The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-22
ARMY OFFERS
OPPORTUNITIES
NEW METHOD OF ARMY RECHU1T.
ING SHOULD APPEAL TO
YOUNG MEN.
Great variety OF Occupations Arc
Offered to Men-

rnruIar army of the United States DS
! correcting popular misconceptions con-
corning the amy, by broadcast puplic'.t
! on common sense lines is bearing gooo
fruit. Already many young men Oh HE
| type with liking for the military sefs-
! ice, including many who desire the al
| vantagcs Of instruction IN various
! trades now offered by the government
arc applying for enlistment. Inc gen
| cral public in the past has 100 oi'en
| held the erroneous idea that tine man
| who Joined the regular army did so
! because hr could do nothing else ana
| that he WAS a useless MEMBER OF So
cicty. Nothing was ever farther frum
the truth than this suppoa'ton. "nlch
has been unjust TO Il service which has
! devclopcd some of the greatest mon IT
! the history of the nation, and many
thousands OF the best citizens in ,r'
| binary life.
4 good soldier makes good citizen,
and man who has Joined the army
| and served honorably and then entered
! civil life IS on asset TO the nation. IN
| the army no gains physical fitness.
hardening. discipline and regular HABITS
! tho foundation for success in civil lie
should no conclude to leave tho army
! after serving his enlistment period.
! The high standards established for en-
listment and the various attractions
offered appeal to sclf-respecting men
especially the opportunities for Voca-
tioual and educational training. \ man
! In tho army has every incentive TO LEAD
! a clean. wholesome and useful ll1c ana
| should leave the service with self
respect and manhood that can never
be shaken
| The army Is now great natlon'I
[ university for ambitious young men
and is the greatest institution for con.
| structive development a1of.S these ana
other lines that the nation possesses
| A survey Of army opportunities rcV"alS
| first an excess over 600 OF well pari
| trades and CIVILIAN occupations, cac'
and every one Of which require many
! skilled mon to handle them properly.
| In the air service tank. signal ano mo-
tor transport corps and quartcrinastei
| CORDS. in the ordnance and mcdicai oe-
nartmcnts and In the engineer corps
| alone almost every trade In com'aon
emnlovment OF every day life is repre-
| scented. In the mir service, for !nstanc''
| forty-ono trades arc prominent At the
| norncnt bv reason OF their immediate
| moods: in The coast artillery thirty-;wo
tradcs. in the engineers tTcntY-eEHt'
in the constructor division. quar'tr'
master corps. twcnty-si1;: In the motor
| TRANSPORT corps twcnty-threc. and II
! tho ordnance eleven. In tn" tank corps
and the purchase, storage ana trdt!l &c
| division there arr Us many more In
| tho signal and medical corps there arc
| scores OF opportunities for vocational
/ trimming: while in the artillery. lnfanHF
! and cavalry there are opportunities LOT
specialization equally deserving OF n"tc
As 10 the value Of army training III
! these trades il is revealing no Er"a'
secret 10 state that honoraoly dlS
charged soldiers. skilled as, mechanic;
and graduates 9f the motor transport
corps, tank corps or air service. are IT
such demand 10y motor manufacturer:
alone that the demand at the moment
Ear exceeds the supply.
In addition 10 the educational oppor'
tunitics now in the army. there arr th'
undcniablc opportunities Offered y
travel to and sojourn in such countries
rs China the Philippines. Hawai-!
Franco and Germany. not emitting Pan
anna. thr Cana! Zonr. Alaska and oui
! great west.
Tho army is now offering cducationa
courses also at tho various posts anr
camps Of surprising valu" and thor
! nuEhncsS Only thu other day tho
n. {. \. turned over to tho army III
entire educational equipment used by J.
during tho war end thr probabilities:
Of developing along thrs" lines may n
truthfilly Snid In Nc unlimited. -Nh'
to In" above m" selling point r"prc
scntnd by definite character standards
moral Influences that arn sharply
guarded. physical and disciplinary train
| ing that "mGnUi he rNc6llrd. entertain
mcnt features of the highest quality
food and clothing Of th,. best. insurance
that is thr cheapest in Tho world. mod
ical carr and quarters that are f1-ra
and pay with allowances tina: arr double
what they were. AMI ynur;vill har" SOM
idea OF what tho government through
lis recruiting officers rs agents. is Of
,'f"rinE IN tho right snrr OF mon Oh tho
easiest &c terms possible.