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I111 TRAINING FOROFFICERS SHORTLYNAMES OF 186 ACCEPTED APPL1 CANTS FOR PRESIDIO CAMP INCLUDE HELENA MEN.:ANNOUNCED BY CAPTAIN CLARK1More Than 800 Applied for Entrance F rom Over the State—A List of Nineteen Alternates Will Be Published Soon by Army Men.Helena men fared well in the acceptance of applicants to enter the second officer^’ training camp atSan Francisco, which is to open August 25.1 he enlistment is for a period o! three months. In addition to Helena men now in civilian life, there are a I number of men who are in the national guard and the regular army I who will be given furloughs to attend the camp.Names of Helena Men.Among those accepted from Helena are: William R. Strong, secretaryof the Helena Rifle club; Park Smith, state senator; Ritchie Newman and H. S. Magraw, jr., who are with the artillery regiment near Cheynenne; j W. K. McKee, state actury at the office of State Auditor Poland; C. R. fickle s. F. A. Lange, t lifford A. Rusk, Joseph P. Toole. Otto H. Koch, Samuel L. Zeigler, Frederick M. Schlegel, Robert W. Steele, Albert Kurschin-iski, W. H. Neville, Howard L. Smith, John P. Breeden, Frank A. Johnson, Francis I. Moats, Leo F. Reardon,formerly a resident of Helena bptnow of Missoula, was also accepted.Accepted Applicants.More than 8lt;0 applications were received and Capt. H. C. Clark, regular army examining officer for this state, i yesterday announced the accepted | applicants. A second list of 19 al-| ternates eligible in the order in which listed to take the place of such principals as may fail to go to the training camp will soon be published. 1 A ; . ;! ( aptain Clark was assisted byI Capt. E. A. Everts, U. S. A.; Capt. E.S \ anatta. medical reserve corps, and First Lieutenant \V. H. King,!: medical reserve corps. I jMontana's quota was raised from ^ 72 to 186. The names of the accepted applicants follow: I I
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Helena Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Fri, Aug 10, 1917
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