The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-06-13

Wy ptdnS OF the commission on train
ing camp activities have been carried
out to provide athletic facilities for
the men. Baseball heads the list in
popularity, and full equipment has
heen placed in the camps. More than
"0OO haseballs and 5000 bats have
been sent. At Camp Lewis, Washing
ton, there are 10 baseball fields In use.
Practically every company in each
camp division throughout the country
mas Its team and there are company,
battalion, regimental and interregi-
mental leagues.
EVERY form of track athletics occu-
pies the attention Of men training at
the camps. AS many as 800 men have
taken part in divisional contests, and
track meets have been witnessed by
more than 10000 spectators.
Where facilities permit, instruction
N swimming is given. Men are first
given land instruction and then sent
into the water. Tennis courts have
been built In every camp, one having
~ courts, and the sport is rapidly gain
ing In popularity. Through the gene
rosity of golf clubs located near the
camps, the demand for golf courses Is
partly being met. Polo matches are
frequently held. and competition for
places on the teams is keen.
There Is list of 1877 occupations
where the demand for men In the war
department constantly exceeds the sup
ply.
pressing need exists In the army
Tor men experienced In handling mules,
and before all future needs are met
recruiting campaign may become neces-
sary No difficulty has been expert
enced In getting men who can buy and
handle horses. but blacksmiths are
scarce
There Is constant demand for
butchers and cooks are greatly need
ed. In several technical branches,
particularly the engineers, men for the
higher positions are plentiful, but the
workers for the ranks are scarce. Ex-
perienced mechanics, especially those
familiar with automobiles, are always
In demand,
More interpreters than can be used
have applied for positions with the
war department, and applications for
commissions as army chaplains are
also In excess of the need. The excess
totals thousands In each case. Clerks
for general work are plentiful, but
there Is demand for specialists. At
present there is surplus of dentists
and pharmacists.
Deliveries of the 5000 motortrucks
recently ordered by the motor trans
port service of the war department are
to be made between August l and
December l. These trucks, known as
Glass b Standards" will have ca
pacity of from three to five tons, and
viii be distributed as needed through
The various branches of the army. Ten
thousand of these class B standard
lied trucks have previously been or
dered and are now In process of man.
ufacture and delivery.
Under a new agreement the army
will handle all mail for the expedition
airy forces after II leaves United States
ports. The post Office department will
deliver the mail to military authorities
at the port of embarkation in this
country and receive 1t from them at q
port In France for dispatch to the
United States. The domestic money
order service to the troops will for the
present at least, continue under the
direction of the post Office department
IN France.
The first Porto Rican laborers to
reach the United States under govern.
ment auspices will be at work upon
government contracts within a month
The employment service of the de
partment of labor has already found
employment for at least 100000 OF
these men as common laborers on con
structiOn work at Norfolk, Newport
News, Baltimore and vicinity. Ar
Engagements are now Dei0R u1dUe Dy
the department of labor to provide
proper housing for these men.
Women between the ages of twenty
one and thirty-five who have had 9
high school education or its equivalen
will be eligible for admission to tn,
army school of nursing, arrangement.
for which were recently made by tn,
war department. 1t is intended t
start several schools In selected mill
tary hospitals. Unless otherwise spe
cited, applications should be sent di
rectly to the army school Of nursing
office Of the surgeon general of tn,
army. Washington, D. G.
keeping Our Fighters Nt-Fo
War and After" is the title of al
official book issued by the commission
on training camp activities. describing
the athletics, mass singing, social If
and other recreations of men In arm,
and navy camps. The book tells o
the theaters, the work of the Y. NJ.
A.. Knights of Columbus and other OF
CARNATIONS associated with the com
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