Show mining regiment to be recruited in the west the engineer corps of the united states army has been authorized to raise by voluntary enlistment a special mining regiment to consist consi ot SK six companies of men each and to be known as the engineers rational lat ional arm armi this regiment Is now being re fruited the first having been formed and placed in training at camp meade maryland the regiment Is to be composed entirely of picked men representing various mining districts throughout the country and comprising tom all the trades and mccu lations incident to mining each company will contain representatives of eer eier branch of mining work so that it can operate as a unit the eneri men most wanted are experienced miners both hand and machine drill ers irs tr ammers timber men track layers pump men tool sharpeners blacksmiths electricians machinists carpenters surveyors time keepers cooks shift bosses top men and foreman the work to be done is purely military in character and is what is knon as first line work it consists in the preparation of underground shelters for the fighting troops and the placing of ex plosive mines such work requires a high degree of skill in rapid tun aeling and involves the handling of all sorts of materials from clay and balk chalk to the hardest rocs |