The midland journal., 1917-07-20
QUOTA NOT COMPLETE.
Men Needed In This Recruiting
District,

The figures at Headquarters for
the Recruiting District which includ-
es Maryland, Delaware and the Dis
trict of Columbia show that at the
end of the first ten day period in
July the following men were needed
to fill the quota assigned those two
States and the District of Columbia.
Delaware needed 14O men to COM
plete the quota of 404. The District
of Columbia needed 334 to complete
its quota of 662 Maryland needed
1887 to complete it's quota of $500.
The following branches Of the
service are still pen;-Infantry
Medical Corps, and the Signal Corps
and the Quartermaster Corps want
men of certain qualifications as fol-
lows: Cable, telegraph and radio
operators; inside and outside wire
men; electricians; machinists; pho
tographers and men who are familiar
with the obstruction and maintain
ance of telephone systems are re-
quired in the Field and Telegraph
Battalions of the Signal Corps.
There are approximately one thous-
and vacancies in the enlisted
strength of the Signal Corps.
Cooks and Bakers are desired for
the Quartermaster Corps. Oppor-
tunity for promotion is unusual in
the Bakery Company. The War
Department states that the enlist
ment of men to fill these positions is
desired at the earliest practicable
date. II a man has not had expert
ence as cook or baker, in civil life,
he may be accepted for either one of
these positions if he is of good ply
sique, strong and robust and is will
ing to be trained. 1t is possible
that certain physical defects may be
waived in the case of bakers and
cooks, therefore, all should apply.
Although the Aviation Section of
the Signal Corps is still closed to en-
listment, the local recruiting officers
for the Regular Army will ask for
authority to accept men for the
Aviation Section of the Signal Corps
provided they show they are gaso-
line engine men, mechanics, chauf-
fers or men familiar with internal
engines.
The local recruiting ofiice is just
in receipt of regulations lowering
the physical requirements Of appli-
cants for enlistment so that the
height minimum is now 81 inches
and the weight minimum is 110
pounds.
Anyone desiring further infor-
nation is urged to apply TO the local
Postmaster who is a recruiting agent
or to one of the Regular Army Re-
cruiting Stations for the Regular
Army of the United States Recruit
ing Stations for the Regular Army
of the United States are as follows:
Md, 16 st. Paul St.;
Md, "a S. Potomac St.;
Easton, Md, 3S Dover St.; Fred
erick, Md, Central Trust Co., Of Md,
End Floor; Dover, Del, 208 Locker
mann St.; Wilmington, Del, sos
Market St.; Cambridge, Md. 8 Pop
ular St.; Salisbury, Md, Main and
Division Sts.; Cumberland, Md, 113
Baltimore St. All Postmas;ers OF
the End, 3rd and 4th Class may ac-
cept men for enlistment and provide
them with the necessary transporta-
tion to the nearest recruiting station.
All men who have been refused on
account of physical disqualifications
before June 1st are now invited to
apply again for enlistment. Captain
H. j. McKenney, the Officer in
Charge of recruiting for the Regular
Army of the United States points
out that there are certain classes of
men who can enter the Army only by
voluntary enlistment. All men be-
tween the ages of eighteen and
twenty one years inclusive and
thirty-one and forty-one can only do
their bit by voluntary enlisting.
Such men are urged to apply at once
for enlistment in the Regular Army
of the United States.