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Show With Uncle Sam's Regular Soldier . . , - Some Facta, About Army Life and the Treatment, Iroapeota And Facilities for education if th Men. It must be bdrne In mind, sajs a writer, that one csRentlal for leading a happy life In tho United States army In good behavior, and If any voice from the ranks tells a talo of unnices lary hardships endured, or other grievance, It Is certain to be merely (lie nnturul result of bad conduct, and Df leading n lazy and dissolute life, and the same man would have fared fqually bad In any other walk of life or that ho Is Inexperienced find docs Dot know how to care for himself or (alls to attend to tho directions receded re-ceded The nrmy Is necessarily governed by I'll '1 sert rcgulatlrni and strict obedience Is required of all, for without with-out this nothing could bu done, and what Is now viewed by the world hb a magnificent fighting force would become be-come of no morn uso than an armed mob. While the ordinary cltlxcn may view with some contempt tho proffer of $13 a month for his dally work, still how many to-day tolling eight, ten, and sometimes sixteen hours aro making on an average of $60 a month, or an Income of S20 a car? This Is what the average soldier In tho United States army Is getting today, when all clothing, medlqnl attention, medicines, medi-cines, baths, tree gymnasium, libraries, librar-ies, with books of all sorts, magazines, periodicals, post exchanges exclusively exclusive-ly for the soldier's uso where ho may purchase at cost such soft drinks and articles as may bo deemed necesnary for bis comfort and where may be found billiard nnd pool tables and a good suppl of games, such as chess, checkers, dominoes nnd cards, can be taken Into consideration In addition to this, If tho soldier be a good tradesman, carpenter, mason,' teamster or nny kind of workman or a man with u fair education, or It ma) he mentioned that even when a man "I'Ms If he Is not up to his work, he may, by little application, and by taking tak-ing advantage ot tho chanccsjto Inform In-form hlmnelf, soon become a good scholar or mprovcrIn his trade. As In the case first cited fie will receive In addition to the rcgMtar sol dler's pny, 35 or 60 certs a day by be-h:g be-h:g detailed for duty In sonio of tho places In which extra duty Is paid nt these rales. From ihls It may bo seen that an Industrious man can earn from 310 to $15 a month In addition to his pay Any money saved can be deposited In the treasury In Bums not less than 35 nt 4 per cent Interest nnd cannot bo forfeited except by desertion, thus giving the enlisted man a bank and a surety for saving, such as no citizen citi-zen In the United States can boast. A prlvnto soldier with n fair education, educa-tion, who proves himself, by his con-duct, con-duct, his duty woll done, his efficiency, and nptltudc, will nlwas sooner or later get the first step upward that of a corporal, from whore, if he Is ambitious am-bitious and shows fitness, he can' be sure that hi work and talents will be noted nnd rewarded by further promotion. pro-motion. For It may bo truly said that while wo havo no field marshal In our servlco and we cannot literally repeat Napoleon's assertion, that every soldier carries a marshal's baton In his knapiack, still 'the highest high-est rank In our army to-day la held b a lieutenant general, who was at one time a recruit He succeeded a man) I,ieut,-Gen, Young, who nlso started an a private, and when Qen Young relinquished re-linquished the highest rank In 'our army, he sent to his successor a pair of lieutenant general's shoulder straps with tho noto: "From Private Young? 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantrn to Private Chnffeo, -Troop K, V, tf Cavalry," Of "course theso men enlisted en-listed during tho civil war, whcnmo-tives whcnmo-tives for enlisting wero different, w.hile those who enlist at present wlti commissions In view, mostly do, bo from love of a soldier's life. To" sai that a man loves the life Is slmplj Basing that ho Is a born soldier, anj bis success In tho nrmy Is asnml. |