Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
FOURTH ORDNANCE
CLASS IN MARCH
State University Is Training
Young Men For Active
Service In Army

I NgnNV To- Il n IHll.
VI Oresoh' h'us'n'' eo'
z'-f oung men between the ages or Il
and 40 who want to see active service
| in France without delav now are TAX
ino snao;ol t~o;,; - a. o.5noo
school eStapilshed py the war Depart
mont at the University of Oregon.
The university school already has
turned o,t two c1assas of ordnance
-, - ~ af
iieh anu no" S giving the couiSe VI
special training to the third class.
A fourth class will be organized on
March ii and applications IN large
numbers already are being received
by Lieutenant z. G. Jeremiah IN charge
OF the WORK. ms course consists on
SIX weeks of intensive training IN the
duties that men IN the ordnance de-
partment of the army VIII have to
perform when they get TO france.
Among the SUBJECTS OF study are sclen-
tiflc stores handhng methoas, orensnGs
accountaplIty, administration or tieid
ordnance depcts. army organl1atlon'
military law, milltary Correspondence
principles or accounting ana eohVersa'
tional ana mllltary frencn. ConlPetenV
instructors nave Deen assigned 10 ha"-
dle each or these suDlects.
men WIth coilege u!alnlng' UT iien
VINO nave mad uhe equlValeht III acCua,
business experience are pest quailIleq
for ADMISSION to the ordnance depart
ment'
While the men completing the course
go INTO service as prlNates' me oPpoI
tunlty for early aaV'heement mas nlau'
the work ATTRACTIVE 10 Ihe sIuuenIs' lt
instructors are required 10 lniorh tIe
war department. regaFulnS the "oiN
done by each student during the course
$50 That those men VINO ulsplay th9
proper calIoer Tor hoh-coiliiiisSioheu
grade = may be segregated ana sen'
into the government arsenals lot Spe-
cial training 49,.
The entire course is under mlitary
supervision. The men are ehhSteu pe
fore they are admitted. iney are a.,
lowed the regular pay or prlFatGs an 1n
the army OF $50 per mcnth, win oo
cents per day IN addition put are re-
CURED to pay thelr own expenses Whlie
at Eugene; Every er1ort Is Haue "
minimize the expense or the course
In connection with the scuuleS ole
men are gwen one hour or midltary
training every day, consisting OF set,
ting up exercises and infantry squad
and platoon movements. =,
In the last week OF the course Ine
classes go to Portland to make person
al inspection OF some OF the large man
ufacturlng plants there TO learn no"
supplies are received, handleo ana uis-
tributed. Ihis knoWledge IS OF immense
practical value to the men after they
get into the army
Men of draft age are eligible for ad-
mission. When man OF draft age. IS
accented ms name, residence serlai
number and other particulars are seHt
to the ehlef or ordnance at "ashlhs
ton, ID. O. upon receipt OF competeht
orders from the chief OF ordnance the
local dratt board then lnducts the man
INTO service and orders MN 10 report
to the ordnance training sehool at Eu-
gene 1t is possible for drafted men TO
enter the ordnance course even aiter
they have been called Detore 'laeit
beard for physical examination; put IL
IS not possloie TO enter after the HIan
has been ordered to a cant9nment 9I Men Men
past the dra1t age are aOle 10 en'e'
without TINS IofmallUJ'