Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-11-02
Openings as Mont Commits
stoned Officers

Able-bodied men bel ween the ages
of IS and 40 are needed In the follow
ing branches of the Regular Army,
where an excellent chance exists for
rapid advancement to the positions OF
noncommissioned officers:
Infantry, cavalry, coast artillery,
field artillery, medical department,
signal corps, (only skilled cable, tele-
graph and radio operators, inside and
outside wiremen, electricians, macb1n-
ISIS, photographers, etc. quartermas-
ter corps cooks and bakers, and, when
special authority Is granted. stenogra-
pliers, tyTists and b~ookkeepers; no
other applicants wanted In quarter
master corps), ordnance corps where
applicants bring authority from an
ordnance officer and avia ion section
of The signal corps.
Serve with the Technical Troops
There is a splendid opportunity for
young men having any mechanical
trade, or helpers therein, In the new
engineer regiments or aero battalions
or quartermaster supply companies,
and the like; and In such, any who
have had military training or who are
honorably discharged soldiers of the
regular army or national guard may
be rapidly promoted to noncommIs-
stoned grades, from which opportuni-
ties for training schools or com omissions
may be anticipated. If the applicants
have no military training, the first vol
unteering have the a advantage of speed
lily becoming eligible therefor. Such
vacancies are being rapidly filled and
any men under 40 who contemplate
volunteering should lose 90 time ia SO
doing.
Recruits are wanted for two COM
panies of the Both engineers "gas and
fame,n as follows: Chemists, inter-
prefers, electrical experts, mechanical
experts, explosive experts, gas experts,
blacksmiths, steam engineers, carpen-
tiers, gas engineers, plumbers, pipe fit
tiers, chauffers, cooks, clerks, mess SER
geants, supply sergeants, steam filter,
acid workers, etc., to be sent to Wash
ipgton for enlistment. These troops
are urgently needed In France.
A third series of Officers Training
Camps will be organized on January 5,
1918, with the object of training enlis-
ted men of the regular army, national
army and national guard for appoints
ment as second lieutenants to fill va
cancies that may occur in these forces.
The graduates of these camps, who
may be SO recommended, will be listed
as eligibles for commissions as second
lieutenants and will be commissioned
as vacancies occur, provided that their
services between the date Of graduating
and date of occurrence of vacancy has
been satisfactory. Enlisted men be-
tween the ages of 81 and 40 are author
lied to apply to attend and their APP
plications must be submitted before
December 1sf, 1917. No applications
will be received after that date.
Members of the same club are urged
to volunteer together, as 1t may be pos
sible for them to be assigned to the
same regiment or battalion. This has
occurred in several instances, notably
in Camden, N. ].
Attention is invited to circular re-
ceiyed from Washington authorizing
four stevedore regiments, @. O., N. A.
each to comprise IL companies of zoe
each (colored); also 16 fire truck and
hose companies for duty at the N A.
division cantonments, each such to IN.
clude IL private @. g., etc. white