Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-14
SOLDIERS SEEK
OLD JOBS BACK
Five Hundred Rock Island, Henry
and WhfteSide County Lads
Place Applications.

Five hundred United States SOL
diers in cantonment and camps
throughout the-country have placed
their applications for work in Rock
Island, Henry and Whiteside coun-
ties, with Fred W. Rinck, special
agent of the United States employ
ment service, superintendent of the
Illinois free employment bureau and
chairman of the community labor
committee
While the majority of the men are
still at camps, $50 of the applica-
lions have been disposed of and the
men notified, in most cases, that
their former jobs are open for them
when they return
Applications of the men wanting
TO return to their jobs or to take
better jobs in this district are made
in the various camps at the direc-
ton of a United States employment
service agent detailed especially
for that work On the cards used
the men specify their wants and give
In account of the work they were
doing before entering service.
Should they want to return to the
jobs they left to enter service, their
former employers are notified here
and the jobs held open.
An appeal was made by Mr..
Rinck today to factory managers,
storekeepers or any individual, who
can employ soldiers, to notify him
of the vacancies.
Makes Appeal.
'If people could only realize how
much their prompt action in notify
ing me of vacancies helps, they
would lose no time in doing So"
Mr.. Rinck said. All of the factor
les in the three counties are going
TO place their soldiers back on their
payrolls, but there are some lads
who are seeking better and other
jobs. Vacancies must occur before
these lads can be placed"
Anticipating a rush of applica-
tons during the next few weeks,
Mr.. RinCk is planning to establish
community bureaus in Henry and
Whiteside counties of which terri
tory he is in charge. He will en-
deavor to start bureaus in Galva,
Cambridge. Geneseo and Kewanee
in Henry county and in Sterling in
Whiteside county. The represen-
tatives of these bureau will be cho-
sen from the forces of Red Cross
and state council of defense work
ers. They will cooperate with Mr..
Rinck in placing returning lads in
their jobs in their counties.
Letter Given.
Substance of the letters sent the
soldiers, whose applications have
been received is as follows:
This office is in receipt of your
application forwarded to US by the
United States department of labor,
who have a representative at the
various camps in the United States
for the purpose of interviewing ev-
cry soldier and sailor released from
the military service to ascertain the
information for your future employ
ment
This office has been assured by
the manufacturers and employers
in this district, comprising Rock Is
land, Henry and Whiteside counties,
that they will re-employ every man
who formerly was in their service
before entering the war
We take pleasure in advising YOU
that upon arriving at your home and
as soon as you are at liberty to
work to report to your former en-
plOyer for your position If you are
upSble to make satisfactory ar
kindly communicate
with US or call at this office and
we will make every effort to assist
you.
I'VE would deem it a great favor,
when you have secured a position,
if you would report to US the name
u your employer and the nature of
your work, so that we may make
record of same on your application
which we have on file.