The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-10-05
Uncle Sam Has Enlisted Men OF
National Reputation for
War Service.
GREAT ENGINEERS ENROLLED
Telegraph and Telephone chIefs, Bal
ioonIsts, Educators, Scientists
and AvIators Are On
Active Duty.

II
that "Wbo,s who in America" ha.
sunnlonted tbe army register
Tho siepoI corns mora than anv othe,
branch of tho army bas drawn tt
n mon of national renutat,on lenders
in their Acids In keeplne with the
government no,,cv of getting the best
mon available tha signal corps is en-
loving the advice and services of dis
tineulsbed telephone and telegraph
engineers. radio and cable experts
balloonists. educators, scientists ant
ayiators.
To bep,n with there ia John J.
cortv chief engineer of the American
Telenbone g. Telegram company
widely reporded ma the foremost tele.
phone engineer of the world. He is q
major In the Signal officers Reserve
corps and has been assigned to active
duty.
Mai Frank r Jewett is the chief
engineer of tbe Western Electric COM
nanv He is n oraat electrical engi-
neer, an authority on long-distance and
radio telephony, and noted designer.
feleorsph COMPANIES Represented.
Georue M Yorke commissioned as
major ia vice president Of the West
ern Union Telegram company. Mai.
Cborles p. Rrucb holds n correspond
inc nos,t,on with the Postal Telegraph
cofnnanv
Then there is Mai Charles r.
Forbes well.known engineer. He
eova IN tbe nositions of superintend-
ont of nuhljc works of the territory
Of Hawaii chairman of the public
utilities commission and chairman of
tbe barbor hoard TO enter upon active
dutv M nm officer Of the Signal Off
cors, Reserve corns
puoe u,ror bingham mamber of
tho voIa faculty noted exnlorer his
torion, and educator. is now Mai.
Hiram bingham He is in charge of
tho division of military eeronautics
schools of tbe aviation section of the
SIGNAL corns
sosthonos Rain nres,dant of tbe
porto p,co Genera, Telenbone com.
nonu and ono of tho laadinp cit,zens
os 10 island has accented y cantain,s
oomm,s.,on with bis brother he dI.
rocts monv Porto RIcon business on.
.onnr,.o,
o,her Exnerts IN DUTY
otbor axnorts on oct,ve dutv as
o.n.o,na orn C,,n+on n Edoor on an.
tha,,tu On non.trrct,on mo+tars
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An,ar,oon noro s,uodron ua oroon
lied the first National Guard aero com
many at Mlneola. L. l., and has Ions
been n student of aeronautics.
Mai. Robert Glendennlna Is a Phlla
,.,nhIo hnn,,or yrho storted tho av,o
tion school Mt Essington, Pa. nov
used as n station for one of the acre
reserve souadrons.
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