The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-02
SIGNAL CORPS IS
IN need OF men
On the Hunt for Patriotic TeIeg-
raphers for Service in
the War.
TRAINING CAMP is PLANNED
Former Operators Are Urged to Re-
turn to the Key to Release Eliai-
bes for Service with "the He
roes of the Army"

Il turn 10 tne Ney TO Release Eligl-
9 bles for Service with "the He
t roes of the Army"
g New York.-The United States gov
a eminent has leased 3S1 acres of lane
S at Monmouth Park, near Long Branch
! N. j., to be used as a training camp fol-
. the reserve battalions of the sigma
corps. This land has been acquired
! because Of its adaptability for sigma
corps work, involving all kinds of sig
mailing, telegraphy and maintenance OF
: rapidly constructed lines of communI
cation.
The quartermaster's department will
build large cantonment, consisting OF
temporary barracks, kitchen, store
houses, and everything necessary to
promote the efficient training of the
battalions, several OF which have al.
ready been organized.
The camp will be under the direct
supervision of Lieutenant Colonel
Hartmann, who will be assisted by 9th
er officers of the regular army. An in
tensive course of instruction will be
given to both the officers and men of
the signal corps, preparing them for
service abroad In every phase of mill
tary life necessary to perform their in
teresting work on the battlefield and
to keep up the traditions of the signal
corps.
! Experienced Men Needed.
Only men with education and ex-
perience along signal corps lines, aside
from the special lines mentioned, and
cooks. horseshoers. farriers and me-
chanics are sought for this branch of
service.
Lieutenant Colonel Hartmann has
| been given one of the biggest tasks of
the day in organizing this branch of
the new national army. He needs some
5000 telegraphers-and he needs them
now. Photographers are scarce.
The unusual number of men required
cannot be taken from the commercial
and railroad forces without jeopardiz-
ing the prompt transmission of gov
eminent business.
Men and women who manipulated
the key in former years-and they are
legion-are being induced to return to
the wire and release ellgibles for serv-
ice in the signal corps.
Brig Gen. George O. Squier. present
chief signal officer, u S. A., is the man
on whose shoulders rests the big re-
sponsibility for keeping up to the mark
and. If possible. bit beyond-the
"eyes. ears and nerves" of the army
better known to the layman as the sig
nal corps.
The signal corps has recently adj
dressed a letter to presidents of col
leges and universities, asking their CO.
operation in a plan of instruction for |
telegraphers and prospective telegra- |
piers. Six thousand young men are |
needed for the first army of 100000, |
and 1t is proposed to teach telegra-
piers the elementary knowledge of
physics and electrical engineering
high school graduates and college men
will be given this instruction. and a
course of telegraphy in addition.
viii Furnish Instructors.
Nv NiSliii UPS VIII lui IlNh tAUtil /
telegraph instructors and the colleges
and universities are being requested to
furnish the theoretical and laboratory
instruction. Young men desiring to
avail themselves of this opportunity
should apply at once. If found eligi-
BILE they will be enlisted, assigned TO |
classes and receive army pay, food, ,
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the course of instruction. which is eX- l
pected to occupy from three to five '
according to the ability of the
student.
In. time of peace the signal corps is
perhaps the least heard of branch of
The army In time of stress it is a o
most vitality necessary arm. 1t is the '
nerves" of the army. and as such, o
major factor in the conduct of milf y
airy affairs. In fact, the last three r
ears of war abroad seem TO indicate IL
( as the paramount element in the
control of modern warfare.
Congress has recently doubled the
'ay of the private and increased the .,
enumeration of each noncommissioned n,
fiicer. The signal corps has greater !,
percentage of noncommisSioned officers -
han any other branch.
The pay of a corporal is now $50 per
lonth. in addition to food and cloth
lg and medical attendance when
eeded. The rating of a sergeant is
ow $54. with the same subsistence; h,
hat of a sergeant. first-class. SOL, and al
ne master signal electriclan-and q,
lany telegraphers have most of the W
sauirements in this direction-SSl. CT
he signal corps is mounted service.
knowledge of horses, if not already
assessed. must be acquired. and Il
ealthful life in the open is one of the
ost attractive offerings of this branch is
the service. M
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