The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-04-30

listment must pass a test showing
proficiency IN the following trades :
Automobile or airplane mechanic, en-
CINE mechanic. electrician, automobile
repalrmun. fabric and cordage work
er, instrument repairman, rlgger OF
gas man. This test VIII be waiVeu
provided that the applicant can pro
duce n certificate Of graduation from
high school. TO re-enlist for TINS
branch a soldier must pass one Of the
foregoing trade tests, and must sign
up Tor three years service Men
must enlist IN the air service for gen
eral assignment
No soldiers are being accepted TOT
chemical warfare service as inns
branch is filed by men who are secur-
ing advanced instruction IN chefhIS-
try. Up to April 30, soldiers may en-
list for three years in the cavalry TOT
any station within the continental Inn
It's Of the United States. No men are
accented for Panama, Alaska, the
Philippines. nor the Hawaiian Islands.
In the field artillery branch men may
enlist for one year, either IN inc
mofor-drawn or horse-drawn branch.
Enlistments are open for general as
signment. for the Mexican border or
for any of the seven divisional camps
IN the United States or for Panama.
Coast artillery corps enlistlnents WIZ
be accented M to April 80 for general
assignment, or for Panama and the
Philippines. Those men enlisting east
of the Mississippi will be accepted
only for the coast defense or Portland
Me. Boston. Narragansett bay, south
ern New York. Long Island sound ana
Chesapeake bay. West Of the Missis-
sippi may enlist for service In the
coast defense of San Francisco or
Puget sound. The corps of engineers
is accepting men for enlistment for
general assignment within the United
States for Mexican border service, for
special assignment to the seven d.
vision camps, for Panama ana the
Philippines. Men may enlist for one
year in this branch.
Women's Bureau Plan Approved.
In response to request from
many organizations interested in me
welfare OF women, congress has
made start toward establishing
a permanent woman's bureau in
the department of labor. A bill
making provision for such an activity
has been favorably reported to the
house by the committee on labor
Congress as n whole seems well dis
posed toward the proposed legislation.
A woman's bureau has been operating
since July, 1915 as temporary ac-
tivity. For this fiscal year there is
an appropriation of $4,000 which Is
being used to carry on Investigations
touching women in industry. The pur-
pose of the legislation now proposed
is to make statutory provision for the
work which is being carried on under
the $4,000 appropriation. In case the
new bureau is established it will be
its duty to do these things:
/. To consider the general policies
with respect to women in industry and
to advise the secretary Of labor as to
the policies which should be pursued.
2. TO keep informed of the work Of
the several divisions of the depart
ment insofar as they relate to women
in industry and to advise with the
divisions on all such work.
8. 10 secure information on all mat
ters relating TO women in industry and
to colate such information into useful
form.
/. To establish useful connections
with all governmental departments
and divisions that have anything to do
with this subject
Result of War Service.
The demand for this aew activity in
the interest of women is the outgrowth
of the service which the women of thu
country performed during the world
war. During that war hundreds Of
thousands of them took the places of
men who had Joined the army, an6 did
mems work. Their efficiency and COM
potency were proven in every branch
of industry. The organizations that
are advocating the creation Of per-
manent bureau to guard the interests
Of the woman workers say that there
are still hundreds Of thousands of
women occupying important places
Since the temporary women's bu-
reau was created two general state
surveys of working conditions for
women and several studies of condi-
lions involving groups of women in
special industries have been made.
The temporary women's bureau has
thus far obtained information on the
actual working conditions of approx
imately $4,000 women employed in in
dustrieS where the total number of
in the Industries under con-
sideration numbered approximately
$4,000
The two largest groups of women,
$4,000 and $4,000, were covered by
state surveys made in Indiana and
virginia. In these two surveys con-
ditions in the representative industries
of the states where women were en-
ployed were the subject of investiga-