The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-19
ARMY NEEDS MEN OF MANY TRADES
 IH ALL BRANCHES
Specialized Work of Every Kind Must Be Done
 by Soldiers

Men of practically every trade will dnd abundant opportunity to pursue their favorite callings in the military and naval forces of the country at present existing as we'll as in those yet to be organized. Striving after the efficiency which must be attained in as short a time as possible. army, navy and marine officers are assigning recruits to those branches of the ser vice where an special knowledge they possess will be valuable.
 In the army as we'll as in the navy practically every vocation from en- gineering and medicine to baking and tailoring will be represented. When the army draft is in force the need for men of all trades will be unlimited. At the present time the different branches of the service have the me- cessary quota of certain tradesmen and no more are being taken. Other tradesmen, however, are still in de- mand, even for the forces already or ganized.
 Because the duties of the engineer ing corps are more varied than those of other branches of the service there IS d greater demand LHcI0 lOT ShlllSu workmen. The volunteer engineering regiments which are soon to get away for the front are almost recruited up to their full strength. but there is yet a chance for cooks, chauffeurs, auto- mobile mechanicians. longshoremen and plain pick and shovel men.
 The hegEngineering Corps of the regu- lar army is also in need of skilled workers. The adjutant-generaPs of flee has sent orders to recruiting sta- tions to enlist as many of the follow ing workers as possible: Blacksmiths blasters and powdermen, cabinetmak- CTS. wooden boat calkers, bridge. house and ship carpenters, clerks. cooks, divers, draughtsmen, drillers. teamsters electricians, enginemen, chauffeurs, fafriers. firemen, masons. mine foremen, concrete foremen, painters, railroad construction men. gIaziers, horseshoers, lithographers, machinists, oarsmen, skilled boatmen, mule packers. photographers. pipefit- ters, plumbers, riggers, riveters, har- ness makers. shoe makers store room keepers, surveyors, transit men tim smiths and students of engineering :.
 The Quartermaster's Corps is in need of chauffeurs, bakers, bookkeep- CTS, stenographers and typewriters. The need of bakers is especially great. A committee of motor truck owners and experts is striving to enlist 1860 skilled motor truck drivers for the Quartermaster Enlisted Reserve Corps. They will be used to man 40 truck trains. Headquarters have been established at the Motor Truck club, 17eO Broadway, and for the last few das the average number of applicants has, been 100. They are recruited; given a technical examination, a physical examination by the army surgeonstaads finally eaHstsd- s52Those who have driven pleasure cars as well as motor trucks for at leastr-a year, and who understand the mechanism of motor and transmission have little difficulty in passing the examination.
 In every branch of the service there is a crying demand for cooks All fighting forces must have good cooks but the men of this trade are not re- spending in as great numbers as the recruiting officers. would like. The navy and marine corps are as anxious to get good cooks as the army. Cooks will have no trouble in finding work to do in the country's military service
 Men skilled as mechanics, electri- CldnBy W1TcIII611, SdleS1u6n anu I0ie- graph, telephone and wireless opera tors. photographers. chauffeurs and aeronautical experts are needed ir the Signal Corps. A part of the func- As0n of the Signal Corps is the install fation and operation. of wireless sta tions, telephone systems and telegraph and cable lines at all points where the army is operating. The aviation sec ton is also part ,of the Signal Corps
 At the Navy Publicity Bureau it wal said that the principal need of the navy is for electricians. machinists firemen and cooks. Bakers, musicians yeomen, carpenters, coppersrniths painters pharmacists. plumbers ana filters can also find employment intht navy. The Marine Corps is enlistins electricians, machinists, aviation me. chaniciarls, chauffeurs, civil engineer and searchlight operators. :.
 Both the army and the navy offel an excellent opportunity for barber and tailors. On all the battleship. there is a barber shop, and some O. them are quite elaborately equipped The men of the various organization are constantly having their clothe repaired and pressed and the serivc of the tai1ors are in constant demand As barbers and stailors in the arm, and navy usually make more none, than their civilian brothers there i little demand for them at present il 4t,a oo,,Ifr 6chtfpD forces fc