Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-09-24
Ordnance Officers
Wanted For Army

HOH " oclFc do COumlSSlOneu anu
non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates in the ordnance department Of
the United States army are urgently
needed, according to the govern
ment's latest call for volunteers.
They must be Of draft age or older,
and must have college training or be
"men of sufficient actual business ex-
perience to enable them to grasp the
subject and be relied upon after COM
pleting the course" No other re-
quirements are stated in the call.
The University Of Oregon at Eu-
gene has been designated as a train
ing station for the course. The in
struction of the first section will be-
gin October 1. Plenty Of applications
have been received already, but the
government now wants new sections
to be started every week thereafter.
Each class will be limited to fifty
men, and these will be expected to
devote their entire time to the train
ing. The army's need is so urgent
that the students showing the most
aptitude will probably be called be-
fore the end of the six weeks.
The men will act as shipping
clerks, stores clerks, balance of
stores clerks, etc., at bases and field
depots and be responsible for buy
ing, handling and accounting for mu-
nitions and military equipment.
Thousands of lives will depend upon
their accuracy and efficiency in get
ting ammunition and ordnance to the
fighting lines, and the War Depart
ment demands men who "are 100 per
cent efficient"
The course at the University of
Oregon will he under charge of c. C.
Jeremiah, who has been assigned to
the work by the War Department.
A fee of $40 will be charged to meet
the heavy expense Of giving it. En-
listment is required at the close of
the course. If the men are called to
duty and are placed in the field they
will receive the rank Of sergeant.
which carries with it salary of from
$40 to $50 month, according to
grade, with 20 per cent increase
in case of foreign service. All men
taking the course will probably be
made sergeants as soon as they get
into the field, although the govern
ment does not guarantee this.
The training will include industri-
al and scientific management, the re-
ceipt, handling and shipping of ord
nance material, conversational
French, and perhaps typewriting
lHO man WIN Cdh OpCluIc q typc-
writer will have an advantage and
stand the best chance of early pro-
motion to commissioned rank.
Director jeremiah comes from the
University of Pennsylvania, where he
has been connected with similar
course. He says: every man
should be made to realize that the
course is not given with the view
that the men will make money after
they enlist. 1t is a purely patriotic
move and the men taking the course
must sacrifice something for their
country. At the University Of Penn
sylvania we had in our class mer-
chants, lawyers! manufacturers,
brokers, etc.-men who were making
salaries of anywhere from 1000 to
$4,000 per year. They sacrificed
home, salary, prospects and every
thing else to be of service to their
country, and we shall expect the
same of the students out here"
Application blanks for admission
to the stores course will be furnished
on request. Address c. G. Jeremiah,
University Of Oregon, Eugene.