Ten captains and 30 First Lieutenants in the Engin
eers Reserve Corps will he commissioned from Alaska
within a short time, according to information received by
Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr. from Major General \V-M. Black,
Chief of Engineers for the Fnited States Army.
A call was recently issued for -,000 engineers to re
ceive commissions in the Engineers Reserve Corps and
Gov. Riggs at once wired to him to ltnd out how mar.t
would he appointed from Alaska and how. 1 he wire this
morning said that ten i len wouid be appointed as Capt
ains from Alaska, between tin1 ages ot 3(> and •!-! years, at d
30 as First Lieutenants between the ages ol •>! and <(>
years of age.
The telegram to Gov. Higgs said that application
blanks and full instructions had been mailed and that in
structions had been mailed to Major WH. Waugh to co
operate with Gov. Higgs in making the examinations of
the applicants for commissions.
Several engineers are thinking of taking the examin
ations in an endeavor to to get commissions, this is an ex
cellent opportunity for a person who can pass required ex
aminations to receive a commission in the higest branen « '
the United States Army. It is not known as yet whether a
commission necessary means a ctive service or not. As
soon as the application blanks and instructions arrive a
call will he made for those who desire to take the examin
ations to make applications to the of:ice of Gov. Higgs o *j
some other place which will he designated.
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HOW ALASKA WILL SELECT i
ITS OFFICERS FOR WAR SERVICE.!
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Governor Iiiggs has received the following instruct-j
ions from the war department regarding applications for'
commissions in the Engineer’s Reserve Corps.
The examination hoard will only receive application ;
for appointment in grades of first lieutenant and captain,
and only those applicants meeting the following require
ments will he considered, viz:
Age limits For the grade of first lieutenant, 32 to 38
years: for captain, 3t> to 12. These limits may be slightly
increased or decreased in special cases, except that no one
who is within the draft age will be considered.
Applicants must be engaged in the active practice of
the engineering profession, in one of its various branches
and be in good physical condition.
Professional qualifications and experience — No set
rules have been established. An applicant’s fitness for com
-mission will be determined by the examination board.
All applicants must be citizens of the United States.
No applications will be received from anyone now in gov
ernment service. '
Applications will not be considered from anyone born
in a country with which the United States is at war, or
born in a country allied with a country with which the
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United States is at war, even though he be a naturalized
citizen of this country.
All applicants accepted by the examining board will
be commissioned within 10 days or two weeks, and within
a few days thereafter will receive orders to report at an
Engineer Officers’ Training Camp, either at Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Virginia, or at Camp Humphreys, Virginia,
near Washington, where they will be given a course in mil
itary training previous to being assigned to duty with en
gineer troops.
Applicants must understand, however, that it is re
quired of an engineer officer that he not only be profess
| ionally qualified, but must also possess the requisite qual
ities of leadership and temperament to fit him for the coin
i mand of troops. The case of each student officer will be
carefully considered by a board of officers of the corps of
1 engineers of the regular army, just privious to the com
pletion of his course of insiiuction (unless circumstances
necessitate an earlier consideration) and, as a result of
the showing which he has made, he will either be allowed
to retain his commission, or will be honorably discharged.
1 lie government will all >\v traveling expenses at the
i ate of seven cents per mile to applicants who may he com*
i.i:: - ioned, and they will also receive, while in the training
camp the regular pay of an officer of their rank.
Applicants who receive commissions and are ordered
to camp should provide themselves only with the usual en
officer’s uniform, cap, puttees and tan shoes. For
training purposes the camp authorities will issue them on
memorandum receipt equipment, and will provide the nee
• sleeping accomodations.
The only manner in whicii men between 31 and 42 years
of age may be certified to attend an engineer officers’
g camy is to be ordered there for duty as students
?r having been commissioned in the Engineer Reserve
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WASHINGTON, July 3 — Price
i fix mg in tic; many lias been a failure
, iml pi ofitooring exists everywhere
I says the April buJetin of the Bureau
1 of Lab >r statistics. The upper classes
,w rolling in wealth while the mass
, <*s are in object poverty.
Not daring to tax the people direct- i
| ly, the bulletin says, money is raised
j lor the war by floating loans*. These
i loans although, taken to some extent
; by the wealthy classes are really paid
for by the people who have to pay ex
orbitant prices. With imports out of?
lhe land does not produce enough to
properly sustain life.
Shortly alter the war started max
imum prices were fixed on commodi- i
ties but these says the bulletin, were
evaded by dealers and producers. Ro
| galnticn of the amounts of the necessi
ties sold to one customer was attempt*
| e*d but respited in much illict trading
at high prices with the rich getting 1
the much needed commodities.
i
German government figures show
the cost of living to have increased
i 117 per ’ent hut the bulletin says th°S ;
figures do not show the real fact>. Buy
j ing h asto he illicitily done to get the |
goods and enormous prices have to be I
! paid.
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PEACE TREADY PUTS
RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA
TO TRADE AGREEMENT
NEW YORK, July 3 — The peace
treaty concluded between Austria
Hungary and Russia contains a clause
j which binds the two countries to enter
into negotiations for a commercial and |
j shipping treaty as soon as possible af
j ter the conclusion of a general peace, 1
j say German newspapers. Russia and I
; Austria-Hungary also agree not to
continue an economic or financial war
after the fighting is ended.
NEW RULES FOR
SENDING MONEY
TO SOLDIERS
| Among tho new postal orders re
ceived at the postofucc is one request
jn v postmasters not to receive maga
zines and current literature wnich is
► two or three months old f< r sending
o the soldiers in I ranee, and another
one relating to money orders, as fol
lows:
Postmasters are instmcted to in
form patrons desiring to sent money
to prisoners of war ,in (1 *rmany Aust
ria, Hungary, 1 Bulgaria, or Tuikey, or
jin'tc itory occupied by the said Con*
tizl Powers, that the only methods of
«I’di' g such remittances is through
‘.’a bureau of Prisoner Relief of the
v:r,e i Red Cross, Washington I).
G\, which has been granted a license
, for such business by the War i.
Rom 1.
Postmasters will accept applications
on which the regular .domestic fee
must be paid for domestic money ord
;s payable to the “American Red
. ; o:- ." at Washington, 1). (\ which in
turn will endeavor to forward tin* mon
ey to p isoners without additional cost
Pal'ioas . houiii bo requested to give
the i ;ii and exact name of the payee
i and the location of the prison when
known.
Ah \v o;d . intended for prison
• :»! of w r hc'.l by those countries
•\hie! aic Allies of the L'nited States
i should, v .<ual, he issued on the inter
nal ienal form without charge for fee
mark'.r “Payee a piisoncr of Wai/'
and forwarded to the Kxchange Office
.t Xow York.
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hve” to cramped toes,
crowded feet and the other
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diers and‘.boiisaiiiis of n . u n
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ANNIVERSARY OF ROYAL WEDDING
TO BE CELEBRATED ON NEXT SATURDAY.
LONDON, July 3— (Correspondence of the Associat
ed Cress)— The English people will, on July 6, have the
first opportunity since the days of George III. to celebrate
the twenty-fifth wedding anniversity of their king and
queen and are preparing to mark the event to the fullest
extent that war necessity and war sentiment will permit.
King George and Queen Mary, have decided to accept a
personal silver gift from the city of London and the Lord
Mayor of London is raising a sum of money which will be
bestowed upon some charity their majesties may select in
honor of the anniversity.
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Formal ceremonies of the day will he confined to spec
ial services at St. Paul’s cathedral, from which the king
and queen will go to Guildhall to receive the good wishes of
the city of London. It is presumed that the people will take
advantage of these drives to voice their congratulations.
British writers, deploring the fact that it would be
improper during the war to have elaborate ceremoneis,
point to the contrast between the feeling of animosity to
ward the “German George” of the eighteenth century and
the attitude of the people toward the present king. The
bitterness toward George III. has lost nothing in the re
telling of conditions of that time.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra celebrated their
silver wedding 30 years ago when they were the Prince
and Princess of Wales, and the nation joined in the cele
bration.
USING WHALE FOR WAR PURPOSE.
BAY DSEY, SUFFOLK, England, July 3 — A whale
weighing fourteen tons recently washed up on the shore, is
being utilized for war purposes by the National Salvage
Council. Glycerine obtained will be used to increase the
supply of phosphatic manures for the land.
#YVe are under atate
auperviaiou and the f
law doea not permit $1.
ua to guarantee our II
rate but for over 16
preura we have never jfl
paid lea* than—
No Membership or Withdrawal Fees
We Employ So Solicitors
| THE LAW GUARDS YOUR MONEY
WHEN YOU send them to this insti
m t* tution.
y i'*'cry operation of this Association is
i*! ^°verned and directed by the laws of
B the State of Washington—one of the
$ s too test savings and loan laws in the
a United States.
Ihis is a Mutual Savings Society
and all our earnings, less actual run
l expenses, are paid to those who
I leave funds here, twice each year.
YOU CAN DO BUSINESS WITH US
BY MAIL.
We accept any sum from $1 to $5,000.
Booklet Mailed free.
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| ASSOCIATION I
j Established 1901. |
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