The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-10
Daily Points For
 Citizen Soldiers
(Issued by the War Department And all rights to reprint
 ReSeryed).
STAFF BRANCHES OF THE sER-
 VICE.

In addition to the three fighting arms-Infantry, Cavalry, and Artil- lery-there are nine branches of the Army known as the staff corps, and department. In general their first and mos important duty Is not fighting, bu assisting thosa who do fight, by providing them with everything they need,
 Following are the staff corps and departments: General Stain Corps;. Adjutant Generals Department; h. specJor Generals Department; Judge Advocate Generals Depart .menr; Engineer Corps; Signal Corps Medical Departmc cnt; Quartermaster Corps; Ordnance Department.
 The business of the General staff Corps is to study military problems of all kinds, to work out the best solutions, and to report to the Chief of Staff of the Army. It IS often called the "brains of the Army" and 1t would be hard to give a better description in few words The War College division of the General Staff Corps Is devoted to the study and investigation of new and special problems.
 The Adjutant Generals depart .ment has charge Of all of the re- cords relating to officers and en- listed men, issues orders to carry out the wishes oS the commanding officer, and carries on military cor respondence. In every battalion and regiment one of the officers of the line Is detailed as adjutant to perform for his organization the du- ties just named.
 The Inspector Generals depart ment observes everything that goes on and reports on the skill and gen eral fitness of officers and troops. At intervals an officer from the Inspector Generals department re- views the men in each organization; examines their arms, equipment, and supplies; looks over all records showing expenditures of money or distribution of property; and sends in a complete report, pointing out the good and bad features of the organization. In this wey the high officers are kept informed at all times as to the state of affairs in every section Of the Army.
 The Judge Advocate Generals de- partment is the legal department of the Army.
 The Corps Of Engineers are the skilled Borkmen Of the Army. They lay out permanent camps and en- trenchments; build and repair military roads, railroads, and bridges; dig saps and mines under the enemy's trenches; and take care Or other work which requires skill of this character.
 The Signal Corps is the messgae- bearer of the Army. It carries in formation and orders from one head quarters to another: It is today as essential to the conduct of great army as the telephone is to the conduct of a great business.
 The Signal Corps of the Ameri- can Army includes the aviation sec ton, which has grown to be of such vital importance. The best known types of air planes are the scouting machine, which goes out to get information by flying over tia lines; the bombing ma chine, which goes out to do as much damage as possible to the enemy's military works; and the swift fight ing machine, which attacks enemy air planes and protects the slower and bombing machines. The work is dangerous, but partly for .his reason is especially attractive .o men of high intelligence and dar- ng. ! 4...