Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1917 — EIGHT AIRMEN ARE WANTED [ARTICLE]

EIGHT AIRMEN ARE WANTED

FROM INDIANA BY U. S.—WILL BE PUT IN TRAINING AT PENSECOLA, FLA. • _ Gunner Brykczynski received notice from the navy department at Washington today, instructing him to make a driVe to secure applications for the aviation school at Pensecola, Fla. Eight men is the number asked for from this state and those wishing to enter this branch of the service should get into communication with the Gunner at once. Four of the eight are to be quartermasters, whose duties on the planes will be as observers and to familiarize themsplves with the air currents. They are known as air patrolmen. The other four are to be machinists, whose duties are to drive the machines. Those applying for examination should state whether they wish to be observer or machinist. At Pensecola the men will be given eighteen months’ training under the most efficient airmen of the country, before entering into active service. It is one of the greatest opportunities that can come to any man. The aeroplane industry is still in its infancy and offers unlimited opportunities to the young men of the country to get into a very lucrative field. Gunner Brykczynski also received notification that the navy has discontinued the enlistment of men for the army in the following branches: Landsmen for yeoman, electricians, wspital apprentices, shipwrights, ship fitters, blacksmiths, boilermakers, painters and printers. The order also contained the information that all men enlisting from this city from now on as firemen, apprentice seamen, will be sent to Indianapolis on Mondays only. But 24 men are to be enlisted from the state a week from now on, as the navy is rapidly becoming more strict, and only the most able men will be accepted henceforth, inasmuch as the department is almost recruited to full war strength. Cooks, bakers, musicians, electricians (radio), and firemen are included in this order.