Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-04 | Page 6 | Recruiting Office is Opened in Ogden for Overseas

OECOOITIi OFFICE IS OPENED IN OGDEN FDD OVERSEAS George D. McLood has just returned from Salt Lake where he interviewed Major A. R. Emery, infant ry. nn(l Ma" Jor James C R. Schwenk, cavalry, who are In charge of this section of the military district of the western division divis-ion of the army, and who will start a drive in the near future to obtain this section's quota of the 50,000 volunteer vol-unteer enlistments for the army. To any one having previous military experience, ex-perience, an enlistment period Is opm for one year, at the end of which time thoy will be discharged and not put in the military reserve as Is the custom cus-tom now. Men without previous military mili-tary experience may enlist in tho army for a period of three yoars. It Is an assurred fact, that those who enlist will In- aorOBfl the water within thirty-flvo thirty-flvo days after enlistment. The pay Is on the war-time basis with twenty per cent increase for overseas service. serv-ice. The government Intends to bring Ihe soldiers who are now overseas back to this country just as fast as they can get other men v. ho have not been across to take their places Sergeant E A. Rtumpf will arrive In Ogden today to take chargp of the local office He will be assisted by William Bornberger. Roth of those men have been on recruiting duty in this city before. The offices will be ' located just above Washington Market Mar-ket Second Lieutenant Frymire, who was in chargp of the Ogden offico at one time, has resigned his commission In order that he may enlist for recruiting recruit-ing duty. He li now on this duty in Salt Lake. The following branches of the service serv-ice are open for enlistment: Infantry. Held artillery, medieal department, de-partment, engineers, cavalry and the I air service Tho air service is composed com-posed of skilled workers, but young men will be accepted without experience, exper-ience, and they will be taught to become be-come expert aviation mechanics. All men who qualify will have Ihe opportunity oppor-tunity to become fiyere. Thn following trades will be ac cepted for air service: Chauffeurs, auto mechanics, auto engineer repair men. carpenters, radio ra-dio operators, electricians, instrument repair men. coppersmiths, sallmakers and almost any other trade that is at all connected with the mechanical arta.