The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-03
|CHANCE IS GIVEN
| TO JOIN TANKS
IEnIistments are Open for This Brancs,
Of Service at Camp Meade, Md
and Many Attractions are
Offs~ed.
HIGHEST PAY IS ONE
Another is Proximity Of Baltimore,
Washington and New York and
Furloushs Every Six
Months
HIGHEST PAY IS ONE

Keokuk parents have an oppor-
ltunity at the present time TO place
their sons in desirable places where
they can earn good livings, engage
in pleasant occupation and serve in
the interests OF the United States.
These are some of the things Lieu
,tenat J. J. Dunn, the recruiting
officer who has been in Keokuk since
February L, to get recruits, is tell
ing the people of this community,
especially the parents who have sons
leligible for these enlistments and
1.-THE sons themselves.
The enlistments are for the tank
corps, with headquarters at Camp
Meade, Maryland. The salary paid
the boys, the number Of hours day
they are free from duty, the fre-
lquency and length of furloughs given
ithSm, the fine opportunities to see
the nearby large cities and the many
lother privileges granted to them
make a three years service In the
tank corps an attractive and coveted
Occupation.
Lieutenant Dunn viii explain fully
Ito all boys, eighteen years old or
lover just what an enlistment in the
tank corps means and tell them why
they can't afford to miss it Ills
office is located in room 81, third
floor, postof1ice building, and he is
anxious to meet all prospective re-
lcruits or their parents there this
week as he is leaving the city soon.
] Enlistment for Three Years
| An enlistment in the tank corps
for three years means that the fell
low who does it, has the chance to
learn all kinds of engineering and
mechanics, and he is paid for doing
it, The highest paid salary goes TO
the master engineer. senior grade,
and any recruit may acquire this title
and the pay of eighty-two dollars a
month, which goes with it. This
ieighty-two dollars is all Aclear
money" as all living expenses are
furnished by Uncle Sam" All pay
in the tank corps is the same as is
paid in the engineers corps which
is the highest paid branch of service
in the army.
Hours required to sebe on the job
Iare shorter than in most business
concerns, from $3.50 in the morning
to 4:30 in the afternoon. Burroughs
occur every six months and are
STdutCu Ivy cAty-SIAi ddso oulo~IA
1 Camp Meade is sixteen miles from
Baltimore, eighteen miles from
Washington, D. c., and four and q
half hours from 'hl o. New York. =
And all of these places are
sfavorite weekend resorts of the tank
recruits.
i Boys interested in joining this
branch of the service should see
Lieutenant Dunn at once, for more
definite information concerning the
venture. There are only a few re-
squirements: The boy must be eigh-
teen, and if he is not twenty-one yet.
he must present birth certificate
signed by his parents, but the recruit
ing officer at the Keokuk postof1ce
building can tell the prospect" all
about it and will be glad to do SO, If
he will call at his Office.
! In speaking of the efforts being
lmade to secure bsSo;;fSS, Lieutenant
Dunn said yesterday, that while he
had spent a great deal of time in.
exhibiting the tank and trophies of
war which he had with him, he
wanted to impress upon the minds
of Keoktlk people that his real pur-
pose in coming to this city was TO
get recruits, and he wanted lot of
them.