El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-16

Kinds. and q 500 men skilled in work
ling on motors The board has out
lined courses and directions for stu
dents who wish TO become part Of
that service, and full instructions
viii be given to all those who wish
70 enter il by writing TO WaShingt ton
thousands Of Radio Men Needed
The United States Signal corps
needs also $1,000 radio ana Duzzer
operators. and the training Of these
has already been inaugurated In many
parts Of the country. Many Of the
drafted men are taking up the study
with the idea that when they get 70
the cantonments they viii be chosen
for this work rather than that in the
trenches. They are anxious 20 get II
because they think the work VIII be
easier. and also for the increased
wages received. Upon first assign
ment to radio or buzZer work the sol
diers' wages rise to SIS per month,
Z and as he grows more expert they be-
come s51 per month. and II he gets 10
be a master signal electrician he re-
Z Ceives SS1 a month The preliminary
! training necessary 70 fit the drafted
men for this service requires about
I 200 hours. and enables a man 10 send
! and receive minimum message OF
! tiOn is given free and the federal
/ board would like TO have teaching
] classes established over the United
! States. The classes could be held
during the day or evening and espe-
! ciallT on Saturday afternoons and
Sunday mornings I understand the
I work is not difficult, and that a man
can learn 10 do il between the date Of
draft and that Of his order to 90 to
I the cantOnmeuL Teachers are needed
Z for the work. The nav is from So to
S. a night
Must Be Experts
/ The federal board for vocational
education has prepared courses Of in
struction and questions for the ex-
animation Of applicants who want
places in the Signal corps, and also
3 for some Of the other branches OF the
army The requirements are not easy
and the work demands experts. Take
for instance, the soldier who wishes
10 enlist in the Quartermaster' re-
/ serve corps as motor truck man.
He has first 10 pass the physical
tests and then TO answer . questions
as TO the operation and care Of motor
trucks. If he does this successfully
he is given shop work, which includes
the adjusting, repairing and luhri-
eating the parts Of the truck
He IS. next taught 10 drive, not IN
the. ordinary way, but in that which
win enable him 70 do his work IN war
time. A part Of the driving is
strai gEta1Tay and a large part OF Il is
zigZag, including the swift turning
OF corners. The zigEag driving is In
and out Of stakes which have been
driven down into the ground 10 rep
resent a curved course, and the stu
dent must wind the truck about
through them without knocking them
over. Later the stakes are brought
closer and closer together and the
man winds about between them at
various rates OF speed Later he has
lines, and then 60 backward and for
ward and twist this way and that
without touching the stakes.
Some OF this work is done after
dark. and many OF the adjustments
and repairs are made at night and
under all sorts Of conditions Every
student has TO learn 1T least five dr.
1erent kinds OF truczs, and he IS
shifted from truck 70 truck 50 that
he can take up any machine that may
be given him on the battlefield and
handle II
VIII Take Charge Of the CripPles.
Another important work Of this
war training board viii be in -cOnne0-
ton with the reha bilitatiOn OF oug
disabled soldiers and sailors It viii
take charge Of the cripples and
wounded as they come home from
France and lie n the hospitals, and
teach them such trades and Occupa-
tons. as they ray be able 70 carry on
when they have sufficiently recov-
cred TO go out int life. This has
been one Of the great problems Of
England and France, and the work
viii be based upon their experience
during the past three years There
are at present something like 13,-
100000 wounded and crippled soldiers
in Europe, and among these are more
than 5.00o.oo0 who have lost one limb
or another In 1915 more than 5000
legs were cut off in the German hos
were under treatment
1t Is estimated that we shall have
100000 disabled men sent hack 70 the
United states during the first year OF
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Of them viii require vocational re-
education to overcome the handbags
Incurred in the service. During the
second wear Of the fighting there viii
be 10000 more, and during the third
wear ABOUT b0.uut- Inis means inst
II the war lasts for three years more.
We shall have 40, 900 wounded SOL
diers who VIII be so trained in the
hospitals that they could make a
livelihood when they came out This
IS on the assumption that we shall
send 1000, 900 men overseas the first
year and a million more for each OF
the two years succeeding
The war training board estimates
that four teachers will be needed for
each 100 men, and that the country
will have to provide 1900 teachers for
the hospitals for each LOCO 900 men Il
sends overseas This means that we
shall need $500 Occupational teachers
II the war should last but three
wears. All Of these teachers will
have 70 be especially trained, and the
government is prenarinE to start this
work under the direction Of the fed
eral board for vocational education.
Re-edueafi0n is Necessary.
This re-edusafI IS necessary not
only to make the wounded men self
supporting after they leave the hos
plraL but also for their recovery Of |
both BODY and mind The experience I
OF Europe IS that the work in the
trenches has paralyZing effect on |
the mind, and that many Of the SOL I
diers who come TO the hospitals are
mental and nervous wrecks who have
rehabiiitate them The work Of |
training must be begun Just as soon |
as possible in order TO prevent the !
men from becoming discouraged and |
drifting into the ranks Of dependents, /
1olers and non-emplOyes- Re-educa- /
ton puts spirit and life into them,
and they begin to Improve as soon IS /
the training begins. Their work /
grows better as they near their re-
cOvery, and the idea is to continue Il |
so that they VIII be able 70 work /
eight hours daily at the close Of their /
training The French figures show l
that so per cent Of the men who nave
been trained in the HOSPITALS have be- /
come efficient laborers. whereas only
per cent Of those who have taken /
up such training upon leaving have 1
been OF any value whatever.
In this re-educa ton the physical |
and mental conditions Of each man
are studied. both in connection With /
his experience before he went into !
the war and the possible market for
such work as he may be aLis TO do ]
AFTER the war IS closed. He Is given
an artificial means to enable him to
do such work. and his physical loss
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