Show I Service In the Philippines S Though the service in the Philippines Philip-pines Is very severe on the soldier the cavalryman gets fat on it explained a prominent officer It has been noticed no-ticed that the average cavalryman gained more flesh in Cuba and Porto Rico also than men engaged In the other arms of the service Now I donc mean to say that all cavalrymen are taking on fat as a consequence of their service in the Philippines but the record rec-ord shows that more than a majority have and do In the Philippines ordinarily ordi-narily the weather Is pleasant enough that Is one can get used to It in time except for the drenching downpours that fall without any previous notice or warning whatever The rain of Saturday Sat-urday afternoon last was more like a Philippine rain than any i have experienced exper-ienced since my return It Just simply pours down Jn thip respect the Philippines Philip-pines arc identical with Porto Rico But somehow the cavalryman stands the rains better than the Infantryman though his horse has rather a hard J time of it In enlisting for the cavalry recruiting officers never accept an enlistment en-listment from a man who weighs over 105 pounds while for Infantry or artillery artil-lery recruits who weigh up to 100 pounds are accepted There is another restriction about cavalry and that Is In regard to height An infantryman or artilleryman is accepted It matters not how tall lift is for there arc uses to which even the tallest man can be put But It is not practical to put a man over five feet ten Indies in height on horseback and all above that height arc declined Ordinarily the tendency in the cavalry service and especially the modern cavalry service where the nicn have lo be as agile as circus rid iii3 Is lo take off flesh during the summer sum-mer months It was expected that this rule would be the experience In the inl ands but it has noU In these countries nearly all those who arc mounted tako on flesh while nearly every one else loses at certain seasons There arc a lot of cavalrymen in the Phllipplhes whu bate passed the one hundred and sixtylive mark from twenty to thirly live pounds This change has come lo some in loss than a year Our cavalrymen cavalry-men have been In tho inlands over i two years and have had that much experience experi-ence enough to try It anyway Washington Wash-ington Star |