Douglas Island news., 1918-09-27
ENGINEERS ARE
 ALL ROUND MEN
American Engineers Are Composed of Men From Every Walk of
 Life Except Loafers


 Dawson i'm '9S and was a miner here for years. and later wen, Co Fair bonlrs and other camps. and after ward came back Co Dawson is in France swattng tho Hun. He left Dawson year before last and wont up the White Co Chisono, end later went out via Cordova and down Che coast to enlist In "Cmnp and Trench, paper published at Camp Fremont Palo Alto, California, tells lf Che corps Of engineers recruited there. of whom Hays was ono. The paper says
 By Hugh Weldon: Hash contains varied and mysterious ingredients SO do the Engineers. Not that this nnc organization Is to be likened in any way Co tho well known and in- digcstlblo dish, but. like hash, the Engineers are cosmopolitan there arc an kinds which mixed In to- gcthcr mako a homogeneous whole. The scribe took a trip to the receiv- Ing tent of tho 319th the other day and gathered some impressions.
 Corporals Bishop and Knowlton' Che men In charge. poke lot Of questions at the recruits, as every embryo engineer must come under hcir eyes. Name. address and pre- yious occupation go into the book for future reference, and that self- same book ls direct cross section of American working life. Reading down thc list one comes to the con- clusion that every imaginable occu- patton Is represented - except the loafcr. No recruit has confessed yet of having been a cotilion leader or a pink tea specialist
 There are plenty Of farmers and mechanics of every kind black smiths. arcmcn. auto experts, truck drivers and SO on and on. A grimly appropriate addition Co tho regiment ! is grave digger "Dug graves for years in san Francisco" claimed one rookie. and he was accepted on the spot. The regiment only lacks am undertaken. They will have Go asl, the kaiser Co furnish his own.
 When Kaiser Bin Is canned, Jack Bcccaria and Angelo Camerlo win be assigned to special duty for they used to work In a canning fac tory.
 student and 'shinglo worker" claimed one man, who had earned |hls way through school by working | in mill The man alongside him | had sold his shiugle mill Co get into | Che game Of catch Che kaiser"
 Pauagrotus Asimopoulos was res. tauraut owner and he was not born in Ireland. Wong Fun Tun was once a cook He says he allosamoC carry a gun as well as he could "port arms" with a frying pan. New Works best Is there. too, for Henry ! I Everett served on Che Metropolitan for some years.
 When che 319th captures th, crown prince. Sheldon B. Davis win have Che time of his life, for he wa, a reporter once. and what a chanc, that will be for an interview. Hero are some more. Bookkeeping. forest ranger lumbcrmon, horse breaker and trouble shooter. Outdoor lifC will be no trouble Co these men The powder man" will be right at home with IT. N. T.
 c. II. Cluusou was am artist He should be able Co put Che Finishing touches on Uncle Sam's picture of ! Hndenburg.
 No, Claude. thc donkey engineer is not a mule driver. Neither is a "cat" man a cattlemon. nor is he an cntomologist, although he drives a caterpillar tractor.
 The list is kalcidoscopic. Even bank tellers, clerks, stcnographers, and merchants arc represented Art Howard was vaudeville performer for ten years. Miller wus movie actor. John Hays was a mining cn- ginecr in Alaska.
 When the Engineers want any thing done they do not have to look luther than their own ranks; they l just look around and fish out what