The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-04-27

Military demolition such as the des-
|truction of bridges, bridge piers, rail-
roads, and road beds. as well as land
mines, are effected by the engineer
Icorps.
Carpenters and woodworkers of all
|classes are needed for the timber
work in trenches and bomb proofs
Mlllwrights and bridge carpenters
are especially valuable in the con-
struction of bridges, which the engin-
eer corps must build rapidly and Of
sufficient strength to permit of the
passage of army trains, great guns,
and for the rapid transport of march,
Ing troops over streams and ravines.
Blacksmiths handle the ironwork,
including the manufacture of forgings
of various kinds in connection with
bridge work, trench work, military
demolition, and also in the repair Of
Ientrenching tools, which the engineer
corps is called upon to supply to the
fighting army.
Plumbers and pipe filters lay the
lpipes in connection with sewage and
1water supply systems for the trenches
and field works.
Electricians wire the trenches for
electric lighting, operate the electric
Hight plants and power plants. and
loperate the great searchliehts and
;other electric Illuminating devices
fused to light the area in front of the
trenches. The electrification of barbed
wire entanglements forms a vital ele-
ment in the defense of modern trench
warfare. For this work electricians
are required. Steam and gas operators,
firemen and machinists are needed in
connection with the construction and
Operation of power plants. steam and
electric pile drivers, the great cater
piller trucks and machine shops.
Axe men and millwrights work on
the spar bridges and clear space in
front of trenches of trees, brush, wire
entanglements and timber structures.
Boatmen, riggers and caulkers han
die the floating bridge equipment
which engineers carry in their train
and with which they bridge the widest
streams.
MasOns and concrete men construct
1.-THE permanent work on trenches and
gun emplacements, sewage lines, wa
ter supply and revetments.
Horse shoers, farriers, packers,
teamsters and saddlers are needed in
wagon trains and pack mule outfits
Every engineer company has sec
ton of "a mounted men, and these, cf
course, are picked from among such
az know how to ride and understand
the handling of horses and mules.
Clerks, of course, are needed also
AZ there is a vast amount of clerical
detail.
Cooks and assistant cooks are a vi
Ite, important element, for obvious
reasons, in the personnel of an eff
cient and contented engineering COM
|pany.
Musicians and signal men are need
ed in every company to blow calls, act
as messengers, and do the signalling
There is hardly phase of civil en-
gineering practice that is not carried
on during the operations of company
of the corps Of engineers in war time
The class of men required may be
briefly summarized as follows:
Typographical surveyors and sketch
|eIs, including instrument men.
Craftsmen, Typographical and me-
ckanical.
Photographers and blue print men,
and Zincographers, quar-
Try men, Miners, skilled carpenters.
bridge carpenters, blacksmiths, plum
bcrs and gas filters, electricians, en-
Iginemen, steam; enginemen, gas: fire
men, machinists, masons, caulkers,
Triggers, expert axe men, boat men,
horse shoers, farriers, packers, team
sters, saddlers, cooks, assistant cooks,
clerks. musicians, signal men, as re-
quired by army regulations.
An engineering company is compos-
cd of 109 engineer soldiers, graded as
follows:
3 sergents, 1st class; l supply ser
lgeant, IL corporals, 2 cooks, SO pri-
YATES, / first sergeant, / stable SER
lgeant. 1 horseshoer, buglers, mess
sergeant 6 sergeants. l saddler, l9
lprivates 1st class.
Sergeants must be at least 80 years
OLD and have sufficient education to
perform the duties Of the grade, and
must hold in civil life. a position
equal to or of the same Importance as
overseer in the engineer department
| OF the army, and shall be expert in
one or more of the special qualifica-
tions listed above.
Corporals must be at least 25 years
| of age and must hold, in civil life, a
position equal to or of the same i'm
Iportance as foreman in the engineer
department of the army and shall be
expert in one or more of the speciall
qualifications listed above.
| Privates must have one or more of
the qualifications in the trades listed
tabove.
The war department desires to Sc
cuer Immediately large enrolment
of enlisted men in this corps. All en-
|rollments are desired for war service
anu HOhe Will uc dCCSptcu lOl IeSS
than the period of the war. The re-
cruiting office for the engineers sec
,tion reserve for central California is
at 204 Pine street, San Francisco. Cal
lfornia, and is open every day. includ-
ing Sunday and until late at night. AS
soon as qualified men are enlisted,
they will be assigned tentatively to
engineer companies, whose personnel
will be called later into active service,
armed, equipped, and trained as their
Iservices are needed at the front.