Show ENGINEER CORPS s sTRAINS TRAINS MEN MEM FOR 0 USEFUL TRADES Belligerents Will rill Be Able to tor r Work r ok as Mechanics After l Whipping Huns f IS Camp A. A A. A Humphreys H s Va Ct 3 Jul July 27 7 r CITA 4 terrific terrIc explosion a n. few Cew days das ago KO for a ai shook the tilo surrounding country i of or ten miles s. s Although 4 h the HIP shock only lasted sted a bare ten seconds the resIdents residents res res- were Mere terrified Some ome thou thought ht an nn earthquake had hd occurred d others had visions of oC an at ammunition depot S sion I 0 fl At t a fe few v mile milci from from here however hoe a an time old-time resident volunteered volun a a. remark romark which revealed re the tho mystery them damn en engineer sappers at Camp s h hI said The explosion was a R test lest of or a n new explosive e with which the sapper regiment rell regi- ment was experimenting It Is the most powerful now b being ln used on the French front and tho the explosion fairly tore torf a hole In tho the earth a n quarter of or a amile amile amile mile In diameter This camp Is the training station for or the United States Engineer corps and anti Is the lar largest est en engineering en- en school In the world Here th thousands of oC engineers aro arc dally daily trained for overseas o service ser Few realize what the duties of ot tho the cn I- I troops of oC Approximately Approximately one half of oC the various 1 engineering engi engi- ne or organizations are strictly com com- Oth rs are special units made up of skilled men who In peace time I are arc engaged ed at nt work ork similar to that which the they are expected to perform I will our armies abroad j A 4 special offer for enlistment Is Isi i made 5 nde b by tho the Engineer corps Men Ien between between between be be- I tween the ages of or 18 IS and 21 21 J and from tram 31 n 1 to 42 can enlist The advantages han a of offered In this camp are arc unusual When hen a man enters he lie Is Immediately as assigned l to some branch of ot the service sel which competent authorities deem icem he heIs heIs heis Is L best est fitted for and antl ho Is thoroughly trained Tho The result I Is that ho he has been heen I taught a trade so that b by enlisting and serving ser the country countr he also tit nerves himself After th the war ho can step out ut and offer orter his services as a skilled and trained mechanic c. Engineer troops are charged with ic and surveying sur for tor nili- nili tar lary tary p purposes and the preparation h o om of m maps ps of oC the theatre of or operations Planning and end superintending defensive ind offensive works of oC troops In the field examination of roads roC of uC communication communication for supplies and for military movements mO construction and repair of or military roads ro railways and bridges es military demolitions tho the conducting of eI J gas and flame Clame warfare the tho I loca ca cation catlon tion and designing and construction of or WhaT Wharves piers landings storehouses seg hospitals and other structures s of oC genera gen gen- en- en era oral Interest interest and the construction maintenance and operation o of railroads under military m control The American arm army operated d In Europe Eu Eu- tope rope must be transported fed supplied supplied sup sup- plied d with ammunition and all other materials ls and supplies necessary to conducting a successful warfare t All ll of this work falls to t the o part of oC engineers hose efforts are Just ag ae Important t toward ward tho thc final success o of ot our armies as are those of oC t the the- themen o men on the this forefront of battle Camp Humphreys Is Js a l miniature battlefront Already a a. twenty seven tulle mlle combat railway has been constructed constructed constructed con con- mainly by drafted men Piers and wharves have been built A tan tan- nn- nn dard darLl gauge railway including a 1 1300 fo foot t trestle r has made mado Its appearance Fortifications are aro seen thrown up o overnight and before noon have base hall ll been en destroyed again by the sappers and demolition squad Portable machine shops are seen scattered all over the camp and are moved mo around like lUte I checkers on a checker board Th The 1 division dl can be bo seen stringIng stringing string string- Ing wires throughout tho the camp mp to headquarters A solid concrete road n made Its appearance through miles of oC woods Besides the men outside of or the draft age e who desire delre to enlist those who drafted are and have not been called If Ir they have had an any technical trainIng trainIng training train- train Ing and desire earl early induction into an nn engineering organization can make written application to the chief en engineer en- en Ineer Washington D D. D C. C Those outside outside out out- side she the draft a age e should app apply to secret secretary ry engineer r training school Camp A. A A. A Humphreys Humphres Va Ya |