Arizona republican., 1918-03-03
BEN NEERGUSON
 T0 bE AVIATOR
 MORE MEN TOGO

Ben Ferguson, for six years engineer for the state corporation commission, has been accepted for the aviation sec tion of the signal corps of the national army and has received orders to re- port for duty at Kelly Field. South San Antonio. Texas. He will leave Phoenix on Monday, March 4.
 Although not drafted for the final contingent of the first quota from Maricopa county, MT. Ferguson had volunteered and had been accepted as one of the 21 registrants who are to leave for Fort Riley, Kansas, on Mon- day morning, March 4.
 A call, however, was received yes l terday morning at the office of the ad- Jutant general from the war depart ment at Washington asking for 25 l men from Arizona to be inducted into the aviation Section of the signal corps and to be sent to Kelly Field, the big aviation grounds at South San Antonio, Texas.
 Learning of this call and desiring to give the government the benefit of his engineering education and experience, MT. Ferguson made application for a | transfer from the medical corps, into 1 which the contingent will be inducted, | to the aviation section of the signal corps. The local board having more than enough men to fill the quota of | 2l, consented and his request was granted. Mir. Ferguson will leave on Monday with the 21, accompanying | them as far as Fl Paso He has been granted an indefinite leave of absence by the Arizona corporation commits sion, which means that his position will be awaiting him when he returns from the war.
 It is announced that the request for these men for the aviation section of the signal corps comes directly from General Pershing, which makes it eX- tremely probable that they will see service in France with little delay.
 This call for 25 men from Arizona for the aviation section of the isg- nal corps offers exceptional opportun- ity to men educated in engineering. The call in part is as follows:
 ITO Local and District Boards of Arizona:
 Call No. 51 upon your state is here by announced as follows: Call No 51 for 25 me nfor commissary storekeep- CTS to be inducted for the aviation section of the signal corps and sent to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. Only white men and men physically quail fled for general military service may be inducted under this call.
 In filling these calls the following procedure is directed: Until March S. boards may accept applicants for vol untary induction now fully posses the requisite physical and technical quail fications. If the calls have not been filled by March by voluntary induc- tion, the boards will immediately in duct sufficient number of qualified men to fill their respective allotments by selection from Class One qualified men in sequence of order numbers
 Apportion this call among boards , as equitable as possible. but with Q primary purpose of securing the kin6 of men needed at the earliest practic- able moment. No attention should bt paid to the number of men already sent to camp by any board. Credit vii be given for all men inducted, and in- ~ asmuch as there will be a steady flow of registrants to camp from every loca board from now on, it is not feasible to attempt to maintain a dead quots level at all times throughout all board: in the country.
 This call has been sent out in ad vance of the completion of the indus trial index system only because of tn, urgency of General Pershing's need fo the men herein requested. The call herein made are but a part of genera requisition made by General Pershing to fill which almost every state in tn union has been called upon.