The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-01-31
TRADESNEN NEEDED
IN SIGNAL CORPS.
WILL BE ACCEPTED, ALTHOUGH
REGISTERED, IF QUALIFIED
ALONG CERTAIN LINES.
BOOKS FOR OUR FIGHTERS


Furnished Soldiers and Sailors by
American Library Association
What the Hat Cord Denotes.
(FTom Committee on Public InformationD
Washington. Men qualified nlon"
certain lines, although registered I'M
der the ScIrctivr-scrvicc law. may b"
induc,cd into The land division of lh"
Signal Corps which is in need Of men
for tn" following duties:
ChauncurS motorcycle drivers. and
gas "ngin" rrpairmrn for duty in field
and telegraph hattali"nS; telegraph
crs, both wire and radio; telephone
men, including switchboard operators.
telephone rrpairmcn, and men skilled
in testing and repairing telephone
lines; telephone and telegraph line.
men; photographers. still and moving:
homngpig"on men: radio men who
are familiar with installing radio Hp
pnrntuS; men qualified rs cooks
clerks. StcnogrnphrrS. blackSmithS
mrtcorologists. cohhlrrS. cable men.
etc.
Men inductrd f4y this division nm
less otherwise requested by The chief
signal officer of the army. are sent I"
Fort I.rnvcnworth. Kan.
More than half n million books al
ready have been furnished SuldrrS and |
sailors in training camps ana in France
by III" American Library Association
War Service. and the flow is steadily |
increasing, according to the director
OF this work
A campaign for funds ilau@nratrd
by the nSS"rinii"n last autumn urt,"d
more than 81 10OmO and real results
In the tangible shape "f hooks and
comfortable libraries ar" hrinc felt by
the soldiers ana rHI"rS. The ca,nc-
gle corporation gave SECOND for the
erection Of camp libraries Nearly
all camps now have libraries and in
the others the buildings are in course
OF construction. TN" reading rooms
each accommodate 30 men,
For the men in France the nSsoca-
tion has organized distributing sta
tionS mt all points Of cmharkntion
where books are nSSort ed for shipment
abroad. Soon every soldier who steps
on n transport will carry book with
him. which he and his com,uninns will
read on the way across. after which 1t
VIII he forwarded to the men back Of
the trenches. No attempt will be made
to establish libraries in France but
the association will have rcprcsrnta-
tivcS there to supervise the work Of
distribution.
Just rs the sleeve chcvrons and
bars, stars and eagles on the Shoul-
der proclnims ranking officers, the hat
cord denotes the branch Of service
each private has entered
Light blue signifies infantry; scar
let. artillery: yellow. cavalry; buff
Qunrtermastcrs corps; scarlet and
white. engineers corps: orange and
white. signal corps: scarlet and black.
ordnance; black and white. field clerk !;
maroon. medical corps black and gold
officers; silver and black, adiutnnt
generals clerk green. instructor home
guards: green and white. home guards
These cords are worn only on Scrv-
ice hats.
Cadet avi0torS wear rs hat bands
inch and Il half white ribbons and on
coat collars insignia representing the
aviation branch OF the Signal corps,
propeller blades
There were 1.42S,G5O enlisted men
and 11O,SG5 officers In the United
States army at the opening Of 1918.
more than one and half times as
large as any force ever before mo.
bilized by this nation. according to
a statement by Secretary Of War
Baker.
During the war with Spain the army
OF the United States at It's maximum
strength aggregated 272,000 men and
officers. The army In the field and IN
training now Is practically six times
as great as the maximum number un-
der arms in the Spanish-American war
About $4,000 officers were commits.
stoned from civil life in the two series
OF training camps, nearly eight times
as many as the number OF officers in
the regular army April 1, 1917
Postmasters are directed not to ac-
cept for shipment to members Of ex-
peditionary forces packages contain
|Eg matches, cigar lighters. or solidified
alcohol. including the preparation call
ed "Sterno" or canned heat.
1t is not deemed safe to admit these
articles to mails for foreign countries
or for United States naval vessels, in