The Benson signal., 1918-07-27

must also take knowledge of the dam
gers attendant upon the large entrances
of women into heavy and hazardous
industries.
stThe 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 when
are designed to protect the childhood,
the womanhood, and the motherhood
of the present and the future.
experts tell us it 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 90
the work of our war industries has
become as important 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 WIZ
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, Ca, 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 olvllz
ians admitted will be limited.
To be eligible for admission candfr
! dates must be between twenty years,
eight months and forty years; citizens
| 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
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a high school or have pursued an
equivalent course of instruction, be or
good moral character, and have the re-
ouired physical qualifications.
In addition to the above qualifica-
tions, candidates for the field artillery
must possess thorough understanding
and working knowledge of arithmetic
! rn civil o.
chanical, electrical, mining and archl-
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.
A children'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. It will eliminate
in "patnotic play week." September
IT, in which the work of 100000
women in organizing recreation in
10000 communities will come to an
end.
"To 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
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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 delinquency, Overtaxed nerves,
weakened bodies, and premature
deaths, but England and France turned
to lift war burdens from the children
by giving them a chance to play. There
is urgent need to give our boys and
girls an American square deal-their
safety valve of play"
The postal censorship board, post Of
flee department, announces that trans
lators of Spanish are in demand at
New York and other port cities. These
positions are open to women who can
translate accurately and quickly.
Mrs, Stanley Mccormick, in charge
of. the department of food production
and home economics of the woman's
committee, council of defense, gives
!, ,his advice TO farmerettes: ''Watch
YOUR feet. Don't ignore footwear. You
must have good spinal column to
keep up with good job. The condi-
ton of the spinal column depends
greatly on the feet. Be picturesque If
you wish, but be sensible. Wear good
i, stout boots to preserve health"