The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-01
TRAOESMEN NEEDED
N SIGNAL CORPS
WILL &c ACCEPTED. ALTHouoH
REGISTERED. III QUALIFIED
ALONG CERTAIN LINES.
BOOKS FOR OUR FIGHTERS
Mers Than Hall a Million Already
Furnished Soldiers and Sailors BY
American Library Association
what the Hat Cord Denotes.

What the Hat Cord Denotes.
sfram COMMITTEES 90 Public fnformasion.)
Washington Men qualified along
certain lines, although registered I'm
fer lhe seleriiye service law. may be
ied0eted Into The land division OF the
Slgual Corps. shlch IA IN need 81 men
Tor the following dntiea
cLau1eurs, motorcycle drivers and
ras engine repairmen for duty IN field
and telegraph battallons; telegraph.
efs both wire and radio; telephone
men, Including switchboard operators.
Telephone repaIrmen. and men skilled
IN testing and repairing telephone
lines telephone and telegraph line.
men photographers. atm and moving
honlngpgenu men; radio men who
are familiar with Installing radio up.
parans, men qualified az cooks,
clerks stenugFaphers blacksmiths,
ncfeuralogists, eobblers cable men.
ste.
Men indneted for this division. un-
ires otherwise requested BY the chief
signal officer ~ fha army, are sent 10
FORT Leavrnwprih. Kan,
More than hHlf n mIlliSn books nj
rrudy have been furnished soldiers and
Msilers 10 training camps and IN Frunee
~ the Americans Library Association
War Service. and the flow Is steadily
Increasing according 70 the director
81 this work
A campaign for funds lnaugurnted
~ ibr association last autumn Melted
more Than si.dG0.nO0 and real results
81 tho teagible shape u books and
comfortable libraries are being felt by
thp soldiers and snitoFW The Cnrne.
rie corporation gtye $4,000 fur the
erection n camp libraries Nearly
sli eaups now hive libraries ana III
lhe others tile buildings are Ia course
n construction The reading. rooms
Heb accommodate go men
For The men Ia France the assocla
ilan his organized distributing sta,
,ioHs RI ail points Of embarketlon,
Bhere naaks are asserted for shipment
altFpRd soon every soldier who steps
oH q transport Win carry Il book with
fl1asa0 t,igA W and HIS companions viii
read aii The was acrnss, after which Il
win 81 forwarded Is the men back ~
lhe trenches So attempt viii be made
n establish libraries IN France, but
me association viii hayq representa-.
tlves there % supervise the work %
distribution
Tna a. the sleeve chevrons and
bars stars and cngles % the shout.
der prhclalms ranking officers, the hat
cord denotes the branch Of service
eaeh private has entered
Light htue signifies infantry; scar
let artillery yellow cavalry; bun,
uaartermasfers corps, scarlet and
Nllte. engineers corps; grunge and
white. signal corps scarlet ana black,
ordnance black and white FIELD clerk ;
maroon, medleal corps black and gold.
Officers silver and black, adlutant
renprais clerk green, instructor home
guards green and white, home guards,
These cords src worn only on sery.
- hats
cgde ayiat0rs wear a. hat bands
heb ana i half white ribbons and on
ruat collars Insignia representing the
aviation branch N The signal corps
propeller blades
There werc i.42s,65O enlisted mer
Had no sah officers To the Unltet
states army az the opening ~ lots
nsurr thsn ofus and half times a
large as Bny foree ever before mn
blilssd IS tms nation. according I,
tatpment by Secretary Of Wa
FuEvr
ruNnE ne aar with Spain the arm!
af fhr Waited states Bt IT'S maximum
strength aggregated 2Ta zoo mvu an,
snseyrs THE army ia the held and i
tgslpiHe 0uw q practically six time
as CREST as She maximum number ur
der arlas "a tbp spanish American wal
About 85010 officers were commits
stoned lra,1 Avil life In the two serie
n truiHtng campe nearly eight time
a. maty as the number n officers
ii,e regular arNy April / 1917,
postmastars are dlrretcd not 70 9
pt For shipment q mrWbrrs ~ -
t,eFlslnHry forces parknges contun
is.r mtfcaes rigpr lighters ~ solidla,
elcahnl. ,urludluG ghe preparation eel
ea -stfnu ~ canned hsat
II Is uot desssd safe 70 adrnl, the
srirlts ID malls or foreign eouuia
- ~ UHs,,a States naypl vessels.
c4aApg marass "a shore % other gou
tries
Contractors working pn Urivrs I
IL navy are required 20 PROV
wstehsntp aud de4Irrs 70 protect ti'
pants and property aud the work
tyoeress aEGiusi espionage acts
ar and ot enemy allsas Upon
raept Iheg nust report the eitzsnsh
ounfry n birth or alien stntiis q
employees
eeeond training eatnp will he d