Citizen soldiers at the C.M.T.C. in Jefferson Barracks put their best foot forward during this march which was toward the mess hall yesterday for the noonday meal.
Are going to be chambermaids or soldiers, some of these boys at the Jefferson Barracks CMTC might ask, but they al seem interested as they received their lesson yesterday in the technique of putting the blanket and sheets on a cot.
Ready to register and enter the "processing" series of bath examination and uniformsmeasurements before being sent to company tents, a group of the first arrivals for the C.M.T.C. Camp at Jefferson Barracks is shown with bag and baggage behind the registration tent.
Cadets at the Citizens' Military Training at Jefferson Barracks yesterday, passed in review before Maj. Gen. Frank B. Parker, Commander of the Sixth Corps Area with headquarters in Chicago.
St. Louisans at the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Jefferson Barracks where with boys from other parts of Missouri, Illinios and Arkansas, they will undergo a perios of army life.
Rolling their own (Richard Osborne, 23), and everette Kennett, 21, both of Hornersville, MO., arrived at Jefferson Barracks' C.M.T. camp yesterday and soon mastered the art of puttee rolling.
Music C.M.T.C. dances is provided by the camp's own orchestra, there being available 40 instruments, of which eight or 10 are used for each engagement.
A crowd of 6000 soldiers and civilian attended the second round of the C.M.T.C. amateur boxing tournament at Jefferson Barracks and here is a section of the C.M.T.C. crowd showing the boys from Missouri and Illinois cheering their favorites, booing the boys from the other states and showing general indifference in other cases.
A rookie checks in at the Citizens' Military Training Camp and reports to Maj. K.M. Halpine, who sizeshim up after looking over his application. This is the first step in starting on a 30-day vacation at hard work at Jefferson Barracks. The succeeding steps are mainly long drills.
Having been registered, physically examined, provided uniform equipment and instructed in army dress procedure, C.M.T.C. members are being led to their company's quarters to await further instruction in army routine and regimentation.
Uncertain of what's coming next but ready, these Citizens' Military Training Camp boys of Company C mustered in yesterday at Jefferson Barracks and are all fixed up with army crab including the red, white, and blue hat cords of the C.M.T.C. untis.
