Show 1 SOLDIERS I ATTEND A ARMY CLASSES 5 Training in Trades Trade and nd Professions Offered in Military Service I I SAN FRANCISCO Nov 20 More More I II than soldiers are attending the I schools established b by the tho United States army an and when the program is I made fully operative there will be bemore beI bemore I more students soldier-students in the country I than there are regular college students students students stu stu- dents according to army officers I In addition to the courses giving I training in trades and professions profession schools for have been established established I by the army In these I study centers men who can neither rea read nor I write English are given a basic edu- edu More catlon-More than 2000 teachers will willI willbe I I be employed in the army schools j The fact that fully one-fourth one of the I boys and young men of the country can neither read nor write was I brought out by the figures prepared by bythe j JI the draft boards at the time we went I into the war Further it was shown I that only a small proportion of or them themI I I have any real training that will take 1 them out of f the ranks of hard labor laborI I and put them where they can earn a comfortable livelihood as skilled worker work work- er ers This condition condition of affairs said a a. government here recently a national danger and dis dis- dis- dis grace The larger outlook is offered by these s schools in the vocational j I training courses There are arc more than professions trades and arid pursuits j from which to choose One of the most interesting of these I study centers is the school of agriculture agriculture ture and animal husbandry at Camp I j I II Grant Grant- Ill The courses are conducted I with the cooperation of specialists of the University lve lt of Chicago a and the University Uni- Uni 01 i ihas of Illinois ll The government v t has stock farms arms here and breeds all th the types of animals under study Pupils Pupils Pu Pu- pils pus ar instructed in the breeding and care of dairy and beef beet cattle horses sheep swine and poul poul- try Governor Lowden of Illinois has shown great personal interest in this I part part of ot the work lie has in the vl- vl i I 1 vicinity of the camp a large and well equipped stock farm where every J phase of stock and cattle raising raising- is II i I carried on on Pupils have the privilege of making frequent visits to this farm arid and of observing in detail all Its ac ac- ac I Soldiers proving proficient inthis in inthis this branch of industry can after leavIng leavin leaving leav leav- in ing Ing- the army take up homesteads and andI become successful farmers and stock breeders I Men fen of a mechanical bent find open to them at several camps and posts courses of practical study in Inthe the handling handling han han- I of internal combustion engines as used in airplanes motorcycles trucks and tractor tractors Much valuable constructive work Is done in other lines and stu soldier dents dents may become practical wage earning sarning printers plumbers painters woodworkers blacksmiths r radio operators and telegraphers A large meat packing establishment In Chicago recently has employed as as' as asI meat I inspectors f four graduates d of th the I g gort ra army r school at salaries of a month In the same city a firm of or I bread bakers is paying salaries of 35 to 5 as week to graduates of the army school for tor cooks and bakers |