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III SIGN%L CO.IPS
WILL BE ACCEPTED, ALTHOUGH
REGISTERED, If QUALIFIED
ALONG CERTAIN LINES.
Books FOR OUR FIGHTERS

More Than Half a Million A'read,
Furnished Soldiers and Sailors b,
American Library Association
What the Hat Cord Denotes.
Efom Committee on Public Information,
Washington.-Men qualified along
certain lines, although registered I'm.
der the selective-service law, may be
indicted into the land division of the
Signal Corps, which is in need Of men
for the following duties:
4, Chauffeurs, motorcycle drivers, and
kaS engine repairmen for duty in field
and telegraph battalions; telegraph
pfs, both wire and radio; telephone
men, including switchboard operators,
telephone repairmen, and men skilled
In testing and repairing telephone
lines; telephone and telegraph line
hen; photographers, still and moving;
homing-pigeon men; radio men who
ne familiar with installing radio ap-
paratus; men qualified as cooks,
clerks, stenographers, blacksmiths.
meteorologists, cobblers, cable men.
etc.
Men indicted for this division, I'M
less otherwise requested by the chief
tgnal officer Of the army, are sent to
Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
More than half a million books A.
ready have been furnished soldiers and
eailors in training camps and in France
BY the American Library Association
War Service, and the flow is steadily
Increasing. according to the director
pf this work.
A campaign for funds inaugurated
By the association last autumn netted
moro than 81, 900, 900 and real results
b the tangible shape of books and
comfortable libraries are being felt by
the soldiers and sailors. The Carne-
Dc corporation gave $4,000 for the
erection of camp libraries. Nearly
III camps now have, libraries and in
~ others the buildings are in course
pf construction. The reading rooms
zach accommodate $50 men.
For the men in France the associa-
ton has organized distributing sta
lions at all points Of embarkation,
where books are assorted for shipment
abroad. Soon every soldier who steps
On transport will carry book with
him, which he and his companions will
read on the way across, after which it
will be forwarded to the men back Of
the trenches. No attempt will be made
to establish libraries in France, but
the association will have representa-
lives there to supervise the work Of
y Just as the sleeve chevrons and
bars, stars and eagles on the shoul-
Ger proclaims ranking officers, the hat
cord denotes the branch Of service
zach private has entered.
Light blue signifies infantry; scar
It, artillery; yellow, cavalry; buff,
luartermasters corps; scarlet and
white, engineers corps; orange and
white, signal corps; scarlet and black,
ordnance; black and white, field clerk;
medical CORPS; black and gold,
officers: silver and black, adjutant
Isneral's clerk; green, instructor home
Iuards; green and white, home guards.
These cords are worn only on serv-
Ice hats.
Cadet aviators wear as hat bands
nch and q half white ribbons and on
eoat collars insignia representing the
lviation branch Of the Signal corps,
blades.
There were 1,429,650 enlisted men
md 110,965 officers in the United
Mates army at the opening Of 1913,
nero than enc and q half times as
qngs % any force evef befo1e me-
|l1isad BY this nation. according to
! statement ~ Secretary Of War
1Abee.
Dlsiag the war with Spain the army
Il ~ United States at its maximum
IHeagtA segregated 272oo0 men and
1De0p. The army In the nsld and IN
H1aajlg 1sw 10 pxast1eG1y tx dnss
v 4lak - The naximun nu0ber IN
lef 0r1is N the Spaaish-Anerioa0 var.
AAlae 5000 6mcers were con11ls-
Ilona hon civil life in the two ssG9eo
4 tranlAs eanps, nsarly eight lines
- the nunber Of o0ess1 IN
- regular army April 1, 1017.,,
PeotDAstses are directed not to ae-
ssDt for alignment to members Of e.
forces packages contain
cigar lighters, or solidf0sd
ll1pAeA iuclsding the preparation call
~ etesuo" or canned heat.
Il 10 net deemed safe to admit these
,rtie3ss to mails for fereisn couStries
r for United States naval vessels, in
audin1 marines On shore in other coun-
z1es.