Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 5 | Women Marines Ready for Any U. S Service

w Women omen M Marines rines Ready For Any Ay U. U S. S Service Washington Aug 31 She's L-She's She's going going- to tobe tobe tobe be dressed in forest green her skirt Is going to bo be an appropriate length and she will wear one of ot those snappy JI little tle oversea hats And the hat will bear I the emblem that one da day was In the tho I mudd muddy trenches on one side of or Chateau Thierry and on another da lay day was in inthe th the mUdd muddy trenches trenches trenches-on on the other side of or Chateau Thierry But this Is but one side of oC the story the other Is tho tue marines marines tile the devil dogs have dogs have succumbed succumb d to femininity and that Mrs Opha M Jo Johnson was the first woman private In the famous orI orr or- or I r sanitation She now has feminine com corn 1 panics panle In arms as It were for other women are being enlisted for tor service in inthe inthe inthe the marines Mrs rs Johns Johnsons Johnson's ns n's coming and that of ot other her sister marines were welcomed In Washington as it means that there will be yet et other and that each one will release a healthy health two fisted fighting marine for dut duty at nt atthe atthe the front It is estimated there thero are ue nC nearly l i 1600 OO m marines at the capital and andIn andin andin In other I parts arts of the country who have been kept from the tIme firing tiring line for necessary necessary essar essary clerical work worle at home Private Johnson has gone to work work work- hard work too but she has wanted to get Into active service for tor a long time Ume She was employed as a clerIc clerk in the interstate commerce commission before Joining Joining- tho the soldiers of or the sea Bea and now I the they timey say she's a a. full fledged member of or the outfit That hat she Is can best be jud Judged ed b by what ha t she said when her friends gathered round to congratulate her The They said Were Wor erA so glad lad to hear youve you've Join And sho she replied Tell it to the marines Aside from this however Private Johns Johnson n has set et a good example to man many of or her sex Bex There have been ulan man many applications s for tor enlistment by women and girls since she entered the service So stringent are the physical requirements though that as yet et comparatively com corn fe few have havo been accepted The Tho action of or the marine corps corps commanders commanders com con manders In enlisting women follows similar action b by the nav navy which now has many doing yeoman coman service It is expected that the arm army will fol follow ow suit and thus release rolease hundreds hundreds hun hun- of or soldiers wh who k in this are ne kept pt In countr country to o perform clerIcal lasics asi War 1 Is constantly enlarging the possibilities pos pOt for women and gradually shunting Into oblivion the term weaker weak er s sex x For Instance how does that term shape up in connection with these occupations railroad occupations railroad tank paintIng paintIng paint paint- Ing hardware Industry processes garage garage gar S-ar- age management and ranch work ork Yet the department of or labor today announced announce an- an wom women n were working working- at these these- trades and Industries and filling tilling the bill every time The railroad which employs girls to paint Its tank cars says saya th their lr work compares favorably ta with that of or men Processes im in hardware Industries In Include Include In- In clude chide the work worl of or screw machine hands spot wel welders ers gas gal welders dip braziers drill press and bench work All All this work was formerly executed b by men and arid bo boys These however do not complete th the list Firms are now advertising women wom worn en wan wanted ed for baggage porters ushers ushers ush ugh ers aircraft part assemblers telegraph operators operators' and amid