Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-06-06
MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA, THURSDAY s, 1918

the men. Baseball heads the list IN
popularity, and full equipment has
been placed in the camps. More than
! 10000 baseballs and 5000 bats have
been sent. At Camp Lewis, Washing
ton, there are 16 baseball fields In use.
Practically every company in each
camp division throughout the country
has its team and there are company.
battalion, regimental and interregi.
mental leagues.
Every form Of track athletics occu-
pies the attention of men training at
the camps. AS many as 800 men have
taken part in divisional contests, and
track meets have been witnessed by
more than 10000 spectators.
Where facilities permit, instruction
In swimming is given. Men are first
given land instruction and then sent
into the water. Tennis courts have
been built in every camp, one having
~ courts, and the sport is rapidly gain
ing in popularity. Through the gene
rosity of golf clubs located near the
camps. the demand for golf courses 10
partly being met. Polo matches are
frequently held, and competition for
places on the teams is keen.
There is list of 137 occupations
where the demand for men in the war
department constantly exceeds the sup.
ply.
A pressing need exists in the army
for men experienced in handling mules.
and before all future needs are met q
recruiting campaign may become neces-
sary. No difficulty has been expert
enced in getting men who can buy and
handle horses, but blacksmiths ara
scarce.
There is a constant demand for
butchers, and cooks are greatly need
ed. In several technical branches,
particularly the engineers, men for the
higher positions are plentiful, but the
workers for the ranks are scarce. Ex-
perienced mechanics, especially those
familiar with automobiles, are always
in demand.
More Interpreters than can be used
nave, applied for positions with the
war department. and applications for
commissions as army chaplains ara
also in excess Of the need. The excess
totals thousands in each case. Clerks
for general work are plentiful, but
there is demand for specialists. At
present there is surplus Of dentists
and Pharmacists.
Deliveries Of the 5000 motortrucks
recently ordered by the motor trans.
port service of the war department are
to be made between August I and
December l. These trucks, known a.
"Class B Standards" will have q. CO
pacity Of from three to five tons, and
will be distributed as needed through
the various branches Of the army. Ten
thousand Of these class B standard,
lied trucks have previously been or,
dered and are now in process Of man
ufacture and delivery.
Under a new agreement the army
will handle all mail for the expedition,
ary forces after it leaves United States
ports. The post yoffice department will
deliver the mail Ito military authorities
at the port Of embarkation I'm this
country and receive it from them at q
port in, France, for dispatch to the
United States. The domestic money.
order service torthe troops will for the
present at least, continue under the
direction Of the post Office, department
in France.
The first Porto Rican 'laborers Il
reach the United States under gover1
ment auspices will be at work upon
government contracts within q month
The employment service of the do
partment Of labor has already fount
employment for at least 100000 a
these men as common laborers ON cor
structton work at Norfolk, NewpoY
News, Baltimore and vicinity. Az
rangements are now being made b
the department Of labor to providl
proper housing for these men.
! Women between the ages of twenty
Sone and thlirty-five who have had {
high school education or its equivaleu
will be eligible for admission to thl
srmy school of nursing, arrangement
sfor which were recently made by thl
war department. It is intended d
start several schools in selected min
tary hospitals. Unless otherwise spi
cited, applications should be sent d
rectlyl,to the army school Of nursing
Office 'of the surgeon general Of th
army, Washington, D., O.
'Keeping Our Fighters Fife,
War and After" is the title Of q
official book issued by the commissiol
on training camp activities describing
the athletics, mass singing, social hf
and other recreatims Of men in arm,
and navy camps. The book tells q
the theaters, the work of the 7. n.
IA, Knights Of Columbus and other q
foundations associated with the com
mission in welfare work, and give
details oftlife in the camps.
The two picric acid plants to Z
built at Little Rock, Ark, and Bru1l
wick, Ca, contracts for which hax,
been completed by the war depalD
ment. will fcost approximately $7,O0
900.
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I Men Of selective service age VII