Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-10
TELEPHONE COMPANY.
 ID ORGANIZE SIGNAL
 RESERVE CORPS UNIT
Arrangements Under w 6 y Whereby Employees of the Mountain States Company Will be Given Chance to Serve Country Well.

Arrangements are being made be- tween the federal government and the Mountain States Telephone and Tele- graph Company for the formation of company of Reserve Signal Troops in the Territory covered by the com pany In time of peace the service re quired will be nominal In time Of emergency every maie citizen is liable for military service and the Mountain States company believes its employees prefer to render their military service along the lines of their telephone ex- perience.
 Probably only part of the men who volunteer will be required. Those who are not, will also have a patriotic service to perform in keeping open the channels of telephone 6ommunica- tion throughout the country. Enlist ment in the Signal Reserve Company is entirely voluntary on the part Of the employees of the Mountain States company. The company is interested in seeing that the employees who de- sire to volpnteer for military service are placed where they can best serve the country.
 Company Formation
 The telegraph company when organ ized as unit of the Signal Corps Reserve, will be charged with the pro- viding Of semi-permanent telephone or telegraph systems from brigade or di- vision headquarters to higher head quarters, or to the base of operations Telephone men are expected to learn that service in this company will prove invaluable in serving their coun- try. A telegraph company will be commanded by captain and made up of the following: Two master sig nal electricians: seven first-class ser geants; II sergeants; + corporals; 2 cooks; 49 first-class privates and 12 enlisted men. The equipment will consist of eight motor trucks and II motorcycles. Each company will be divided int two plantoons, commanded by a first lieutenant, and each platoon will be sub-divided into two sections. The section is the working unit in the company organization.
 Summer Training
 The term of enlistment in the Sig nal Reserve Corps is four years. Ap- plicants must be citizens Of the United States or must have declared their in- tention to become such, and be from Is to 45 years old. The regular army physical examination will be made be- fore applicants can be enlisted. In time of peace the reserve corps will be given 15 days held training each summer. Signal companies of the reg ular army will instruct the reserve corps. The men will be called for this service so as to interfere as little as possible with the regular work of the telephone company. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Com full pay to any employe who is ac- cepted as a member of the reserve, and this absence will not curtail any vacation to which the employe may be regularly entitled under the general rules of the company.
 Brings Extra Pay
 Transportation to and from the summer camp of instruction will be furnished by the government, with al- l9wance for meals during the journey. While at the camp subsistence and all necessary uniforms and equipment will be furnished by tho government and the men will receive good pay in ac- cordance with their rank and work in the reserve corps. This pay will be in addition to the regular pay received from the Mountain States Company. In time of actual or threatened hostili- ties the Signal Reserve Corps may be called into service by the President as part of the regular army.