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Show MOTOR TRUCK DRIVER UD CHAUFFEUR CM BUST I I Many applicants have appeared at J the local recruiting station recently, requesting to be enlisted in a branch ' j where they could do duty as motor truck drivers and chauffers. Sergeant ' Georgo F. Smith has compiled infor mation on this branch and issued it today to-day jn the form of tho following bulle-! bulle-! tin. It also covers the railway branch ! of tho army, several Inquiries having ' been made regarding this branch, i "During the past few weeks we have had numerous applications for the !! 'Motor truck service,' and the wishes of those who aspire to a motor truck can be complied with, as the United States army has organized what Is to , be known as the 'engineer motor truck transportation service,' and is making a big campaign to fill the companies. "They will be known as the -H2nd, 443rd, 444th 445th, 448th, 449th, 450lh, 451st, 452nd, 453rd, 45Gth, 457th and 458th truck companies, Fort Myer, Va.; 459th company (limousine), 4G0th company (all-weather car), 461st I company (touring car), 462nd and i 463rd companies (motorcycle), Fort Myer, Va, j "We have also been authorized to J resume acceptance for the Thirtieth engineers (gas and flame), which offers of-fers more chance for advancement than any other branch of the service. "The acceptance and enlistment of Qualified and eligible applicants whoso i appliactions for enlistment aro ap- j ! proved by the chief of engineers, or of the director general of military railways, rail-ways, or by a commissioned officer of the unit, for the Thirty-first engineers ; (standard gauge railway operating), j Fort Leavenworth, Kan., is authorized. ! "Any railroad man wishing to get I into a railway operating company, can do so by communicating with the chief J of engineers, Washington, D. C. fi "Chauffeurs can be enlisted In one I of the truck companies by applying to 1 the United States army recruiting sta- , tlon, Ogden, Utah, provided they are U not in the draft, as wo cannot accept registered men. "GEO. F. SMITH, 1 "Sergeant in chargo of station." a ' on |