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Show If llfflK THAT lltfSj !K ENJOY s Cenfol Bncle Sam's In lave Bet f Some Privileges. I ily Resji, Requirements Strict, and solesj ! Hardships. s xh ; , But if He Takes Caro of Himself and a Attajj Obeys Orders, He Has Noth- -City. J'- in to rear. J I j4(r j: WASHINGTON, July 10. The young ttoaifji ' roan enlisting In the ranks of the i Ch!ot i United stntes army wno imagines thac ch thrLUM h ,s entering upon an easy life will thur it $1 discover before long that he has belay be-lay n:,!; come Imbued with an erroneous notion, tus j Lieut -Col. Alfred Reynolds, of the In-s In-s fr T eclor-General's department, has re-ithef re-ithef (Jrk " ntly Issued a pamphlet entitled "The iting Life of an Enlisted Soldier in the United ,f tbe States Army." In many parts of the wltlo United States there seems to be an Im- Jiavalksj, ' presslon that to be a soldier of the reg-UEha,,atfc. reg-UEha,,atfc. ular armJ is to bc in a Position below mnVfw that of th ordInary citizen and that it of jjtjj ' the privileges afforded are few. The f artDIf77 . present pamphlet is Issued to showHhat iptnrei ! ' uch Ideas are erroneous. The author niter v i 5aJ's' "It -vvin bo f0UIld at a large Jt b . 1 proprtlon f l,1c soldiers of the army Mn, vm re self-respecting, well-conducted men ttov 5 ! and fa"-hCul ancl eniclent soldiers and "CdflrJvL ' that man' f Ulem haVe been ln tne -7?: ' army for years, some occupying the TaHeJ i hGher erodes among the non-commls- v X l' s,oned mcera a"l nil contented with iV.r5 ' lhelr Iot and respected by their ofll- siU ft cers " K tikti Requirements Are Strict.' ihjiji j Applicants for enlistment must be be-on be-on ttt Eji f tween the ages of 21 and 35, unmarried, aliwrte. t of good antecedents and habits and free ( from bodily defects and diseases. The foughifct I nay of the private is ?13 a month and ate iaa i all soldiers receive in addition rations. pitaU'fev i clothing, fuel, bedding, medicines and th:trt i medical attendance. The pay is in-;j, in-;j, creased In the third year. If at any is tns& i lime ho shall bc on duty In Alaska, or haytls t the Philippine islands his pay Is'ln-larks'a; Is'ln-larks'a; i creased 20 per cent. After thirty years' iclpal p service he Is entitled to be retired. )f Pert l f. Having been assigned , to a company, '2. Jti, i ihe recruit Is shown whore t,o place his -d th-si i bed and bedding in the squad-room, Tlta I which will be his sleeping and living rthfris $ r3m until he leaves to join his regl-ceJtyi regl-ceJtyi f Jnent, Instructions of all kinds will sslnri ET now occupy a large part of his time. t During three hours each dav, except 1 1 Saturrlay and Sunday, he will be ln- - ' structed I" the drill regulations by non- 1 commissioned officers. On Saturdays f. there is a regular inspection of the i K wmnan' bv the company olllcer. E Duties Are Not Onerous. f The recruits only duties will Ue to t hasiaj Eet up at reveille, generally about G lasicf : o'clock, put his bedding in order and ebs'S !l' assist In policing the squad-room; half ,rt A': I an bour after he will get breakfast; e Jsfis 7 there will be one or two hours' drill -jxdpia f during the morning; dinner at noon; he fcai t ne or two hours' drill in the afternoon :tedljc f ard parade at sunseL ej2rt3 f Four times a v,eek the recruit will :ntr3t hear a lecture on various military sub- ,i Jecls. The evenings he will have to MSJ, i himself until 11 o'clock, at which time "i tS he will have to be in bed. If he chooses. bxtii 1 he may attend school in the evening, -ascf e "When the recruit reaches Ills regiment JoHci- he is assigned to a place In the squad- Lamri j room and the sooner he can get Into the it ipa -t habits of the company the more com- mS :f forlab,e bo will be. At every military r:s; X station there is a school, post exchange, lockP ,1 gymnasium, library, reading-room and : amusement hall. zl?tS I Rations Are Ample. tip The allowance of food for a soldier Ktfv I eacn da' is three-fourths of a pound of betnP1 por,: or bacon or canned beef (fresh or assif I corned) or a pound and a quarter of ,r tfi I frc'Sb beef or twelve ounces of salt ;i i nieat, eighteen ounces of soft bread or 3 ft flower or one pound of hard bread or a pound and a quarter of corn meal, and - ample proportions of beans or peas, ;: rice or hominy, sugar, vinegar, salt and ir PePPer and coffee and tea and one ,f Pound of fresh vegetables. ' I oThe soId,or ,s often called to take the - t "old with his company or a detachment ImL fu out lo Perform some duty. "When M-illCSi this Is the case his food becomes plainer 'ntV ni he may havo to sleep out Ln all jll.h Eorts of weather. The rights of the M, soldier are carefully guarded by laws and no Illegal sentence can be executed nor cruel or unusual punishments awarded. The young man contemplat-gf:- lng enlistment must remember that the i ; .".oldlers lire is ever that of a man and V ' n,t childs play, and he may be assured ; that the military code, exacting as It -A r "JnJ' seem, need have no terrors for him f() ' i i mcuns to do nls duty ln tne risht |
