Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10

a chateau. ruins or historic beauty
hotel through the gay Rue Royale.
there are two young officers beside
each.
The telephone girls wanted to go to
the front. :.
was granted as much as is compati--
BILE with chivalry.
"They are not in battalion tele-
phone exchanges" said Capt. stan
nard emphatically, "but they are with
the LIST Army headquarters. They WIN
never be nearer the ne front nrmv tnan ING
with headquarters, and isn't that
enough?"
When Paris risked evacuat ton. In
the dark days of last March, the girls
said firmly: I've .h stay- Sart 60 i Ma.n
trious American scientist and chief
engineer Of the telephone company
before he came to France as Signal
Corps colonel, says that their stanch-
ness is a characteristic. 1t is the same
at home.
mot a week passes in the United
States in which telephone girls DO not
distinguish themselves for devotion
says Col. Carly. "They hold the ex-
change in cases of floods. train
wrecks, catastrophes, strikes. hres
anu troubles III ID II CHdEdSlSi .S'AS ~
the American girl when she feels that
she forms part of a CORPSE
w. o. C. girls, now being enrolled at
home. it Is up to you.
All this is yours-to live up TO.
X X
The Women's Overseas Corps, 5000
strong, will be grand corps, with
a mightier revealing spirit to Europe.
Already its first contingent is arriv-
ing in France. Recruiting of other
units will be carried on rapidly, to
meet the demands of the big Army
departments, and particularly of the
S. O. S. for typists and central records
workers.
The great new corps will consist of
companies OF, fifty girls each. The
w. O! c. will be of soldierly spirit
and hierarchy and wear uniforms,
although. it is not expected that disci-
pline and regulations will be 80
closely defined as among the w. A.
A. CTS of the British army. Yet the
Waacs, in Tours, had rather good
time, I assure you.
The Army plans to make the new
service as attractive as possible, with
view to maintaining very high
standard of personnel. Only girls and
women Of proved capability in civil
employments. with meritorious rec
erd Of Lying. are nsaaad
as secretaries in some departments.
Chances for higher work and promo
ton are quite wonderful This war
business in France is big. 1t must be.
There is nothing small about it..
Thus were Signal Corps girls re-
cruited.
The telephone companies gave their
best operators freely, who were able
to speak French-quite necessary in
our telephone exchanges here-and, as
essary to enroll young ladies knowing
French. but having no telephone ex-
perience. They were college girls or
business girls Of proved capacity high
types wherever found.
As for the quartermaster. ordnance
ed, actually, on specifications.
Evidently they are temporary aris-
tocrats. by their fine work and their
being on the spot at early date. But
the s. o. S. is big and social oppor-
tunities unlimited.
All is open to w. o. c. girls.
Our Army plays no favorites.
The Signal Corps has already an op-
Grating school at Tours. The @. M. c.
and other services are on the point of
er requirements.
Girls recruited by Miss Gunther
will be accepted in the Signal Corps
II they make the school," says Capt
Stannard. Our present girls have to
go through it. Some telephone units
which came over had not as much
training as others. The ranks are
operator, supervisor and chief oper-
ator. Promotions are made Of those
capable. They go through our spe-
cial courses at Tours to learn our
problems and how they must be met"
*
These militarylike grades-which
the fine girls now in France accept
with alacrity. because they give a.!
chance for all and stand on acquired
meritvwill settle most questions of
precedence 4
Probably you know more than I do
about the present recruiting cam
paign being carried on in American
cities by Miss Elsie Gunther for the
office service department of the wom-
ems labor bureau. A. E. f.. but 1t is
certain that there will be director
or controller in command of the
Women's Oversee Corps, with each
unit In charge of supervisor. and
administrators as species of lieuten-'
ants. And so on, to girl sergeants and
corporals.
Such ranking may decide even ho-
tel rooms with baths.
American tourists who STAYED in
these beautiful hotels before the war
were considered to he of the fortunate
of the earth. hundred times 1 have
seen them struggle to obtain this
room or that, looking on the flower