The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
AIR MEN HIT
KELLY FIELD
AT FAST Rate
Hitting Right Man In
Right Place Big Problem
of the Officers
~ AssoeIated Press.l

San Antonio. Teas. April To-
Aviation recruits have bean arriving
at the Camp Kelly aviation field
lately at the rate Of 1000 a day to
III the places OF men who already
have qualified for the flying and
mechanical needs of the aviation
service. and been advanced further
toward the front. As fast as the
men arrive they are organized into
EquadrOnz and their preparation
for overseas service is rushed rapid
~.
The recruits come from widely
separated places. but most OF them
Fare from Columbus barracks, Col
tumbus. Ohio: Jefferson barracks. st.
Louis, No: Fort Slocum, New
York; Jackson barracks, New Or
Jeans and Fort Logan, near Denver.
Colorado.
Men OF all trades ara received az
this camp and fitting the right man
in the right place - one Of the big
problems officials have to face. In
this section or the signal corps, men
OF many trades are used in train
ing activities and in keeping the fly
ling machines In tip-top condition.
Among them are the following:
Automobile rapairers, Armorers.
BARRIERS. blacksmiths, rick-Iayers.
6bugIera. boat builders, cabinet MAX
lsrs.a canvas workers. carpenters,
ehauffeurs. clerks, cooks, copper
smiths, oordaEe workers. craftsmen.
drill Hsrgeants. electricians. engine
apprentices. engine testers, engine
repair men. hrst sergeants, instrIt-
nent repair men. photographers,
mnrohanicanR for airplanes. mess
repair men, motorcycle RIDES,
motor truck repair men, mouldeFs,
packers, Htockmen, painters, pat
tern makers. photographers, plumb
leFs, propeller makers, propeller
Rosters. radio operators, tent rig
gers. saddlers. Eail-Hsakers, sergeant
majors stenographers, supply ser
geants. to0i-nakers, truckmasters,
yulcanizsrs, acetylsne weIders and
skilled and unslIiIled laborers.
One Was Butter Gutter"
One man who arrived here recent
~ gave his trade as q butter cutter"
and said he was one of the best but
ter cutters that ever cut butter.
Another gave his trade as a ham
boneF." He said he was not much
on a trombone, but he could make
'em sit up and take notice with a
hambone." A ''hamboner." It prov
ed. was q graduate at packing |
houses who was expert in the use OF
n cieaver.
Another recruit said his business |
was that OF a cocoanut cracker His |
business had been to drive a sharp
instrument into the eye Of a cocoa
NUT and pour out the milk, after /
which he would crack the nut and /
remove the meat. Still another gave /
his occupation as a whistle blow 1
eF." He came from the lumber dis
tFdct Of the northwest where he gave
the signals for releasing logs in the
stream.
Tent Material Shortage.
Camp Kelly il facing a shortage
Of tent material and AZ a result /
many men are not being sent direct /
20 the camp upon their arrival but i
are housed here until room is made
for them. To take care OF all re-
er1its, &c would be necessary TO
house nine men in a tent. The
surgeon general would not permit
more than i've men to be assigned to
one tent.
Aviation instruction is probably
the most important instruction given
90 recruits in any branch Of service
training In Texas. Now mechanics
arrive at the various camps almost
weekly. It Is said q good supply Of
Liberty motors is being sent to
Texas