The Washington herald., 1918-10-21
PICK OFFICERS
BY NEW PLAN
General Staff Will Pass on
All Applications by
Civilians.

Radical change in the plan OF pro-
curement of officers for the army
from civil life was announced here
yesterday by the Chief of Stan.
Capitalization in the personnel
branch of the General Stafr of the
function of procuring officers is an
nounCed, and the discontinuance OF
separate recruiting by individual staff
corps
Hereafter all applications are 10
be made through the recruiting sub
section of the personnel branch of
the General STAFF, and no applica-
tions for commission are to be made
. directly to the Quartermaster Corps.
( Ordnance Department. Sanitary
Corps or other divisions or depart
ments- of the army.
Agencies OF the personnel branch
are being established in various cities
and cooperation has been assured
by the Military Training Camps As
| sociatiOn and local commercial and
civic ORGANIZATIONS throughout the
country.
1t will no longer be necessary to
write or come to Washington to file
/ application or obtain information per
/ tanning to commissions. Full infor-
nation is to be given out here for pub
| lication in the local press everywhere.
! Through the new plan il is expected
! to fill the army's requirements for
! officers in the most fitting way and
without lost motion as well as to af-
| ford opportunity for applicants to be
| placed in the service in the most ap-
propriate positions.
Civilians desiring to offer their serv-
| ices are requested by the Chief of
| Staff to watch the standard an
nouncement of needs for officers pub
! lished periodically in the newspapers
! These announcements will come from
one source, the Washington headquar-
ters of the recruiting subsection. and
will show the type of men wanted and
the uuty to be performed.
! When such announcement is made
the civilian who considers himself
qualified is to obtain complete infor-
nation on how to apply from the
nearest office OF the Military Train
ing Camps Association. If found
qualified he will be given a standard
application for commission. which is
to be filed out and returned to the
| Military Traini }; Camps Association
I offices. Later he will be interviewed
! and examined.
Apply at Nearest ONCE.
A civilian who thinks himself quail
! flied for a commission in any branch
of the army may. without waiting for
a definite statement OF need for
men of his qualifications, make ap-
plication through the nearest asso-
citation office. II found on interview
and examination to be generally
qualified to be an officer, he will be
recommended as an available can
didate for commission and his ap-
/ plication forwarded to the personnel
branch. general staff, and there
classified and either applied on a
current need or held pending the de-
| velopment of futures needs. Civilians
are warned that 1t is not desirable to
| travel to or write to Washington.
| District headquarters OF the Mil
itary Training Camps Association are
announced as follows: New York.
! 10 West Forty-fourth street; Boston,
Room $50, 81 State street; Philadel-
phia, III Commercial Trust Building:
| Atlanta. rs South Pryor street: Chi
cago. Consumers Building;. Clevela , d .
q Wade Building; st. Paul, 1913 Pion-
eer Building; Dallas, 40 Interurban
Building; Kansas City, New Eng
land National Bank Building; Port
land. Ore, Corbett Building; San
Francisco, 1920 Mills Building: Los
Angeles, 30 West Seventh street;
Washington. d. c., War Service EX-
change, State War and Navy Build
ing.