Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-15
1000 AVlAT0RS
A DAY ARRIVE
AT CAMP KELLY
These Recruits are Filling
Places of Graduated
Men.

San Antonio, Tex, March Is
Aviation recruits have been arriving
Sat the Camp Kelly aviation field late-
ly at the rate OF 1000 a day to fill
the places of men who already have
qualified for the flying and mechan-
ical needs of the aviation service and
been advanced further toward the
front. AS fast as the men arrive they
are organized into %squadrons and
their preparation for overseas service
is, rushed rapidly.
The recruits come from widely sep
from Columbus barracks, Columbus,
ohio: Jefferson barracks, st. Louis.
Mo-; Fort, slocum New York: jack
son barracks, New Orleans and Fort
Logan, near Denver, Colorado.
Men of all trades are received at
this camp and fitting the right man
in the right place is n Of the big
problems officials have to face. In
this section of the signal corps. men
activities and in keeping the flying
machines In tip-top condition. Among
them are the following:
Automobile repairers, armorers.
BARRIERS. blacksmiths, b~ricklayers,
buglers, boat builders, cabinet maxi
ers, canvas workers. carpenters.
chauffeurs. clerks, ooSs. copper
smiths, cordage workers. craftsmen,
drill ~sergenats. electricians. engine APP
prentices. engine testers. engine re-
pair men, first s%ergeants, instrument
repair. men. photographers, mechan-
icians for airplanes. mess serseants
metal workers, magnetic repair men.
motor cycle riders, motor truck re-
.Dair men. moulders. packers. stock
men. painters. pattern makers, pho
t~ographers. plumbers propeller max
>., 4-~oo1iAo ~p$ 4re - go Af4 nnAPRfnrQ
tent riggers, saddlers. sailmakers, SER
geant majors. stenographers, supply
sergeants, toolmakers, trnckmasters-
vulcanizers. a%cetylene welders and
Skilled AMI unskilled laborers.
One man who arrived here recent
" CAV hi. trade as a butter cutter"
end said he was one Of the best butter
cutters that ever cut butter.
Another a y his trade as a ham
boner." lie said he was not much on
a trombone, but he. ''could make 'enl
sit up and take notice with 81 ham,
bone" A "hamboner" it proved was
a graduate at packing houses who
was expert in the use Of a cleaver.
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 cocoanut
and pour tut the milk, after which
lie WDultl'-CTdCh lIc u nv nav
the meat. Still another gave his oc-
cupation as a whistle blower" He
xsame from the lumber district Of the
northwest where he gave the signals
for releasing logs in the stream. .
Camp Kelly is facing a shortage OF
tent material and AS a result many
men are not being sent direct to the
camp upon their arrival but are
housed here until room is made for
them. To, take care Of all recruits
it would he necessary to house nine
men in q tent. The urgeon general
would not permit more than five men
to- he assigned to one tent. /.
Aviation ~inrtruction is probably the
moot imrortant instruction given to
recruits in any branch of service
training in Texas Now mechanics
arrive at the various camps almost
we~kl,. Vt is said a good supnly OF
I.iherty motors IS being sent to Texas