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an oral examination. Prepared ques-
tons are asked and the system is so
nearly perfect that a mere novice can
prove or disprove an expert If the
subject shows a fair knowledge Of his
trade during the oral examination, he
is passed into the performance room.
If he is registered as an auto mechan-
ic he is given an engine, or piece of
and engine TO put together and take
apart. If he is supposed TO be an
electrician, he is provided with a
framework representing a room and
with wire and tools and given instruc-
tions to wire the model II he claims
to be a typist he is shown a seat at
at a typewrite and told to copy some
500 words as rapidly and accurately
as possible. If he is rated as a truck
driver or as a chauffeur he is whisked
out to a testing ground where he is
given truck or car and an oppor-
tunity to show what he can do
Grades are made and classification
regulated according to the quality Of
the work.
Anyone who can successfully nego-
tiate the truck and auto course is
well worthy his intended job Uncle
Sam is just as particular that his
trucks and autos have careful handl-
ing as he is that his mules and horses
are not abused And throughout the
tests an observer watches carefully
to see that the engine is not raced,
that is kept running evenly and that
the gears are not ground while the
candidate is being tried out under
conditions that he viii be called upon
to face in Army service.
The first thing he is asked to do
is to start his engine without racing
and get under way without stalling
Next he must climb a low grade, tax
ing care TO prevent a jerky advance
A good climb encourages the driver
to believe that he can pass the third
test which consists of guiding the
mammoth truck through an S-shaped
lane of stakes To touch stake
punches a hole in his score. If he
stops TO prevent this disaster, his rec
ord suffers But blessed is he who
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ing stake or hesitating When he
reaches the end of the lane and
heaves a sigh Of relief, he is expect
ed to retrace his steps by backing
through Done with the snaky trail
he is sent at a steep incline with in
structions to stop his truck half way
up, with a certain mark on his truck
opposite a certain mark on a board
representing a curb The candidate
is supposed to hold the truck with the
breaks and throw his gear into neu-
trail In starting from this position
again he is supposed not to let his
truck slip back more than scant
twelve inches. From the hesitation
point he goes into a "blind street
There he is supposed to turn around
without stalling his engine and with
out backing more then once, while
TO touch the curb starts the score
keeper substracting from the total
possible number Of points
The automobile course for chauf
feurs is similar 10 that for truck driv-
ers, except the turns in the lanes are
sharper and the other hazards great
err A novice soon stubs his toe on
either II takes really efficient
driver to pass
As Il is with these trades, So Is Il
90 be ct Camp Travis with all others
for which Uncle Sam needs men 20
this war
Preparatory to comprehenr
course in boxing which is planned for
the Eighteenth Division IN particular
and 70 all the soldiers in Camp Travis
in general, the camp athletic author
tiles have made Henry A. (TeNasl
Tate assistant boxing instructor 10
Johnnie Coulon. Tate is known
throughout the southwest not only for