Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-21
NEW A RMY PLAN
To PLACE CIVILIANS
IN RIGHT BRANCH
SECRETARY BAKER TELLS OF
NEW RULE FOR GRANTING
COMMISSIONS TO CIVILIANS
WAC -..TER THE SERVICE.

Washington, Oct. 2l.-New regaia'
1ions covering the issuance OF com
missions in the army TO civilians were
made pubhc by the war department
today. The new regulations are bas-
on an the principle OF placing the IN
diyidual in the military machine
strictly according to his qualifications
Is being extended to cover the se!ec-
lion and assignment of those in civil
life desiring commissions m the
army
Under the new plan no applications
for commission should be made di-
roctly to the Quartermaster corps oru-
nance department, sanitary corps en-
gipeer corps. military intelligence d.
vision. actor transport corps, con-
itarv aeronauucs, bureau Of aircraft
production. signal corps, chemical war
fare service, or adiutant generals de-
partment
Instead all applications will be
made through the recruiting subsee'
tion OF the personnel branch OF the
general stalf.
How to Proceed.
Procedure in applying for com
mission" the department says, will
he as follows: The civilian desiring
TO offer his services will watch the
standard announcement OF needs for
officers Published periodically in the
newspapers. These announcements
will be issued from the Washington
headquarters OF the recruiting sub
section and will be based on full de-
scriptions of each need-type OF man
wanted and duty to be performed
furnished by the various branches Of
the army requiring officers. As all
publicity .on officer needs will come
from one source, there will be no con-
tradiction, conflict or competition on
calls for men.
When announcement is made OF a
need for which the civilian considers
himself in every way qualified, he viii
communicate with the nearest office
of the military training camps asso-
citation aHd here obtain complete in
formation On how to apply.
If found qualified he viii be given
standard application for commits
sion in the United States army, which
hs viii need to fill out carefully and
return 70 the military training camps
association at once.
Later he will be interviewed and
examined In case the requirements
which attracted him has already been
filed or his qualifications make him
more suitable for some other service
his application may be transferred OIL
held, PROPERLY classified and available
for use in a deferred file.
"A cMilian VINO considers himself
NudlIutu ADi 0tIflCc dS IL tUlllIulSSIUH
ed officer in any branch of the army
may, II he desires, make application
through the nearest military training
camps association Office in advance OF
any definite statement OF a need fol
men with his particular qualifications
Stops Trips to Washington.
In no case, under the new proce
dnre, is il desirable to travel or write
to Washington, since all recruiting
for civilians to be commissioned il
the specified staff corps will be man
aged by the district headquarters OF
the recruiting subsection aud the eff
fees of the military training camp,
associations"
In the middle west application.
should be made to the Military Train
ing Camps Association, Consumer,
Building, Chicago.