The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-04-26
The NATIONS
WANT COLUMN:
MEN WANTED

There is an immediate demand for
skilled men in various units of the
Army, needed by General Pershing.
The Selective Service machinery
must produce these skilled men. De-
lay in the several States in complet-
ing occupational cards precludes
resort to the cards to secure these
men and makes it necessary to I'M
proyise a temporary plan for the
purpose. About 10000 men will be
needed in the near future which we
hope to get by voluntary induction
under the following temporary plan.
Enclosed, herewith, is a list of &C.
of men who are needed
now.
Please give the widest publicity
to this urgent call. A column on the
front page of every newspaper in
your State could we'll be devoted to
this purpose and headed "Nations
Want Column" Qualified registrants
should be urged to present them
selves to their Local Boards. This
office is without an appropriation to
pay for this advertising, but the pa
triotism of the American press is
relied upon to aid in every way in
their power.
The military duty and training
of these skilled men will be inter-
esting, and the men who succeed in
securing induction into the branches
of the service to be filled will re-
ceive material personal benefit,
which will aid them in advancement
both in their Army career and in
after life.
It is suggested that you make use
of bulletin boards throughout your
State, on which should be placed
copies of the enclosed list This
would doubtless result in a large
number of applicants presenting
themselves to Local Boards.
Inductions must not be made at
this time, however. When regis
trants present themselves to their
Local Boards, they should be listed
(not inducted.) and on April 20 10.
cal Boards should notify your office
of the number of men who have vol
for each of the different oc-
This information should
be compiled in the office of the Ad-
jutant General, and a wire sent to
this office on April 80, giving the
total number of volunteers who have
presented themselves.
Air brake, inspectors, angle-iron
smith, auto mechanics and helpers.
Bargemen or boatmen, black
smith and helpers ,boatbuilders and
helpers, brakemen, fagmen or con-
ductors, boilermakers and helpers,
bricklayers, buglers.
Carpenters and helpers, joiners or
pattern makers, caulkers, wood,
chauffeurs, chemists, clerks, cobblers,
commissary storekeepers, concrete
foremen or workers, cooks, crane
men, hoistmen, pile drivers or shovel
operators, crusher operators.
Dispatches, engine, craftsmen.
Engineers and firemen, electric
ians.
Floor bands, foreman, construction
Gas plant workers, gunsmiths or
operatives in gun factories.
Hostlers, locomotive.
Inspectors, car and locomotive, in
strument makers and repairmen.
Linemen.
Machinists and helpers, mechanics,
general, meteorologists or physicists,
mine or quarry workers and help
ers, drill runners, foremen, powder
men or pumpmen, motorcycllsts,
molders.
Painters, photographers, plumbers
or pipe filters.
Rangers, forest, repairmen, car,
riggers.
Saddlers or harnessmakers, sail
makers, tentmakers or other can
vass workers, section hands, steers
men, sheet iron workers and helpers,
solderers, or tinsmiths, stenogra-
piers, surveyors, levelmen, transit
men.
Tailors, teamsters, telegraph op-
orators, telephone operators, tele-
phone operators who can speak Ger
man, timber cruisers.
Wagonmakers, welders, wireless
operators, yardmasters or switch
men.