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S Tank lank servi Service e Calls t- t For Real Hard Hardy Yankees Treat Em Rough Divisions Want Men of Nimble Nimble Nim Nim- f ble Minds and nd Strong Bodies Still Require ti li Tractor and Heavy Truck Drivers and Motor Car Engine Mechanics F YOU are one of the mental and phy- phy IF steal sisal aristocrats of American citizenry citizen citizen- ry lf ry If you art are arthe the owner of a sound body a clear head an executive mechanical mechanical mechanical me me- mind mind mind-If If you seek vigorous very very- Ice ice If If you want to ride to Berlin instead I of walk you want to do the utmost damage to the Hun join Hun join the tank service It It will give you experience rank training training training train train- ing and excitement to your hearts heart's content content con con- tent declares Allen In Motor Age The aristocracy of the United States the army aimy the tank corps corps Is Is In the making malting It still sUll requires tractor drivers heavy truck drivers and motorcar engine mechanics mechanics mechanics me me- who have hav physical strength mental mental mental men men- tal strength and executive executive ability men ability men without a single physical detect defect who can think quickly and clearly clearly- and If It need be be think for others These men can be from 18 years to 41 years of age They must be men men men- Who are eager to show the Hun what real American man to man frightfulness comprises Who can stand three days of ot service In tanks out of ot every nine days Who Vho can laugh at gas attacks and at atthe atthe atthe the fumes of ot the powder gas and tank engine Who can CUt maintain their mental poise porse while their bodies are racked by the sliding sliding slid slid- ing twisting Jolting and dropping of the tank as IS It works over the battlefields Who can keep cool In the Intense heat of the tank hotter than the boiler rooms of t a battleship a s Who h can concentrate their efforts efficiently efficiently effi etc despite the thunder of ot the machine machine machine ma ma- chine guns the tractor tracks the engine i and the rattle of ot the enemy fire against I the tank I TREAT EM ROUGH Tank service they service they call can It treat em I rough service service service-Is Is the most vigorous one of military work The tank recruiting division makes no effort to withhold the strenuous duties of its personnel from possible recruits Men Ifen who enter the tank service must come knowing of how vigorous their duties will wilt beThe be The soldiers of the tank service are asked to stay in the tanks at the battlefront battlefront battlefront battle- battle front but two hours at a time To work beyond that is a physical Impossibility for the average sound man For this reason rea rea- rea-n rea son thosa in the tank service which of offers of- of fers fere many great opportunities constitute a a. personnel that can well be called the aristocracy of the United States army Every member Is physically and mentally capable TWO CLASSES IN SERVICE There are two classes of tank service The Tho lI light ht tank service Includes military duty In the light tank with two men a sergeant commander and a corporal driver er In this tank the driver operates the gas gag engine and the commander operates I the machine gun but both men must be I sufficiently well versed in mechanics to tobe tobe I be able to take e t the others other's tl place l if f necessity necessity bJ sity 1 demands The h heavy eer tank service I comprises a personnel of ot eight men one I commissioned officer commanding one sergeant driver and six machine gun operators of noncommissioned rank There are four guns in the heavy tanks which can be trained at atone one time four of ot the machine gun operators shooting the guns while two act as ammunition passers All members o of ot the tank service are given training in wireless operation operation- giving them an excellent trade after atter the war Wireless Is not now used zd for tor signaling signaling sig sig- I on tanks but Inventions I are under under un un- der way a which f will allow for this is service v c At present painted shovels are used for signaling APPLY TO BOARDS Recruits for tank service can apply If of ot draft age to their local boards and I I If under 21 and over over 31 31 to any United States recruiting officer or they may apply apply apply ap ap- ap- ap ply directly to the chief recruiting station at Washington by filling out the enlistment enlistment enlist enlist- ment blank reproduced here and mailing It Included with the must be bean bean bean an informal report by a United States re recruiting re I crusting officer as to the mental alertness and physical fitness for tank service The I report blank printed here can be used by the the- recruiting officer The tank corps concentration camp Is located at Gettysburg Pa Pa and is called Camp Colt Preliminary training Is given there and Is followed by overseas trainIng trainIng training train- train Ing and subsequent service In the past the training on this side has been brief about one month with four months trainIng training training train train- ing in England Tank officers however have returned to country and will lengthen the duration of training on this side to three or four months with but one or two months of training in England The monthly pay of 01 the enlisted personnel personnel per per- for tor the tank service Is as follows Grade In U U. S S. S A A. A E E. F F. Private J 30 33 First class private v 33 36 Corporal o ts 36 40 Sergeant 44 51 First class sergeant 51 60 65 Members of f the tank corps are also en entitled entitled en- en titled to the additional allotments If they have dependents which amount to 15 a month for a wife 25 25 a month for a wife and one child 32 50 a month for a wife and two children 50 a month for a wife and three children 42 50 a month I for a wife and four children 10 a month for a parent |