The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-08
NAVY WANTS AVIAT0RS:
OFFERS fine CHANCES

Uncle Sam has taken down the bars
for aviators. Every healthy, able-bod-
led and level-headed young man who
has a good knowledge of mechanics
and gas engines can enlist in the
navy aviation service If he makes
good he will soon be patrolling the
skies on the lookout for German sub
marines or scout ships
A young man who can pass the reg
ular navy examination can now en-
list for aviation duty 1t used to be
easier for a camel to go through the
eye of needle than for a man to get
into the aviation service A mau used
to have to be 100 per cent perfect in
every respect to qualify for flying
duty. Now the same examination is
given aviation applicants as that of
seamen or firemen or any other
branch
Two branches of the aviation SER
vice are open to every young man be-
tween Fl and 35 years of age. Men
will be accepted for the aviation
quartermaster department and for
aviation machinists's mates,
Men who enlist in the quartermast-
er department should have experience
in either cabinet work for the repair
ing Of pontoons or in fabric work for
the repairing of wings. These men
are given no promise of actual flying;
the primary idea of this service is
handling and repairing aircraft. Men
who enlist in this service will be sent
to Pensacola, Fla, for training. After
the training period an examination
will be given and those who make
good will be rated as second class
quartermasters, whose pay is S46.50 a
month, in addition to free board and
lodging, free medical attention and an
outfit Of clothing worth $50 After a
years satisfactory service, men will
be advanced to first class and paid
$50 a month in addition to all living
expenses.
Actual flying is promised to some of
the men who enlist as aviation mach
inist's mates and who make good. To
enlist in this branch a man must be a
good mechanic and have gas engine
experience. Men who go into this
service will be trained at Pensacola,
Fla, and will be drilled in the handl-
ling and repairing of airplanes. Those
who can qualify at once will be rated
as second class men, and will be paid
| $50 a month, in addition to all living
expenses. After a years experience,
| good workers will be advanced to first
class and will then be paid $66.50 a
month.
| An opportunity to take an intensi-
| fed course in mechanics at Columbia
university in New York city is offered
| to some OF the men who enlist as
mOtOrboat mechanics mates. 1t is
necessary to have experience in the
operation and repair of gas engines
| to join this branch. Men in this SER
vice will be trained at the navy yard
| in Philadelphia aboard some of the
nations new submarine chasers The
most proficient men will be picked
out and sent to the special navy
| training school which has been estab-
| lished at Columbia University.
According to Lieut. Commander
John w. Schoenfeld, in charge of re-
cruiting for the navy in this district,
this is likely to be the best opportuni-
| ty that will be offered young men to
get into the aviation service. He ad-
vises all young men who are anxious
for flying duty to grasp this oppor-
tunity to become navy aviators.