The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-15
Civilian
Defense
4 Series Dy
Henry Reese
Defsnse coordinetor
Enroll for Civilian Defense;
Offer Your Services

Enroll for Civilian Defense;
Offer Your Services
The question keepS repeating
itself with increasing momentum
How can ! help?" There Is .
definite place in the civilian de-
tense program for every quail
fled citizen. To ascertain ones
qualifications enrolment appli-
cation blanks have been pre-
pared and can be procured by
any person desiring to volunteer
for service.
The Defense Council, at the
invitation of the Board of Com
merce, has established its office
headquarters there, since 1t Is
conveniently located in build
ing well known to all citizens
in Mount Clemens. The office
will be prepared to provide full
information to any person who
is interested in the civilian de-
tense program and it will also
provide the place for persons to
volunteer.
Every person engaged in our.
local civilian defense program Is
a volunteer" -one who gives
service without remuneration.
The various types of service that
volunteers can perform does not
contain all the opportunities
which can be filled solely by
professional people, as it Is OBJ
vious where they will fit into a
service. The definite purpose of
civilian enrolment is to have
active recruits SO as to make
available to the defense program
the best volunteer skill in the
community.
Volunteer opportunities in the
local civilian defense program
have been suggested by Fed
eral agencies active in each field.
The list is intended to be illus
trative rather than exhaustive.
l. Give al raid warden serv-
ice.
z. Give messenger service.
3. Give office service.
4. Serve in the medical SER
ice.
5. Act as fire warden.
6. Act as auxiliary fireman.
z. Act as auxiliary policeman.
8. Serve in drivers corps.
8. Serve in rescue squads.
10. Serve in nurses service.
IL. Serve in clearance crew.
IL. Serve in housing corps.
13. Serve in road crew.
IA. Serve in decentralization
corps.
IS. Serve in bomb squad.
16. Serve in staff corps.
II. Serve in utilities corps.
Any person may volunteer in
the defense program by filling
out the enlistment application
blanks which are already avail
able at the Board of Commerce
office in advance of the regular
enrolment date to be an
nounced within q few days.
Read the application care
fully, answer all the questions
and return it to the office. The
applicant does not automatically
become member of the defense
service. The data submitted is
then referred to the particular
service chief in whose category
the volunteers qualifications
place him. Upon approval by the
service chief or his staff, the
applicant is notified to report to
the police or sheriffs depart
ment for the necessary finger
printing. When this is filed, the
applicant receives Civilian
Defense Volunteers Card. This
is forwarded to him by the
Council and contains the indi-
vidual's name, his file number
for Identification and the serv-
ice in which he has been ac-
copied. Each card bears the i'm
print of the Seal of the City of
Mount Clemens.
Every person in Mount Glenn
ems, male and female, upwards
of IS years of age can best
their patriotic duty by
volunteering for enlistment in
the civilian defense program.
Always remember that we in
these United States have some
thing real to defend - the in
alienable right, in its simplest
terms, to lead, in our. own way,
decent lives.
TOMORROW-What Women
Can Do In the Defense Program
Defense Activities.