The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-13
Information for
Disabled "Vets''
How to Land Fine Government
Position From Quarter
MASTER r-General.

Wounded men who are anxious to
obtain jobs with the government un-
der the offer announced in The Come
Back last week, should communicate
at once with the Quartermaster Gen
eral, Room 2135 Munitions Building,
Washington, D. C. This statement
was made to The Comeback yester-
day by Col. J. S. Chambers, assistant
to the Quartermaster General
That there are 5000 positions in
the Quartermaster Corps open to par
TALLY disabled soldiers, is the gist of
the offer made by Gen. H. L. Rogers,
chief of that branch of the service.
The only requisite is that the soldiers
must qualify in the appropriate Civil
Service examinations.
Qualifying in the required exami-
nations will not be ifficult as wound
ed men need obtain an average of
only 65 per cent, which is Is per cent
lower than the qualifying mark for
civilians. Under the present ruling
of the Government all previous serv-
ice men of the military establishment
are to be given preference in all gov
ernment examinations. 1t has also
been announced that in some instances
it may be practical to employ men
before the opportunity for them to
take the required tests arises and that
these employed men may take the
necessary examinations while they are
already in the employ of the Govern.
mcnt.
The questions that naturally arise
in the minds of those soldiers con-
cerned is how they may establish their
eligibility for appointment to these
positions with the Quartermastel
Corps; when and where the examina.
tions are to take place; what qualifi-
cations are necessary for the jobs and
what salaries are attached to them
To answer these questions special
session has been established in the
office of the Quartermaster General
at the foregoing address. All SOL
ders who are interested should write
for details, giving their qualifications
education, previous experience II
commercial and governmental posi-
tions, giving the names and address
of those concerns, date of their EN-
ployment there, nature of the duties
performed and the salary received
This data should be sent in at once
including the soldiers present ad
dress and immediate notification made
to the Quartermaster General of an!
change in address.
Taking these details into considera
ton the Quartermaster General viii
be in a position to inform the service
men the kind of examinations il
which they would apparently qualify
as we'll as the time and place wher,
those examinations are to be given
Later, when the Quartcrmaster Gen
eral has obtained the information a
to the particular position the soldier
apply for the place they wish to TAX
the examination and the city in whicI
they desire employment, he will in
struct the local Zone Supply Office
to consider these soldiers for appoint
ment the moment the men names ar
certified by the Secretary of tn
United States Civil Service District
If a vacancy exists or someone i
serving temporarily in the positio
applied for, the soldiers will be ap
pointed at once.
In addition to what is being don
on behalf of the injured soldiers b.
the Quartermaster General, the Mo
tor Transport Corps, Ordnance Corp
and other branches - the militar
service that employ large numbers o
civilians are making investigations t
determine how many of their pos
tions may be filled by partly disable
service men.