The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1918-05-05
MISSISSIPPIANS WILL BE
TRAINED AT A. & M.
COLLEGE.
46O MEN WANTED
Must Report at the Collge Not
Later Than Thursday, May
l6.

Prof. s. NJ. Nash, secretary of the
Lowndes county exemption board, i,
in receipt of letter from Adjutan,
General Erie c. Scales in which he
encloses an order recently issued by
Provost Marshal General Crowder
calling for 460 registrants from
Mississippi to report at the A. and M.
College Thursday, May 16, for train
ing in various positions requiring
technical knowledge.
Gen. Scales states that he will not
fix the quota for any county until
he has heard from the secretaries Of
the different local exemption boards
and requests Prof. Nash to cooperate
with him in securing from Lowndes
county the best men possible. He
states that in order to be eligible
fegistrants must be grammar school
graduates and have had some ex-
perience along mechanical lines. 1t
is also desirable that they posses a
natural aptitude for work Of this
character. The men selected for this
service will receive a course of train
ing at government expense which win
fit them to serve in army positions
requiring knowledge Of automobile
repairing, carpentry, radio operating,
woodworking and gasoline engine re-
Fsairing. srd General Scales states
that this b a,splendid opportunity for
ambitious young men who desire
training along technical lines.
General Scales order follows:
81. Call No. 220 upon our state is
hereby announced as follows: "Com-
plcte the entrainment for Agricul-
tural College, Mississippi, of 400
grammar school graduates who have
had some experience along mechani-
cal lines and some aptitude for me-
chanical work, to report to the COM
Imanding officer Mississippi Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, on
May 10TH" Only white men and
men physically qualified for general
military service may be inducted un-
der this call. ig
"2. The men selected for this
service will receive course of train
ling at government expense, fitting
them to serve in army positions, re-
duiring knowledge Of automobile re-
pairing, carpentry, radio operating,
wood working, blacksmithng, gas
engine repairing, and other mechani-
cal duties incident to many kinds of
military service both at the front and
fbehind the lines. The men taking this
course will receive thorough instruc-
tions which will be Of great personal
value in working their way ahead
both in the army and in civil life.
This is an excetional opportunity for
energetic ambitious men. You are
urged to make this call one of state
wide interest. Qualified registrants
should be urged to present themselves
to their local board for voluntary in.
duction. When a registrant volun,
tarily present themselves the locaI
boards may induct qualified men until
their allotment has been filled. The
voluntary period will continue unit
May s. After May 9th, no more vol
tunteers will be accepted. II on May
9th, sufficient number Of volun
teers have not come forth to fill the
allotment of the local board, the loca
board will proceed to select in Sc
quence of order numbers sufficient
number of qualified men from with
in Class / to fill its allotment, deduc
ting the voluntary deductions. Onl.
white men who have completed a
least grammar school education ant
have had some experience along me
Ichanical lines and some altitude fo'
mechanical work should be inducted
and the provisions Of my Telegram
mo. BS0, dated March 18th, relating
to men actively. completely and assid
uously engaged in the planting AM
cultivation Of crops should be follow
ed.
80. Each man must carry wit
him at least two suits Of undercloth
ing. one suit Of outer clothing in goo
condition, q sweater, . stout pal
Of shoes, three extra pairs Of socks
and two bath towels. as he will b
kept in civilian clothing during Ia
first three weeks until he can be sup
piled with a uniform and other cloth