Show UNCLE SAMS 8 A asley VY V Y the sort son of men who aro are for uie the service cattle Hing kingslake slake kritas IQ in fire irea 6 to loop the packs ot of accle uccle bams ry army ot of men en filled it is lawary tolu kt I 1 in recruiting a t be ti rl n cipal gift of I 1 the tb country what 0 was ink al e allet the ranks are beta constant ay blamed by death desertion and od the iho exair alion or of the term of enlistment while a bounty li if paid to ID those who ro ran at the expiration of their term of service erTl co five years is 1 as long ax as most mont of thomis who servo in the ranks care car to romala remain lo in the abo army the elly his hi all ail worm off in that time of the private soldiers sold lors of at the united statts army only ono one third are native of america craven or oleu citizens of the country one third are anro natives of great britain and d the abo other civilized civill t led is made up of representatives of overy every civilized zed nation la in the world of tho the third cr credited a cited to creat britain two out of at every th three rea are natives batles or of ireland or of the other represented the germans load ira in point of The T hero roure tiro also frenchmen Aust austrians rians spaniards Ru rusland roles egyptians natives of of abo Ite publIcs said and the west indies thu the only ruce race not accepted Is tho the chinese truo true no an chinese have ever offered their ser tai uncle sum sa but bol it if thoy dill they mould cold A i declined w 1 ti a hacks A low few arabs have applied nt at tho the recruiting office but none of thum veto able to point pa the examination there are ro fewer italian It allun than any other fureman nationality represented la in the army I 1 the uran t armao recruits make tho be bet sol 01 diarl say the abo officers of the army they to are clean oboy obey orders ilia a h trained am chloo und and rarely make trouble of anny kind most of who auvo sorted in the gorman army ovo five years yeara and they oon boan loam learn the ibo united states tactics indies find and ate then 0 they usually remain in tal alo a Iralu ln on david a island only u short time until they uro bra ready to tic bo asig d to duty iab some regiment in petra her vice e c nearly oil all foreigners who an alst buto buo burred in tho the regular army or the abo in their own country villu ilia Gra lasus aro are ilia best soldiers sold kra lit in the country nearly all tho the tiro are butter bottor alan akio americans in point of discipline very few forello boru sod sadlers lers desert to them the position Is a sott soft berth und anti tho the pay ia U per mouth it Is m onoro a oita they over ever earned ut at hurd hard work in th e tir own country they know there lit Is little probability of war and they aro are content to to ro maln in tho army sonio of tiem ro collat ahon lion their term lerm of sort sets lea ice a expires x p tea only 2 per cent of tho the men who apply at it the abo recruiting on park row uro are ablo able to puss ihu A corporal la at tho stairway louding leading up to ID tho the office from the street and be ara subjects the ibo applicants to it a series of questions before they uro are allol ned to go up the corporal turns away one hulf half of thurio who apply an average of nice moo per month fiill at tile onico alib tile atie loton lion ut of becoming soldiers only of them get eat by tile thu corporal at t tho the outer door and only SO 10 of the other succeed IQ in passing the lb onal goal elamin eions tan CIO san sam Is lvery a very particular about the 1 kind of men id he makes maken soldiers of first birst of aad U ull 1 the up mutt bo be between 21 and 45 years of ao ago lie ilo must be ablo able to tg read and arlio rice thu the h lani fUJKO fairly ell itald must b havo ve st at least a common m 3 00 1 lineation it if H n foreigner and he be has ha served in ilic abo aruby in llis bis own country bo be ciul have bavo an lermy bonor a tile dis charee all cinta cant foreign und and it live burn must bo be abl abio to 10 provo prove by colne cepul able citizen of tb the united that thov are denof men of good baracker bar acter and tat tilts while mille a fore la not to bacomo a naturalized citizen lio lie bo able to lo provo that bat bo be bus in ID tho the country long ion enough to estabi lilo a good character a man addicted to drink IN accepted if the applicant possesses oses all those these to ro he bo Is then passed to tho the tood medical Icat examiners who subject mail to lo a moat thorough rod and examination the I 1 must bo be healthy health itlay without I 1 a tendency a d e 0 0 y 0 o I 1 1 o of noy bay klod kind and I 1 ho ill at must bala 1 also l s 0 bo a well formed forna d and nd dovolo pod wan A nian man who otto cun paia the el cal needs only a little training to become lic conte a good flood all aji round tho the applicant who passes passed all tho the examina I 1 ina li 19 at coca sent over to davydo island in tho the sound round where lie ho dons a uniform land and shoulders boulders a duket niu ket lie ilo it Is instructed in arany tactics and regulations dally daily octal lie bo 1 la ablo able to go through a drill with tile time deceu or y to teach a new man in from four to 6 alx ix 0 a hit A As s soon as the recruits uro ore set but en bol t ly we they tire are to tho the diffor oi I 1 regiments and sent bent awny away 1 in amill quads to the point where their command li Is matlones matlo F ned I 1 here aro are usually train from to lo recruits on the island but no emergency will reduce the tb number very rapidly durin dotin abu indian troubles ci in the aest est lust last winter fail all tho the recruits except forty or fifty wore were hurried to the front to fill 1111 the ranks of bonio of tho the seat to fight the red skins |