The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-20
RED CROSS NEEDS
MOTOR CAR EXPERTS
Many Opportunities Offered to
Men and Women for I'm
mediate Service.

Fifteen hundred motor truck drivers
are needed at once by the American RED
Cross for service in Franco In add
ton, mechanics. ignition and lighting
experts and experienced garage mana
GERS are required. according to an an
nouncement yesterday by Ethan Allen.
manager Of the Atlantic Division OF the
Red Cross, with headquarters at a
East Twenty-third street. New York
city.
This call supplements the recent call
OF the Red Cross for competent men for
simllar service in Greece. Prof. Edward
Capps, formerly Of Princeton University.
who heads the Red Cross mission to
f,reece. ana Elmer johnson, IN charge
OF the Red Cross motor service in that
country, have already sailed with a
mart of the personnel which 10 to carry
on the work. It IL expected that add
ditional recruits will FOLLOW soon.
The advantage Of enlisting in the SER
vice in Greece 10 that II means virtually
Immediate departure. II the recruit
proyes satisfactory, Mr.. Allen said yes
terday. In the enlistments for service
in France, however. the successful ap-
plicant, before calling. must attend q
spec!al school which has been estab-
Nshed in Chicago. The term In this
school however, runs only from two to
four weeks and II designed more fully
70 prepare the recruit for the work TO
be done.
In addition to the 1900 drivers for
motor trucks. the call specifies the fol-
lowing classes OF workers needed:
Three hundred mechanics. twenty-five
l-f. lernf nd
lighting experts and forty experienced
garage manaEers,
Three hundred women drivers for spe-
elal motor service In France are being.
recruited through the various Red Cross
Motor Corps, Of which there are already
forty-one in existence in New York. New
Jersey and Connecticut. An overseas
training unit has been established. The
women in this unit receive training in
automobile driving. mechanical drills. lit
ter drills and lessons In hrst aid.
Tho Chicago school for Red Cross mo-
tor drivers has been established In q
former large dance hall covering about
one-haf acre.
Interesting reports have reached head
quarters here of the successful opera
ton Of the school The recruits are or
Eanized as a unit, and during the day are
sent in squads to different repair stations.
garages and service stations. Each squad
Is in charge Of q lance corporal and 10
under a form Of military discipline.
The training includes instruction with
respect to proper loading. placing and
~roping'' of packages and all other de-
tails Of the work which they will be re
qulred to do In Europe.
The lance corporals and sergeants 30
Ear as possible are recruited from the
ranks. Each member Of the units will
wear distinctive uniform with proper
insignia for the officers.
The training at the Chicago school
includes company drills. hikes. policing
OF barracks and lectures
Experts In various lines have volun-
teered as instructors in the school.
The Red Cross il authorised to en-
roll men within the draft age who are
classified outside of Class ! and who
are able to obtain from their local
boards letters. addressed to the State
Department. giving their classifcationa
and stating that the board has no OBJ
lection to the issuance OF passport
so that they may go abroad In this
service.
Except for this service 1t Is impos-
sible for a man within draft age. Is
20 As, to secure a passport.
Practical experience is essential. Men
must be able to drive and repair auto
mobiles. An adequate allowance will
be made to cover cost of uniform.
transportation. and In the case Of mar
RED men the case OF dependents.
The Red Cross wishes 1t clearly
known that this call Is mot for am
bulance drivers, as that service IL now
part OF the United States Army Am
buance Corps. The service offers an
ideal opportunity for capable men who.
for some slight physical defect. have
been rejected for the army.