Army Recruiting News ~ Jun-Jul 1925

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A BULLETIN OF RECRUITING INFORMATION ISSU ED BY DIRECTION OF THE ADJUTAN T GENERAL OF THE ARMTf^" JUNE IS, 1925

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WJZ's Contribution to the U. S. ArmyEARLY in 1922 Mr. Charles B. Popcnoe conceived the idea of a monthly Army night broadcasting program to be rendered to the public viaStation WJZ, operated by the RadioCorporation of America and under hismanagement.He approached Major General HarryC. Hale, then commanding the 2nd CorpsArea, with headquarters at GovernorsIsland, who became much interested.Early in the summer of that year, as aresult, a series of monthly talks wasbegun, featured before and after by aconcert of the 16th Infantry Band. Thesetalks covered a wide range of militarysubjects and were rendered by GeneralHale personally until the return of General Bullard from South America somemonths later.General Hale soon convinced GeneralBullard that this broadcasting was a goodthing for all concerned, to such an extent, indeed, that the program became anofficial piece of military broadcasting andthe relations between the Army and theRadio Corporation of America wereplaced in the hands of the Assistant Chiefof Staff, G-2, Corps Area headquarters.The programs have continued along theabove lines since.General Bullard soon becoming toobus}- to care for the monthly speeches,G-2 substituted other general officers,such as division commanders and bureauchiefs from Wa shingto n. This plan isstill in effect.Among the officers who have takenpart in these programs are Major Generals Harry C. Hale, Robert Lee Bullard,Ret., William Weigel, William J. Snow.Mark L. Hershey, Eli A. Helmick, RobertC. Davis, Malin Craig, Merritt W. Ireland, Kenzie W. Walker, Harry Taylor,and Tames G. Harbord, Ret., now Presilent of the Radio Corporation of America; Brig. Generals William S. Graves,Amos Fries, Johnson Hagood, C. L.Ruggles, and John Ross Delafield, President of the Reserve Officers' Associationof the United States ; and Colonels M.B. Stewart and William N. Haskell. Thisgroup of officers, included among whichare the present and former commandersof various of our corps areas, departments, and war time divisions, as well asThe Adjutant General, the chiefs of mostof our branches and the Commandant ofcadets at West Point has given throughthe courtesy of WJZ, the population ofthe Eastern coast of the United States abetter appreciation of what the Armymeans to America in time of peace aswell as in war.Station WJZ is the second oldest broadcasting station in the United States, beingfirst erected early in 1921 at Newark,N. J., moving to New York City on MayPage Tzvo

15, 1923. It is a 1 k. w. station, operating present located on the Aeolian Building,on a wave length of 455 meters and at 33 West 42nd Street, New York City.

A Canvasser's Daily Progress RecordBy Major MALCOLM P. ANDKUSS, CAC, Recruiting Officer, Buffalo, N. V .

:i the final analysis it is the moraleenthusiasm of the individual can-A vasser that spells success or failure inrecruiting production. If canvassing isallowed to degenerate into plain routineduty nf a perfunctory nature one of thevital elements of the activity is beingseriously overlooked and must of neces

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Thesity sooner or later result in lost motionand inefficiency.When we speak of competition in arecruiting sense we naturally think of thenumber of enlistments procured by theefforts of the individual canvassers. Theirmission, as those of us who are continually face to face with the problem wellknow, is a most difficult one to accomplish and we should be constantly thinking of ways and means to assist them ingaining their objectivekeeping them"pepped up," to use the parlance of theday.If you and I are competing with eachother in the recruiting field it follows thatwe are intensely interested in our relative standing from day to day. If you areleading by one man or so isn't it naturalthat I should go out and "scratch gravel"just a trifle har der ? He rein lies thepsychology of competition.In order to take advantage of this truththe "Recruiting Canvassers' Daily Progress Board" has been devised for use inthis district. It consists of a finishedboard, 30 inches by 40 inches, on whichappear the names of canvassers, the daysof the month and number of enlistments.

The board proper is stained aflemishoakcolor with white vertical lines. The daysof the month and the number of enlistments are also entered in white. The tabson which the names of the canvassers appear are painted red with black letteringThese tabs slide across the board in undercut grooves. The board is hung on the

Boardwall in the orderly room next to the bulletin board and is brought up to dateevery morning. It is the center of interesteach morning and has paid for its cosmany times over in results obtained.(Note: There are a number of blueprints of the board available and a copywill be gladly furnished those interested.)A white print, embodying the same features as described above, is hung on thewall in the main office and furnishes aready reference. This is mounted on abeaver board backing and is operated bymeans of small red pins.In order that the sub-stations may bekept in touch with the production situation a form is made up covering each tenday period and a copy sent out to eachout of town canvasser. This form list-all the canvassers and stations, the number of applicants brought in by each, thenumber accepted, those enlisted, those rejected for physical or other causes, elopements, declinations, failures to report, etc.Although this daily production activityinvolves a little extra work it is felt thatthe results obtained warrant its embodiment in the routine administration of theoffice.


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The Flag of the United StatesW IT H a very few exceptions, theStars and stripes is the oldestnational standard and ensign inthe world. That of Denmark, the colors ofSavoy, a red swallow-tailed flag with awhite cross, was adopted in 1219, and isthe oldest of European national flags.The second in order of age in Europe isthe flag of Switzerland, a red field with awhite Greek cross, adopted in the 17thcentury . In 1698, Pete r the Great ofRussia established the Order of St. Andrew, the symbol of the patron saint ofthat country, an X-like cross of bluewhich has been placed on a great varietyof flags.

The standard of Spain was establishedin 1785; the tri-color of France in 1794;the standard of Great Britain, a blue fieldbearing the conjoined crosses of St.George, St. Andrew, and St. Patrick, in1801. Portugal's national flag came intobeing in 1815, the ensign of the GermanEmp ire in 1871, that of the United Kingdom of Italy in 1861, and the flag of theNetherlands. 1806, in which year it waslast changed.The national ensigns of China andJapan had their origin at a more remoteperiod than those of any other nation nowin existence. The present flag of Japan,however, dates from 1859, and the Chinese standard was not announced to foreigners as a national ensign until 1802.The Hags of the Thirteen Colonies, before the birth and adoption of the Starsand Stripes, were many and varied. Tlured cross of St. George was in use in

Developed Through Nearly A Century and A Half of Conflict

an d ProgressMassachusetts until 1635 as the acceptedstandard of the Pur itan s. In November,1634, complaint was recorded that JohnEndicott had defaced the English ensignat Salem. Endicott, a court assistant, hid cut out with his sword a partof the red cross in the flag hanging before the governor's gate, declaring that itsavored of popery. For this insult tuthe king's colors he was removed fromoffice and disqualified to hold any publicof lice fur one yea r.Endicott was not without sympathizers.Soon after some of the militia refused tomarch under the symbol that to them wasidolatrous. A grave controversy followedwhich was not concluded until December,1635, when the military commissionersdesignated colors for each company, leaving out the red cross in all of them. Itwas summarily agreed that the king'scolors should be displayed from shipsand from Castle Island, Boston, the latter belonging to the king, and this flagcontinued in such use until the establishment of the Cromwellian commonwealth.An interesting standard of this period,the oldest purely American flag, was thatwhich was designed in England about1660 for use by the troops of Middlesex,Suffolk and Essex counties, Massachusetts. Under the folds of this historic flag

the soldiers of the three counties tookpart in King Phillip's Indian War, and itwas carried to Concord by the MinuteMen of B edford on the fateful morningof the 19th of April, 1775, in response tothe cry of Paul Revere, "The British areComing!"Other flags there were, especiallythrough the early days of the Revolution.The most notable of these were the varieties of the pine-tree flag, some of whichbore the motto, "An Appeal to Heaven,"the rattlesnake flag and an improvisedensign raised over Fort Johnson, SouthCarolina, after the place had been captured in resistance to the Stamp Act.Under the latter flag, a blue field withthree white crescentsone for each company of the volunteer force which tookFort Johnsonthe Declaration of Independence was proclaimed to the peopleun August 8, 1776.The origin of the flag with thirteen alternate red and white stripes, representing the United Colonies, with the subjoined crosses of St. Andrew and St.George in a blue field, which was raisedon Prospect Hill, Cambridge, on the firstday of January, 1776, has never been officially determined. A monument of granits was erected on the spot some years agoto mark the _ place where the Union flagwas first raised. This monument bearsthe inscription : "On this Hill the UnionMag, with its thirteen stripes, the emblem of the United Colonies, First badedefiance to an enemy, January 1, 1776.(Continued on Page Eleven)

Ma chine used by Quartermaster Corps for stitching stars on five flags at one operation Page Three


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The March of the Mounted Riflemen" U N E 1, 1849The whole outfit wascarefully examined today, that itmight be put in as good a conditions our time and means would permit;and it required but litt le e xperience tosee that the condition of the mules wasnot such as to justify the command's

leaving for the Columbia River withany certainty of arriving there withoutaccident.The mules were principally thosebrought from the Rio Grande in the fallof 1848 and were wintered in the vicinityof Fort Leavenworth by contract. Theyhad been badly taken care of, and whenthe spring commenced there was not sufficient time to put them in proper condition for the match. Many of them werepartly broken down by former hardservice; others were wild and it seemedalmost impossible to break them to har

ness. They had just completed a journeyof three hundred and ten miles, in veryunpleasant weather. The citizen andsoldier teamsters were entirely incapableof driving, with the exception of a fewof the former who had been in Mexico.The responsibility which was about todevolve on me, to transport the troopssafely to the Columbia River, determinedme not to take the charge on myself with' out letting the department know the condition, at least, in which I found things.Although I did not consider that anyonewas to blame, since the march commenced,I prefe rred calling for a board ofsurvey, and it was convened. The boardinspected the animals, and passed theiropinion upon them, and out of the wholenumber, condemned one-third, as I wasunoffkialy informed. Although this wastheir opinion, I never was able to obtaina copy of the report, as they committedan informality, which caused the proceedings to be annulled.This was the aspect of affairs when Itook charge of the department, and relieved the officer who had accompaniedthe troops to Fort Kearny.June 2This day was passed in makingour papers and arranging the train. Thecommand moved about four miles above,to change their encampment, get bettergrazing, and be nearer to the water.

An order had been issued by ColonelLoring separating the command intothree divisions of two companies each,which were to march at an interval offive miles between the first and thirddivisions, and encamp in the same order,until otherwise changed. This necessarilyseparated me from the greater portionof the command, and confined me for atime to a division, changing from one tothe other as my services were mostrequired.Page Four

Wherein the Expedition Q M Tellsof the Journey From Ft. Kearny

to Ft. Laramie{Continued from June 1 Number)

Having only Lieutenant Frost with meas acting assistant quartermaster, whowas in charge of the regimental train,and similarly situated, I was compelled totrust much to the agents, which greatlyincreased my responsibilities, as it wasexpected that I would not only see thatthe property was taken care of, but thetroops properly transported.June 3It became necessary, beforeleaving Fort Kearny, to increase thesubsistence stores, which called for additional means of transportation. I wastherefore compelled to resort to ox teams,being the only transportation that couldbe obtained at the postand we werevery fortunate even to get this. I placedthem under charge of a wagon-master,to proceed directly on to Fort Laramiein company with the emigrants withoutbeing governed by the movements of theexpedition, as we were required to makeshort marches in consequence of the delayof the beef-contractor, and it would enable them to get considerably the start ofus.June 5Large trains could be seen thismorning wending their way along on bothsides of the Platte. The river here isnearly three miles wide, interspersed withislands, some of which are thinly coveredwith very small cottonwood and willow,but in many 'instan ces they are entirelybare.Our march was only eleven miles today, as it has been but little more thanchanging camping-grounds since leaving Fort Kearny, it being necessary towait for the contractor, who was hourlyexpected, before we could proceed. Thisgave the mules and horses an opportunityof recovering from their march fromFort Leavenworth.Having arrived in camp early today, Ioverhauled the wagons which containedthe lumber intended for such repairs aswe might require on the route, and foundthat we had but very little along with us,there being but four pair of hounds andeleven tongues, which was a scanty allowance for the repairs of one hundred andsixty wagons, that were to pass overrough roads for two thousand miles. Ihad no desire to send back for timber,which had been done previous to myarrival, same fifty milesrather preferring to trust to a good trail and theimprovements of teams and teamsters.June 6Whether from the alarm of thecholera or distaste for soldiering, I amunable to say, but desertion at this time

is rapidly increasing. Four men ran offlast night, taking a complete outfit withthem. This was not very unexpected tous, when we consider the material ofwhich the regiment is composed, whomerely enlisted, it is well known, for thepurpose of getting! comfortably transported to California at the expense ofthe Goverment, and not from any partiality for the profession of a soldier.June 7Today buffalo were seen forthe first time, which created no little excitement. W e had been hoping for several days to be gratified with a sight ofthem, for the road was entirely destituteof interest, and we were much pleased onhearing the news that game was nearus.June 9Mr. Wilcox (the guide) wentover the bluffs last evening on ahunting excursion, this being a fine section of country for buffalo and antelope,but returned, after traveling twentymiles on the prairie, without being successfula disappointment seldom knownto a hunter along the Platte before thisspring.This valley has been heretofore a greatrange for game of all kinds. Herd s ofbuffalo, consisting of thousands, wereseen grazing at one time a few yearssince; but such has been the effect produced on them by the immense emigration this spring, that it has driven thegame far beyond the bluffs; and the buffalo seldom return to the river exceptwhen forced to do so for want of water,and then in small numbers. Their rangeis now on the head waters of the Blueand Kansas Rivers, and from thence tothe Arkansas. I have no doubt, if the emigration continues a few more years aslarge as it is this year, not one will befound along the border of the Platte, ornear Fort Kearny, where they have beenknown to approach the out-buildings,apparently for shelter in the winter.Within the last four days the command had lost several men by the choleraand it had every indication of increasingamong them. On the fourth two mendied, and one on the seventh and DoctorMoses and Smith were seriously attackedby it, who were the only two physiciansalong with us to attend the three divisions into which our troops were divided.I had seen so much of it between FortsLeavenworth and Kearny, that I didhope the command would, before ourreaching it, be entirely clear; but it seemed to move as the emigrants did, and wewere destined to keep it among us inspite of every precaution until our arrival in Oregon.June 10Today being the Sabbath, itwas a day of general rest 'among theemigrants. As the command had beenconsiderably delayed since leaving Fort


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U N I T E D ST A T E S A RM Y RE CRU I T I N G N E W SKearny, it became necessary to make upfor lost time; and we therefore did notfollow the good example tg p e bebet by ourfellow-travelers, deeming it more prudentto rest towards the end of our journey,if time would permit us, than at thecommencem ent of it. 1 think, h owever,one day in the week should be taken to'that purpose; it relieves the teams, andprepares them anew for their labor.Today five buffalo were seen. Whenfirst discovered they were running fromthe river across our road, and makingtowa rd the bluffs. It created, as mighthave been expected, a very great excitment; from the highest to the lowestall seemed to be desirous of joining inthe chase, and it was with some difficulty that they were prevented.Several of the officers and men gavechase, and some came up with them,when the firing commenced. One of thebuffalo was singled out, and, taking acircuitous route, received an additionalfire as he passed towards the rear, andbefore being brought to bay there was asmall troop in pursuit of him. He atlast came to a stand, and although writh ing with pain, he would now and thenmake at the nearest horseman who wasdisposed to approach him. One of thesoldiers attacked him sword in hand, giving him a blow over the head, as if hereally thought any impression could bemade upon him.I think I counted sixteen mounted menwho, with revolvers, kept up a regularfire on this poor animal. All seemed to beeager of having the satisfaction of saying that the}- had shot at a buffalo, ifthe)' were not successful enough to killnne. Lieut. Lindsay at last brought himto the ground, and had the credit of being the victor.June 11A short lime before stoppingfor the evening we saw on the opposite side of the river an encampment ofSioux, who immediately struck their

lodges, proceeded up the river, andstepped, nearly opposite to us. A deputation consisting of the old chief and about80 of his party, came over to see us.I his old savage had tried to make him-sell look as respectable as possible, andhad given a coloring, with a little vermillion, to his grey locks, which hungprofusely about his shoulders. Hisi>nlv article of dress was a green frockcoat, not of the latest cut, that reachedto his ankles, and on his shoulderwere an old pair of epaulettes that lookedis if they had seen some serv ice.His leggings, which were of grey cloth,were a substitute for pantaloons.To complete his costume, his cap wasmade of grizzly bear-skin, with a longred feather, supported by a large brassplate in front, and a medal suspendedfrom his neck, made in 1809, with thelikeness of President Madison on oneside. To take the whole group together,with him at the head, would have been ascene for any painter ; for all of attemptsat dress this exceeded any I have everseen among Indians. He felt, no doubt,that he was dressed for the occasion; andwe should have felt ourselves highly honored although it did afford us a littleamusement. This was the celebratedQueue de Boeus, one of the Sioux chiefsfrom the plains.These Indians were very anxious to letus know their great friendship for thewhites, and expressed much pleasure atseeing so many white warriors. Theywere very inquisitive in wishing to knowhow far we had come, where we weregoing, and how long we would be traveling, and ended their visit, as is usualamong them, by asking for provisions anda few presents, which the Colonel gavethem. This was a war party who had beenin pursuit of the Pawnees.June 12The night was cloudy, and themorning quite chilly. The command leftat six o'clock, and traveled about twelve

miles to another ford, which we found,upon examination, to be too deep. Thebottom was very uneven and filled withquicksand. One squadron crossed, aftermuch difficulty. It was thought to betoo deep to venture the train, and as thetrail led further up the river, the colonelwith the two guides, Lieut. Frost andmyself, followed it about thirteen milesto where it crossed, leaving the commandat the middle ford, where they made theirencampment for the night. Findin g thebottom of the upper ford much moreeven, and less quicksand, we determinedto cross at this place, and returned againto camp, which we reached at seveno'clock p. m., in time to get clear of asevere thunder storm that was fast gathering.June 13Our tents were left to dry,which prevented us from getting off earlythis morning . The divisions left at seven,eight, and nine o'clock, making an hourbetween each. We proceeded to the upper

crossing, where we found that the riverhad risen a few inches during the night.This was much against us, being alreadytoo high to risk the trains.The colonel's carriage was sent over,and reached the opposite side withoutmuch difficulty. We next tried a loadedwagon, drawn by six mules, which wasnearly one hour getting over. The riverhere is 1,090 yards wide, and I began tothink at one time that the wagon wouldnot reach the opposite bank in safety.After this, I had 10 mules attached toeach wagon, and half the supply traindriven in at one time ; and as long as theleading wagon kept moving, the rest followed very well, and got across muchbetter than anyone had supposed.June ISWe left our encampment thismorning at five o'clock, crossing the "divide" between the forks. This is a highlevel prairie, until you approach near thePlatte, where you strike Ash Hollow, a(Continued on Page Fourteen)

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Knobby Plugs the ShootsBy JAY BIRI>

K NOBBY K NO W LK S gave anexperimental puff at his battered briar pipe, flicked theurnt match toward the cuspidorwhich,s every soldier knows, is not a receptacle for match sticks, cigarette buttsor tobacco ash but is merely placed toindicate the general direction in whichsuch tilings should be thrownandleaned back against the wall."It's all right for you young fellowsto scoff at such thin gs," he said, "billnone of you ever went through a campaign like the one I'm telling about. Iclaim them Filipinos are about as slickas any Indian ever was."Since an argument on the comparative cunning of the American Indianand the Filipino hadinvolved them, themen in the recreation room considered it decidedly improper to get up andleave with manyglances and mumblings of disgusttheir usual customwhen Knowlks began one of his outrageous peeps intothe past. Thereforeand also becausethey were one andall unwilling to conc e d e th e mselvcsbeaten without astruggle, they settled themselves ascomfortably as possiblealbeit with alonging look or twoat the doorto listen as the old campaigner unfolded hisyarn. "I* * *

"Knobby," said Bill Harrison one day,"I'm getting terribly tired of pork andbeans, and beans and pork. Seems likewe'll all turn into a legume if we don'tget a change of diet soon. I know wecan't get any supplies from the base until the Army comes along to chase themclanged Igorrotes away, but I'd rathertake a long chance at a bolo than turn intoa bean ! What's more, the other fellowsfeel just like I do and there's gonna bemutiny or something like that if we don'tget something else to eat !""Sh-h -h," I cautioned. "I've thoughtof that. I'm going to slip away tonightnd try for some fish in the river.""Good Lo rd!" he whispered. "Don'tet the C. O. hear you. You know he'srdered everyone to stay in camp exept the sentries and patrols."

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"I know it," I agreed, "but somethinghas got to be done or this whole outfitwdl run amuck."My company had been left in an outlying district in Luzon to hold the greatnative population in checkjust as man)'other companies and detachments weredoing elsewhere. Unfortuna tely for usthe district through which all our communication with headquarters and thebase of supply passed had broken looseagain and a white man's life wasn't wortha Yerilhin dime. The detachment ofthirty men in that section, so our scoutshad informed us, had been surprised andslaughtered by Igorrote headhuntcrs whonow were having a wonderful time playing catch or football with their victims'

stuck a cork into the end of each bamboo shootthink tank s. Such innocent pastimes asthat didn't arouse no enthusiasm whatever in our ranks; there was much toogood a chance to become subject to similar attentions ourselves.As yet we hadn't seen a single signof a hostile native, but there was no telling when they would take it into theirheads to conic after ours. So the C. O.had ordered us all to stay within thecamp, which was only a hundred yardsfrom a broad river and close to enemyterritory, lest a bolo should reach outfrom behind a tree and cut us loose fromthe groundthat is, with the exceptionof a few sentries close to the camp andone or two strong patrols farther outto make certain the jungle was keptclear of lurking kris or bolo wielders.So anyone caught outside of the sentry-

lines was due for a court martial or severe company punishment, unless somehighminded and conscientious soldiershould mow him down with a bullet ongenera l principles. W hich would, in itself, be an effective way to escape punishment, but would likely end all interestin future events.Nevertheless, I was determined to takethe chance to obtain an addition to ourdiet, for since the outbreak in the adjoining district we had run out of everything edible but many slabs of pork andbags of beans. Any way , since Bill Ha rrison was due for a tour of sentry duty,I could slip awa y easily. Bill had quitean outfit of tackle, and being an inveterate fisherman always carried it aboutwith him. Therewere rolls of finesilken line, a lot ofsinkers and fifty or

more small corks tobe used as bobbers.There was no polebut that was not anobstacle since onecould be cut fromthe nearest bamboothicket.So that night Iset out, carrying thewhole outfit, slippedpast Bill's post andmade for the river.There I crawled outon the limb of a treethat hung low andfar out over thewa ter, deciding therewas no need of apole, and soon hadtwo or three linesbaited and lookingfor fish. It wasn'tlong before I hadquite a string of beauties, since they wereawful hungry, but suddenly, happeningto glance up, I lost all interest in fishing.For over on the opposite bank a nearly naked savage had sneaked softly outof the jungle, swiftly scanned my sideof the river, and abruptly disappearedjust as a patr.ol pissed through the treesbehind me. Aft er th e soldiers had goneon out of sight he sneaked out againthis time accompanied by another native. The two searched the other shorewith their eyes, not noticing me apparently, because of the faint light of themoon and the leaves hanging all aboutme. Then one of them waved a handtoward the jungle and twenty or thirtyothers, carrying long, gleaming bolos,and longer pieces of bamboo cane, glideddown to the waters' edge.

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War Medals Await Missing HeroesN INE bits of bronze and colored ribbon and one silver star lie in the safeof The Adjutant General in Washington, awaiting the call of six heroes andthe parents of four others who fell on thefield of battle. Of all the thousands ofawards for valor and distinguished service in time of war only these ten havebeen so far undelivered and the reasonis that their owners cannot be located.Only four of the decorations arcAm erican. The men to whom these havebeen awarded will never wear them forthey earned the tokens of heroism withtheir lives. But the parents or nearestrelatives of the dead heroes have a rightto the decorations and no stone will beleft unturned by the Army recruiters tnlocate them. Strenuous efforts are tobe made to locate the six other heroesalso. If they hive moved from the addresses given on enlistment papers efforts will be made to locate neighbors,friends or relatives who can tell wherethey have gone, for thus far the mailshave been unavailing. The letters havenot even been forwarded.Of the foreign decorations three arefrom France, two from Belgium and onefrom Italy . The list comprises two Bel-Guerra, and two French Medaille d'Honneur des Epidemies. The American decorations are three Distinguished ServiceCrosses and one silver star. One of theheroes was an Am erican nurse and of theother nine one was a captain, one a firstlieutenant, one a f'irs;t sergeant, twosergeants, two corporals and two privates. Two of the posthumous award >are for privates.The names and decorations arc givengian Croix de Guerres, one FrenchCroix de Guerre, one Italian Croce dibelow and are arranged under states toaid recruiters in picking up addresses intheir territories.MinnesotaBellinghamArkman, Frank. No. 1429432, private.Company L, 3O5th Infantry, 77th Division. Posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross by the Commanding General, AEF, March 28, 1919.Residence at time of enlistment: Belling-ham, Minn. Reason for non-deliveryno known relative.CaliforniaFresno .Carter, Car! C, No. 540595, sergeant,Company A, 7th Infantry, 3rd Division.Posthumously awarded DistinguishedService Cross by the War Department,Fe bru ary 17, 1920. Residence at time ofenlistment: Fresno Calif. Reason fornon-deliveryno known relative.OhioToledoMason, Edvjard G., No. 7571203, firstsergeant, Company D, 55th Infantry, 7thDivision. Posthumously awarded theDistinguished Service Cross by the Com

manding General, AEF, January 10, 1919.Residence at time of enlistm ent: Detroit,Mich. Emergency address: John J.Mason, Toledo, Ohio. Reason for nondeliverycan not locate any relative.OklahomaShaw n eeO'Brien, Frank, private, Company B,33rd Infantry, United States Volunteers.Posthumously awarded citation for gallantry in action in the Philippine Insurrection, by the War Department, August 8,1924. Residence at enlistm ent: San Antonio, Texas. Emergency address : GeorgeOlden, cousin, Shawnee, Oklahoma. Reason for non-deliverycan not locate anyrelative.

DISTINGUISHED 5RVIC CROSSOhioS teubenvilleIrons, John K., No. 736749, corporal,Company K, 11th Infantry, 5th Division.Awarded French Croix de Guerre withgilt star. Residence at time of enlistment : 524 Franklin Avenue, Steubenville,

Ohio. Emergency address: Mrs. HarryCrawley, sister, 317 16th St., Monaca, Pa.Address at time of discharge, 524 Franklin Ave., Steubenville, Ohio.EnglandLondonJohnson, Jane H., reserve nurse, ArmyNurse Corps. Awarded French Medailled'Honneur des Epidemies. Latest address : London, England.New JerseyManvilleO'Connor, James, No. 91120, corporal,Company I, 165th Infantry, 42nd Division.Awarded Italian Croce di Guerra. Residence at time of enlistment: 320 9th Ave.,

New York City. Emergency addre ss:Patrick O'Connor, father, Parish of Ar

nogh, County Clare, Ireland. Addressgiven at time of discharge: 320 9th Ave.,New York City. Later address shown asHotel Asbestos, Manville, N. J.MichiganDetroitPollan, Clayton R., captain, Section 537,Ambulance Service. Aw arded FrenchMedaille d'Honneur des Epidemies. Residence at time of enlistment: 220 MayAve., Ft. Smith, Ark. Emergency address : N. R. Pollan, father, same address.Address given on December 30, 1924, as708 Peterboro St., Detroit, Mich.MontanaButteCarle, George A.No. 2261524, sergeant. Company L, 362nd Infantry, 91stDivision. Diploma for the award of theBelgian Croix de Guerre. Residence atenlistment : 37 East Broadway, Buttc.Montana. Emergency addre ss: CharlesCarle, brother, 3236 Sanders street,Butte, Montana.OhioWest ParkFronnvMIcr, Harold P., first lieutenant,363rd Infan try, 91st Division. Diplomafor the award of the Belgian Croix deGuerre. Residence at appointm ent: We stPa rk, Ohio. Address given at time ofdischarge: 855 Jefferson Court, SanMateo, Calif. Emergency address: Geo.Fromw iller, father, R. F . D. 'N o. 1,West Park, Ohio.Any information which will lead tothe delivery of the decorations should beaddressed to The Adjutant General ofthe Army, Washington, D. C.oAlaskan NotesThe American forces at ChilkootBarracks, Alaska, played host to theBoy Scouts of Southeastern Alaskaduring the first two weeks in June. Itwas expected that about 40 boys would goto camp.Sleeping and mess quarters werearranged for the Scouts at the Barracks and an Army cook was supplied. The Scouts were required, asa part of their training, to attend to allK. P. and qua rters details.oOfficers Honor Old-TimerSgt. William Cameron was the guestof honor at a banquet given on April13 at Fort B enjamin Ha rrison on theoccasion of his retirement from theArm y after 30 yea rs' service."Sgt. Cameron has been the NCO incharge of the depot branch at FortHarrison for a long time," Lt. Col.R. S. Woodson, commanding the Indiana District, said in the course of theevening, "and here, as elsewhere, hisrecord of service is excellent. He is asplendid example of the non-commissioned officer in our Army, and his career shows the possibilities that ourservice offers to young men."Page Seven


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UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS

Recruiting Publicity Bureau, Governors Island, N. YAn Army Information Bulletin containing a resumeof administrative reports, statistical tables, rules,regulations, and official notices of recruiting for theguidance of members of the Regular Army, NationalGuard and Organized Reserves

JUNE 15, 1925

Second National Defense TestThe Acting Secretary of War recently issued thefollowing instructions concerning the second National Defense Test to commanding officers of allposts, camps and stations, and commanding gener

als, First Division, First and Second Brig-ades andSecond Coast Artillery District:Pursuant to authority of the President theSecond Defense Test will be held on July fourththis year. The general purposes of the defensetest are to acquaint people with their nationaldefense policies and existing organizational andmuster plans of the Arm}'- of the United Statesas well as to test said plans. Patr iotic dem onstrations should emphasize the historical occasion when Congress first pledged the man power and resources of the country for nationaldefense and should commemorate the sacrificesmade for national defense. Sta te response tothe proposed test is purely voluntary. Instru ctions to be mailed you in a few days are similarto those of last year. Acting Secreta ry of Wa rwill invite coopera tion of all gov ern ors. Copyof teleg ram and letter to you by mail. Initia tewithout delay necessary action last year's provisions requiring test to be conducted withoutextra expense to the Government will apply.

oThe United States FlagJu ne 14, 1925, was the 148th anniv ers ary of theadoption of the Stars and Stripes as the nationalensign of the Un ited Sta tes . The Con tinental Congress, in session at Philadelphia, resolved on June14, \777, that the flag of the thirteen United Statesbe thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; thatthe union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field,representing a new constellation.Elsewhere in this number is printed the story of

the Stars and Stripes and its development throughnearly a century and a half of conflict and progress.Page Eight

CMTC SlogansThe Adjutant General is particularly anxious to receive suggestions for a new CMTC slogan along thelines of the one used heretofore, " Le t's Go ." Amongthose recently sent in are "Clean Men, True Comrades," featuring the first letters of the words "Citizens' Military Training Camps"; "All Americans,"carrying, besides its patriotic ring the suggestion offinal selection of picked m en and supremacy in thefield; "Character, Courage, Citizenship" and "Health,Honor and Happiness."The Recruiting Nezvs will welcome any further suggestions from members of the Recruiting Service andothers who are interested in the CMTC.

The Army's OpportunityThis summer 35,000 young men -will familiarizethemselves with the inner workings of the Army.Each youth will watch the Regular soldier with whomhe will be in close daily con tact. Imp ression s andopinions will be formed which will last a life-timeand be passed on to parents who are vitally interested in the kind of men their sons met at camp.The power placed in the hands of these Regularsoldier instructors to create good will and enhancethe respect of civilians toward the Army is unlimited. Ad van tage should be tak en of this opportunity to instill a wholesome respect for the military service which will be passed on to innumerablefriends.Clean living and physical upbuilding are far betterexemplified by contact with men who are livingexponents of the slogan "The Army Builds Men"than all the text books ever printed.oNational Guard RecruitingIt has recently come to our attention that the245th Coast Artillery (13th CDC, NG, NY) has apparently solved its recruiting problem in a verysatisfactory and com paratively easy man ner. Fromtime to time this regiment stages dual boxing meetswith Regular Army boxing stars. Each enlisted manof the regiment is allotted a certain number ofgeneral admission tickets for his friends of militaryage. The latte r may then exchange these ticketsfor reserved seats by personal request made to anyone of the bat ter y comm anders. In this way theregimental officers establish desirable contact withprospective recruits at the cost of very little timeand effort.

The uniformly high class order of entertainmentprovided by the 245th Regiment assures maximumattendance at all such affairs.


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RECRUITINGNOTESThe United States Army builds Men

Persistency in RecruitingPrrvate Edward F. Ryan, commanderof the sub-station at Lock Haven, Pa.,apparently has a knack for procuringrecruits. While canvassing Bellefonte,Pa., recently, he was warned by severalmen that he would not be successfulin finding prospects in the little townand that he might as well leave. Undaunted, Ryan inserted advertisementsin each of four weekly papers publishedin Belleforte, and determined to stick tohis work until he procured at least onerecruit.While calling for his mail he met aprospect whom he immediately signedup. In a lunch room a few hours later heprocured another who was a memberof the Pennsylvania National Guard1,,and before leaving the town had signedup this man's cousin. The re was sometrouble in getting the guardsman's commanding officer to release him, but thiswas accomplished when Ryan secured arecruit for the Guard troop to replacethe one he had enlisted. Persistenc y pays.

Nashville Recruiters on the JobThe fact that an applicant for enlistment has some minor disqualifying defect does not cause the Nashville Districtto "turn him down" entirely, states Lt.Logan W. Boyd, Infantry, DOL., Recruiting Officer, in charge. It often happens that an applicant has sufficient teeth,but one or more is in such condition thatacceptance is prohibited, or else he may

be under-weight, have a slight remediable defect of vision or not be able toread and write well enough to be accepted. In such cases the Nashville rc-

The Proof of the PuddingHead q u ar t e r s T en t h In fan t ryOffice of the RegimentalC o m m an d erFt . Thomas, Ky. ,March 26, 1925.Subject : Qual i ty of recrui ts received for the 10th Inf.T o : Lieut. Col. Frederick G.Turner, CO, Cincy. Rtg.Dist .1. I desire to expr ess my appreciation to you and your efficient force for the fine type ofrecrui ts received in this regimentfrom your district since enlistments were resumed for theTenth Infan t ry on February13, 1925.D A NA T . M E R R I L L ,Col, 10th Inf.,Commanding .cruiters urge the applicants to have thedefect remedied, and encourage him tokeep in mind the splendid opportunitiesoffered by the service, which he mayenter if he will carry out instructions forthe improvement of his education orremedy his physical defec ts. Lieuten ant

STATEMENT OF ENLISTMENTS AN D REENLISTMENTS

BRANCHES OF SERVICEInfantrv CavalryField ArtilleryCoast ArtilleryAir ServiceCorps of EngineersSignal CorpsQuartermaster CorpsFinance DepartmentMedical Departmen t (M . & D.) ..Medical Department (Vet. C.) . . .Ordnance DepartmentChemical Warfare ServiceD. E. M. L

T O T A L

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th RthCA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA10 6 197 225 287 160 136 128 14618 6 12 42 29 16 76 10944 60 177 79 43 43 68604273271101912

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1891073019523832153922

341014

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11910520

20 21"13 '"8

2169

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16322 632~ 882 625 494 458 369 643

Boyd is of the opinion that if the armyis properly "sold" to the applicant hewill evidence sufficient interest to overcome the causes of rejection. A check onresults proved this contention.One instance of the system employedby the Nashville District is that of anapplicant 21 years of age, 75 inches inheight, of good physique and a capablemusician. W ith the exception of two bad

molars and a few missing teeth thewas advised to seek dental aid, and relurn to the recruiting office for acceptance. Several weeks passed with noword from the man. In the meantime hewas forwarded publicity matter, withspecial emphasis placed on the opportunity for bandsmen. Then came a daywhen the young man appeared with hisfather at the recruiting office. After aconversation with Lieutenant Boyd, thefather of the applicant stated he wouldhave his son seek a dentist and get histeeth in good shape, agreeing to pay thebill himself. Several days later the applicant again appeared and was duly enlistedand forwarded to his proper station.

Without encouragement and "followup' it is a foregone conclusion the applicant would have sought employmentand would not have enlisted.The day to start reenlisting a man isthe day he takes the oath of enlistment.

DURING MAY, 1925Dist . U SA Panama Phil l ip9th of in Hawaiian CanalCA Wash . China Dept Dept.

185 8 2 11 30333762 1013 8 218 15 316 2 1

9 51

32 9313

43 23505 87 2 39 63

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2 1,623346645

1 6021 382

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UNITED STATE5 ARMY RECRUITING NEWSMore Publici ty for Moses

Sergeant Harry C. Moses, DEML-RS,in charge of the Elmira, New York, Recruiting Station, has been procuringmuch publicity in the Elmira papers. Inthe issue of the Telegram of March 15th,1925, there appeared nearly two columnsillustrated with three cartoons and onephotograph, testifying to the activities ofthe Elmira station.One recruit who weighed many poundsover the 200 mark was insistent uponjoining either the Cavalry or the AirService. He was finally persm ded thatneither horses nor airplanes would holdhim and was enlisted in the "big guncorps" instead.Another recruit had trouble with hiseyes and explained that while on his wayto the recruiting station he had entereda bu rning building, to rescue a baby, onlyto find when he reached the street thatthe "baby " was a poodle dog. Th e smoke,he said, had hurt his eyes and he wouldbe all right in few hou rs. Incredib le ashis story seemed Sergeant Moses testedhis eyes the next day and found they weregood. He was enlisted.Among other rookies enlisted by Seriicmt Moses in the last few weeks weretwo full-blooded Sioux Indians.

Harr isburg Distr ict Aids CMTCA radio broadcast of information concerning the CMT Camps was one methodused by the Harrisburg, Pa., RecruitingDistrict in its efforts to insure largerenrollment for the camps in that territory. But the radio broadc ast, which wasfrom Station WABB, Harrisburg, wasnot the only line to which the CMTC activities of this distric t were confined. Atent, the idea of Sergeant McGinnis, waserected in the public square opposite theCourt House, with conspicuous CMTCsigns displayed in front. The tent wasequipped with table, chairs, and an assortment of CMTC advertising, application blanks, etc. A member of the recruiting party in civilian clothes wascontinually in attendance to give information and assist in filling in applications.

A recent visit to a number of sub-stations by Colonel H. S. Wygant, Retired,Recruiting Officer of the district, disclosed that instructions to disseminate allinformation possible concerning theCMTC was being carried out and thatthe enlisted personnel of the RegularArmy recruiting parties was cooperatingwith those in charge of the CMTC procurement work at their respective stations. Colonel W ygan t visited thetowns of Lewistown, Mifflintown, Huntingdon, Tyrone, Ebensburg, Altoona andJohnstown, and distributed literaturegiven to him by the Chief of Staff ofthe Non-divisional Group, Harrisburg.Page Ten

M a s te r Se r ge a n t Tansey Retire*Master Sgt. Michael Tansey, DEML,RS, today concludes a long and honorablecareer in the military service of theUnited States. Enlisting in Battery "C,"First United States Artillery, on March1, 1895, Sergeant Tansey began a militarycareer that was to give him wide andvaried service and earned him the character rating of "Excellent" on all ofhis nine discharges. In thirty years ofloyal and conscientious effort, Sergean tTansey has never been absent withoutleave for a single day. Th e last sixyears of his service has been in the Recruiting Publicity Bureau.It is of the Sergeant Tansey type towhich the older officers of the Armyrefer when they use proudly the term:"The Old Arm y." Possessing qualities

Master Sergeant M. Tanseyof loyalty, sobriety, and constant attention to duty in a marked degree, Sergeant Tansey faces the future with justified confidence of success in whatevercommercial activity he may engage.The retirement of such a splendid soldier is announced with deep regret thatthe Service must lose him, but it has beenwell earned, and the Recruiting Servicecannot but express its high regard forhim and extend to him its best wishesthat his retired life will be full and longand that he may feel with pride the gratitude and appreciation of the Nation heserved so well.

Fort Benning Gets Out BookletA booklet entitled "Opportunities Offered Young Men at Fort Benning, Ga.,"has just been received. Th is is a twenty -two page, well written, interesting booklet printed at Fort Benning, Ga., andgiving general information on training,organizations and amusements at FortBenning. This booklet should be ofgreat value to recruiters.

CMTC ApplicationsThree corps areas on May 31st werewell over their quota of CMTC applicationthe 4th, 5th and 9thwhile the2nd was very close, having a percentageof 99.3 per cent; the 3rd, 92.8 per cent,and the 6th, 95.1 per cent. The 1stCo rps A rea is ahead of its May 31, 1924,number of applications, but behind inpercentage of quota, since the quota isconsiderably higher than last year. The7th and 8th Corps Areas are showing thelowest, having only 54.3 per cent and56.1 per cent, respectively, of their quotas.Last year these corps areas had 71.5 percent and 72.3 per cent of their allotmentsfilled on Ma y 31st. Th e wo rk of accepting applications and ordering the mento camp has been proceeding rapidly, the4th Corps Area having 85.5 per cent ofthe number to be trained accepted andordered to camp on May 31st.

A Plea for ReciprocityA warning note is sounded by ColonelJ. P. O'Neil, 3rd Corps Area RecruitingOfficer, to organization commanders notto forget their men on recruiting duty,for he declares a spirit of appreciationshown to a recruiter by his own regiment, promotion, letters of personal congratulation and other evidences of interest, is bound to result in better work."Th e primary reason for sending menfrom posts and organizations on recruiting duty," says Colonel O'Neil, "is forthem to fill their own home stations. Apost commander complained today. He

stated that a man of his command obtained 30 recruits last month but not oneof them was for that command."This condition, which is more or lessgeneral, can be remedied if, when a manis detailed on recruiting duty, he is notdropped from all consideration by hisown station. As it is now, he is forgotten and he forgets. Then, if he is a natural recruiter, he gets interested in thegeneral work and works for general results."Indianapolis District Busy

The Indianapolis Recruiting District,Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Woodson, U.S. A. Retired, commanding, has been verybusy the last few weeks. Detachmentshave toured the various counties in thedistrict and have been quite successfulin procuring recruits.The recruiting party which toured Sullivan County, Ind., co nsisting of Sergeants Carson, Wheeler, Rozell andForbes, not only secured much newspaper publicity, but gave frequent talksin public schools on such subjects aspreparedness, and education and physical fitness as pertains to the Army.


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UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWSThe Flag of the United States

(Continued -from Page Three)Here was the Citadel, the most formidablework in the American Lines during thesiege of Boston, from June 17, 1775 toMarch 17, 1776."The design of the continental flag wasnot original. In all but one respect it wasan exact copy of the banner of the 'English East India Company whose shipswere frequent visitors in the harbor ofBoston. A flag flown by American vessels in the early part of the Revolution,composed of thirteen horizontal alternatered and white stripes alone, was an exactcopy of a signal flag used in the Britishnavy. Th is ensign, cantoned with theUnion Jack, would have been a counterpart of the continental standard, and it isnot impossible that the American flag wasformed in this way.Most writers agree that the Americanflag was a growth rather than a creation,but there are many conflicting and contradictory accounts of the_ first use in battleof the national ensign as adopted by Congress on Tune 14, 1777. On that date theAmerican Congress, in session at Philadelphia, resolved : "That the flag of thethirteen United States be thirteen stripes,alternate red and white; that the unionbe thirteen stars, white in a blue field,representing a new constellation." Thestandard thus outlined was made by BetsyRoss and delivered to George Washington.On the 3rd of August, 1777, the combined force of whites and Indians underCol. Barry St. Leger that had been haltedin their sweep .down the Mohawk Valleyby the stubborn resistance of the patriotsat Fort Stanwix, saw the first unfurlingunder fire of the national ensign of theUnited States. The fact that this flagwas an improvised affair has led to theclaim that the first actual baptism inbattle of the Stars and Stripes took placeat Cooch's Bridge, in Delaware, on September 3, 1777. The flag raised by Colonel Peter Gansevoort at Fort Stanwixwas made of strips cut from shirtsand pieces of scarlet cloth, with the bluefield from the cloak of Captain AbrahamSwartwout, but in no instance has thewriter found a statement by any historianthat this ensign, improvised as it certainlywas, did not conform to the specificationsestablished by Congress. A bronze tabletset up on the site of the siege of FortStanwix by the Daughters of the American Revolution declares: "A Fort ThatNever Surrendered . Defended August,1777, by Colonel P ete r G a n s e v o o r tand Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett.Here the Stars and Stripes was first unfurled in battle.

Betsy Ross continued to make flags forthe Government for many years, beingsucceeded in the business upon her death

in 1836 by her daughter. The ensignwith thirteen stars and thirteen stripescontinued to be the National emblem untilMay 1, 1795. Vermont was admitted intothe Union on March 4, 1791, and Kentucky on June 1, 1792. _ Previously, thearrangement of stars in a circle had beenchanged to three horizontal rows of four,five and four stars. With the admissionof Vermont and Kentucky, a lengthy debate culminating May 1, 1795, resulted inthe addition of two stars and two stripes,raising the total to fifteen each. The flag-as thus modified remained the nationalstandard for twenty-three years, throughthree wars for the maintenance of Amer-

The American Boy Aids CMTCThe American Boy, a magazinepublished in Detroit, Michigan, isdoing much in the way of bringingthe Citizens' Military TrainingCamps before the young men ofthe country. While in the Eastrecently, George F. Pierrot, managing editor, conferred with officials of the War Department onCMTC publicity. We have justreceived an advance proof of aninteresting story which will appearin the July number, "The Conquestof Company A." This story wasprepared at the request of CMTCofficials of the 6th Corps Area whoare arranging to distribute thousands of reprints of it. The America n Boy reaches more than a million youths of the Nation, ninetyper cent of whom are of highschool and college age. Otherstories of military activities arescheduled to appear in subsequentissues.

ican rightsthe XYZ War with France,1798-1800, with Tripol i, 1801-1805, and theW ar of 1812. It was this flag wavingover Fort McHenry during the assault bythe British, that inspired the writing ofthe "Star Spangled Banner" by FrancisScott Key.Shortly after the change in the flag hadbeen made, Tennessee was admitted intothe Union. This State was followed byOhio, 1803, Louisiana, 1812, and Indianain 1816. Naturally enough, these Stateswanted the same representation that wasaccorded their sisters. W ith the admission of Mississippi in 1817, alteration ofthe flag once more came into serious consideration. A bill was therefore passedby Congress and approved by PresidentMonroe reducing the number of stripesto the original thirteen and increasing thenumber of stars to twenty. Section 2of the bill provided that with each addi

tional entrance of a state into the Union,one star should be added, to take effectthe Fourth of July next succeeding suchadmission. The evolution of the Nationalemblem, therefore, from 1818 to the present day, has consisted solely of the addition of stars in the blue field.In Philadelphia today, where BetsyRoss painstakingly sewed and stitched thethirteen stars and the thirteen stripes ofthe first American flag, the Quartermaster's department of the United StatesArmy turns out all the Army standardsby machinery. A single machine embroiders hundreds of stars in far lesstime than the revolutionary heroine required to sew on one of her cut-out emblems. Only one operator is required forthe Swiss machine that is used. Thisman, with a pantograph arrangement,traces an arm over an enlarged masterdesign, guiding hundreds of needles onfive flags at a time.Parole Regulations ChangedAs a result of a study lately made byThe Adjutant General of the Army achange in Army Regulations governingthe parole of military prisoners confined in disciplinary barracks is to bemade.Since 1915, when the parole regulations for disciplinary barracks wereput into effect, they have worked satisfactorily except in the cases of prisoner s who have been transferred fromUnited States penitentiaries to disciplinary barra cks. Prison ers confined in

United States penitentiaries undersentences of more than one year imposed by civil courts are eligible forrelease on home parole after servingone-third of the period of confinement,whereas prisoners in disciplinary barracks have not been eligible for paroleuntil they have served one-half of thefull period of confinement. Therefore,in the case of prisoners transferredfrom U. S. penitentiaries to militarydisciplinary barracks, such prisonershave suffered on account of the difference in parole regulations as thelength of time necessary to serve before being eligible to parole was increased by the transfer.

The new regulations provide that aprisoner in a military disciplinary barracks may become eligible for paroleafter serving one-third of his sentence,provided that the prison'er will not become eligible for parole until he hasserved at least nine months of his sentence, allowance for good conducttime not being considered.o

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UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWSThe March of the Mounted Riflemen

(Continued from Page Five)deep ravine that runs to the river, and isabout two miles long. The country aboutit is very broken, and we were compelledto let the wagons down into it by ropes.June 20One of our teamsters ran offthis morning, taking with him a publicmule. A party was despatched in pursuitnf him, hut finding that he was closelyfollowed, he took to the hills, and succeeded in escaping. Ano ther mutinied today, and threatened to shoot one of theagents; he was placed in close confinement, and taken to Fort Laramie, wherehe was left, to be sent back to Fort Leavenworth by the first conveyance. Th iswas the commencement of difficultieswith the teamsters, who began to showsigns of insubordination, and it wasfeared, as we approached the South Passand Salt Lake, that many of them wouldleave us.June 22The morning was fine. Having prepared for the inarch, we left ourencampment at six o'clock, and arrivedat Laramie's Creek at two o'clock p. m.,where the trading house is located. It

was excessively warm and dusty. Although we had a light shower during thenight, it had but little effect in laying thedust.Fort Laramie is situated on Laramie'sCreek, a rapid stream, about 60 yardswide, with a firm, pebbly bottom. Thi sstream rises among the Black Hills to thewest, and falls into the North Platte,about half a mile below the fort.This fort is built in the form of a quadrangular figure, and of unbaked clay oradobe ; the wall is about 20 feet high, witha small palisading on a part of it. Thereare two block houses at the corners, diagonally from each other. Ove r the mainentrance, which faces the river, there isalso another small block house. Thebuildings are made inside, the wall forming a part of them. They are very small,and have but .few comforts to recommendthem.There are no trees about the fort toprotect it from the rays of the sun, whichare reflected from the surrounding hills.It is by no means a handsome location, thescenery of the adjacent country being e n tirely intercepted by small barren hills,which form the valley of Laramie'sCreek. The hunting at this place has

generally been very good, and its only attraction ; but even this has greatly diminished since the emigrants have made it thegreat thoroughfare to Oregon and California.We had now arrived at Fort Laramie,639 miles from Fort Leavenworth, a pointwhere the Government has established amilitary post, where two companies ofthe rifle regiment were stationed, whichwas to be a resting place for us for a fewdays. Our train could now be overhauledand repaired, leaving such wagons asmight be dispensed with, and mules thatwere broken down and unfit to continuethe journey.Since leaving Fort Kearny we had traveled 327 miles, over a bad road, whichin the rainy season is, I think, worse thanthe road from Fort Leavenworth to FortKearny. There are many deep gullieswhich required repairing, but a smallparty can always render them passable bybeing a little ahead. W ater is generallyto be had through the day, as the riveris frequently touched, and is alwaysin striking distance, except at Scott'sBluffs, where you leave it, and do notstrike it again for 40 miles.{To be Continued)

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Through T h e# TelescopeTexas Hotel Donates Room for Army Our Cartoon ArtistActivities The thanks of the Recruiting News Musher Formerly a DoughboyThe St. Anthony Hotel, San Antonio, According to the weekly news letterart- given Staff Sgt. T. M. Brundege,Texas, has donated the use of a room put out by the Office of the Quarter-on duty with the 51st Infantry Brig-on the second floor to provide a com- master General, the second relayade, Massachusetts National Guard, atmon meeting place for Regular Army, musher in the Nenana to Nome anti-Boston, Mass.* for the series ofNational Guard and Reserve personnel car- toxin race, Bill Shannon, is none othertoons entitled "Alilitary Terms Appliedand a rendezvous for out-of-town of- than William J. Shannon, former serto Civil Life." Sgt. Bundege has beenficers to meet their friends. The use geant, QMC, who prior to his dis-of the room includes heat, light, and furnishing these to the Recndting Nczvs charge from the Army was stationedjanitor service, all donated by the at regular intervals, and their popu- at Fort Gibbon, Alaska.

owner of the hotel. larity with other service publications On Febru ary 27 Sgt. Shannon droveRegular Army social agencies make is testified to by the fact that numer- his dog team the 60 miles between Nenana and Tolovana with the thermomtheir headquarters at the St. Anthony, ous other Army papers are making use eter 60 degrees below zero. His ha ndsas do the Reserve Officers' Associa- of the cuts and drawings for reproduction, the Civilian Aide to the Secre- tion in their columns. and face more than a month laterwere still scarred and blacktary of War for Texas, the ened by the intense cold andAmerican Legion, and various three of his dogs died as a re -other organizations. The Citi sult of the hardships encountzens' Military Training Camp Things the Army Does Besides Fight ered.affairs are also handled here. Washington.Experiments of the Army AirA good military library has Sgt. Shannon was dischargedService have proved that the airplane has become in Alaska on M arc h 25, 1920,een provided, and the room the arch enemy of parasitic insects. It has already upon expiration of his enlist-upplied with easy chairs, a been used with success in spraying poison powderregister, desks, maps, telephone, on cotton fields infected with the boll weevil, on ment, and later became a pros-typewriter and writing mate- various specimens of valuable trees which have pector and miner.R e s e r v e become defoliated through the ravages of insect oials. All Officer pests and on agricultura l fields in the Philippines "How to Honor the Flag"luncheons, parties and smokers which were being laid bare by the inroads of Eight thousand copies of "Tenare held at the hotel, and swarms of locusts. Just recently the locust plague Ways to Honor the Flag" werewhenever the ballroom or the has also been prevalent in fruit districts in Oregon. mailed by the Recruiting Pub-committee room is vacant they The success attending the dusting of arsenate licity Bureau, Governors Is-can be obtained free of charge of lead and sulphur mixture from an airplane land, New York, to each re-for larger gath erin gs. "St. with the purpose in view of eliminating the scab cruiting officer of the variousAnthony" appears on letter and coddling moth from the orchards was such corps areas on June 6.heads and notices, and much as to convince the officials of the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture and officers of the onewspaper publicity is obtained 321st Observation Squadron (Reserve), of the AS to Have New Uniformfor the hotel by the military numerous possibilities of this work. Lieutenant The recommendations of theorganizations working from Oakley G. Kelly, executive officer of the 321st Army Air Service for a newthere. The management has re- Observation Squadron began preparations under uniform for officers of thatpeatedly indicated that such an the supervision of the Oregon Experiment Station, branch have been approved byarrangement works to the ho- and his demonstrations were watched by scores the acting Secretary of War,tel's advantage from a financial of interested fruit grow ers. Lieutenant Kelly's with the exception of the oneangle, for ex-service men as skillful handling of the airplane enabled officials blue-gray asuggesting theto study the operation closely. From the testswell as those in active duty made and the results obtained, it is probable that color. A board of staff officerspatronize the St. Anthony.

Q commercial "dusting" of fruit orchards will soon is now at work preparing unibe under way in different fruit raising sections of form regulations which it isAdvance CMTC Menu for the Northwest. Lieutenant Kelly, traveling at the expected the secretary will ap-Camp Knox rate of 140 miles an hour, made approximately prove when completed, and thefifteen flights across one fruit orc hard w ith hisamp Knox, Kentucky, is all new outfits will be authorizedplane at no one point more than ten feet aboveset to provide splendid "eats" very soon. According to thethe tops of the trees. H e accomplished in an hourat the CMT Camps to be held announcement of Assistantwhat would require days for several crews of Secretary Davis, the Presidenthere this summer. The menu men to do with old time methods. approved the change in unifor the first eight days has just Further tests are to be made in Idaho and form, being convinced that thebeen made public and reads far Eastern Oregon in the Spring, according toCaptain Howard C. French, Air Service Reserve, stiff collar, spurs, and otherlike that of some high-class res- commanding the 321st Observation Squadron. parts of prescribed equipmenttaurant, but minus the price were absurd for airplane pilots.list.Page Thirteen


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UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWS'CMTC Graduates Now InstructorsTwo young officers of Baltimore,

hey received their trainin g. Lieu-Lcnants Emory C. Munzner and WilMeade next month where they will

Lieutenant Coyle has attended the.amps since the present CMTC schedule was es tablish ed in 1921 and wa sW hite and Blue courses . Before tak ing up his duties at Meade he willhave two weeks ' training with thewelfth Infantry a t For t H oward .Lieutenant Munznerlias already gone intoactive training withhe Twelfth. The pastyear he has been taking a machine guncourse at John Hopkins University inpreparation for hiswork at Meade.

Army to PromoteOwn Movie PublicityThe W ar Depar t ment has just announced its policy inregards to promotingmoving picture publicity for the Army.T h e C o rp s A r e aSignal Officers will becharged "with the responsibility of findingways and means forbringing about necessary publicity andwi l l be o the rwis eused to assist in effecting the successof the W ar Dep artme nt policy. Inorder that a flow of incidents, developments and occurrences suitable forshowing in pictures in public be established, steps will be taken by eachcorps area commander directing attention to this subject and requiringthe senior representatives of branchesand impor tant es tab l ishments underhis jurisdiction to have this matterin mind, so that timely pictorial action can be taken.

This activity will be operated bythe Chief Signal Officer of the Army,and a sufficient num ber of officersill be commissioned in the BAGroup of the Signal Reserve to carryut its policy and the limitations nown force against the future issuancef comm issions in the Signal Reerve is remo ved in this case. It is

proposed to incorporate in the SignalCorps Reserve the outs tanding representatives of the principal moving picture companies , including newsreelsand services which make a businessof having pictures published in chainsof newspapers and magazines.oOld Forte Become PlaygroundsEight old forts on the coast ofMaine with ruined blockhouses andgrass -grown rampar ts , have beenbought by the State from the FederalGovernment in the last two yearsto be converted into parks of his toricinterest.A bill proposing that the forts besold to private persons was introducedin the Se nat e in De cem ber, 1922. Onhearing of i t , Governor Percival B.

Lieutenants W. F. Coyle, Jr., and E. G. MunznerBaxter took imm ediate action. Thecost for the forts, their equipmentand sites amounted to only $19,479,50.More, of course, will be needed forrepair ing the ruins and putting thereservations into good order, whichmeans improving roads, cutting downundergrowth and s t rengthening seawalls. Pro per signs will be placed forthe guidance of visitors.For the purpose of bringing theeight forts to the notice of the peopleof Maine and to touris ts , GovernorBaxter asked the Sta te Librar ian ,Henry E. Dunnack, to write a bookon them. This book which has justappeared contains interesting accountsof the forts , together with photograp hs and plans. Eac h accou ntcloses with instructions for motor carand railroad touris ts .The list of those bought to date in-

eludes Ft. St. George, near the mouthof St. George's River; Ft. Popham,at the mouth of the Kennebec; Ft.Baldwin , over looking Ft . Popham;Ft. Machias , known also as Ft.O'Br ien; Ft . Knox, on the Penobscot ; Ft . Edgecomb, and Ft . McClary ,at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.From this and other occurrences oflike nature, i t appears that the general public is becoming more and moreinterested in the older and his toricfortif ications of the coun try. As r e lated in the Recruiting News for May15th, other states are following thelead of Maine and are preparing torestore their old forts likewise. Theseinclude Ft. Vancouver, in Washington,Harrod ' s For t , in Kentucky, and For tPike, in Colorado.Major General Win.H. Carter Dies

Major General Will-H. Carter, U. S. A.,Retired, who beganhis military career atthe age of twelve asa despatch rider, diedin Washington , D. C,May 25, of heart disease .General Carter , whowas 74, was born nearNashville, Tenn . Hej oi ne d t h e U n i o nforces in the CivilWar , car ry ing messages for the FederalArm y. His experiencedetermined him tomake a career of theArmy and he a t tendedthe Kentucky MilitaryInstitute until sent toWest Point by President Andrew Johnson. On his gra du ati on in 1873 hesoon found himself fighting the Sioux,and for the next twenty years servedcontinuously in the Indian country,one of his deeds winning the Congressi ona l Medal of Ho nor. Hefought with the Sixth U. S. Cavalryin the Spanish American War andla ter commanded depar tments in thePhilippines and Hawaii, being retiredfor age in Novem ber, 1915. Recalledto the colors in the World War, hewas placed at the head of the Central Department and his work therewon the Distinguished Service Medal.

o1924 Officer s M ostl y College MenNine out of every ten officers commissioned in the Regular Army during1924 were college gra dua tes , accord ingto s tatis tics compiled by the War Depa r tmen t r ecen t ly .


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UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING NEWSKnobby Plugs the Shoots you've probably saved all of us from Sixth C. A. Reenlistmentsbeing sliced to ribbons while we slept.

(Continued from Page Six)In amazement I saw them tying rocksaround their waists and then wadinginto the river with one end of the bamboo shoots in their mouths, and the otherjust out of the water. I caught theidea in a flash. The y were undoubtedlyIgorrote headhunters planning a surprise attack on our camp. The trickof walking across the river bottom,breathing through the bamboo shoots,was to prevent their being seen by achance patrol. Slick, I'll say!

I could have jumped from the treeand run back to the camp with the warning but then there were still a few onthe other bank who would probably calloff the attack and we wouldn't be ableto put them out of the fighting game.Besides, I know how jumpy a man canget when he's in enemy country and Ididn't feel like risking some sentry shooting me and asking questions afterwards.As the last one slipped into the water Isaw that the line of moving bamboo tipswas coming straight for the tree I wasin. Obviously the natives had pickedthe spot as being safer to land than another because of its concealment.I quickly saw that it was up to me todo something and do it quick, too, if Iwas to save my own life and the livesof my comrades. Reaching into thetackle box that I had fastened to thelimb beside me, I grabbed a handful ofcorks and stuck one into the end of eachbamboo shoot as it passed under me. Immediately there was a great commotionunder the surface of the river, and muchgurgling and bursting of air-bubbles.You see, them savages had so manyrocks tied to them that most of themdrowned before they could get loose.Others, with some intelligence, blew withtheir last breath into their "breathers"and forced the corks out. Into some ofthese I dropped a handful of leadensinkers, but a few others turned aroundand made for the other bank."Patrol! Patrol!," I yelled at the topof my voice, and just as the few undrowned Igorrotes climbed out of thewater a squad crashed through the treesand bushes and shot them down. Wh ileI was explaining to the sergeant in command the C. O. rushed up demanding toknow what in the name of many thingswas all the confounded ruckus about.The sergeant explained while I tried tohide the string of fish I had dropped onthe bank."So you sneaked away from camp, didyou? Disobeyed orders and all tha t?"I was all set to hear the worst, anything from a court martial to a firingsquad at sunrise."Private Knowlks," he continuedsternly, "You've disobeyed orders but

Therefore no disciplinary action will betaken. Instead there will be a promotionfor you. As for fish, you stay herewith the patrol and catch a lot more,enough for a good breakfast for everyman in the company. Now bring methat piece of bamboo floating there bythe bank.""That's about the slickest trick I've

QUEST IONS ^ /ANSWERS

Army Recruiting StationRoanoke, VirginiaThe Editor, Recruiting Nczvs :1. Is the Ninth Cavalry still on activestatus, or was it not converted into Philippine Constabulary?2. Is there not an organization of"mounted" Philippine troops stationed :itCamp Stotsenburg, Pampanga Province,P. I.?3. Where is the Ninth Cavalry now statio ne d? In you r issue of Janu , 1925,you gave Fort Riley, Kansas, as theirpresent home post.Cpl. Frank C. M artin, D EM L..hiszver: 1. and 3. The Ninth Cavalry,colored, is stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas.2. Yes, the 26th Cavilry, PhilippineScouts.ever seen," he said when I had obeyed"I've seen some cunning ones too, in myclay, but this beats them all!"* * *The silence that immediately followedwas unbearably oppressive. Then threestrong, upstanding men of the Great OpenSpaces openly shed tears; six othersgasped wildly for breath, while anotherreached for the poker under the stove.Behind that object a dog rose to his feet,glanced reproachfully at Knobby and then,with head hanging and with tail betweenhis legs, slunk out of the door.

Two of the most successful stationsin the 6th Corps Area from the viewpoint of reenlistments arc Air Servicepos ts. P.uth Sco tt Field, at Belleville,111 , and Selfridge Field, at M ountClemens, Mich., reenlisled seven meneach in March.When a man is to be dischargedfrom an organization at Scott Field thecompany commander takes up withhim the matt er of reenlistin g. If heis unable to enlist the man m his ownorganization he tries to learn if theman will he satisfied with any otherorganization on the post. Should thisbe unsuccessful, the post recruiting ollicer interviews the man and tries toascertain his desires in the matter ofother organizations in the Army whichmight appeal to him. Du ring the lasttwo weeks of his term of service thesoldier is appealed to by the companycommander and the recruiting officerat least a half dozen times in regardto rcenlis lment.The morale of the post is high,stress being laid on athletics, to whichan afternoon of each week is devoted.Keen competition exists betweencompa ny team s Last but not least,company commanders by careful inspection and constant supervisionmaintain especially good messes andcomfortable recreation rooms.Practically the same method obtainsat Selfridge Field. Dan ces are encouraged, and one and sometimes twoafternoons of each week are entirelydevoted to athle tics. The location ofSelfridge Field on the banks of bea-utiful Lake St. Clair, with its swimming,boating and shooting, gives a charmto the place that appeals naturally totlie soldier. Th e high reen li\lin eul rateis largely due to these factors.

Master Sergeant Cornelius OutMa ster S gt. Valen tine Cornelius, ofthe Army Recruiting Station in Xewark. New Jersey, was retired on May10 after 30 ye ars ' service. He firstenlisted in IS0-0 and since that timelias served in Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and numerous posts mthis country.In 1905 he enlisted in the Re cru itin gService, from which lime, with theexception of the World War, in whichhe, served as 1st lieutenant, he servedin the Rec ruiti ng Se rvice until 1L>21,when recruiting was discontinued. < hithe resumption of recruiting he wasassigned to the Newark RecruitingDistrict as 1st sergeant, being promoted to the grade of master sergeant inJuly, 1924. He will reside in X ew ark.

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ENLISTME NTS AND REEN LISTMENT S MADE IN RECRUITING DISTRICTS, DURINCpAP RIL , 1925 o

Re cru iting Di strict Officer in Cha rge . Tot al Enl .1. New Yo rk, N. Y Col. J. T. De an, Inf., DO L 2032. Rich mo nd, Va Capt. L. W . Sk agg s, Inf., DO L 1683. Indianapolis, Ind Col. R. S. W oo dso n, Ret 1654. Philad elphia, Pa Col. F. G. Stritz inge r, Jr., Inf., DO L . 1525. Los An gele s, Calif Col. H. A. H an iga n, Inf., DO L 1416. Pit tsb urg h, Pa Lt. Col. W . B. Cowin, QM C, DO L 1417. Cincinn ati, Ohio Lt. Col. F. G. Tu rn er, Cav., DO L 1388. San Fra ncisc o, Calif Maj. E. M. Pe arc e, Ret 1189. Colum bus, Ohio Lt. Col. Alfred Ballin, Re t 11710. Buffalo, N. Y Ma j. M. P. Andruss, CAC, DO L 11511. Har risburg , Pa Col. H. S. W yg an t, Ret 11212. Oklahom a City, Okla Capt. L. F. Crane, FA, DO L Il l13. Baltim ore, Md Capt. C. J . M abb utt , QM C, DO L 11014. Fort Sam Ho uston, Tex as Capt. J . L. Garza, Inf ., DO L 10415. Dallas , Tex as Capt. E. J . Bucke e, QMC , DO L 101

16. Fo rt Bragg , N. C 1st Lt. W . S. Bry ant, FA 9517. El Pa so, Tex as (F t. Bliss) Lt. Col. A. A. Kin g, Ret 7718. Syracuse, N. Y Maj. R. L. Weeks, Ret 7719. Ch icag o, 111 ' Lt. Col. W . B. Graham , Inf., D O L 7620. Knoxville, Term Capt. T. N. W illiam s, Inf., DO L 6721. Newark, N. J Lt. Col. W . R. Ta ylor , Cav., DO L 6522. New Or lean s, La Ma j. G. V. Heid t, Inf., DO L 6423. Prov iden ce, R. 1 1st Lt. E. R. Th orp e, Inf., DO L 6324. Ka nsas City, Mo Col. E. L. Bu tts, Inf., DO L 6025. Bosto n, Ma ss 1st Lt. M. F. Cooney, Ret 5726. Sc rant on, Pa 1st Lt. J. T. Gu tkow ski, Inf., DO L 5427. Denver, Colo Maj. E. W. Mum ford, Ret 5228. Po rtl an d, Me 1st. Lt. T. E. Win stead 5th Inf 5229. At lant a, Ga Col. W . R. Sam ple, Inf., DO L 5130. Om aha, Nebr 1st Lt. E. P. Luk ert, Inf , DO L 5131. Littl e Rock, Ar k Maj. H. M. Rimmer, Ret 4932. Ho uston , Tex as 1st Lt. F. S. Man sfield, Inf., DO I 4733 . Salt Lake City, Ut ah Lt. Col. W. H. Broo ks, Ret 4734. Springfield, M ass Capt. T. W . He rre n, Cav., DO L 4735. Hu nting ton, W . Va Col. B. P. Nicklin, Inf , DO L 4636. New Ha ven, Conn Lt. Col. O. C. Nichols, Inf, DO L 4637 . W ash ing ton , D. C Lt. Col. C. S. Frie s, Inf, DO L 4438. St. Louis , Mo Capt. H. H. Reeves, QM C, DO L 4439. Nashville, Te nn 1st Lt. L. W . Boyd, Inf, DO L 4340. Mem phis , Tenn 1st Lt. J . R. Tighe , QM C, DO L 4241. Portland , Ore Lt. Col. C. F. An drew s, Inf , DO L 4242. Albany, N. Y 1st Lt. W . B. W alt ers , CAC, DO L 4243. Des Moines, Iowa Capt. R. T. Ed wa rds, QM C, DO L 4144. Camden, N. J Capt. A. L. Barb er, QMC , DO L 4145. De troit, Mich Col. C. E. M orton, Ret 4046. Minne apolis , Minn Col. Carl Reich man n, Ret 3347. Ft. Ogle thorpe, Ga Capt. H. D. Bagnall , Inf , DOL 3248. Milwaukee, Wis Capt. J . V. Stark, Inf , DO L 3249. Sea ttle, W as h Col. G. W . S. Stev ens, Ret 28 '50. Peo ria, 111 Capt. Re ybu rn Eng les, QM C, DO L 2651. Wic hita, Kan Capt. T. A. Bry ant , Cav , DO L 2552. Jacksonville, Fla Capt. C. H. Dayhuff, Cav, DO L 2453. Savannah, Ga Capt. P. S. Rop er, CAC, DO L 2454. Gra nd Rapid s, Mich Lt. Col. H. M. Fale s, Ret 2055. Jackso n, Miss Capt. Daniel Becker, Ca v, DO L 1656. Maxw ell Field, Ala Capt. A. G. Fre nch , Inf , DO L 1557. Ft. Et ha n Allen, Vt 2nd L t, J . F. William s, 7th FA 1258. Spok ane, W ash 2nd Lt. A. J . Ha rt, Ca v, DO L 1059. Ft. Benning , Ga Capt. G. E. Krau l, Inf , DO L60. Ft. Ban ks, Ma ss 2nd Lt. A. W . Glass , 9th CAC -4

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" GOVERNORS ISLAND, N. Y.OFFICIAL BUSINESS

A BULLETIN OF RECRUITING INFORMATION ISSUED BY DIRECTION OF THE ADJUTAN T GENERAL OF THE ARMY

JULY 1, 1925

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LISTEN, BUDDY!By an OLD TIMER

W HERE do you get that "hardluck" stuff? How come thisgas about not getting a "squaredeal?" Who told you they were ."rubbingit in?"Man, you 're all wro ng , all wr ong . Goover in the corner by yourself, sit down,roll a "pill" and talk it over with yourselfinstead of spouting out your so-calledtroubles to your bunkies. They don'twan t to hear them anyway. So you'vehad hard luck, have you ? Well, in wh atway ? Whenever there was a promotionmade somebody else got it, is that it?Suppose you think with your head instead of your pride for just a minute andthink honestly. Isn 't the other fellow abetter man? Doesn't he "know his stuff"better than you do ? Isn't he more capable of giving orders, and seeing that theyare carried out, than you are ? Isn 't it afact that instead of memorizing the drillmanual on some of your off days youplayed pinochle instead ?You may know your drill. You mayknow what to do when you hear a command, but can you give a command, doyou know why it is given, and can you getout in front of a company and explainhow to do it ?You can? Well, can you take out adetail of men on a job, tell them what todo, how to do it, and without being overbearing see that it is properly done, ordo you let the men loaf on the job and dotheir work in a makeshift manner justso as to be a "good fellow?" You can?Well, are you a man your company commander can hold up as an example to theother men of the company for cleanliness,soldierly bearing, mien, loyalty, strict attention to duty and dependability?You are ? Well, if you are all the above,kicking to your buddies and belly-achingaround the barracks is a waste of timeand effort. You're barking up the wrong

t ree. Tell you what to do. Go to yourcompany commander and tell him aboutit. Now don't tak e this for bunk. He isworrying about that vacancy he has tofill and believe me, he'll be tickled pinkto know that he has a man who can fillit. If you can go to him hon estly, lookhim in the eye, and believing what yousay yourself, tell him that you are theman he is looking for, he'll fall on yourneck and weep for joy. If you are notthe man he wants for the job he'll tellyou so, and what is more, he'll tell youwhy, and then you will know just whatis holding you back.But it isn't "hard luck." Get tha t outof your system. Get it out of our system that you are not getting- a "squaredeal." You may be getting- a be tte r dealthan you deserve. Perh aps you don'texactly know why you are being passedover. If you don't, ask and find ou t. Ifyou are really the man for the higher job,you'll get it. You yourself h ave oftensaid: "You can't keep a g-ood man down."All right, then, why are you kept down?Are you really a good man, or have youbeen, by blustering, etc., trying to kidyourself that you are a good man ? Theeasiest person in the world to kid is yourself. Don't just tell yourself and the restof the world that you are a good man.Get out and be a good man. Then tellthe world how good you are. But getgood first. Ju st talking about it won 'tmake you good.And just as soon as you become a goodman the "hard luck" stuff is going to disappear. You find yourself get tin g nothing but "square deals." You'll be toogood a man for anybody even to think of"rubbing it in" on. You'll be what you nowthink you should be. But getti ng there isup to you. It isn't "hard luck" that'skeeping you down. It's youjust you.


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Fort Hamilton, New YorkT HE history of the beginnings ofFort Hamilton is so intermingledwith that of the first and subsequent settlements of New York that it isnecessary to recount the establishment ofthese settlements.The discovery of New York Bay andthe Hudson River by Verrazano in 1524was followed only by occasional visitsof trading or exporting vessels until thearrival of Hendrick Hudson in 1609.Soon after this date a few huts wereerected on the lower end of ManhattanIsland by the Dutch, who named the village New Amsterdam." New Netherlands,consisting of all the territory claimedby the Dutch, became a province of theWest India Company in 1623.The first defenses at the entrance tothe harbor, commonly called "The Narrows," were erected on the Long Island

side about 1651 byP e t e r Stuyvesant,t h e n g o v e r n o r .Three years laterthe town of NewUtrecht, settled byabout twenty families from Holland,sprang up aroundthese defenses, thebeginning of FortHamilton. F r o mthat time until theRevolution little isknown of the activities at this point.It is certain, however, that the fortifications were notvery strong, for in1664 an English fleet easily entered theharbor and captured New Amsterdam.This town, retaken by the Dutch nineyears later, again became New Yorkwhen the English resumed control in1674. Lord Ho we, in command of aBritish army, seems to have encounteredlittle resistance when he crossed theNarrows from Staten Island and advanced upon Washington in the Battle ofLong Island.The importance of the Narrows as thekey to New York Harbor apparently wasnot fully appreciated until 1824. At least1 lie newly-born United States didnot begin to fortify this strategic pointcompletely until that year, when, on the25th xof August, Lieutenant Talcott,Corps of Engineers, was ordered to theproposed site of Fort Hamiltonthesouthwest shore of Long Island, five andone-half miles south of the Battery ofNew York City.The piece of land upon which the postnow stands was covered by a deed fromthe Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality

Old Reports Show Interesting Condition* Existing in the W. K.

Good Old Daysof the City of New York, dated May 30,1814, conveying about sixty acres of landin New Utrecht. Other tracts of landwere deeded or otherwise acquired in theperiod of 1826-1892. In 1807, however,a piece of land two acres in area andadjacent to Fort Hamilton was ceded bythe New York State Legislature to theLInited States and, owing to its shape,was called Fo rt Diamond. Thi s fort wascompleted in 1822. It is now called FortLafayette and is on a small island abouttwo hundred yards off shore in the Nar-

For t Hamilton, with Fo rt Lafayette offshorerows. During the Civil W ar severalhundred prisoners were confined in it.It is used at present for ammunition storage by the Navy Departm

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