Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-01-10
JOBS OF ALL KINDS
LISTED FOR MEN Or
CAMP BY NEW. BOARD
CAPT. MEYER NAMES MANY
PLACES FOR DISCHARGED
SOLDIERS.
FAR REACHING PLAN OUTLINED
A Job for Every Man Is Substance OF
Vocational Bureaus Word OF
encouragement.

The most earnest, far reaching ana
important work being done in camp At
the present time is that OF securing
Jobs for soldiers before they return to
civil life The work Is being carried
along on an extensive and systematic
scale.
Many soldiers Of the camp, say ON
cials directing the work, apparently 40
not realize the opportunity onereo
them whereas every soldier OF the camp
should be interested. Even those VINO
expect to get their old jobs back should
be sufficiently interested, it Is declared
to look into the matter, for WITH me
changes brought about by the war q
soldier might find that he does not
want his old job back and can,
through the aid of the government,
take up new line.
The work Of securing Jobs for re-
turning soldiers Is in the hands or the
vocational department. Divisional IN
fantry School Of Arms building on Ore
eon avenue between Fourth and Fifth
streets
Under the direction of Captain Will
son Meyer an extensive publicity cam
paign is to be conducted soon through
out the camp to interest all soldiers.
Posters and bulletins will be placed on
company bulletin boards, in the welfare
buildings and at all other places where
they will attract attention These pos
ters will give list Of jobs with chan
ees now and then when additional list
ings are received.
"A lob for every discharged soldier"
Is the slogan of the vocational depart
ment
"If we haven't job on our lists Tor
any certain applicant we will get him
one" said Captain Meyer 1T doesn't
make any difference what kind Of job
It is, we'll get II"
The story of how this great work IL
being carried on furnishes an illumi-
mating example OF American emciency,
and any soldier who may regard 1t with
incredulity or with a feeling that 1t Is
an hap-hazard or frenzied effort on the
part Of Uncle Sam to furnish Jobs for
the men who served him should be In
spired with faith and credulity In the
whole undertaking. The thoroughness,
to say the least, with which the work
has been organized cannot but I'M
press as to the honesty Of purpose ana
the chances for unlimited Dement'S.
Shortly after rehabilitation orders
were received, officers of the camp were
sent to confer with councils of defense
and United States employment bureaus
in every state of the west The co-op-
GRAFTON Of those organizations In list
ing Jobs was thus secured and that Is
how the vocational department 10 able
to carry on it's great work.
Captain Meyer says that every SOL
der has the privilege Of availing him.
self OF the service Of this department
at any time Gnd is urged to do so by
calling in person and consulting with
those in charge. It is not necessary,
he added, to await discharge; go any
time 90 that when the discharge pa
pers are handed out there will be no
uncertainty or delay concerning where
do I go from here?"
A sample list Of some Of the jobs
listed with the vocational department,
together with location. 10 herewith
given. These, 1t is announced, are not
all by any means:
Auto repairman, Layton Utah.
| Auto mechanics, Yakima. Wash.
Radiator repairman, Minot, N. D.
Auto mechanics, Camp Lewis, WASH,
and Everett. Wash.
| Meat cutters, Tacoma. Wash.
Candy maker Tacoma. Wash.
! Carpenters, Pocatello, Idaho.
/ Cook, Weiser. idaho.
| Dishwasher, Salt Lake City, Utah
| Secretary, Duluth. MINI.
| Card writer and window trimmer
Wallace, Idaho.
Stenographer. Seattle Wash.
Insurance man. Spokane, Wash.
Timekeeper, disabled soldier, Yakima
wash.
Doctor. Newdale, Idaho.
Dentist, Sunnyside, Wash; Sultan