Thirty-two great training camps, each a city in itself, have been established and constructed for the drilling of the new recruits, and are now the chief centres of the nation's military activities. Besides these there are nine training camps for new officers, sixteen organization camps for the regular army, and similar centres for the drilling of aviators, medical officers, engineers, and Naval and Marine Corps. The following table gives the names and other details of the National Guard mobilization camps, national army cantonments, regular army camps, second series of officers' training camps, medical, engineers', and aviation camps, army departments, and navy training camps and stations: National Guard Mobilization Camps Front row (left to right): William C. Redfield, Robert Lansing, David F. Houston, President Wilson, William G. McAdoo, A. S. Burleson. Back row (left to right): Josephus Daniels, William B. Wilson, Newton D. Baker, Thomas W. Gregory, Franklin K. Lane (Photo Harris & Ewing) Accompanied by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell, the Primate Is Inspecting a Battalion Recruited From the Church Lads' Brigade (Photo International Film Service) Officers' Training Camps Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.-Commanding officer, Colonel Herbert J. Slocum. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.-Commanding officer, Major Alvan C. Read. Fort Sheridan, Ill.-Commanding officer, Lieut. Col. James A. Ryan. Fort Snelling, Minn.-Commanding officer, Colonel J. D. Leitch. Leon Springs, Texas-Commanding officer, Lieut. Col. J. D. L. Hartman. Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.-Commanding officer, Lieut. Col. F. W. Sladen. The regular army organization camps are located at: Chickamauga National Park, Ga. El Paso, Texas. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. Fort Douglas, Utah. Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. Fort Myer, Va. Fort Riley, Kan. Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Fort Sill, Okla. Fort Snelling, Minn. Gettysburg National Park, Penn. Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. San Antonio, Texas, (Camp Wilson.) Vancouver Barracks, Wash. MEDICAL OFFICERS' TRAINING CAMPS Allentown, Penn., 150 students, (Ambulance Corps.) Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., 1,200 students. Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 75 students, (colored.) Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., 1,300 students. Total approximate number attending, 3,625 students. ENGINEER OFFICERS' TRAINING CAMPS American University, Washington, D. C., 425 students. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 525 students. Vancouver Barracks, Wash., 160 students. Total, 1,110 students. DEBARTMENTS AND COMMANDERS HEADQUARTERS, COAST ARTILLERY DISTRICTS, &C. EASTERN DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, Governors Island, N. Y.; commander, Brig. Gen. Eli P. Doyle, retired. Middle Atlantic Coast Artillery DistrictHeadquarters, Fort Totten, N. Y. Panama Coast Artillery District-Headquarters, Ancon, Canal Zone. NORTHEASTERN DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, Boston, Mass.; commander, Brig. Gen. John A. Johnston. North Atlantic Coast Artillery DistrictHeadquarters, Boston, Mass. CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, Chicago, Ill.; commander, Major Gen. William H. Carter, retired. SOUTHEASTERN DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, Charleston, S. C.; commander, Major Gen. William P. Duvall, retired. South Atlantic Coast Artillery DistrictHeadquarters, Charleston, S. C. SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; commander, Major Gen. John W. Ruckman. WESTERN DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, San Francisco, Cal.; commander, Major Gen. Arthur Murray, retired. South Pacific Coast Artillery DistrictHeadquarters, Fort Miley, Cal. North Pacific Coast Artillery DistrictHeadquarters, Seattle, Wash. PHILIPPINE DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, Manila, P. I.; commander, Major Gen. Charles J. Bailey. HAWAIIAN DEPARTMENT.-Headquarters, Honolulu, Hawaii; commander, Major Gen. Frederick S. Strong. NAVY TRAINING CAMPS AND STATIONS Philadelphia, (League Island ;) Newport, R. I.; Cape May, N. J.; Charleston, S. C.; Pensacola, Fla.; Key West, Fla.; Mare Island, Cal.; Puget Sound, Wash., (Bremerton ;) Hingham, Mass.; Norfolk, Va.; New Orleans, La.; San Diego, Cal.; New York Navy Yard; Great Lakes, Ill.; Pelham, N. Y.; Hampton Roads, Va., and Gulfport, Miss., (Winter.) MARINE CORPS TRAINING CAMPS Port Royal, S. C.; Mare Island, Cal., and Quantico, Va. |