The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-25
GIRLS HEED CALL
TO ARMS FACTORY

Philadelphia, July 24.--The call To
(Remington) arms has been heard, and
1t is being needed by hundreds OF young
and mtddle-aged women.
why? Well. we women want to win
the war. SO we will work" was the al
Lucrative answer elected by . query
from one of the many women who are
taking the places of men In. some de-
partments Of the Remington arms
plant. Eddystone, to enable this rife-
making industry to speed up its pros
gram OF supplying the boys across the
seas with the necessary weapons WITH
which to "go over the top effectively.
The campaign to secuSe women work.
ers Is stressed by the Remington en-
pIoyment bureau, which hopes soon N
increase Its force to almost 10000. III
now employs In the neigh horhoeA of
$4,000, many of whom are gjrle ana
women. several hundred Of whom have
just commenced work on tasks fcrraar10
done exclusively by men.
At least 1000 additional women Aro
wanted by the Remington concern, anA
of this number nearly a fourth have
already been obtained They HAYS taixeA
up their duties, many Of them Just
starting this week. and are learning
rapidly, Clad in ordinary attire, the
only exception being khaki-colored
aprons. about eco girls and women are
being instructed In the work Of In
specting light parts OF the rides. turned
cut at Eddysene. The women range
in age frorS twenty-one to forty-nve.
which arc the limits established by tbs
employment department. They are
working in daily shifts Of nine hours,
starting at 7:s0 and quitting at b;lS
r. NJ
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eyes, and also their arms, dgnre mostly
In the work Of assisting to turn out
arms at the Remington plant, and 49,
cause they ara anxious to wsrk thA
women are learning quickly how to Do
II. Some are already - proAcleAt ~
the men they have replaced. and sooA
all OF them Will be no less efficient.
Small parts Of the guns are hsaax
passed upon by women inapectoSS,
while the men who formerly diA tAls
work are now engaged In more aiRts
cult operations that could not easily
be done by women. III
Officials Of tbs Remington COMPANY
are pleased with the way in which th9
women are taking hold. and are gfekJs
fed, not only 1T the willingness Nth
which their call for help was respon1-
ed to, but also over the ciass et Mpv'
plicants that at times almost door TIN
employment Office. Two dozen zoe
men, mostly around twenty-opH ye1r4
old, but some whose age was close NJ
the forty-year mark, wsrs cheAFs4M
making application for Jobs. All 1870
well dressed and looked the part ok
respectable women who wish n m
the work not because Of any spectaJ
liking for it's character. but bacaNae III
20 doing they are aiding m cSsrytRH
on tho war. sa Fse
No standard rata Of pay k&s 49,
este blished for the women ir3pN0kA6E
They are being paid according u
qualifications ana ths aniekAe 1nS
learn the details Of the work tAA r. ~
err their salaries Axs aAvAneaA 4lE4
usual starting waEe for raen. M&@
they were bsing sought Tor izD1
Inn, wAS thirty cents pAr keq11t
and half after eight hopyh IN 4
they received : nIniMum N e11 fS<
week tor foFty-eyA henypf NATj y
work u betng doNe a th4 ~
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