Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30
0nal Training for Men i'm the Coming Drafts

cause and persons who are seeking frss
training along commercial lines for
service with railroads. telegraph conf
panies and private concerns" a.
The circular OF information sent out
by the federal board explains that it
the membership of a class Is limited
preference should he given to men due
for the second draft. and in successful
order to men due for the third. fourth
and succeeding drafts. The plan Is to
oNer new classes as sooa as the work
of one class is completed and the mera,-
bers Of that class due for service have
been given their certificates. The AIM
is to enable the school I'm any COM.
munity. through continuing classes. to
train successive groups as far as DOS
sible In the ga me order as that in which
they are due for service. As long. how
ever. as there are vacancies in any class.
conscripted men should be admitted ir-
respective of their serial number for
the draft Wherever necessary WAITING.
lists should be compiled Of men WIN
are TO be notified when there is
vacancy in the class. 1t Is believed tina,
the best way in which TO conduct this
work is 10 deal with students individu-
Ally issuing certificates 10 men as soon
as they reach certain standards Of EN-
others
This circular for information issued
by the FEDERAL board. after going into
detail as To methods. apparatus ecuip-
'nent and plans for obtaining students.
states that all students at the time they
written evidence Of what they have dona
in the schools In order that they NAV
present this evidence at the CANTOR,
ment No student should be allowed to
withdraw from the class without this
written statement
II is urged by the board that the
school authorities do not In any case
neglect 20 equip all men with this evil
dence. as IL is highly important that the
Army authorities should have Informal
ton. both through these certificates and
through reports made to the federal
board. concerning all the men who have
enrolled in the courses and taken in
structlon 80
Arrangements are under way by which
the United States Signal Corps expects
TO give advance instruction to promise
Ing radio and buzzer operators after
they reach the cantonments. fitting them
to meet special demands In the service.
Promising men who show unusual
AFFINITY IN the groundwork training car
REQ on by schools will be eligible for
selection for this special training.
BESIDES radio classes, which are the
first to be organized under the present
cooperation. there are rapidly assem-
hing in the larger cities classes 70
Tram men as repalrerS and expert
mechanic.an3 for the Aviation Corps.
mechanical engineers and trained mem
Ior service in the Quartermaster Corps
The federal board is also cooperating
with other departments of the govern
inent. having undertaken the establish
rnent OF series of special war-trainirs
classes designed in the main to fit draft
ed men not yet called to the can,on-
ments for various occupations outsids
of military training. The general prin-
cipais underlying this training are
similar TO those OF the classes already
organized
In doing this work the board states
that IL has acted in 4 wider CAPACITY
than as an administrative board deaf
ing with the appropriations to tho
states controlled by the state boards:
1t has acted under section 8 of the vo-
cational education act. which authorizes
the making OF studies and investiga-
tons. In this case the board has held
that IL was conducting an investiga-
ton to determine what service the
schools of the country could render tho
FEDERAL government in securing traineQ
men. and that the promotion of induss
trial education was being materially ad.
vanced by these practically directed
studies. The board also makes plain
that so far as schools undertaking this
work which receive federal money are
concerned. they are under the control
and supervision of the state boards for
vocational education. just as they arc
with regard to any other approved work
in which federal funds are used