(seq. 8)

NEEDED REQUIREMENTS
FOR WAACS, WAVES, SPARS

WAACS
AGE — 21 to 44, inclusive.
WEIGHT — Minimum 100, maxi-
mum 171.
HEIGHT — Minimum 5 ft., maxi-
mum 6 ft.
EDUCATION — No definite spe-
cification, but must pass mental
alertness test.
CITIZENSHIP — Native-born or
naturalized citizen.
DEPENDENTS — No dependents
that cannot be supported other
than on pay derived from WAACS.
RANK — Auxiliary, Equal to pri-
vate in Army.
SALARY — Base pay $50 per
month. As rating changes pay
changes.
LENGTH OF SERVICE — For
duration and maximum of six
months thereafter.
PLACE OF SERVICE — At home
or abroad.
UNIFORMS — Completely out-
fitted by Army.
ADVANCEMENT — After four
weeks' training, auxiliary may ap-
ply for officer candidate school.

WAVES-SPARS
Age — 20 to 35, inclusive.
WEIGHT — At least 95 pounds
and generally in proportion to
height and age.
HEIGHT — Minimum 5 ft.
EDUCATION — At least two
years of high school or business
school.
CITIZENSHIP — Same as WAACS.
DEPENDENTS — No children un-
der 18, even if divorced.
RANK — Apprentice seaman.
SALARY — $50 a month. After
training will be advanced to rat-
ing equal to ability and paid ac-
cordingly.
LENGTH OF SERVICE — Same
as WAACS.
PLACE OF SERVICE — Any-
where within continental U.S.
UNFORMS — Navy gives you
$200 unform allowances.
ADVANCEMENT — Can rise to
chief petty officer and, if educa-
tionally and otherwise qualified,
may apply for officer training.

Phone Nos.

Special telephone lines have
been set up to handle calls at
the Women's Recruiting office,
5 Winthrop sq., Boston. They
are:

LIBerty 4168 — for WAAC
information

LIBerty 4299 — For WAVES
and SPARS information.

Please do not call the regular
Record-American-Sunday Ad-
vertiser phone number for in-
formation concerning enlistment
in the WAACS, WAVES or SPARS

small part time at home, I feel that it
is not enough."

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And from another would-be
SPAR comes this letter:

"I wish I were a SPAR, because
deep in my heart I want to do my
duty. To be able to serve my
country would please me very
much. To me, it will be a fulfill-
ment of a long-cherished with and
knowing, to, that I will be help-
ing to win the war."

Office Hours

The Women's Recruiting Of-
fice at the Record-American-
Sunday Advertiser building, 5
Winthrop sq., Boston, will be
open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
daily except Sunday.