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Show UU I I I , Ogden Boy Soldiering ' in China Has Protest Sergeant Jacob B. Jensen, company D, Fifteenth infantry, a son of former foliee Sergeant A. B. Jensen, now located lo-cated at Tien Tsln, China, claims that American soldiers are underpaid, whereas French and Italian sold.is (n that country are more favored In his letter, which he addressed to Uio Standard-Examiner, he asked that tr-e people "at home be Informed of the way that tho boys "away from -the land of God" were living. Ho said that an Italian colonel in charge of a detachment at Tien Tsln pad demanded additional pay for hla troops, stating that unless Italy paid! an Increase that ho would incicosc1 the men on his own responsibility and pay tho difference fr,om his own pocket. High prices prevail in China, Sergeant Ser-geant Jensen reports: "Goods offered for salo here could not be bougr In the United Slates 'by any one whose Income did not exceed $200 per I month. i Small phonographs sell In China at j $140, while records cost double what Is asked, for them here, j Sergeant Jensen said that an In- crease in wages would be appreciated i , by all boys now serving Uncle Sam m i China. I nn |