The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-08-05
A|R SERVICE MEN
HERE SOUGHT FOR
BY DETACHMENT
Recruiting Party in Bennington
For Twenty-FOur Hours
TO DISPLAY APPARATUS
Demonstration to Be Given at Eight
o'clock at Corner Of Main and
School Streets

For the next "a hours, Bennington
will be the scene of recruiting
drive for the aviation service. An
air service recruiting detachment
consisting of q men under the COM
mand OF Lieutenant-COlonel John ID.
noon from Rutland and has establish
ed headquarters at the Y. M. c. A.
This recruiting detachment left
Mineola, L. l. on the 22nd of last
May under orders to tour New Eng
land and New York and up to the
present date have toured Connecti-
cut Rhode Island, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Maine as far north as
Bangor, and all of Vermont. From
Bennington, the party will go to
Troy.
The detachment has with them six
army trucks and three trailers,
French monoplane, Moraina scout
machine, $1,000 watt power plant
capable of operating seven search
lights, complete Photographic unit,
truck and trailer, and band of II
pieces. This evening at eight o'clock
wand concert will be given by the
a band concert will be given by the
Main streets. The trucks will be
parked along School street and
demonstration will be given Of the
different pieces of apparatus which
the detachment carries.
The troops are billeted in the gym
nasium at the Y. NJ. C. A. and will
have their meals served by their own
cooks who have established them-s
selves in the 'Y' kitchen
The recruiting headquarters will be
in the Y and enlistments viii be re-
ceived at any time up until tomorrow
morning. Information can be OBJ
tanned as to the nature OF the service
by anyone of the detachment. The
object of the recruiting drive OF this
nature is to show the young men of
the country that in addition to flying,
the aviation service affords an oppor-
tunity to learn any one of 81 differ
ent trades.
Men between and including the
ages of Is and 40 may enlist. Previ-
Gus service men may enlist for a one
year period, but other men must sign
for three years The rates of pay
vary from $50 to $3.50 per month
and when on flying status, the avia-
tor receives a so per cent increase
of pay. In addition to the above
mentioned rates of pay, the enlisted
men gets his board, clothing, lodging,
and medical attention free of charge.
Everyone interested in the air
service should attend the demonstra-
tion tonight when the details of the
work will be explained and an oppor-
tunity will be afforded for people
to see a practical working out of
some of the phases of air service
work.
The air service trains bright
young men without experience to be-
come expert aviation mechanicians
while enlisted men of ability and
with necessary physical qualifications
will have the opportunity of becom-
ing fiiers. The air service enlisted
personnel is composed of the follow
ing skilled workers:
Chauffeurs, auto Mechanicians, au-
to engine repair men, carpenters,
radio operators electricians, instru-
ment repair men, coppersmiths, ar
tmachine gun repair mem sail
makers photographers, machinists,
motorcycle repair men,
5tenographers, cabinet makers, drafts
men, (mechanicaD, magnetic repair
men, metal workers, automobile en-
gine testers, rope riggers (cordage
workers., propeller makers (air-
plane), riggers (airplane ASSEMBLE
ers), telephone linemen, tool makers,
vulcanizers, welders, telephone OPP
motorcyclists, plumbers,
painters, tailors, gas works employ
es. moulders. pattern makers, tele-
phone adjusters, truck masters, pro-
peller testers (airplane), boat build
ers, saddlers, stock keepers Tex
perts).