Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-14
OFFERS TO TRAIN CORPS
OF WAR BAKERS FOR U.S..
William Freebooter Proposes Plan
to Government to Instruct
Army Cooks

A plan to train bakers for the new divi-
hon of 1000 bakers and 10000 cooks which
the army quartermaster corps needs for
the nations huge military forces was Of
fered today to the Government by William
Treihofer, head of the Freebooter Baking
Company
Mr.. Freihofer volunteered to advertise
for recruits and to train them in field bak-
ing, provided the War Department will
furnish a field baking outfit and an in
structor After two of his sons are in
Itructed in field baking, according to the
bakery heads plan, the company would take
over the task of instructing the recruits.
SHOULD the Government accept the offer,
propose to have the field baking outfit
erected on'a lot adjoining our plant, where
bread would be baked under field condl-
tons which differ radic-'ly from bread
making machinery in bak karies," said Mr..
Neihofer. II propose to advertise for re-
cruits and to undertake to train those
accepted by the army. In this way the
Government would be relieved of the
trouble of training its men"
The plan was submitted to Captain L. l..
Dietrich, of the quartermaster c'rps, who
organized the twelve bakery companies now
IN the regular army and who has been put
at the head of the newly created divisions of
the corps.
Captain Sherrard Coleman, quartermaster
corps; W, II. Smith, cavalry; j. c. Pegram
cavalry, and c. II. Dickey, cavalry, will
be assigned to department commanders as
special officers to organize bakery COM
panies. The companies, which will consist
Of 100 men each, will be stationed in the
sixteen national army cantonments and
sixteen national guard camps.
Two "hello girls" having heard that the
signal reserve corps wants telephone opera
tors, applied today TO Lieutenant Douglas
MacFarlan at the recruiting station, 12l
south Fifth street They were told that
only men are wanted, but were thanked
for their patriotism. Technical men
wireless telegraph and telephone opera
tors and linemen-in addition to few
cooks BARRIERS apd veterinarians, are
wanted for the three mounted battalfOns
OF 2Ss men each that are being raised,
The duties Of the Service of information"
Will be to keep the armies afield in COM
munication with headquarters by means OF
outpost companies on the firing line and
wire and wireless companies Thirty per
cent Of the enlisted men will be nonCom-
misSloned officers, so that the opportunities
Tor advancement are good. One hundred
ana htty men were enlisted up to today.
Orders to recruit trained radio operators
tor the finishing school at Harvard were
announced today by Lieutenant r. Y. Cad
mus, OF the naval coast defense reserve re-
crultlng station at City Hall. Men who
nave a minimum ability of receiving ten
WORDS minute will be taken. All begin
ners will be taught in the Parkway Build
ing, Where classes will begin next week.
Ihe 65-foot power cruiser purchased for
government service by Stanley II. Frei-
hoter' son OF the bakery president, has been
uken over by the naval coast defense re-
serve On board are young Freebooter and
Two chums, Edward Schmittheiser and
herbert Pfeil, together with a full crew OF
seamen.
Tba NHTnn ntg In
Nmch the Pennsylvania units Will make
an effort to recruit to full war strength,
mas been tentatively fixed as June 25. -
council of officers in the city viii ask
governor Brumbaugh to designate the week
as Statewide period for recruiting the
militia. Yesterdays National Guard en-
nstments in Philadelphia were: First In
,ahtry' eight; Third Infantry two; sixth
AnIantry, five; Second Field Artillery seven.
today.
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