Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-04-26
SKILLED men GIVEN
CHANCE TO ENLIST
r,.ousand Are Needed for I'M
mediate Service in France
chance to Volunteer Ends
Tomorrow

Saturday, hPiH
o,nortunity that is being afford
- ,ogistrants under the selective
80. law throughout the country, to
ao,rnteer for immediate service in
France.
noneral Pershing has called for
:, o0O skilled men, and the war de-
nortment will furnish them through
-. medium of the selective draft
noch,nery of the nation, although
actual drafting will not be resorted
Any registrant who is physically
,,s,ified for general military service
and who is skilled in any of the 10
uros NAV list his name with his
,ocal hoard until and including Sat
nrday. April 9th. The local boards
will then report the volunteers to the
department of selective service SUI
nervision here at Olympia which, in
tnrn. will advise the war department
an April goth After all states in
,ha union have been heard from,
the number of men who will be &C
rented from each state will be de-
termined by the war department and
Immediately thereafter the yolun-
teers from each state will be mo-
biIsed.
Only registrants who can demon
strate that they are skilled will be
accepted of course, and it is prob
able that not every skilled registrant
who volunteers, can be used. From
the personal standpoint of the reg
itrants themselves and in addition
to the need of the nation, the oppor-
tunity is considered a most excep-
tonal one. In announcing the call,
the provost marshal general says
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-
ceve material personal benefit which
will aid them in advancement, both
in their army career and in after
lie"
Any registrant can obtain full in
formation by calling at the office of
his local board. The occupations for
which men are needed and which will
be open to volunteers until and in
Guiding next Saturday are as fol-
lows Chose marked with a star be-
ing open to colored mem:
Air-brake inspectors; angle-iron
smiths; auto mechanics and helpers
general, engine, magnetic or igni-
TONI bargemen or boatmen; *black-
smiths and helpers; boatbuilders and
helpers; boilerm akers and helpers;
Orakemen, flagmen or conductors
lrailroad); *bricklayers; %buglers,
carpenters and helpers (ship.
bridge house, generaD, joiners or
patternmakers; calkers, wood;
'chauffeurs (auto, truck or tractor) !;
chemists; "clerks (railroad or gem
efal); cobblers; commissary store
keepers: concrete foremen or work
aoistmen, piledrivers or shovel oper-
atoFs; crusher operators; dispatch
efs' engine; craftsmen general, sur
"ylng, machine design or topograph-
@al); engineers Civil, electrical,
failroad orcomputing) ;engineersand
nfemen (locomotive); electricians
general, armature winder or wire
Ien); floor hands (shipyard); fore
men, construction bridge, building,
'ar'hWork, ship or railroad fore
D'0n lgyratory or jaw crusher) gas
pant workers (acetylene, hydrogen,
'A'sen' poison, illumination or COM
p'essor); gunsmiths or operatives in
SUI factories; hostlers, locomotive;
Inspectors, car (railroad); inspec-
WIS., locomotive; instrum ent makers
tepalrmen engineering, optical
0'ee'rical); linemen telegraph or
'''ephone); machinists and helpers
'e'neral' bench, lathe or railroad) !;
1''nanics, general; meteorologists
y physicists; mine or quarry work
and helpers, drill runners, fore
'H' powdermen or pumpmen; mo-
.O'Cyclists; molders; painters; pho
"sfaphers; plumbers or pipe filters;
myers forest; repairmen, car; rig
avs 'Oridge, building or ship; sad
''is or harnessmakers; sailmakers,
iakers or other canvas work
'ection hands (railroad); steers
~ea' sheet iron workers and help
70, solderers or tinsmiths; stenog-
=, Duers; surveyors, levelmen, tran
~ en topographic or railroad) I;
,o.N teamsters; telegraph opera
WIS Wis telephone operators; telephone
s0'ators who can speak German;
uOer cruisers; wagonmakers: weld