The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-08

features referred to in the foregoing
paragraphs, thousands of skilled men
such as machinists, tool-makers, gage
makers forgers, ETC., are required.
Such men cannot be trained in a day
or a week, but require in many cases
years to become proficient In their
work Behind this line Of skilled
workers will be found added thous-
ands of helpers, apprentices and semi
skilled workers who are receiving
their training, and at the proper time,
if permitted, will be able to step for
word to augment the skilled forces as
the demand for such labor increases.
It should be borne in mind that for
every man who leaves or is WITHDRAWN
from such factories two men must De
trained; first, the man withdrawn will
REQUIRE months of training before ne
becomes a soldier or sailor, and sec
ond, the man who takes his place in
the factory will require months, and
possibly years Of experience and train
| ing before he becomes as efficient as
| the man who is withdrawn. It is hard
! ly necessary to point out the fact that
the interchanging of men in this man
| ner is highly destructive of efficiency.
/ Admitting the necessity for recruiting
| ~
Epear to dictate that the man who is
unskil1ed in a kind Of manufacture or
| Industry less necessary to the support
| of the military forces should be called
upon for military duty, and that the
munition worker and skilled mechanic
should be encouraged to remain at his
post. It will be noted that by this
ARRANGEMENT immediate efficiency
would be increased so per cent. while
| at the same time the amount Of train
| ing would be decreased by so per cent
In other words, it is necessary to train
| but one man instead Of two.
Presidents Proclamation of April is
The President of the United States,
| in his proclamation of April 18th, re-
ferred to the industrial workers as
| 1.-THE Minute Men Of the Hour" He
said:
| '.It is evident to every thinking
| man that our Industries, on the
farms, in the shipyards, in the
mines, in the factories, must be
made more prolific and more eff
cient than ever, and that they
must be more economically man
aged and better adapted to the =.
particular requirements Of our
! task than they have been; and
| what want to say is that. the
men and the women who devote
their thought and their energy to
| these things will be serving the
| country and conducting the fight
for peace and freedom just as
truly and just as effectively as the
men on the battlefield. or in the
| trenches.
| ''The industrial forces Of the
| country, men and women alike,
/ will be geat national, a great in
| ternational service army a notable
| and honored host engaged in the
service OF the nation and the
i world, the efficient friends and
saviours OF free men everywhere.
Thousands nay hundreds Of
thousands of men otherwise liable
to military service will. of right
| and necessity, be excused from
/ that service and assigned to the
fundamental sutaning work OF
/ the fields and factories and mines,
and they will be as much part of
the great patriotic forces Of the
nation as the men under fire."
Duty Of the Government
II Even at the present time before
"Se1eetiye Conseription" is undertak-
en-, manufacturers are losing through
enlistment the services of men whose
value to the industries cannot be es-
timated. Some Of these men are no
4 doubt attracted by the honor and pay