Kentucky. Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kan. Fourteenth Division —Kansas, Missouri, Colorado’. Camp Grant','Rockford, Hl. Eleventh Division—lllinois. Southern Department Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Fifteenth Division —Texas, Arizona, - New Mexico. Western Department slump Lewis, American Lake, Wash. Sixteenth Division W ashington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah. NATIONAL GUARD CONCENTRATION CAMPG ADDRESS AND TROOPS AT STATION. Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La. Eighteenth Division —Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas. Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala. Eighth Division —New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia.

Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Seventh Division —Pennsylvania. Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C. Fifth Division —M*.lne, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island. Camp Cody, Deming, N. M. Thirteenth Division Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. Ninth Division —Tennessee, North Carolina. Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. Seventeenth Division —Indiana, Kentucky. Camp Logan, Houston, Tex. Twelfth Division —Illinois. Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga. Tenth Division —Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Camp Kearney, Linda Vista, Cal. Nineteenth Division California,

Utah, Arizona. Nevada. Cplprado, New Mexico. Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala. - Sixteenth Division —Ohio, West Vlrginta. Camp Fremont. Palo Alto, Cal, Twentieth Division Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Part North Dakota. Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla. Fourteenth Division —Missouri, Kansas. Gamp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C. Sixth Division —New York. Camp McArthur, Waco, Tex. Eleventh Division —Michigan, Wisconsin. Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Tex. Fifteenth Division —Texas, Oklahoma. RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CAMPS (R. O. T. C.) Belvoir, Va. (via Washington, D. C. and boat). Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind. Deon Springs, Tex. (Exp., Boerne). Fort Logan H. Roots, Little Rock, Ark. (P. 0., Argenta, Ark.) Madison Barracks, Sackett Harbor, N. Y, Fort McPherson, Georgia. (Exp. and Tel., Atlanta, Ga.) Fort Meyer, Virginia, (Exp., Washington, D. C.). Fort Niagara, Youngstown, N. Yi (Exp. Lewiston, N. Y.). J f Fort Oglethorpe, Dodge, Ga., (Exp., Rossville). Plattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, N. Y. Fort Riley, Kansas. • San Francisco, Presidio of, San Francisco, Cal. Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Fort Snelling, Minnesota (Exp., Mendota, Minn.).

For convenience of our readers in addressing members of the aviation training units we append the following. The address In Its entirety may be modeled on the form given in the first paragraph. AERO TRAINING STATIONS. Avia, Near Belleville, Ill.; Columbus, Ohio, Wilbur Wright Field; Dayton, Ohio; Essington, Pa.; Hampton, Va. Langley’s Field; Mineola, (L. 1. N. Y.; Mt. Clemens, Mich., Selfridge Field; Pensacola, Fla. (P. 0., Warrington); Rantoul, 111., Chanute Field; San Antonio, Texas; San Diego, Cal., North Island. ARMY BALLOON SCHOOL. Fort Omaha, Neb. (P. 0., Tel. and 'Exp., Omaha, Neb.).