Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1918 — CIRCUS PEOPLE WILL HELP [ARTICLE]

CIRCUS PEOPLE WILL HELP

Routing Experts to Assist in Railroad -Problems, and Kitchen Experts Will Give Advice. New York. —Experts in the booking and routing of circuses will come to the aid of the government in its problem of transportation for the country, it was learned here, and the efficient methods of the show business will be applied directly to the work of moving supplies for the United States. Nor will the circus methods to be placed on the military roster be confined to the booking of transportation. The kitchen system Of the big tops will also be transferred to the army cantonments, and men who have long traveled with the circuses and established the kitchens of the outdoor organizations will shortly be enlisted into the service of the country, for the purpose of standardizing the kitchens at the various army cantonments.