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" {c) Trade specifications and index of occupations. Def- 

 initions of the many hundred different trades needed In our 

 military establishment were prepared after exhaustive study, 

 and were brought together In a book, "Army Trade Speci- 

 fications." This index is an indispensable reference for Staff 

 Corps and camp personnel officers in securing the skilled per- 

 sonnel needed. 



"(^) Tables of occupational needs and personnel specifi- 

 cations. Tables were prepared showing in detail the needs 

 for skilled workers in each sort of platoon, company, regiment, 

 or other unit. These tables were studied, criticized, and ap- 

 proved by army units at the front In France, and later formed 

 the basis for organizing quickly the newest divisions. Out of 

 these occupational tables have developed the Personnel Speci- 

 fications which have now been completed for the enlisted 

 personnel of four hundred different kinds of organizations. 



" (<?) Trade tests. To increase the accuracy of selecting 

 skilled workers among the enlisted men, a system of practical 

 trade tests was devised, standardized, and installed In twenty 

 camps. At the time of the armistice about 130,000 men who 

 claimed occupational skill had been trade tested. 



" (/) Personnel work for officers. Qualification cards for 

 officers, furnishing a record of occupational, educational and 

 military experience and a rating by superior officers, were 

 developed and put into use throughout the army. These 

 cards are filed In Washington, and duplicates filed in the cus- 

 tody of the Division commanders for their own use In assign- 

 ing their officers. 



" {g) Rating of officers. A uniform system of rating offi- 

 cers was developed. This rating system was first Installed in 

 the Officers' Training Camps as an aid in selecting candidates 

 for commissions. Later It was used In selecting candidates 

 for Officers' Training Schools. Now Its use is universal both 

 in America and in France as a means of securing every three 

 months a rating on every officer as an aid in determining 

 promotion, demotion, discharge, and appointments to the 

 Officers' Reserve Corps. 



(A) Commissioned personnel specifications. Definitions 



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