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Weekly Journal Miner
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona
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In Philadelphia, rejected U.S. Army volunteers are being directed to manufacturing jobs paying $3.50-$5.00 daily via a new employment bureau at the recruiting station, prompting questions about overly strict army physical standards.
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A new type of employment bureau has appeared in Philadelphia. It is a by-product of the enlistment work of the United States Army recruiting station. Manufacturing firms have appealed to the captain in charge of the station to turn over to them all the applicants who are rejected by the recruiting officers, and he is doing so. Every man refused by Uncle Sam is said to be getting a job paying from $3.50 to $5.00 a day.
The eagerness of private employers to hire these "unfit" men naturally raises the question whether the government isn't making a mistake by turning them down. The requirements of the army are naturally somewhat higher, as regards physical qualifications, than those of most industrial occupations. Still, there's something wrong when a man rejected by the army examiners is snapped up at good wages. It strengthens the impression that the standards applied to army volunteers are needlessly severe.
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Philadelphia
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every man refused by uncle sam is said to be getting a job paying from $3.50 to $5.00 a day.
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A new type of employment bureau has appeared in Philadelphia as a by-product of the United States Army recruiting station. Manufacturing firms have appealed to the captain in charge to turn over rejected applicants, and he is doing so. The eagerness of private employers to hire these "unfit" men raises the question whether the government isn't making a mistake by turning them down. The requirements of the army are somewhat higher as regards physical qualifications than those of most industrial occupations. Still, there's something wrong when a man rejected by the army examiners is snapped up at good wages. It strengthens the impression that the standards applied to army volunteers are needlessly severe.