Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-21
NEED OFFICERS FOR
HEAVY ARTILLERY
What the Heavy Artillery Is and
How a Civilian Can Obtain
Commission.

The heavy tcoast) artillery needj
a large number OF officers to meet
the demands made by III, increased
army program OF four million men
in France by July /. 1918.
The heavy artillery handles all
guns above six-inCh Gather. ali
howitzers. large trench mortars and
the anti-aircraft guns assigned 10
corps and armies. IL IL Is true that
the infantry is the queen or bat
ties" then II is equally true that
the heavy artillery has won in the
course of this war. the righ: to wear
the crown as king OF battles"
All officers for the heavy artii-
lery are commissioned atle' rass-
ing through the Coast Artillery
Training school. The school for the
eastern part OF the country is To-
Gated at Fort Monroe, Va. The can
didates for this school are selected
from enlisted men already in lhe
army, from student soldiers in the
students army training corps. and
from civil life. Civilians who desire
10 work for a commission must. as
preliminary measure, be volun-
tarily inducted into the military
service.
Any man subject to draft, no mat
ter what his age or classification,
| can apply for voluntary induction
with the object OF trying Tor COM
mission in the heavy artillery Men
| in class one who are so inducted
and fail to make good for a COM
mission. are retained in the militia y
| service as enlisted men. Nen-in
deferred classificaGons on account
OF dependent relatives who fail 10
make n commission are returned Ia
civil life.
Officers in the heavy artillery
must possess the qualities OF per-
sonality and leadership necessary
for an officer In any branch OF the
service. In addition, they must pos
sess the educational requirements
that will enable them to place the
| fire OF their batteries on German
forts. ammunition dumps, and rail-
road bridges after they re: their
commissions and receive instructions
| in their duties. They SHOULD have a
knowledge OF algebra, geometry and
| plane trigonometry. and should he
familiar with the use of logarithm3
| The candidate who has once studied
these subjects will be sivon ample
| opportunity to go over them again
at the school and especially In their
application to problems OF gunneIS
and orientauon.
No commission is guaranteed the
candidate at the school. Whether
or not he obtains one is dependent
directly and only on the work he
does. Every effort is made to give
each candidate sufficient instruction
to enable him to qualify fof a com
mission. No candidate viii get
commission unless he has convinced
his instructors by his work that he
will make good use OF It In helping
to lick the Huns. In other words.
each man gets as much as he gives.
How Civilians Can Apply.
Simply write to the address given
below, giving your name, address.
age. registration number. classfica-
tion. name and number OF your To-
cal board. and ask to be voluntarily
inducted into the military service
with tho object OF obtaining a COM
mission in the heavy (coasO artil-
lery. II you wish land it is ad-
visable to do sol give a brief sum-
mary OF your educational qualifica-
tions.
on receipt OF your request, .ppli-
cation will be made for authority
for your voluntary induction into
the military service. when this is
received, your local board will he
notified to arrange your voluntary
induction. Then you will be sent TO
the nearest coast defense. II you
would prefer 10 ybe sent to some
other coast defense that fact should
be stated in your original letter.
When you arrive at the coast de-
fense you are given prellmln lry