Republican farmer., 1918-03-22
1000 RECRUITS
A DAY ARRIVE
At CAMP KELLY
Fill Gaps Caused By Men
Who Qualify for Avia-
ton Service
MEN OF ALL TRADES
RECEIVED AT CAMP
Organized In Squadrons to
Rush Overseas Training
Preparation

San Antonio, Texas, March ID
at the Camp Kelly aviation field lately
at the rate of 1000 a day to fill the
places of men who already have quail
flied for the flying and mechanical
needs of the aviation service and been
advanced further toward the front.
AS fast as the men arrive they are
organized into squadrons and their
preparation for overseas service is
rushed rapidly.
The recruits come from widely
separated places, but most of them
are from Columbus barracks, Column
bus, Ohio; Jefferson barracks, st.
Louis, Mo-; Fort Slocum, New York;
Jackson barracks, New Orleans, and
Fort Logan, near Denver, Col.
Men of all trades are received at
the camp and fitting the right man in
the right place p is one of the big
problems officials have to face. In
this section of the signal corps, men
Of many trades are used in training
activities and in keeping the flying
machines in tip-top condition. Among
them are the following:
Automobile repairers, armorers,
BARRIERS, blacksmiths, bricklayers,
buglers, boat builders. cabinet max
ers, canvas workers, carpenters,
chauffeurs, clerks, cooks, copper
smiths, cordage workers, craftsmen,
drill sergeants, electricians, engine
apprentices, engine testers, engine re-
nair man fret cnrpoan+c ipstr11 oyo4
repair men, photographers, mechani-
clans for airplanes, mess sergeants.
metal workers, magnetic repair men,
motor cycle riders, motor truck re-
pair men, mou1ders, packers, stock
men, painters, pattern makers, pho
tographers, plumbers, propeller
makers, propeller testers, radio oper>
ators, tent ringers, saddlers, sail max
ers, sergeant majors, stenographers,
supply sergeants, tool makers, truck
masters. vulcanizers, acetylene weld
ers and skilled and unskilled labor
ers.
One man who arrived here recently
gave his trade as a "butter cutter
and said he was one of the best but
ter cutters that ever cut butter.
Another gave his trade as a ham
boner.' He said he was not much
on a trombone, but he could make
EN- sit up and take notice with a
hafnbone." A "hamboner," it proved
was a graduate at packing houses
who was expert in the use of a
| cleaver.
Another recruit said his business
| of coooor1y+
business had been to drive a sharp
| instrument into the eye of a cocoa
| nut and pour out the milk, after
which he would crack the nut and re-
move the meat. Still another gave
his occupation as a whistle blow
err He came from the lumber dis
| trict of the northwest where he gave
| the signals for releasing logs in the
| stream.
Camp Kelly is facing a shortage Of
tent material and as a result many
men are not being sent direct to the
camp upon their arrival but are
housed here until room is made fol
| them. To take care of all recruits, il
would be necessary to house nine mer
| in a tent. The surgeon genera
would not permit more than five
men to be assigned to. one tent.
| Aviation instruction is probably the
most important instruction given tc
recruits in any branch of service
training in Texas. Now mechanics
arrive at the various camps almost
weekly. 1t is said good supply OF
Liberty motors is being sent tt
| Texas.