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Show TWELVE THOUSAND CAN ENLIST IN SKILLED OCCUPATIONS Twelve thousand skilled men In various va-rious units of ihe army are wanted at once by the government, according to a bulletin received today by the local draft boards from Captain F v Pits I., raid, I nlted States draft disbursing officer for Utah. Any draft registrant who can meet the requirements for the positions given below Is asked to list his name with the local board of his district. These occupational registrations registra-tions will be open until and including April 27. The reason for throwing open this special call Is that several of Hie states have delayed In completing their occupational cards and the go ernment Is unable to draw what men it needs from the cards filed. This t( mporary plan win allow men qualified quali-fied for the positions named to voluntarily volun-tarily join the army. These branches offer the most attractive positions in the army The military training and duty of these men." General Crowder says, "will be Interesting, and the men who succeed In securing induction Into the branches of the service to be filled will receive material personal benefit, which will aid them In their advancement, advance-ment, both in their army career and in after life " The registrants, however, will not be Inducted at this time. When they present themselves to their local boards they shall be listed, not inducted. induct-ed. As soon as General Crowder's office of-fice receives reports from all over the country, it will mke definite allotments allot-ments to each state, giving complete mobilization details. Men havinc the following occupations occupa-tions are wanted, the requirement being be-ing that they be white, except in cases noted : Airbrake inspectors angle Iron smiths, auto mechanics and helpers, general, engine, magneto or ignition Bargemen or boatmen, blacksmiths and helpers (while und colored), boat builders and helpers, bollermakers and helperS) braktmen, Gagmen or conductors conduc-tors (railroad), bricklayers (white and colored) buglers (white and colored ) Carpenters and helpers (ship, bridge, house, general). Joiners or patternmakers (white and colored), caulkers, chauffeurs, chemists, clerks, railroad or general (white and colored), color-ed), cobblers, commissary storekeepers, storekeep-ers, concrete foremen or workers, cooks (while and colored), cram men, hoi.-tmcn. piledriver or shovel operators, opera-tors, crusher operators Engineers (civil, electrical, railroad or computing), engineers and firemen (locomotive), electricians (general, armature, winders or wlremen). I 'ispatchers. engine, draftsmen (general, (gen-eral, surveying, machine design or topographical.) Floor hands (shipyards), foremen, construction (bridge, building, earthwork, earth-work, ship or railroad), foremen (gy-raiory (gy-raiory or jaw crusher). Gas plant workers (acetylene, hydrogen, hy-drogen, oxygen, poison, illumination or compressor), gunsmiths or operatives opera-tives in gun factories. Hostlers, locomotive. lo-comotive. Inspectors, railroad car and locnmo-tlme, locnmo-tlme, instrument makers and repairmen, repair-men, (engineering, optical or railroad). rail-road). Linemen, telegraph or telephone tele-phone Machinists and helpers (general, bench, lathe or ra'lroad), mechanics (general), meteorologists or physicists, physi-cists, mine or quarry workers and helpers, drill runners, foremen, pow-dermen pow-dermen or pumpmen, motorcyclists, molders. Painters, photographers, plumbers or pipefitters. Rangers (forest), car repairmen, riggers (bridge, building or ship.) Saddlers or harnessraakers, sail-makers, sail-makers, tent makers and other canvas can-vas workers, section hands, steers- j men. sheetiron workers and helpers, soldiers and tinsm'ths. stenographers, isurveors. k-velmen, transitmen (topo- I graphic or railroad ) Tailors, steamsters, telegraph oper- i atom, telephone operators, telephone I operators who can speak German timber cruisers. Wagonmakers, welders (acetylene or oxacetylene) , wrieless operators. Yardmasters or switchmen oo |