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A. war workers was not without its humorous sidelights, as is shown by a summary of excerpts from the notebooks of war personnel secretaries which has recemtly reached Lyman 1. Pierce, general sec :c-youhommmr.n.c. References were required of all men who sought to be “Y” war work ers and a list of guestions about the applicant was sent to those named as references. Here are a few questions and answers picked at random: What, if any, eccentricity or defect of speech has he? : None, except that he speaks cau tiously, giving the impression of thinking before he speaks. Use tobacco? . No—only two cigarettes a day. Eccentricities of character, if any? He sometimes tells the truth when he should have said nothing. What can you say of his home life? He is peri?etly homest, but highly educates. What is your opinion of applicant’s character? He is a God-fearing man, yet he does not carry same to extremes. What are his qualifications for re ligious leadership? Plays organ. Not much otherwise. What do you know of applicant’s home life? Believe he likes home unless duty calls him elsewhere, = . What is his temperament, nervous or otherwise? - Otherwise. What are his motives in desiring to underta? this work? For the sake of Rhumanity and making his expenses. Agricultural Department To Aid U. S. Soldiers The entire field force of the Depart ment of Agriculture, comprising 24,000 men, has been placed at the disposal of Col. Arthur Woods, assis tant to the Secretary of War, for the purpose of finding positions for dis charged soldiers. Secretary of Agri cuiture Houston has written a letter to all members of his department calling their attention to the need for cooperation in this work and giv ing them specific directions as to finding out how many men are re quired in each employee’s community, hat qualifications are necessary, the rates of pay, etc. The information is not only to be forwarded to the near est U. S. Employment Agency, or to the State Farm Specialist, but also to Colonel Woods at Washington. PHYSICAL RECONSTRUCTION WORK The Office of the Surgeon General of the Army reports that physical re construction of wounded soldiers is new being carried on at fifty-six Army hospitals. Under the guidance of trained reconstruction aids, the men aré being taught useful occupations and trades which they will be able to ake ’:o'd in civil life when discharged 18 cured. fig ® o Casualties In A. E. F. Total 289,701 - _ Casualties in the A. E. F. to date total 289,701 the War Department has announced. Of these 34,145 were killed in action; 14,324 dh:‘:g wounds; 23,276 died of disease; 4,602 died of other causes; 4,744 b ookt taken prisoners; 3,937 missing in action, and 204,743 were wounded. 4 Heaviest losses were sustained by the Second Regular Army Division with 25,076 killed and wounded, and the lightest by the Eighty-eighth Na= tional Army Division, with ninety casualties. e Detailed figures follow: ; _ - Battle i e Division Death Wounded Tota} Second 000000000902 0080000000@® ‘.‘l’ 20,6517 . 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These losses included men who went absent without leave to the front from depot divisions and were killed or wounded. o PLANS FOR CELEBRATIONS A triumphal march of the Allied ar mies through Paris is planned to take place after the signing of the peace treaty, says a press message from the French capital. ¥a England huge pyrotechnic displays are to be the e e ‘ ' Wanted. e Fifty Returning Soldiers to embark on a crusade for a _‘% reconstructed church and nation in the spirit which won the | - victory at Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel. Such men can | be trained in the Christian Ministry, interpreted in modern { = { terms, at the Meadville Theological School. "Literal, prac- j\% | -tical, scholarly. Generous scholarship aid. Two summer | quarters at the University of Chicago. - Summer Quarter | begins June 16, Autumn Quarter begins September 24. | = APPLY FOR CATALOGUE TO REV. F. C. SOUTH- | WORTH, D.D., LL.D., PRESIDENT, MEADVILLE, PA. -éfi chiet feature of the country’'s eolfl“{g bration of peace. In addition to chains. -~ of bonfires on hills and heights - throughout the country, civic author- =" ities are arranging brilliant spectacies '?fla of fireworks. The exhibit of fire works, it is thought, will ‘exceed amy- - * thing of the kind ever seen in Eng- .