Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02
SERVICE RESERVE NOW
 ORGANIZED

States Public Service Reserve has re- gently been organized by the United States Department of Labor, which is the Federal branch to which such matters belong.
 This reserve is an official national organization of adult males who de- sire to find their place for effective service to the country in the wal emergency, and to make it easy for the government to locate them when it needs help from men of their abil- ities.
 Enrolment in its ranks does not excuse anyone from obligation to bear arms. when his time for such service may come.
 Its purposes IS to enable those who are>not called into the army or navy to do their bit in realizing the ideal of a nation organized to war, for tho safety of the country and the preser- vation of civilization and future world peace.
 Governor Campbell recently re- ceivcd from United States Senator Henry F. Ashurst copy of a speech by the latter, made on September %. 1917, which gives full data regarding the aims of this new organization. From Senator Ashurst's speech the following IS quoted:
 "A most encouraging evidence of i, gross declared war was the flood of offers, from every State, that poured into Washington from citizens who wished to be given some work to do for their country. They wrote, they tclegraphed, they rode to the capital on every train. They bcsicged every department, they bombarded the president, stormcd the capitol, and cannonaded the Council of National Defense They were in earnest and were very welcome; but the Depart. ment of Labor did not know how to find what particular work they could do or find the right man when job appeared and man was needed. The department finally solved the puzzle and absorbed the congestion. The Public Service Reserve was organized "a real democratic organization. Equipped simply with a director, a staff of workers, and a set of files, the reserve has already taken over thous- ands of offers from the files Of depart mcnts and is classifying them and rendering them available for every need of the government. Now that it has been done, the mystery is that no one thought of doing it before Instead Of citizens going home feel ing depressed and disneartencd be cause they can find nowhere to serve the country. this service of the De- pertinent of Labor has provided a meeting place of needs and supply a common ground where men of all degrees of capacity and attainmcnts may unite in devoting themselves to the service of our country in winning the great war.
 The utility of the Public Service Reserve will be very great It is reg istering men, ascertaining their ex- pcrience, training, capacity, and apti tudeS for service. It IS in touch with all the agencies of the government likely to need men, whether volun. tcers or for compensation. It can supplement the regular employment agencies and the work of the Civil Service Commission by preparing re- serves of competent workers against the time Of need. Men once register cd may thereafter go contcntedly about their own affairs, knowing that the Department of Labor is seeking their niche and will advise them when, their opportunity comes. In France, in England, in the lands Of our othct allies there scarcely may be found to- day a man who is not dcvoting his all in the cause of his country. The power of resistance of our common foe is due iH large measure to the complete conservation of the individ-I nal 10 the service of the State. If the United States is 10 win the war it can not be done solely through Su. pcrior resources in material and in numbers of men. To win an cndur- ing triumph democracy must show its capacity to light the world with% a Durcr and winter flame of patriotic devotion than autocracy can inspire.
 Applications for membership in the United States Public Service Reserve arc requested to be made to the De partmcnt of Labor and blanks can be had by application to the governors office, as soon as supply is received.
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