The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-06-20
ARMY AND NAVY
need TRAINED men
THoUeANDs OF EXPERT WORK
KRs WANTED IN CIVILIAN
BRANCHES OF SERVICE.
MEAT CAREFULLY INSPECTED
Every Part Of the supply for Army
Use 10 scrutInlzed, From Stock
Yards TO Mess - Desertions From
Campo Due 70 DIseoursglng Letters.

Yards 10 Mess - Deeertions From
Campo Due 70 DIscouraglng Letters.
(Trom COMMITTEES on Public Information-)
Washington.-The civilian branches
Of the army and navy are in need OF
thousands Of highly trained workers,
and before the end OF 1918 these
branches must be increased by at least
10000, according to the civil service
commission.
The ordnance department OF the
army needs large numbers Of mechan-
ical engineers, craftsmen, chemists
and metallurgists. Thousands Of in
spectors are wanted to pass on the
quality Of ordnance, ammunition. and
other supplies. For office work Stats
ticians, accountants, assistants In
business administration, and specially
trained clerks are needed.
The quartermaster corps wants sew
eral thousand examiners and tnspec-
tors, and passenger and freight clerks
are needed. The signal corps is short
Of craftsmen.
. The navy has an unlimited number
Of places for craftsmen. and long
list of positions for technical workers.
Practically all branches Of the service
need stenographers, typists. boob
keepers, and clerks.
The army consumes about 100000
pounds per day of fresh beef. This
necessitates the slaughter daily Of
1000 cattle. Official inspectors scra-
tinixe every part Of this supply from
the time Il comes on the hoof to the
abattoir until 1t vanishcs from the
mess tin Of the soldier.
Inspection begins at the stock yards,
where the living animals undergo the
examination of an ofiicial for any evi-
dences Of physical defect which might
be difYicult Of detection later. Where
there is doubt the questionable AMI
mails are separated for closer exam
nation. Where there In certainty Of
defect, the animal IL rejected as unit
for food supply.
Next comes a rigid examination OF
the carcass, Only when found Sound,
healthful. and wholesome" IL the meat
passed az acceptable for food and
duly branded with q nonpoisonous
vegetable ink, United States In
spected and Passed" The unit car
casses are destroyed.
Fresh meats thus Endorsed 60 for
ward In regular shipments, but those
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or manufacture into sausages, lard.
oieomargarine, ETC., are subjected to
reinspections at each step. For these
there Is a final inspection Just pre-
vious to their dispatch for ARMY use.
Samples are regularly collected tor
chemical analysis In the government
laboratories.
When the meats arrive at the army
stations they are again inspected
either by inspectors of the bureau Of
animal industry or by veterinarian ~.
fcers of the army. They must also
obtain the approval Of the officer OF
the quartermaster corps receiving
them. And they undergo their final
test when the soldiers Immediate or
ganization commander looks them
over before he permits them to b.
served to his men.
Included In war department regnla
lions regarding the employment o.
prisoners Of war and interned enemy
aliens are the following statements:
All classes of prisoners, excepting
! commissioned officers and such 9th
} srs as are physically not.h to labor
viii be required to perform work nee
) sssary for their comfort or for tn,
: upkeep Of their prison barracks. In
: tened enemy aliens wffl not be helt
! for compulsory labor except as pro
3 vided in this paragraph.
Prisoners of war, excepting officers
warrant, petty, and recommendations
! officers, may be required to work TO
: the public service vthey may be au
e thorized to work on their own &C
: count. Under exceptional circum
stances. when specially authorized b,
h the secretary OF war, they may. ppol
4 their written request. be authorize
: to work for private persons or for cor
e porations. Petty and nonconimis
d stoned officers may be authorized I
e work on their own account, and. upo
( their written request. may be author
r lied to work In the same manner a
4 other prisoners of war. except tina
5 they will be employed in a supervis
5 DRY capacity only.
o - An order for labor will be regarde
r, as a military command, and prisoner
failing to obey such order will be pur
lshed accordingly.
When employed on work that ID ne,
essary for their comfort, or for tn
upkeep of the prison barracks
which they are interned, prisoner
will receive no compensation. Whe
the work is done for the governmer
prisoners will be paid at rate a,
cording to the work executed; whe
the work Is done for other branche
of the public service or for ptivat
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