Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1918 — YANKS CARD INDEXED [ARTICLE]

YANKS CARD INDEXED

With the American Army in England.—When a soldier leaves the United States he should not feel certain he Is going to win glory on the battlefield In France. Whether officer or enlisted man he is subjected to further-scrutiny in England and in France and until the little corps of keen-eyed and careful officers have completed the examl-

nation no one can tell into just what part of the big army machine he is going to fit There are In England camps where every man who passes through is "trade indexed.” This is especially true of one camp, where a large part of the airmen and motor transport forces arrive shortly after debarkation. The records accompanying them show what the men have been doing In civil life, and a further examination of them and a scrutiny of the demands often determine the part they are" to take, sometimes only for temporary duty but in some cases for an indefinite period. j From this lot are selected the men who will go Into the big repair shops at once. Men experienced in electrical work are sent to stations where their service is most needed. Orders for automobile experts are filled and not infrequently the men in command of the station are called upon to supply men for following, for a time at least, ex-,

actly the same king of work they were doing In the United States before their numbers in the draft were called. Officers engaged in fixing the trade index of the army have boasted that from the ranks of the National army" there may. be found men who can do any class of work required.