TH E CHEMAWA AMERICAN
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P U P IL S ’ ITEM S
William Saudaine is always on the job at the
power plant.
The seventh grade pupils are studying about leaves
and their parts.
Nellie Francis is acting as dining-room sergeant,
assisting Mrs. Hauser.
The gardeners are busy and working hard in order
to keep up with their planting.
The seventh grade pupils are learning a poem
called “ The Bugle Song.”
The sixth grade girls are working in the students’
kitchen for the next five weeks.
There are green beans almost large enough to cook
on the seventh grade experimental plants.
James White Plume, an ex-student of Chemawa,
has joined the colors lately and is located at Camp
Travis, Texas.
The sixth grade pupils have taken up the study of
South America. All are interested in it as it has a re
semblance to North America.
Mary Unge, Louise DeMacon and Rose Deschamp
have been transferred from the sewing-room to the
kitchen to help during the absence ot those who are
on the sick list.
A N O TH ER SPEC IA L D R A FT
Still another special draft call, the third in a little
more than one month, has been made by the War
Department.
Under this third call, Oregon is to furnish 251 men
for the service in the National Army, in addition to
the 369 called out by the order of March 11, who have
already reported at Camp Lewis; and the 923 who are
to report to Camp Lewis in the five-day period begin
ning April 26.
The 251 men to be taken in the new special call are
ordered to report to Fort McDowell, Cal., in the five
day period beginning May 1. As that is an artillery
training post, the supposition is that these men are to
l)e put into the artillery though no official announce
ment has been made to that effect. These 251 men
constitute 3.4 per cent of Oregon’s first gross draft
quota.
All told, since March 11, a total of 1541 men from
Oregon have now been called into military service
through the draft. The state and various counties are
to be credited later with these men against the net
quota for the big draft call that is coming soon.
In this call, as in the two special calls previously
made, men actively, completely and assiduously en
gaged in the planting and cultivation of crops will not be
called until the end of the quota.
Twelve men will be called from Marion county.
LIV E P A R A G R A P H S
To enable people in this country to send gifts to sol
diers, sailors and Red Cross workers abroad a special
license has been issued through the customs service
and the post office department. This license does not
permit shipments to American prisoners of war, it is
announced; it simply obviates the necessity of obtain
ing an individual license every time a shipment is
made to soldiers in the regular service.
The American tractor tanks built for use by the
American army in France have met the approval of
British, French and American army men and are
expected to play an important part soon on the west
ern front in transporting artillery, motor trucks, etc.,
over the rough roads. They will, it is believed, have
a wider range of usefulness than either the British or
the French types. The British tanks though able to
withstand heavy fire are cumbersome and slow while
the French tanks of a lighter and swifter type are not
so powerful. The American machines are the em
bodiment of the good features of both. The sum of
$50,000,000 is being used for their manufacture.
Numerous instances in which payers of taxes have
sent a few dollars extra to the government with the
explanation that it be used to further the war against
Germany have been noted. Gifts to the goverment
have always hitherto been held illegal, but now the
donations are being accepted and credited to a special
fund.
ST E N O G R A PH ER S A N D T Y P E W R IT E R S W A N T E D
—M E N A N D W OM EN
T h e U n ited S ta te s G o v e rn m e n t is in u rg e n t n eed o f th o u
san d s of ty p e w rite r o p e ra to rs a n d ste n o g ra p h e rs a n d ty p e
w riters. All w ho pass e x am in atio n s for th e d e p a rtm e n ts a n d
offices a t W ash in g to n , D . C .,a r e a ssu re d of certificatio n for
a p p o in tm e n t. I t is th e m an ifest d u ty of citizens w ith th is
special k n o w led g e to u se it a t th is tim e w h ere it w ill b e of m ost
v a lu e to th e G o v e rn m e n t. W om en especially a re u rg e d to
u n d e rta k e th is office w o rk . T h o se w ho h av e n o t th e re q u ire d
tra in in g a re en co u rag ed to u n d e rg o in stru c tio n at once.
E x a m in a tio n s for th e D e p artm en ta l Service, for b o th m en
a n d w om en, a re h e ld every T u esd ay in 450 of th e p rin c ip a l
cities of th e U n ite d S ta te s, an d a p p licatio n s m ay be filed w ith
th e C om m ission a t W ash in g to n , D. C ., a t an y tim e.
T h e e n tra n c e salary ra n g e s from $1,000 to $1,200 a y ear.
A d v an cem en t of capable em ployees to h ig h e r salaries is re a so n
ably ra p id .
A p p lican ts m u st h av e reach ed th e ir e ig h te e n th b irth d a y on
th e d a te of th e ex am in atio n .
F o r full in fo rm atio n in re g a rd to th e scope and c h a ra c te r
of th e e x am in atio n a n d for ap p licatio n b lan k s a d d re ss th e
U. S. Civil S ervice C om m ission, W ash in g to n , D. C ., o r th e
S ecretary of th e U. S. Civil Service Board of E x a m in e rs a t
B oston, M ass.; N ew Y o rk , N . Y .; P h ilad e lp h ia , P a .; A tlan ta,
G a .; C in cin n ati, O hio; C hicago, 111.; S t. P au l, M in n .; S t.
L ouis, M o.; N ew O rlean s, L a.; S e a ttle , W ash .; S an F ran cisco ,
C al.; H o n o lu lu , H aw aii; o r San Ju a n , P o rto R ico.
JO H N A. M cIL H E N N Y ,
P re sid e n t, U. S. Civil Service C om m ission,
W ash in g to n , D. C.