Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1919 — JUST AS SOLDIERS DO [ARTICLE]

JUST AS SOLDIERS DO

Boys to Get Military Training in Summer Camp. War Department Co-Operates With Chicago Board of Education In Establishing Camp Roosevelt. Muskegon. Mich.—Fifteen thousand boys and men. from all parts of the country will undergo a period of intensive military-physical training here tids summer. The encampment will be known as Camp Roosevelt Camp Roosevelt is being established by the Chicago board of education, With the sanction and co-operation of the war department a summer training camp for the cfidets In the high school R. P- T. C. of that city, but in order to make the camp realty representative of the whole country It has been decided to admit recruits from

any part of the United States. The age limits will be from twelve to fortyfive. The training will be under the direction of Capt. F. L. Beals of the United States army Who will have the assistance of 50 commissioned and non-commlssloned officers, 20 physical directors and supervisors. The training will include drills, maneuvers, hikes, bayonet practice, marksmanship, ground aviation, artillery and machine gunnery practice, radio instruction and similar military instruction. The physical training program will Include Jtaseball, tennis, golf, swimming, rowing and similar summer diversions. Recruits will enroll for periods of two, four, six or eight weeks, the first recruits to enter July 7 and the camp, to continue until August 3L t The training establishment Is being 1 financed by the Chicago board of edu-

cation, with the assistance of a group of patriotic Chicago citizens, who have also been successful in securing ;the co-operation of the war department. Cadets will be required to pay only the nominal sum of $1 per day for all) expenses, including tent, sleeping accommodations, board, Instruction and equipment. An enrollment fee of $1 is the only additional charge. Executive headquarters have been established by Captain Beals at 21 North LaSalle street and enrollments are already being received from all parts of the country.