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Show : WEED MO) Mil THOUSANDS OF EXPERT WORK. . CRS WANTED IN CIVILIAN BRANCHES OF SERVICE.' -.. ' i ll EAT CAREFULLY INSPECTED -'- V' 1 ': . - ' ., ,. ' . . . Ivtry Part of the Supply for Army ( Um It Scrutinized, From Stock j; Yards to Mesa Desertions From j Camp Duo to Dlocouraglng Letters. From Commltle on Public tnformttloit. ; Washington.--The civilan branches f the army and nary are In need of thousands of highly trained workers, !nd before the end of 1918 these branches must be Increased by at least 'SO.OOO, according to the civil service commission. ,! The ordnance department of the 1 - 1 mi inVinr. rf TT1 Orh tl tl rmy needs large numDers oi mecnau-leal mecnau-leal engineers, draftsmen, chemists, and metallurgists. Thousands of Inspectors In-spectors are wanted to . pass on the '-quality of ordnance, ammunition, and ' 5 other supplies. For office work statls-'ticlans, statls-'ticlans, accountants, assistants in .business administration, and specially -trained clerks are needed. ! The quartermaster corps wants several sev-eral thousand examiners and inspectors, inspec-tors, and passenger and freight clerks rare needed. The signal corps is short -f draftsmen. ; The navy has an unlimited number " 'vt places for draftsmen, and a long "list of positions for technical workers. Practically H branches of the service seed stenographers, typists, book-' book-' keepers, and clerks. t '. ' ,- " I ! The army consumes about 2,000,000 ' pounds per day of fresh beef. This ' tiecessttatea the slaughter dally of ,4,000 cattle. Official Inspectors scrn-r scrn-r tlnUe every part of this supply from - ,the time It comes on the hoof to the battolr until It vanishes from the tness tin of the soldier. ' . ? Inspection begins at the stock yards, -where the living animals undergo the examination of an official for any evi-; evi-; fences of physical defect which might ,' ' e difficult of detection later. Where there Is doubt the questionable animals ani-mals are separated for closer exam-Inntlon. exam-Inntlon. Where there Is certainty of. defect, the animal Is rejected as unfit for food supply. V - " Next comes a rigid examination of '.' ' the carcass. Only when found "sound, healthful, and wholesome" Is the meat iimiwed as acceptable for food and ' uy branded, with a nonpolnonons vegetable Ink, "United States In-: In-: UrtPt nrt Panned." The unfit car- ' , jeasses are destroyed. . 1 Fresh meats thus Indorsed go forward for-ward In regular shipments, but thoe which are to undergo curing, canning, ' or manufacture Into sausages, lard, oleomargarine, .etc are subjected to rrelnsjxa-tlons at each atep. For these i nthere Is a final Inspection Jnst previous pre-vious to their dispatch, for army use. . : Samples are segulsriy' collected for ehemlcal analysis In the government laboratories. . -tatlons they are again TtT9Slr'l - either by Inspectors of the bureau f ' - animal Indnstry or by veterinarian .1 fleers of the army. They must also obtain the approval of the officer of the quartermaster corps receiving them. And they underso their final text when the soldier's immediate or- :gnnl7satlon commander looks them j ' over before he permits them to be : nerved to his men. Included In war deportment regula-. regula-. tlons regarding the employment of prisoners of war and Interned enemy aliens are the following statements: All clauses of prisoners, excepting rommls"loned officers and such others oth-ers n are physlcully not fit to labor, will be required to perforin work neo ewry for their comfort or for the mpkeep of their prison barracks. In-' In-' - terned enemy aliens will not be held for compulsory labor except as provided pro-vided tn this paragraph. Prisoners of war, excepting officers, 1 .warrant, petty, and noncommlsnloned . mara ma he reonlrcd to work for . the public service they may be authorised au-thorised to work on their own ae-onnt. ae-onnt. Under exceptional" circumstances, circum-stances, when specially authorised by KJve secretary of war. they may. npon their written request, be authorized -,to work for private persons or for corporations. cor-porations. Tetty and noncommissioned noncommis-sioned officers, may be authorised to work on their own semint, and, npon their written reqmet. may be authorised author-ised to work In the same manner as other prisoners -f war, except that 1hey will be employed In a supervisory supervis-ory capacity only. An order for labor will be regarded avs a military command, nnd prisoners -Tailing to obey such order will be punished pun-ished according. When employed on work that Is nec-..Hiirv nec-..Hiirv for their comfort, or for the mpkeep of the prison barracks In which they are Interned, prisoners '-will receive no compensation. When the work Is done for the government prisoners will be paid at a rate according ac-cording to the work executed; when the work Is done for other brandies f the public service or for private j ,,ersoim the conditions of and the, ...ompctisnilon f"r K,"'h u,"'k wl" 1,0 titled In agreement between repre-..-.tnlives of said branches or per-m per-m and the adjutant general of the amy. |