Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-30
PREPARING TO PLACE
SOLDIERS IN BUSINESS
Plan Being Worked Out to Do This
Through the Federal Employ
ment Service.

Fedcral Employment Service Director
A. G.. Bcnkhart has been summoned to
Washington to attend meeting tomor-
ow of State Directors of the United
States Employment Service, to arrange
for the Il cement OF released war workers
and returning soldiers.
The plan of operations IN connection
with the placing OF representatives OF the
Labor Department in every camp under
order of the Adjutant General, dated
November 23 provides T the establish
ment by the Employment Service OF
bureau for returning soldiers III every CITY
and argc town. Soldiers being us
charged at camp and sent home will mostly
seek employment at homo rather thah
rom camps. and the task OF hndine thei'i
OCCUPATIONS thus becomes community
responsibility I he function ot the Et1-
plovmcut Service Is to concentrate Co
operative local efforts, furnish aIi intof-
nation aS to positions ut centIa points
furnish means of communication rs 10
labor supply and need between com
munitics and to inform soldiers IN camps
where and how to proceed on reaching
home
Sucb bureaus are to he organized at
once throughout the various ~ tcS, using
local offices of Community Labor Boards
and Public Service Reserve agents and
getting assistance from other organl-
zations in places where the service has no
representative Every encouragement
will bc given those ling To aSsiSt IN the
work of placing the returned soldiers at
profitable cInpl vmcnt, the Employment
Service acting aS II central Clearinghouse.
Finding work for the soldiers is Il duty
eac! community owes It's representatives
in the army and 1t is, felj that the work
should be done hv the community from
which the soldier was sent upon his en-
listment but for The purpose ot cNpCdIung
matters the facilities Of tho Employment
Service are given for the purpose oi
ocntra ization of information and inter
community clearanccS.
co-or RATION Is NECESSARY.
The extremely rapid rehabilitation
{ the army rs a unit basis with industrial
changes pending during the winter months
presents to the country the problem of
rcadjustment IN lis most difficult form
and renders imperative immediate and
most energetic action of cooperation Of
the hes rganizing ability IN every COM
munity.
The Adlutant General. bv order 10 al
camp commanders, has authorized the
Department uf Labor 20 send representa-
tivcs to each camp 20 iunish information
to camp comm ndcrs to enable him to
asst men dlsch 'rgcd tn secure suitable
employment. III order prohibits agents
from indivi ual mpauie,, but permits
Railroad 4 miniStratiou. Fuo Nminls-
stration. Shipping Board and 10 t0tiicc
10 have representatives. but they are not
permitted to deal directly with soldiers
The general duties 81 the representatives
nf the I'm loymcnt Service will hc to
furnish all the information possible rs to
opportunities for work in localities to
which soldiers are being returned
Employers should communi atc with
Sta Directors Of States in which the
camps are located and viii hc furnished
all information possible as 10 the numbers
of men available and the names Of the
represent atives of the Labor Department
who have the matter m hand for that
particular camp Spe flied
Local empowers who h VIC men in
camps and are willing to rc-cmploy them
upon their discharge from military duty
should immediately furnish the state
Director Of Delaware tn name, and
former ccupation Of such employees,