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RECRUITING GOING
ON AT A LIVELY PACE
Still Vacancies For Men Who Desire
TO Enlist--Physical Defects MAY
Not inect Bakers And Cooks.
Baltimore, Md, July II. 1917.

Baltimore, Md, July II, 1917.
The figures shown at Headquart-
ers for the Recruiting District which
includes Maryland. Delaware and the
District of Columbian show that at
the end OF the first ten day period in
July the following men were needed
TO fill the quota assigned those Two
States and The District of Columbia.
Delaware needed l4U men to COM
plete the quota of 4u4. The District
of Columbia needed 334 to complete
its quota of 662. Maryland needed
1857 to complete its quota of 2590.
The following branches OF the ser
vice are still open: Infantry. Medi-
cal Corps, and The Signal Corps and
QuartermaSter Corps want men of
certain qualifications as follows: Ca
BILE, telegraph and RADIO operators;
inside and outside Wiremen. electri-
clans. machinists. photographer and
men who are familiar with the con-
struction and maintenance OF teie-
phone systems are required in he
Field and Telegraph ButtaIiOns Of
the Signal Corps. There are ap-
proXimately one thousand vacancies
in the enlisted strength OF the Signal
Corps.
Cooks and Bakers are desired FOR
the Quartermaster Corps. OppOr-
tunity for promotion is unusual in
the Bakery Company. The War De-
partment states that the enlistment
of men to fill these positions is desir-
ed at the earliest practicable date. If
a man has not had experience as Il
cook or baker, in civil life, he may
be accepted for either one of these
positions if he is of good physique,
strong ana robust and is willing to
be trained 1t is possible that GER
tain physical defects may be waived
in the case of bakers and cooks,
therefore, all should apply.
Although the Aviation Section of
the Signal Corps is still closed to en-
listment, the local recruiting officers
for the Regular Army will ask for
authority to accept men for the Avi-
alton Section of the Signal Corps pro-
vided they show they are gasoline
engine men, mechanics. chauffers or
men familiar with internal combus-
lion engines.
The local recruiting office is just
in receipt of regulations lowering the
physical requirements of applicants
for enlistment so that the height
minimum is now 6l inches and the
weight minimum 10 pounds.
Anyone desiring further informa-
tion is urged to apply to the local
Postmaster who is recruiting agent
or to one of the Regular Army Re-
cruiting Stations for the Regular Ar
my of the United States, Recruiting
Stations for the Regular Army OF
the United States are as follows:
Baltimore, Md, 6 st. Paul street;
Hagerstown, Md. "a S. Potomac ST.;
Easton, md, 3S Dover street; Fred
erick, NIL, Central Trust Co. of Md,
md floor; Dover, Del, 20S Locker
mann street; Wilmington, Del, sos
Market street; Cambridge, Md, 9
Poplar street; Salisbury. Md, Main
and Division streets; Cumberland,
Nd, IL Baltimore street. All post
fffeeeat.ssttttsl "a -2ad, -2rd and 4th class
may acdept men for enlistment and
provide them with the necessary
TRANSPORTATION to the nearest recruit
ing station.
All m en- who have been refused on
account of physical disqualitications
before June 1st, are now invited to
apply again for enlistment. Capt.
H. ]. IMcKenney, the Officer in
Charge of recruiting for the Regular
Army Of the United States points out
that there are certain classes of men
who can enter the army only by vol
untary enlistment. All men between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-one
years inclusive, and thirty-one and
forty-one, inclusive, can only do their
bit by voluntary enlistment. Such
men are urged to apply at once for
enlistment in the Regular Army of
the United States.