Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-27

ing will be four months at the infantry and machine gun schools and three months at the field artillery School.Th schools are open to qualified enlisted men in all branches of the service ex- cept Coast Artillery, Signal Corps, and labor units. The number of civilians admitted will be limited.
 To be eligible for admission candi- dates must be between 20 years ! months and 40 years; citizens of tEa United States, and not born in any l of the countries with which the United States is at war or allies of such countries. Enlisted men must have the moral, educational, and physical quail | fications required of an officer. Civi- Hans must be graduates of a high | school or have pursued an equivalent 1 course of instruction. be of good. moral | character, and have the required phy 1 slcal qualifications. 1 In addition to the above qualifica 1 tions candidates for the Field Artillery must possess d thorough understanding and working knowledge of arithmetic, l algebra to include quadratic equations, and plane geometry. Trained civil, mechanical, electrical, mining, and ar | chitectural engineers are desired. Civ 1 ilian applicants will be certified by the Army Officer on duty as professor of military science and tactics at the educational institution nearest the res idence of the applicant.
 Paper thread is a Denmark war sub stitute for use in binder twine.
 Wheat is selling for $50 bushel in {, Turkey, reports the American and Syrian Relief Commission in Turkey. Before the war the normal price was 1 50 to 50 cents Der buShel
 The Postal Censorship Board, Post l Office Department, announces that l translators of Spanish are in demand at New York and other port cities These positions are open to women
 who can translate accurately and quickly.
 Bastile Day, July fl. the French landRepublic national holiday. was ob-
 served and celebrated this year on land and sea by American land and Navy forces under special orders in like manner as is observed the American
 Fourth of July.
 The Army Medical Department has
 developed mobile X-ray outfit to be carried on the standard Army
 ambulance to the front-line trenct
 for the benefit of wounded soldiers
 It is desired by Army surgeons to lose
 no time in ascertaining the extent anC
 conditions of wonds. The outfit fl
 made up of the Delce gas-electric set
 the high-tension transformer, anC
 the special type of Coolidge tube.
 Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, in charg,
 of the department of food production
 and home economics of the woman.
 committee, Council of National De
 fense, gives this advice to farmerettes .. Watch your feet. Don't ignore foot
 wear. You must have good spina
 column to keep up with a good job The condition of the spinal column de bends greatly on the feet Be pictur
 esque if you wish but be sensible Wear good stout boots to preserv
 health"
 . A recipe for q wheatless loaf o . bread is soon to be made public b, the office of Home Economies of tn Department of Agriculture It is tn
 discovery of the experimental kitehel conducted jointly by the Departmen ' of Agriculture and the Food Admin $ istration. Directions are to be givel ? for the making of three new whea substitute breads-the half wheat ioa1 l the one-fourth wheat loaf, and tn t wheatless loaf The recipe is ex 9 pected to save thousands of pounds 0 I wheat four.