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| year, but no more thar 900 OF them
for the lighter-than-air, or balloon
branch Men accepted fer original en-
Iistment must pass a test showing
proficiency in the following trades:
Automobile or airplane mechanic, en-
CINE mechanic electrician, automobile
repairman, fabric and cordage work
er, instrument repairnan, rigger OIL
gas man. This test will be waived
provided that the applicant can pro-
duce a certificate of graduaA.on from
a high school. To re-enlist for this
branch soldier must pass one OF the
foregoing trade tests, and must sign
I'D for three years service. Men
must enlist in the air service for gen.
| eral assignment
No soldiers are being accepted for
| chemical warfare service as this
branch is fi!.ed by men who are secur-
| ing advanced instruction in chemls-
try. Up~to April 30. soldiers may en-
| list for three years i'm the cavalry for
any station within the continental nm
| it's of the United States. No men are
accepted for Panama. Alaska. the
! phiIinpines. nor the Hawaiian islands.
In the field artillery branch men may
enlist for one year, either in the
motor-drawn or horse-drawn branch.
| FnIistnents are open for general as
slgnment. for the Mexican border or
| fO- any of the seven divisional camps
| in the United States or for Panama.
| Copst artillery corps enlistmentS VIII
! De accepted up to April 30 for general
/ assignment or for Panama and the
! Philippines. Those men enIisting 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 and
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 and the
| Philippines Men may enlist for one
year in this branch.
| Women's Bureau Plan Appt owed.
/ In response TO a request from
many organizations interested in the
welfare of women, congress has
made start toward establishing
permanent wOmans 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.
I Congress as a whole seems well dis
posed toward the proposed legislation.
A woman's bureau has been operating
since July, 1913. as a temporary ac-
I tivity. For this fiscal year there is
an appropriation of $4,000 which is
being used to carry on investigations
/ touching women in industry. Tbs 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:
l. 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.
| ?. 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
/ n oil
| 3. To secure information on all mat
tiers relating to women in industry and
to coIate such information into useful
| form.
| 4. To establish useful connections
| with all governmental departments
and divisions that have anything to do
with this subject.
Result of Mar Service.
The demand for Ibis new activity in
| the interest of women is the Outgr0wth
of the service which the w0meh 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, anC did
mems work. Their efficiency md 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-
tions involving groups of women in
speciaI Industries have Oeen 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
employees in the industries under con-
sideration numbered approximately
5000.
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-
ton. The establishments covered in
cluded those manufacturing boots and
shoes. baskets. clothing, drugs. food
products, hosiery, leather goods. metal
products. paper and paper products.
pottery and glassware, rubber goods,
textiles, wood products printing estab-
Hshments and laundries. In support
of the request for legislation creating
a permanent bureau It Is argued that
these two surveys have done much to-
ward lettering the condition of the
working women in the two states,
Huge Investment in Farms.
Nearly S700O0.OO0,O00 represents