Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02

receive n minimum of twenty words
lished by the army authorities to be
about two hundred hours.
1t is recognized that some students
will be able to reach the desired
standerd In less than two hundred
hours. Others will require more than
that length of time. Students will be
dealt with individually and the equip
ment will be available TO students in
all daylight hours, including Sunday
warnings, also at evening hours. The
object of the course being offered is
to prepare operators to receive and
send twenty words minute on some
form of buzZer. The operators further
instructions will be given after he joins
the signal corps organization to which
assigned at cantonment.
GUARANTEES TO Students.
What assurances can be given the
students that he will be assigned to
radio and buZzer work in the service?
The army needs 1900 radio and
buzzer operators 1t is looking to the
conscripted men trained in these
schools as the main source of supply
for these operators. Their names will
be filed with the army authorities at
Washington, who will see to IL that
when they reach cantonments they
will be assigned to radio and buzzer
work. When the occupational census
is taken at the cantonments, the fact
that they have been trained as radio
and buzzer operators, which they
should state on their blanks, also in
sures their being assigned or detailed
the work for hirh he, a.
special preparation. Arrangements
will be made by the army authorities
to furnish advance Information to
the proper officers of the cantonments
concerning these men. These men will
also have the evidence of the certifi-
Gates or record of attendance upon
classes, which they should be urged
to carry with them to camp and pre-
sent to the division signal officer.
Service OF the Glasses to Conscriptcd
Men.
OF what benefit will attendance
upon the class be to the student?
First of all he will be trained for
some definite work in the army. He
can serve with the confidence that he
Is being used by his country to the
greatest possible advantage. Unlike
'i' 'iuihdiy IttTult, ne VIII enter the
army as n trained instead of an un-
trained man. While he will 70 to the
cantonment as private, he may.
when assigned as a radio and buzzer
operator advance to the rank of cor
porai or sergeant and wage OF from
$3S to S5l monthly. In proportion
as he shows his ability and interest
rapid promotion will lie ahead Of lr>,o
into the position Of master signal eIec-
trician, with wage of sS1 per month
Arrangements are under way by
which the United States signal corps
expects to give advance instructions
to promising radio and buzzer OPERA
tors after they reach the canton-
ments, fitting them to meet 'special
demands In the service. Promising
men who show unusual ability In the
groundwork training carried on by
schools will be eligible for selection
for this special training.
Service of the Glasses 10 the Countrv
What service will these classes rem :
der to the nation?
These classes will serve at leas, five
ends:
a) They would attract many con-
scription men to the idea OF fitting
themselves for the radio and buzzer
service In the army in which they are
to serve in some capacity.
b) They wo9,d give these men q
chance to prepare themselves In part