The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-28
At Present Rate OF Enlistment
the $4,000 Personnel viii
Soon Be Filled.
SOLDIERS NOW LEARN TRADES
Military Organization Becoming Vast
Trade Sehool-"Earn While You
Learn" Is Popuiar-New Re.
cruitinq Policy.


Learn" Is Popular-New Re.
cru,ting Policy.
aShnyt0n. --SllrmMlntin. the IN
!on,l> "t standardization. the recrnitin.
ram,miyn heyun early this year has
hruu=h, fine total strength Of the reg
War army ~ within 3aMN nf the ::4.-
400 personnel IN urizch under the ma
'i"nal defense act Nf 1!li according
30 latest war department figures. II
h" present rare of enlistment is main.
tanned throughout the year. and nearly
:.'kW men are being accepted week.
49, il will more than balance losses
through, vpir.l enli>tmentS. furlOugl,
~ the reserve and other CAUSES.
Most of these cnii>tnents. recruiting
officers report. are by men anxious t."
take advantage uf the army's v"cM.
iinnal e.'ucatiOn. an learn while you
learn" system. to tit Il soldier for n
trade by the time he leaves the army.
Last year 1i.tNhl men were accepted
who never before hail been IN the
service. Nearly half If the enlisted
,mt,, are going to school. aud the army
is becoming not II university in kim.
H." hut II vast military trad" school.
Much Of the instruction in technical
sub i..tS Is given not by officers hut
ny civilian tc:lcl,trS. lent to the army
in many cases ny corporations desir-
aus Of employing trained men at the
expiration of their enlistment. The
war Department has Received commune
cations from concerns who have sent
!ntrnine,' applicants for employment
10 the army for u years enlistment
ard trad" instruction with promises Of
inh> at the "nd nf their service.
Farmers. musicians. ~t"nn.rapherS.
m.lsnnS. hnnktcerers. pharmacists. me-
.Nanir> Of all kinds. wireless and tplr-
| graph operators. printers, gas engine
| EXPERTS. even emhal,,prS. are among
! the vacations Taught. In large canton
| mentS barracks are being transform Il
into machine sh"ns. laboratories and
| school rNnmS. At Camp Dodge. H..
| where the Fourth division Is stationed.
| There is q oM|acre farm where army
4, u,lent> do practical work In agricnl.
ture and stock raising under the III.
rccti"n Of Dem e. u. Wal,lr"n IT the
North Dakota agricultural college.
! 4 committee from the Chicago
Church federation visited Camp Grant
t'''nOiS. the HON" 81 the Sixth divi
! sion-tl,e "Si.htsaeing SIXTH" "a IT.
members In France called their divi
! ~i.,n. which hiked from one sector tC
"ue,hpr without getting into action
| TIE committees inspected the division.
schcn,s aHd returned 70 Chicago. re-
porting. "the aim If these who have
This work in charge is to train mrI
so effectively That ut the end NJ thail
three years In the army they rann"
afford to re-pn''St."
Teaching Pharmacy to Men.
A, Camp Pike. Ark. the hOm'
station at the Third division. whicl
won ns spurs Mt the Marine. n huil.lin,
Inns heen erected to honsp the scl,ot
II chemistry. Trimming in the tlisl,ens
ing and manufacture If drugs will h
given. also instruction in the use u
the microscope for the detection Of In
p,,rities In drugs. Students who sl,OS
the necessary proficiency will he Civ
an spec,a, tutoring for the exNmins
lions Of the Arkansas state h0nrd.
Formerly. to learn trade in tn
army. n man had to he assigned I
the ordnance ~ signal corps. the nj
service or motor transport corps. SO
oilers In such combat branches Of tn
service as tile Infantry hnd few q