The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
UNITED STATES PUBLIC
SERVICE RESERVE

DO you want to work to help win
the war?
Is your patriotism more than
mere words9
1t your answer to those two
questions is yes, this article is for
you.
The Department of Labor of the
United States Government wants
every man below or above the draft
age. who is capable of doing some.
thing useful, to register in this re-
serve. Men who are in the draft
age, but who come in class Nv or V
are also welcome to join.
The Department of Labor wants
every man to register in the re.
serve in order that it may have a
complete list of workmcn in every
craft. The first great need is for
men in the shipbuilding trades and
any mzn who can handle tools, or
who is willing to learn, can be put
to work within reasonable time.
Those especially wanted are men
woh are capable of working with
metals.
The carrying need from Eu-
rope is for more ships, more ships,
and still more ships, and our coun-
try is devoting every effort to sup
ply that demand. In order to do
this they have been obliged to es-
tablish hundreds Of new shipbuild-
ing plants. and they now need men
who are skilled in wood and metal
work in order to complete the
task they have started.
While the present urgent need
is for men Of this kind, the depart
ment wants all men who are not
occupying jobs which are vitality
important to the winning of this
war to demonstrate their willing
ness to serve their country by reg
istering in the Public Service Re-
serve.
The applications for member
ships are carefully indexed, &C.
cording to the qualifications there
in, so that the men may be readily
located when men of their ability
are needed.
The department of labor notifies
the applicants promptly when their
country needs them to undertake
employment in civilian capacity
either for the government or for
employers working on government
contracts.
Your enrolment in the reserve
does not obligate you to go when
called. It is not enlistment, and
services is purely voluntary. The
government trusts that your pa
triOtism when called will be all the
obligation necessary to bring you
into service. Only men WHO are
really ready and al lie to respond
VIXEN the cali comes Shout enroll.
The reserve does not want to be
>%amped w.til records of mn who
are merely expressing thei.. pa'ri.
otism and who, when the call 10
duty comes, will not respond. You
must be ready to give your country
something more than three rousiny
cheers.
All classes are joining the re.
serve. Professional men, engineers,
artisans, laborers of all kinds.
The reverse welcomes every patri-
otto citizen who wishes to serve,
whatever his qualifications. 1t is
democratic organization in which
all classes meet in a common de-
votion to our country.
The wages paid for the various
positions are the best. When you
are called you will be notified what
the wages are and what the living
conditions are for yourself and
family. If it is possible for you
to accept, taking into considera.
ton the comfort of your family
and your country's need, the de-
partment expects you to do so.
The boys who face the machine
guns and shells at the front need
the inspiration and support of a
great organized reserve at home
Of men eager to back them to the
limit and to furnish them with ev,
erything they need to insure their
safety and their efficiency as Al
fighting force.
Your local enrolment agent is
F. D. Tonne, Abercrombie. See
him at once.
G. E. LOUNsBURY,
County Enrolment Agent,