Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-10
TO
HELP NEXT DRAF I
CREDITS AGAINST NEXT QUOTA
BEING PILED UP BY MEN
WHO VOLUNTEER.
AVIATION SECTION is
AGAIN OPEN TO RECRUITS
YOUNG Men Who Tried to Get Into Air
Service Branch and Could Not Will
Now Have Another Charce-Have 10
Per Cent Credit Already Against
Next Draft Quota.

Presenting that the next draft Will
not be ordered before spring, there
is reason to believe that large part,
and perhaps all of the quota Marshall
county will be asked to furnish may be
supplied by enlistments. Up to June
80 Marshall county was credited with
$50 enlistments, which reduced its
quota from $50 TO 226, which is being
furnished. The period of this credit
of $50 extended from the date of dec
laration of state of war to June 80.
The county is to be credited against
its next quota with all Elistments OF
Marshall county men in all arms of the
service. except the navy, from June
so to a date shortly before the next
draft is called.
Have Credit of Fifty Six.
From June SO to date 1o4 have been
recruited here for the regular army
and national guard. F4fty-six of these
were from this county for which the
county's quota for the next draft will
be credited. The fifty-siX represent 10
per cent of the total quota the coun-
ty was ordered 10 furnish for the first
draft.
This question of credits for enlist
ments causes the recruiting officers
here TO call the attention OF young
men, and especially unmarried young
men, TO the tact that for every unmar-
ried man Who enlists probably one
married man will be spared from the
draft. This Is not only a patriotic
duty on the part of unmarried young
men, but is brotherly act in behalf
of married men of the county.
Enlistments recently have taken a
squirt. In the nrst nine days of this
month seventeen have been recruited
here, one more than was recruited
during all OF September.
The recruiting office force has been
increased by the detailing for service
in It of William T. Stone. first class
private, who has been in recruiting
service at Sidney. Neb., since April. He
is stenographer.
Seven More Enlist.
Seven more young men, five of them
from Green Mountain and its vicinity.
have been recruited here and went to
Omaha Tuesday to join the service.
The following five were recruited for
the Iowa National guard: Melville B.
Elliott, Lscomb; Harold John, Dewey
Woodwork, and Charles B. Gard.
Green Mountain, and Harold Hiatt. r.
F. D., city. Two others who enlisted
for the regular cavalry were Franklin
F. Mcdonald. and William keenan,,
Grinnell.
Aviation Section Open.
Many young men who tried 70 enlist
in the aviation section OF the regular
army, and who found it closed to en-
listments at that time, will be interest
ed in knowing that they now have a
chance to get into this arm Of the
service. The aviation section is open
70 enlistmentS now, but the popular
ity of this service makes ii probabie
that the men needed will quickly en-
list. so that it Will not be open long.
In the instructions received by the
local recruiting station this important
news to recruits is given that each
applicant for enlistment in the avia
ton section OF the signal corps will
be given instruction in flying il he pos
sesses the required qualifications
After enlistment, and when subject to
assignment, all applicants accepted for
the aero service will be sent TO Fort
Sam Houston, Tex for duty with a
squadron being organized in the south
ern department,
Other Branches Open.
In the signal corps proper, which
has also been closed for enlistments
for some time. 1900 vacancies now
exist which must be filled. Men for
these vacancies must be cable. tele-
graph, and radio operators, inside and
outside wirenen, electricians, machin-
lists, and photographers ana men vino
are familiar with the construction and
maintenance of telephone systems.
Additional vacancies now exist in the
aero and balloon squadrons and for
the following list Of mechanics:
feurs, clerks cooks. craftsmen, cleo
tricians, engine repair men, engine
testers, photographers, machinists, me-
chanicians for airplanes, metal work.
ers, magnetic repair men, motorcycle
repair men, propeller makers, photog-
raphers, radio men, riggers, sail max
ers, stenographers, tool makes yul-
canizers welders, packers, stock men.
boat builders, Instrument repair men,
uteulders, pattern makers, propeller
testers, painters. saddlers, :ouglers, car
penter bosses, carpenters, plumbers
truckmasters, gas works employees,
tailors and aeronauts, and skilled and
unskilled laborers.