Word: parted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...announced in an official statement Saturday. The number of camps has been reduced to eight, in place of the 16 that are now training officers for the first 500,000. There will be no Plattsburg in the second series. The sites for the fall camps being for the most part in the south on account of climatic considerations. In general, qualifications for admission to these camps will be the same as for the first series, but an effort will be made to obtain men at least 31 years of age, and the number admitted to training will be smaller than...
...camp at Fort Myer, Va., will be open for applicants from the New England States, Fort McPherson, Ga., will take care of New York city and contiguous territory, and also certain of the other southern states. The greater part of New York state, however, as well as most of Pennsylvania, and three more southern states, have been allotted Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Other camps will be located at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.; Fort Logan H. Root, Ark.; Fort Leon Springs, Tex.; Fort Riley, Kansas; and the Presidio, San Francisco, California...
...dressing shelters on Soldiers Field. There will be a seating capacity of 14,000 in the Stadium itself, and boxes built around the running track will accommodate 2,000 more. It is expected that at least $200,000 will be cleared above expenses, of which amount the greater part is to be donated to the American Red Cross, the balance going to the University Reserve Officers' Training Corps...
...will remain there for rifle practice throughout the week. Inasmuch as packs and haversacks have not yet been secured, the men's bedding and few necessary belongings will be carried out by motor truck. The four companies will make the trip of 16 miles on foot, taking the greater part of the day for the purpose. The hike will, for purposes of instruction, be conducted as a march under war conditions...
...range the first part of the time will be spent in shooting at known ranges. Each man will shoot the regular army qualification course for his record, which provides for 10 shots at 300 yards, 5 sitting and 5 kneeling, 10 shots prone at 500 yards, and 10 shots prone with a sand bag rest at 600 yards; and also, at rapid fire, for 10 shots at 200, 300, and 500 yards in one minute, one minute and 10 seconds, and one minute and 20 seconds respectively...