The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-06-17
AT Present Rate OF Enlistment
the 254,0 900 Personnel Will
Soon Be Filled.
SOLDIERS NOW LEARN TRADES
Military Organization Becoming Vast
Trade schooI--"Earn While You
Learn" is Popular--kew Re
cruitlno Policy.

Washington Surrounding the In
roads OF rehabilitation. the recruiting
campaign begun early this year has
brought the total strength OF the reg
ular army to within $4,000 OF the 254,-
poo personnel aut orlzed under the ma
tional defense act OF 1915. according
To latest war department figures. III
the present rate OF enlistment Is main
tnined throughout the year, and nearly
5000 men are being accepted week
~. Il will more than balance losses
through expired enlistments. furlough
70 the reserve and other causes.
Most OF these enlIstments, recruiting
officers report. are by men anxious to
take advantage of the arny's voca-
tionai education. an "earn while you
learn" system. to NJ soldier for a
trade by the tlme he leaves the army.
Inst year 10000 men were accepted
who never before had been In the
service, Nearly half OF the enlisted
man are going 20 school. and the army
Il becoming not university In kha-
NJ" hut vast military trade school
Nt'h VI tnt tn~tIuCtion VI tcthilltot
subjects Is given not by officers. but
by civilian teachers. lent TO the army
n many cases by corporations desir-
Gus OF employing trained men al the
expiration OF their enlistment. The
war department has received communi-
cations from concerns who have sent
unframed applicants for employment
TO the army for years enlistment
aud trade instruction with promises OF
Jobs at the end OF their service.
Farmers. musicians. stenographers.
masons. bookkeepers, pharmacists. me-
chanlcs OF all kinds. wireless and tele-
graph operators. printers. gas engine
experts. even embalmers. are among
the vocatlons taught. In large canton
ments barracks are being transform q |
Into machine shops. laboratories and |
school rooms. Az Camp Dodge. Ia. I
whore the Fourth division Is stationed. /
therc l. 2Ooacre farm where army 1
students do practical work IN agrlcul-
ture and stock raising under The AZ.
rection OF Dean G. n waldron Of the
North Dakota agricultural college
A COMMITTEES from the Chicago
Church federation visited Camp Grant.
Illinois. the home % the sixth dlvi-
sightseeing Sixth.~ as It's
members IN France called their divi-
sion. which hlked from enc sector 20
smother without getting into action.
The commlttee inspected the-dlvlsien's
'chool~ and returned to Chicago. ~
PORTING. ''the aim Of those who have
hts work m charge Is 20 train men
- effectively that az the eud Of their
hrce years IN the army they cannot
,Hord 10 re-enilst~
Teaching Pharmacy TO Men n
At Camp Pike. ARK. the home
ltntion % the Third division. which
yon IT'S spurs at the Marnc.su building
,as been erected % houss the school
4 chemistry. Training IN the ii~pens-
nx and manufacture Of Drugs viii be
.iven. also Instruction IN the use ~
he microscope for the detection Of lus-
.usitles IN drugs Students who show
he necessary proficiency WIN DC Civ
N special tutoring for the eSamina- ,
ioas OF the Arkansas state board. v
Formerly. 20 learn trade IN the I
rmy. man had TO be assigned to
he ordnance or signal corps. the air Q
ervice or motor transport corps. Sci |
lers In such combat branches OF the q
erviec ~ the infantry had few OPP I