El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-18
Little Interviews

a ton Of silver is not such a big thing
for one OF the big plants
Special Inducements are being Of
fered by the army at the present
time for those going in as recruits.
said Lieut. Hal Daniels. OF the local
recruiting office. The army has now
been made into the greatest educa-
tional institution in the world. Wnere
courses OF instruction equal TO those
OF any Of our universities can be Sc
cured Three years in the army and
a man comes out with an education
which, II secured in civilian life,
would cost many hundreds OF dollars.
during which time he would have
practically no earning power. In the
army. he earns while he learns The
following is an outline OF one OF the
many courses OF instruction now Of
fered in the army schools:
Enlisted specialists school. located
at Fl Monroe, Va. has included in its
academic work, which is carried on
from S 70 1870 in the morning and
from I TO 1870 in the afternoon each
day in the week. except Wednesday
afternoon. Saturday. Sunday and gen
eral holidays, such courses ar artil-
lery, clerical work, electricity, nautt-
cal science and motor transportation
The schedule for the artillery course
calls for a capacity OF 100 students
with admissions made once a year and
a term OF IS weeks duration. A
synopsis OF the work included in the
hour and 10 minute periods per day
are algebra. plane geometry. solid
logarithms. descriptive geometry. me-
chanics. mechanism and coordinate
geometry Courses calling for three
and half hour periods are plane sur
veying, seacoast engineering and
Orientation. drawing, ballistics, gun
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courses are camera work. target prac-
tice, photography. war game and top
ographical survey Wednesday after
moons, from ! 10 $3.50, are devoted TO
instructions in infantry duty. mill
tarv courtesy. customs OF the service
and the duties and responsibilities in
cumbent upon noncommissiored staff
officers. pistol practice and the man
ual Of the saber. Saturday mornings
are devoted to a thorough inspection
Of barracks and vicinity and the
clothing and equipment Of students
and q thorough police OF all class
rooms. shops. laboratories and their
equipments Classrooms are open
for use by students as study rooms
until II D. m. daily. Compulsory even
ing study periods are prescribed only
for such students as demonstrate the
need Of it."
Vow is the time TO buy bonds. II
there ever was one" said Mrs James
3. Dock. Just think Of the people
that have TO be fed and clothed IN
Europe. and the money that Will have
TO be spent to get our boys back
from France. All mothers and fathers
want boys back as quickly as pos
sible-
"EI Paso viii go over the top IN
the present Victory loan drive, just
as IL did in the last one" said John
Williams All Ii takes is TO get the
people worked up TO the proper pitch.
and then they viii 90 through with 1t
as il IL were 10 cents. instead OF the
enormous sum that it is. The people
in this part Of the country are just
as patriotic as they are in the east,
and will do their part just as quickly
as the fasteners"
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at first glance il may seem a little
strange. but up 10 nearly year ago
I was working where. in peace times,
we could get the news Of the world.
as the big passenger ships get such
news, by wireless. yet if We got supplies
in a year after they were ordered IL
was called good service said @. ".
Taylor. That place was san Pedro.
220 miles inland from the little point
on the sea coast OF Nicaragua called
PrincipOlka. and 80 miles up the coast
from Bfuefields. The news came. Of
course, by wireless. the Eden Mining
company. a subsidiary OF the corpora
tion which owns the great TOuopah
gold mine in Nevada. having IN
stalled a station in 1916. Il trans
mits messages to the Swan island
a station in the Caribbean sea. which
latter gets the news out OF the air
from over a great area. As TO taking
a year to get in supplies; well. IL is ID
a Latin American country, and one
Of the sloWest Of the slow ones.