THE FEDERAL CAMPS.

A General Order from the War Department arrived at the military office yesterday and with it good news to all R. O. T. C. men who expect to try for commissions.

This Order concerns the next Officers' Camps. At first the minimum age limit was twenty-one years, which prevented the majority of last summer's Corps from applying. The present change, however, to twenty years and nine months lets in many who would otherwise have been in-eligible. Looking ahead the prospects are likewise encouraging. The younger men, under the new ruling, will be able to go into training camps three months sooner than under the previous system.

It is now up to the University to fill its quota of 56 men. So far the applications have been few and far between--five or six are all that are on file. We want competition for these camps just as for the athletic teams. Our 56 make up the squad that faces the rest of American youth in competition for commissions. It must be made up of the best of our military organization.