The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-10

TOW Ia the time for the young
man Of intelligence and ambi-
ton TO go into the army. The
Government will give him free
OF charge a training in any one of
many trades and even In a few pro-
fessions. II will be a training much
better. because more practical and
thorough. thar he could get In n
school OF technology. And while ac-
curing this education he will receive
q moderate salary with board, lodging
and clothes.
Would he learn pharmacy? In that
case he should enlist for the Hospital
Corps. He can thus obtain a thor
ough education in the apothecary's
business: or II he prefers he may ac-
quire n knowledge of the art Of nurs-
Ing. He will be taught how to rare
FOR the sick. to dress wounds and to
compound medicines. At the expira-
ton Of his term Of service he can
easily secure employment at good pay
a. a trained nurse.
Would the young man like to be-
come a first class baker or a skilled
cook? IL SO he can obtain the req
uisite instruction while serving an
enlistment In the army. The War De-
partment maintains three schools for
cooks and bakers In which the teach
ing is done In the most practical way
Imaginable by experts. y student who
has finished the course possesses n
thorough training and when he leaves
the service he Will be at no trouble to
find IA Job.
Harness making is a good trade and
pays excellent wages. There is al
ways a demand in civil life for men
skilled In this kind OF work. which is
thoroughly taught in the saddlers'
school of the army at the Rock Island
CID Arsenal. There the enlisted men
learn how to make and repair harness
and other horse equipment: also how
to care for sick horses. They take
lessons in practical horseshoeing.
IL the young man desires To become
. musician without paying for instruc-
tion. he may gain his object by en-
listing in the army. But lie will not
be accepted as a musical apprentice
unless he has a little knowledge of
music to start with. The army has
sixty-seven bands. one being attached
to cach regiment. and no military du-
ties are required OF the bandsmen eX-
cept to play. unless the band is
mounted, as in tire cavalry. in which
case each man must take care Of his
W horse. The enlisted men thus en-
ployed are constantly under instruc-
tion by the chief musician of the
band. Honorably DISCHARGED army
bandsmen are always in demand in
civil life.
These are only a few Of many
branches Of vocational training which
offer themselves to the bright young
man WHO enlis,s in the army with n
definite ambition in view. The War
Department. in fact, is doing its best
to work out "A plan under which the
military service may become so far
as possible a school for the practical
instruction of soldiers in such arts and
crafts as are useful in civil life. Re
cruits are as "A rule hardly more than
boys. To them IL is an enormous ad.
vantage IL, when their terms of en-
listment are over. they can go ont int,
h world with a technical education
that will enabl them to command
profitable employment.
Opportunities for such an education
are PARTICULARS varied in the Sigma
Corps, which might he described as &
body OF specialists. the duties under.
taken by its personnel being techni
cal and professional in character. Tn,
young men enlisted in this branch al
the servic" learn To be skilled mo,
chanics. electricians wiremon. telc
graph operators, wireless operators
cable men. photographers, acronau'
tic experts and chauffeurs.