The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-07
MAJOR SEWELL ID
 FORM REGIMENT OF
 ENGINEERS IN STATE
Opportunity For Services in Engineers Reserve Corps Pointed Out in State
 ment-Many Needed

The Secretary of War has assigned Maj. JN s. Sewell of the engineer off cers' reserve corps, at present vice pres ident and general manager of the Ala oama Marble company at Gantts Quarry, to expedite the organization of the Sev- enth Reserve Engineer regiment in the vicinity of Birmingham and in Alaba ma. Major Sewell is authorized to say that all men will be discharged at the end of the war and they will not be subject to draft to other forces while serving in the engineer regiment; also that the regi- ment will be called into active service as soon as sufficiently organized The spe- cial function of the regiment will be railway maintenance of way and con- struction.
 It is Major Sewelrs opinion that this means exceptional opportunities on the lines of communication in France in con- nectlon with any expeditionary force that may be set over there. It is good op- portunfty for men with the requisite ex- perience to serve their country under the conditions most advantageous to them selves. For the present, all inquiries should be addressed to Mai J. & SeweIl, care Army Recruiting Station, Birming- nam, Ala.
 Engineers, mechanics and workmen qualified by their experience are ur- gently requested to communicate at once with Major Sewel.
 Men of military age should remember that they are liable to be drafted any way and this is an opportunity to render their services under the most ideal con- ditions," said Major Sewell Men who are skilled in this sort of work are of much more value in a regiment of this sort than they would be in other branches of the service. Those who are ambi- tious for real war service are likely to have their wishes fully gratified. Even though the engineers are not often put directly on the firing line, it often falls to their lot@to destroy bridges when the last contingent of infantry or other branch has passed or to rebuild bridges and repair roads in the forefront of vic- torious advance
 Service in regiment of this sort has it's full share of the hazards of war and at the same time, is intensely inter- esting. It is a magnificent training for men of all grades. Many of the distin- guished civil engineers of the last gene nation in the United States got their first engineering experience i'll the battalion of engineers of the regular army during the
 
 ment is not only an opportunity to serve ones country to the best advantage but cannot fail to have a favorable effect upon the future of those who enter it's personnel. Engineers and men suitable for service in this regiment are urgently requested to communicate with me with out delay
 For further information of all con- eerned the following list of occupations which are especially desirable for en- gineer regiments is given: Typographical surveyors and sketchers blacksmiths. electricians, craftsmen, miners, engine men, steam and gas, machinists, firemen, masons caulkers, lithographers and photographers, riggers, expert axmen, boatmen, horseshoers, quarrymen and powdermen. packers, teamsters, saddlers, cooks. clerks, plumbers and pipefitters, bridge carpenters, skilled carpenters, pho tographers and blueprint men.