Word: camped
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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According to the regulations of the training camp for heavy artillery, all candidates must be in the military service at the time they are accepted, but a special provision is being made for certain selected men now in civil life...
...subject to draft, a man applies to the headquarters at Camp Monroe and on receiving the necessary papers, goes to his local board and is ordered to report to the Artillery School...
There he is put through preliminary training with a special company and is transfered to the officers' camp when it opens. If successful in the three weeks course he is commissioned...
...registered has two ways of applying for the course. The best way is to go to Fort Monroe and enlist there. He will then be assigned to a special company in the Coast Artillery School and transfered to the training camp when it opens. The other way is to enlist in the Coast Artillery at any recruiting station and apply for transfer to the camp at Fort Monroe. Men doing this, however, will not be transfered by their commanding officer unless they show unusual ability...
...Coast Artillery training camp was established last June as a part of the officers' department of the school. With the establishment of the training camp came the adapation of the instruction from plain to heavy artillery...