The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-25

Russell burst and Alfred Some
born, two Wheeling boys with an am
bition to beat the Ohio county con-
scription board to it, came to Wash
ington day or two ago to see for
themselves If and how it might be
done. They want to see the real
thing in the way Of service and they
wanted to get into that branch of the
service for which they deemed them
selves best fitted, and which would
get them to the front at the earliest
possible time. They talked the mat
ter over with Senator Howard Suth-
erland, who took deep interest IN
the young West Virginians, and 1t
was finally decided to try for the hos
pital section as ambulance drivers or
stretcher bearers. Senator Suther-
land, busy man as he is, accompanied
them to the highest officer in COM
mand Of that branch, whose office is
at the War Department, and gave
them the help Of his influence person
ally exerted. 1t is more than proba-
BILE that these two young men will
land" what they came here for.
Practical railroad men in West
Virginia who would like to try to
make the regiments which are rapid
" being formed to be sent to France
and Russia to build and operate rail-
roads (there are large number of
them who have their applications in
already can save time by writing d.
rect to their nearest recruiting OIL
Ger in charge of this line of work,
who is Lieut.. Col. Edgar Jadwin,
111-205 in the Farmers Bank Build
ing at Pittsburgh. S. M. FELTON,,
Peoples Gas Building, Chicago, has
charge of the recruiting and organic
alton Of these particular regiments,
but Col. Jadwin at Pittsburgh is the
man whom West Virginia railroaders
interested should address their let
tiers of inquiry or application to. This
information was given out today by
Congressman George NJ. Bowers, who
has number of constituents who are
railroad men who have applied to en-
list in this important service, and
who had just come from conference
with Gen. w. NJ. Black, chief Of en-
gineers, at the War Department, This
knowledge Mr.. Bowers believes, is of
sufficient importance to the railroad
men of West Virginia to be given the
widest publicity in the state.
Landsmen possessed of good ply
siuues are needed by the Navy for
enlistment as quartermasters and ma
chinists in the aviation service, 1t was
officially announced today. To enlist
as a quartermaster a man need not
know how to fly. Those desiring to
enlist as machinists' mates must have
some knowledge of gas engines or be
experienced machinists. The former
pay of an enlisted man with rating
of aviator was 500 month. The
increased pay is considerably more.
Amateur radio electricians from II
to rs years of age are also in great
demand for enlistment in the navy.
No more general electricians will be
enlisted.
According to military authorities
here there Is no necessity for such
Legislation as is proposed by Senator
Sheppard and embodied in bill re-
Gently introduced in the Senate and
referred to a committee. This bill
consists of the following brief text:
"That the President is hereby author
lied to appoint for the army such
number Of chaplains Of the Jewish
faith, and assign them in such man
ner as he may deem advisable" The
President now has this authority, and
the fact that NO chaplains of this
faith have been appointed is not due
to any interference with such action