Your Opportunity.

Mr. Disabled Sol

apparatus by means of which the welder controls and regulates the current. Welding sets may be stationary or portable. The ordinary dier, it has been equipment of the welder consists of carbon and metal electrode holders, said that oppor- carbon and metal electrodes, a shield or a hood for protection against tunity knocks once at every the glare of the arc, cold chisels, hammer, and wire brush.

man's door, and

knocks but once. Safety and Hygiene.

the Government

There is a great deal of truth in There is no danger from electric shock, as the low voltage employed this. Opportunity is knocking at can not injure the welder, but the glare of the arc is very injurious to your door when the eyes, and in order to protect himself the welder makes use of a authorities offer shield or a hood. These are fitted with a small opening in front conyou the generous service of Uncle taining colored glass or several glasses of various colors, through which Sam in helping the welder watches his work. The worker must also be careful not to you to go "over the top" in civil leave any part of his body exposed to the light of the arc. The sanitary life successfully.

FIG. 8.-One type of portable apparatus used in street railway work. Operator about to turn on

Doesn't it?

conditions of indoor work are usually satisfactory; those of outside work

Training counts. do not differ materially from other outdoor occupations.

You know it

counts, for it was Disability.

training that

helped you to

beat the Hun.

What has been said under resistance welding regarding disability

It will count with and the choice of a vocation applies equally to arc welding.

you if you take

advantage of the

UncleSam is mak

Operations in arc welding vary widely according to the nature of the opportunity job. The extent to which a handicapped person may successfully ing for you. You perform these operations is dependent primarily upon the character never understood of his disability and the nature of the work. It would be inadvisable what real training meant until you for one who has trouble with his eyes, lungs, or nervous system to take joined the Army. You now under- up arc welding. The welding operation in itself is one of manipulating stand what train- the electrode. The metal electrode is the one generally used, and ing means. Take it necessitates but one hand for its manipulation. On many jobs

it.

therefore it is possible to weld successfully with but one arm, provided there is enough of a stump left in the other arm to permit the use of an artificial appliance with which to handle electrode rods. Of course where the carbon electrode is used it is necessary to hold the welding rod in the other hand; but where a hand is missing this purpose can in most cases be successfully accomplished through the use of an artificial appliance. It is possible on many welding operations, especially in repetition jobs in manufacturing, to work in a sitting posture. In some instances, however, and particularly in the case of general repair work, the welder has to adapt himself to the job, and this

requires flexibility and strength of body, as the welder may not only have to stand up for many hours of the day but also to assume stooping or strained positions.

Training.

Arc welding is not only an art but a science as well. The process has reached such a stage of development that well-trained welders are needed who possess not only the required manipulative skill, but the necessary technical knowledge as well, and who are thereby in position to contribute to the further extension and improvement of the process. The aim of the training contemplated is to make just such a welder of you. The duration of the course will vary to suit the requirements of each individual case.

A very important function of such reeducation is to help you in getting accustomed to your disability and overcoming it.

Previous Experience.

neck up you may

Heads, you win! Arc welding is one of the occupations in which a man's previous From the neck experience and training may prove to be of very great value. In fact, worth $1.50 per down you may be the greater a man's mechanical skill and knowledge of metals, the day; from your better equipped he is to become a really good welder. Any experience be worth any price, provided you may have had as a blacksmith, machinist, boilermaker, sheet-metal you will get preworker, or in other kindred occupations will be sure to prove of benefit. pared to do well the occupation A man who was an oxy-acetylene welder previous to incurring his dis- which you and ability stands a fine chance to become a first-class arc welder.

Employment.

the representatives of the Federal Board find to be most suitable for you with your

Arc welders are well paid, and the more skilled they are the higher handicap. wages they will command. Arc welding has grown very rapidly

why not consider

within the last few years, both as regards improvement of apparatus, Life in the open. development of technique, and extension of its application to industry. Civil engineering There is no doubt that it has before it a future of even greater expansion open. If you like means life in the and development. The applications of the process may be broadly this kind of life, classified into two groups-i. e., use in manufacturing, where the same civil engineering? operation is repeated over and over again in quantity production; and you are adapted to it you can find repair work, which is of a varied nature and in many instances calls for out about this by talking to the repconsiderable ingenuity and skill on the part of the welder. Electric resentatives of the welding is used to a considerable extent throughout the country, and Federal Board. it will be possible in many instances to find employment in the locality

you prefer.

If You Do Not Applications.

Take Training?

Arc welding is very extensively used in industry both for repair work You will go back and manufacture. To enumerate all these various applications would

home

handicap, worth

less below the require a volume in itself and would probably not even then be comneck possibly plete. Some of its more general uses are given below.

than ever before.

The only way you

Steam railways.-The process is very extensively used by the railcan overcome this roads of the country, principally in repair work. A large part of this

after the hospital authorities have done all they can for you is by making yourself worth more above the neck. That means training. The Government will provide this for you entirely free of charge. Your instruction will be paid for and you and your dependents will be supported while you are getting your education. What is the answer?

Choose the course you want, after consulting with the representatives of the Federal Board. Make up your mind to take the training. After you have gone home on a furlough, tell the

determined

folks that you are work consists of reclaiming cracked, worn, or broken parts of rolling to stock and equipment, such as damaged cylinders, frames, worn engine side rods, engine cross heads, and a large variety of steel castings; The Untrained building up flat spots on locomotive drivers; repairs to fire box; welding

make your future and theirs safe.

Man.

What becomes of

the man who does not take training? He goes back

home to compete with normal men who are not handicapped. After a few years, the disabled man can no longer rely upon patriotism to hold him in a position where he can not do the work in competition with the trained normal man. He is too proud as an exsoldier to be sustained by charity. There is only one way out for him, and that is to take training so that he can maintain himself in the after years with dignity as an ex-soldier of

the Republic, able

FIG. 13.-A typical case requiring the welder to adapt himself to the

to carry on in flues in flue backsheet; repairs to shop tools, etc. The work is carried civilian life suc-on in the railroad shops or engine houses. cessfully just as he did in war.

Electric railways.-The process is used to quite an extent by electric railways. It is applied to the repair of tracks, switches, and crossings, and to reclaiming broken or otherwise damaged equipment, such as