Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-01

Secretary Of Labor Wilson makes
this explanation OF the general mobiliz-
alton of labor for war industries,
recruiting for which IS to begin Aug
ust / under direction of the United
States employment service:
Beginning with common labor,
this service viii gradually take charge
of the mobilizing and placing of all la
Dor for war industries employing 100
or more workers. This will profound
ly affect all other Industries and all
other workers. 1t will correct the
abuses and troubles growing out of the
large labor turnover with the conse-
quent disruption of regular work
Every safeguard must be taken to
protect the standard of living and the
morale of the wage earners. Espe-
cially must great care be taken to
keep the age limit of those who enter
Industry at a high level. lest we rob
our future citizenship of its right to
growth and time for education We
must also take knowledge of the dan
gers attendant upon the large entrance
Of women into heavy and hazardous
industries.
1.-The ,exigencies of war times should
not be made the occasion for the break
ing down of those standards of hours.
wages. and conditions of work which
are designed to protect the childhood.
the womanhood, and the motherhood
of the present and the future.
Experts tell us 1t takes from six
to ten workers at home to keep one
soldier on the firing line in Europe.
Whatever. therefore, helps to mobilize.
distribute and energize those who do
the work of our war Industries has
become as important a factor in win
ming the war as the prowess of our
armies In the field or our navy on
the seas
The war department has established
five central officers training camps. at
which civilians and enlisted men will
be trained for commissions in the Of
ficers' reserve corps. Infantry train
ing camps are located at Camp Lee.
Petersburg. Va; Camp Gordon. Allan
ia, Ga. and Camp Pike. Little Rock.
Ark; field artillery at Camp Taylor.
Louisville, KY, and machine gun at
Camp Hancock, Augusta. Ga
These training schools will be run
continuously. new class being admit
ted monthly. The course of training
will be four months at the infantry
and machine-gun schools and three
months at the field artillery school.
The schools are open to qualified en-
listed men in all branches of the serv
ice except coast artillery. signal corps
and labor units. The number of civil
ians admitted will be limited
To be eligible for admission candi-
dates must be between twenty years.
\ x,s+
of the United States, and not born in
any of the countries with which the
United States is at war or allies of
such countries. Enlisted men must
have the moral. educational and ply
steal qualifications required of an Of
ficer. Civilians must be graduates of
equivalent course of instruction. be of
good moral character. and have the re-
quired physical qualifications.
In addition to the above qualifica-
lions. candidates for the field artillery
must possess thorough understanding
and working knowledge of arithmetic.
and plane geometry. Trained civil. me-
chanical. electrical. mining and archi-
tectural engineers are desired. Civilian
applicants will be certified by the army
officer on duty as professor of military
science and tactics at the educational
Institution nearest the residence of the
applicant.
chiIdren's recreation drive is on
to continue during July and August.
under the auspices of the children's
bureau. department of labor. and the
woman's committee of the council of
national defense. 1t will eliminate
in patriotic play week." September
II. in which the work of IL .OOO.O
women in organizing recreation in
10000 communities viii come to an
end
ITO be strong for victory the ma
ton must let her children play" said
Charles Frederick Weller. associate
secretary of the Fairgrounds and Rec
reation Association of America No
time nor money can be spared from
war-winning activities. but the win
ming of the war depends on man pow
er. and man power cannot be sustain
ed in any nation without health and
wholeSomeness in the children.
Far worse than exhausting Ameri-
cas- financial capital would be the ex-
haustion of child life, which is man.
power capital.
England and France began as the
United States has been tempted to be-
gin-by letting the children pay too
heavily for the war in child labor. in
creased delinouency overtaxedr nerves