ENJOY LOCATION
QUARTERMASTER
The United States Shipping Board
is prepared to offer 200,000 jobs to the
men of the selective army now in
camps awaiting demobilization, it is
officially given out.
This arrangement is the first defi
nite step in a big program, approved
by the War Department, which paves
the way for selective soldiers in the
period of readjustment following their
military service, to sectire permanent
and well-paid employment.
There are now 1,700,000 men in the
31 military camps in this country a
considerable number of whom are
skilled mechanics, while others are
sailors or boatmen, or landsmen with
a liking for the sea that will make
service in merchant crews agreeable
to them.
Details for placing information
about these jobs officially before the
men in camp are provided for in the
War Department’s orders.
The Shipping Board will send to
each camp a committee of three spe
cial agents, representing reespeotively
its industrial relations division, the
merchant marine recruiting service,
and the combined employment ser
vices of the shipyards.
HOSTESS HOUSE PROVES BLESS.
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The arrival of the several battalions
of the army tank corps at this station
and more particularly those located
near Liberty Park at the old site ol
the 7th U. S. Infantry, has kept the
Y. W. C. A. Hostess House well filled
at all hours by the men of that organ
ization who have found it an ideal
place in which to spend theif leisure
time.
With the view toward a more pro
longed stay than was at first ex
pected they are making arrangements
for various programs to be featured
at that structure at future dates.
Tuesday evening and impromptu
musical was held under the direction
of Sgt. North and Sgt. Norton. Mr.
Bellingham, the camp musical direc
tor, led an assembled chorus of about
260 voices in some of the popular
songs of the day. An appropriate rec
itation by one of the staff of the hos
tess house proved of interest and a
clever monologue by Sgt. North in
which he demonstrated his powero
as a ventriloquist was greatly appre
ciated. A short address by Mrs.
Pirnie, the hostess followed, and the
evening was brought to a very satis
factory conclusion with the serving of
light refreshments to the men.
Sgt. Paul Raymond of the ladder
brigade has returned from spending
a five day leave of absence after de
livering our former commanding offi
cer’s motor car at Kinston, N. C.
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Sgt. A. G. Coleman has been called
home again by the death of one of the
immediate members of his family.
Sgt. Miller, Elrod and Barth spent
Sunday with “some” relatives at Kan
napolis, N. C.
The “Honorable Thomas Webb” of
Concord, N. C., paid a flying visit to his
old comrades here last Monday and
found them with the same old fighting
spirit as prevalent as of old.
Corp. Moreland is looking after the
Gas House since our old pal the Dodge
has returned for duty.
Corp. Doy Mohr arises early every
A. M. to polish his stripes thoroughly
before he goes to breakfast.
Corp. Johnson has been confined to
bed for the past few days. Well, here’s
hopes for a speedy recovery.
Each committee will be officially re
ceived, and will have an officer a.s-
signed to assist it in its work. State
ments prepared by the Shipping
Board’s representatives will be issued
in each camp under authority of the
commanding officer, in forms suited
to reaching all the men in the camp
with the Shipping Board’s message of
sure jobs and good pay when the even
tenor of camp routine gives way to
the uncertainties of renewed civil life.
The Shipping Board’s agents will
also be permitted to speak to meet
ings of the soldiers and to exhibit at
soldier gatherings motion-picture films
showing the details of modern ship
yard work, and various pictturesquo
phases of sea-going in the new Mer
chant Marine.
All of the boys are wondering why
Sgt. Reel uses two horses on certain
afternoons each week and wears his
leather puttees????
SURE HE LIED.
ON THE JOB.
Harry Brown the popular dispenser
of soft drinks has returned to his old
position at the hospital canteen after
a visit of ten days to his former home
in Providence, R. I.
LOST.
Give Him H - -1.
O’NEILL’
Next to Y. M. C. A.
Sunday, December, 15th
Some specially good things to eat today:
Baked Ham Southern Style, Brown Sugar and Clove Sauce
Roast Chicken with Oyster Dressing and Cranberry Sauce Home-made Mince, Apple and Pumpkin Pies
nrheve are amonit the itood thintfa found at
O’NEILL’S
‘The Homey Place to Eat” “Something Different”
Several of the former M. S. D. boys
will at least be permitted to see a
little real service before they are mus
tered out as they have been transfer
red to the Q. M. C.
Sgt. Barth’s smiling countenance
will be missed in several of the wards
and in the Red Cross building now that
he is in the office where duty holds
him for eight hours each day.
Mr. Bob Lowe and Mr. J. H. Haus-
sel of Kannapolis, N. C-. were vistors
at the Q. M. detachment Monday.
Black pin seal purse containing
$20.00, fountain pen, check book, and
Red Cross Identification Card, by Miss
Anna Grabill, Base Hospital Camp
Greene, lost about 6 p. m. Tuesday
night, coming from town in taxi.
Liberal Reward.