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Show 'SOLDIERS TO GET FIRST SHIP JOBS War Department and Ship-, ping Bureau Make an Agreement. 8 AN FftAXriSCO. Iec. :.-The War department and shipping board have agreed upon plana, tt waa announced here by the shipping board, wife re hy men of the selective army In camp awaiting de- mobilisation are to be given official .In- j formation of shipyards jobs And In the crews of merchant .veaaela. i This la the first definite step In a pro- gram approved by the war department which paves the way for selective soldiers. In the period of readjustment folio wins their military service to secure permanent aid wel paid employment There are lt?uu,oo men In the thlrty-one thlrty-one military campa In thla country. Including In-cluding many aa tiled mechanics Others are aallors or boatmen or randnmen wtih a hankering fnr the sea. There will be toa.eoa jobs on merchant vessels or In the shipyards. It Is estimated, and these will be open to released aoldlere within the next few montha The commanders of camps snd military posts have bsen directed by Adjutant Jeneral Roy II. Harper, 1'. ft. A., to take active part In placing .the merchant marine a need of men tefora the aohhera. Soldiers desiring to go to sea will be given training on the Irta, the shipping board's training ship In California. Agents of the shipping board will be permitted to sddreaa meetings of soldiers and to exhibit motion picture fflm showing the .dctalla of modern shlpysrd work. |