PAGE FOUR THE WOLVERINE THE DETACHMENT NEW AGIDAL SIONAL WOHK Health Situation AIM FOR NEW COURSE BettersAverage Sickness for the past week in the Detachment May IecomePart of Pre- second training detachment has been sent Training Organization with lower than the average cantonment cases. From Jn 22 to 29 the per- centage of sickness i the three com- panies of the detachment was .026. Actual signal work, similar to that Company C still holds the record in the war zone, will be given to the for having the lowest number sick, 17 300 or more signal men detailed to having reported. Company A was Ann Arbor about July 15, of the con- second with 20,iand company B third tract is signed. There will be froi with 49. four to six officers, and the signal .A large number of the sickness cas- corps probably will become a part of es were caused by the inoculations the training detachment. Captain for typhoid, and after the men have Ralph H. Durkee will be in command been inoculated the third time, the of- of both the signal corps and the train- ficials hope to have a lower sickness ing detAhment, according to inform- report. ation given out last night. --- The signal corps men will be thor- DETACHMENT ENTEBTAINE BY' oughly equipped with buzzers, tele- PIANIST AT Y. . C. A. TENT phones, telegraph instruments, wire- less equipment, and other signal ap- The detachment were entertained paratus. last night at the Y. M. C. A. tent by Take Field Practice Mr. Diamond, a pianist of exceptional Important war problems, and actual ability. The men sang many songs, field practice will be given to the and seemed to enjoy the entertain_ men. The work will consist of regu- ment. Different kinds of entertain- lar hours for drll, field work, and ment -will be provided by Mr. Her- study. mann, who is in charge of the Y. M. An idea of the variety of work plan- C. A. work here. ned can be obtained by an imaginary Saturday night Prof. Henderson, sketch of what the men would do un- the Cannon sisters, and Mr. Wieland der war conditions if Ann Arbor were provided a two hour entertainment facing utter destruction from the Hun, for the men. The tent was crowded Problems of Work with young men. The work promises to be a success as it progresses. One has to take it for granted that tbeascsasiporss there are various batteries of artill- ery on the highest hills of the city. Quartermaster Takes Barracks The headquarters is located in the Barracks No. 2 has been turned rear. Corrections for gun range over to Quarteramster Stotter. The come from the signal corps headquart- men of the detachment, who former- ers which would be located a trifle ly bunked in this barracks, have been in the rear of the guns. An imaginary transferred to the guard room of Wa- enemy is also attempting to creep terman gymnasium. Barracks No. 2 through the lines, and the signal men will be used entirely for the hous- are supposed to be making defensive ing of clothing and other government plans. Offensive plans will also be articles. made. Communication from the guns to and from headquarters is made Letters Make G td Tine by wireless, telegraph, and tele- Several letters were recently re- phone. ceived by Ann Arbor men from the Repair Lines front line trenches in eleven days, ac- Under the conditions enumerated cording to information obtaised here. above, the signal men would Aave the This is one of the fastest records added problem of laying and repair- known to postal authorities, as the ing their own communication lines. usual time for a letter to travel from When communication is cut off by the front line trenches to the United wireless, telegraph and telephone, the States is about 26 days.' other methods of signalling, ouch as - ______ the wigwarg, are adopted, and the - Nearly All Have Uniforms messages transmitted to the correct Practically the entire detachment places. has been given their uniforms. Com- There will be some theory connect- pany A men have been issued their ed with the signal corps work, but the bats, cords, leggings, and shirts. The majority of the experience obtained in remainder of the equipment will the training will be practical and ap- probably be issued by the middle of plicable. the week, provided the material ar- rives. THE Farmers & Mechanics Miss Alice Evans is at Boston Miss Alice Evans, physical director for women, is at preent at 22 River street, Boston, Mas Miss Evans is SOUTH MAIN STREET takingaa three months course in the CORNER HURON hospitals of Boston to fit herself for STATE STREET OFICE orthopedic reconstruction work in the 330 SO. STATE STREET base hospitals. At the completion of her course Miss Evans hopes to go A Good Strong Bank With Every Banking Need to France for service. COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE O F AVIOMDILE GINED Progressive As"embly Principal Is Basis of Instruction for Class Work (This is the third article on the his- tory of the first training detachment written by a member of the detach- ment.) The work given the automobile me- chamis is now arranged on a sort of progressive" assembly principle. The men do certain specified tasks daily and go right through the school from one branch of their course to the next in order, until the entire auto- mobile has been covered. Lectures and oral and written quizzes augment the work of the shops and labora- turies. Motor Trucks Sent Sixteen standard army motor trucks have been sent to the campus and these have proven the center of interest to everyone since the hour they rolled carelessly through the streets. It is the ambition of every man assigned to the school to learn how to handle the "big brutes" and rivalry is keen to qualify for this honor. Recommendations tending to make the gunsmith course of greater value have been brought forward by the as- sistants to the School Supervisor. De- spite the fact thatmany men went into the gunsmith school with no pre- vious experience along that line, there was not enough work outlined to keep the men busy throughout the entire course and a number of ad- vance exercises were arranged. An- other drawback to turning out high class gunsmiths, in the opinion of the instructors has been that there were not enough models of guns available to make actual work on ordnance possible. Fifty guns of obsolete types were sent for this purpose but in the absence of rifles for use in drilling, they were requisitioned much of the time to be used in training. Machine Guns Needed Some machine guns are also want- ed for study purposes. Old types or guns damaged beyond redemption would do, say the instructors. There would even be no objection to using some guns captured from the Ger- mans, the accumulation of which must be interfering with the march toward Berlin of the first million Americans in France. In the carpentry course it was found that the manuals did not pro- vide sufficient work to keep the men busy for the entire training period either. Most of the men assigned to this section were experienced carpen- ters and made very rapid progress. The conclusion was also reached that carpenters can be trained with best results when placed on actual con- struction work. This was made possi- ble for the first detachment by put- ting the carpentry students at work on the cantonment type buildings erected for chassis repair classes of the second detachment. Developed as Specialists In the machinist branches, on the contrary, enough work was outlined to keep a corps of good mechanics employed for six months, so the men were developed as specialists in cer- tain lines within the field of their work. (Concluded Wednesday) Mimeographing and Typewriting. O. D. Morrill, 322 S. State St. (Over Baltimore Lunch.)-Adv. 3-tf Chinese aidAmerican Dishes OPEN ALL SUM1MER Try GEORGE'S CHOP SUEY A . KINGLO 0 014 S. State St. Phone 1244-M Majority of Men Have Education Tabulation of the questionnaires given the 711 men of the second training detachment show that the majority of the men had an education above the eighth grade. Two of the members of the detachment are uni- versity graduates. The classification was, 13 per cent have an education below the eighth grade; 15 per cent went through high school; 71 per cent haev an educa- tion above the eighth grade level; and less than one per cent, university a graduates. A Asummary of experts was also taken, and 75 of the second train- ing detachment, or 11 per cent, quali- fled as experts in some one line or other. The records of experts was as tfololws: Twelve expert motor truck drivers; 11 expert chauffeurs; expert structur- al steel and iron workers; 3 expert undertakers; 4 expert pipe fitters; 3 expert butchers; 2 expert printers; 1 expert crane operator; and 1 ex- pert barber. Y. i. C. A. TO ERECT ANOTHER. TENT FOR DETACHMENT MEN Mr. A. L. Nevin, of the National War Work Council, was in Ann Arbor yesterday afternoon. Mr. Nevin is Su- perintendent of war buildings for the middle west. He looked over the buildings for the mechanics, and he is going to erect another large tent for the Y. W. C. A. work here. The present headquar- ters has been found to be entirely too small for the men. Detachment Organizes Rand First try-outs for the detachment band were held at the band stand at 7:30 o'clock last night. A large num- ber of the men signified their miten- tions of forming a band, and as soon ,as instruments arrive, regular prac- tices will be held. There will prob- ably be 30 pieces in the detachment pband. Illinois Prexy Speaks at Iowa Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illi- nois, delivered the commencement address at the University of Iowa this year, KNIGHTS OF 'COLUMBUS PREPARE TO OPEN T11 Plan to Have Three Entertainme Weekly and Mass Every Sun- day Morning Members of the Knights of Col bus have erected their regular tent on the campus between Wa man gymnasium and the chem building. The tent arrived early 3 terday morning, and was erected yesterday afternoon; It will proba be officially opened Saturday nigh Accommodations will bermade 300 men. The men in charge of work plan to have three entert ments a week, and mass every Sun morning. The enitertainments will be sim to those given by the Knights Columbus and the Y. M. C. A. in various cantonments throughout country. A motion picture maci has been ordered, and films booke Members of the carpentry squai the second training detachment probably build the benches and m the required desks for the tent. When the members of the first tr ing detachment were in Ann Ar the men had to be entertained in Knights of Columbus club rooms, since there is a larger number men detailed at the University, the mand was too great for the small commodations. The situation solved by the erection of the war t * There will be a military a sembly at 4:15 o'clock this af * ernoon near the cement bleac * ers on Ferry field. These dril * will be held every afternoon e: * cept Saturday from 4:15 to 5:4 * o'clock. The drills will be i * charge of Prof. Wagner. ; Tb * course will be a complete on * stagting with the simple exercis * and including the more comple * manoeuvers. The tieginner wi * receive one hour credit, and thot * wishing to make drills in the I 0 . T. C. may do so or take ii * credit. 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