Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-10-04
$500 Per Year
Ordnance Ofncers Wanted

Men to serve as commissioned aud
non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates In the ordnance department OF
the United States army are urgently
needed, according to the govern
ments latest call for volunteers.
They must be of draft age or older,
and must have college training or be
"men OF sufficient actual business ex-
perience to enable them to grasp the
subject and be relied upon after COM
pleting the course" No other re-
quirements are stated in the call.
The University of Oregon at Eu-
gene has been designated as a train
ing station for the course. The in
struction of the first section will be-
gin october L. Plenty of applications
nave been received already but the
government now wants new sections
to be started every six weeks there
after. Each class will be limited to
nifty mer and these will be expected
to devote their entire time to the
raining The Armys need is SO ur-
gent that the students showing the
most aptitude will probably be called
telore the end of the six weeks.
The men will act as shipping
clerks, stores clerks, balance of stores
clerks, etc, at bases and field depots.
ana be reponsible for buying, hand
ling aud accounting for munitions
ana military equipment. Thousands
OF lives Will depend upon their accur-
acy and efficiency in getting ammuni-
ton and ordnance to the fighting
lines and the War Department de-
mands men who "are 100 per cent
efficient "
The course at the University of
Oregon will be under charge of G. q
jeremiah, who has been assigned to
the work by the War Department. A
fee of $40 will be charged to meet
ihe heavy expense OF giving It. En-
listment is required at the close of
the course. II the men are called
to duty and are placed In the field.
they will receive the rank of Ser
geant. which carries with 1t a salary
OF from $40 to $50 per month, ac-
cording to grade. with a 20 per cent
increase In case OF foreign service.
All mon taking the course will prob
apiy be made sergeants as soon as
they get into the field, although the
government does not guarantee this
The training will include indust-
rial and scientific management. the
receipt. handling and shipping of
ordnance material, conversational
French. and perhaps typewriting. The
man who can operate a typewriter
w.ll have an advantage and stand the
best chance OF early promotion to
commissioned rank.
Director jeremiah comes from the
University OF Pennsylvania, where he
mas been connected with a similar
course. He says: Every man should
n" made to realize that the course
is not given with the view that the
men will make money after they en-
list. 1t is purely a patriotic move
and the men taking the course must
sacrifice something for their country
At the University of Pennsylvania.
we mad In our class merchants, law
Ners' manufacturers. brokers, etc.
men who were making salaries of
anywheref rom $1,000 to $4,000 a
year They sacrificed home, salary.
prospects and everything else to be
of service to their country. and We
expect the same of the students out
here"
Application blanks for admission
to the Stores Course Will be furnish
ed on request. Address c. c. Jere-
miah. University Of Oregon. Eugene